Most annoying Gun Myths

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I think I'd go with the "start with a .22" approach.

Years ago, I was "started" with .22's. When I got back into it, my first purchase was a Sig 229 (40). The NEXT was a Ruger Mark III. Followed by SA's, Colts, etc.

I understand the caliber-training argument, but I don't think it's reasonable to think .22's are "boring." Today I mixed Mk III, P-3AT, Defender, and 229. Each is its own animal. I still love my .22's --- it's fun to obsess over putting 10 onto an X. It's also fun --- and pragmatic --- to put a bunch of .40's and .45's into as much of the center of the target as I can manage.

It's not much of an analogy, but shooting pool and mountain biking are both fun. The bike gets you somewhere.

This probably made as much sense as putting a $300 Bushnell on a .22 pistol.
 
"Don't dry-fire that gun, you'll break the firing pin!"

Yeah, yeah... I know about the Tokarev. I am usually holding an Anschutz when people say this to me.

I also get irritated when you see a cop on the news holding a SKS saying:
"This is the deadly AK-47, the most dangerous machine gun on the streets"
 
If it hasn't already been mentioned, "explosive decompression."

C'mon, somebody conclusively BUST THAT MYTH ALREADY! Adam & Jamie? Bueller... Bueller... Anybody?

I know aircraft, I've been a semifrequent visitor to the Boeing assembly lines and have studied aviation/aerospace engineering my entire life, and the only thing that's ever come close to ExD is a case where somehow a large sheet of airliner skin peeled off in flight, with predictable results from structural failure.
 
Alot of the "myths" have some truth to them. While staying over my sister's house, I came in really late one night. I walked in the door, set-off the alarm, and heard a "ch-chunk". That sound is a definite deterent. Almost made me poop my pants. I then got to see my brother-in-law in his underwear, carrying a shotgun, and my sis's 120lb rottweiller.A sight I never want to see again!

"Guns don't kill people"
"Ya, people kill people"
"No! Bullets kill people" - Sledgehammer

Pete F : "Prairie Dogs are endangered" - not yet, but I'm working on it.

LadySmith : "6. Women can’t be trusted with firearms." - True. Never trust a woman with a gun. Or a knife. Or with money, credit cards, your car, the remote control... um.. why don't I have a wife??
 
Yeah, I've heard that one a BUNCH. Ususally with the under 25 crowd. Usually, they will tell me "You're a wuss for doing that, learn martial art/be a man and fight someone.", etc etc. I hear from these little white kids raised on Japanese anime that it is not "honorable" to use a gun in a fight. First off, I didn't ask to be in this "fight" (more like struggle away from death), secondly what's honorable about some jerk trying to rape a woman?
 
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that the 2nd amendment is for the national guard and not for the rights of the individual.

Ah yes, one of the favorite lies of the antigun bigots.

Here are the facts:
The Constitution and Bill of Rights were ratified in 1787.
The National Guard did not exsist until 1917 - 130 years later.

So when The Founders wrote the Second Amendment, they were referring to an institution that did not exsist and of which they had no knowledge, right?

Well of course..

indeed progunner,though the lame brain antigunners would then shrug the truth off and then say "well maybe so,but now that there is a national guard people don't need guns".Which brings me to a peeve that I hear all too often which is"why do you NEED that anyway?" or "why do you NEED that MANY anyway?"

And gun owners themselves are guilty of asking others "why they need that"
 
Well, when people ask me that, I ask them "Why do you need a car that is capable of doing 160 mph when the speed-limit is only 65 or 70?"
 
the myth about

"Statistics show that there is a 1828393.5%* chance that your gun will be used on you!!!!!"



*like 97%** of anti's, I made the percentage up on the spot

**that one too
 
Most annoying myth: "Glocks are ugly."
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Hey.... this thread is supposed to be about myths... not facts. :evil:

Another one I despise: "If you shoot someone outside your home, drag the body inside."
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Andys right. If you want to go to jail do as my brother's, friend's, teacher's, uncle is a cop and says and its ok.
A good shoot is a good shoot, inside or out. Responsible firearm owners should know which is which. Sadly, TV
has spawned its own set of truths about what can and can't (should and shouldn't) be done.

And gun owners themselves are guilty of asking others "why they need that"
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Real gun owners only ask themselves that when they don't really want to spend the money... or have to answer to the Misses. :eek:
 
cyco668: "6. Women can’t be trusted with firearms. - True. Never trust a woman with a gun. Or a knife. Or with money, credit cards, your car, the remote control... um.. why don't I have a wife?? "
:D :p :D
 
The idea that a .30 carbine round had a hard time penetrating thick
winter coats, but the .357 Magnum round was developed to shoot through engine blocks. :rolleyes:
 
Anti-CCW Myth

The worst myth I've ever read was from and anti-ccw website (don't remember which one). It said that since only 2-3% of people who are eligible to get a CCW permit actually do so, that proves that the other 97-98% of the population must be opposed to CCW being legal.:banghead:
 
WRT starting noobies out with a .22...I always do so. The .22 is CHEAP to shoot. We're talking 1/10 the price of practicing with centerfire rounds. More practice is better and, as long as I am footing the bill, practice will be with the less expensive rounds. Once the basics of marksmanship are thoroughly learned, then we move on to heavier rounds. Remember, if you are a lousy shot with a .22, picking up a heavier caliber won't magically make you a marksman. On the other hand, if you are a good shot with a .22 you are much more likely to be a good shot with something bigger
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I'm one who often recommends starting with a .22, and I stand by it. NOT necessarily (or at all) for handguns...But definitely for beginning rifle shooters. A coupla reasons: they can buy a good accurate .22 for not much money, they can shoot all day for a few dollars in ammo, and most everything "good" they learn shooting the .22 will transfer to a larger rifle.

I've recently (re)started taking my accurate .22 to the range EVERY time I go. I'll usually shoot 100 rounds, sometimes 200. And my shooting with my "big" rifles has improved considerably.

Martial arts training is effective against a handgun.
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Someone said it wasn't.

Sorry, but it most certainly is. If the BG is close enough, he can be disarmed, and its not even very difficult. if you're holding a gun to my face, and its less than an arms reach away, you WILL get it shoved where the sun don't shine. In fact and reality, you can be somewhat farther away than that, and I'll STILL take it away/make it useless, as well as causing you SEVERE bodily damage. Obviously, this won't work if the BG is 30 feet away, but at "close range" disarming (gun or knife) an opponent is not at all difficult.
 
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That DA revolver cylinders make a clicking noise when you spin them.


"some do, if you hold the hammer half way back."

In the movies, the cylinder is swung out and still makes the clicking noise. That's what I'm talking about.
 
Yeah, I've heard that one a BUNCH. Ususally with the under 25 crowd. Usually, they will tell me "You're a wuss for doing that, learn martial art/be a man and fight someone.", etc etc. I hear from these little white kids raised on Japanese anime that it is not "honorable" to use a gun in a fight. First off, I didn't ask to be in this "fight" (more like struggle away from death), secondly what's honorable about some jerk trying to rape a woman?


Hey now I was raised on them japanese animes and I don't think it's unhonorable to do that. I think it's smart :p(Then again all I watched was the shoot 'em up ones like hellsing and gunsmith cats). People just say that cause now they don't have the advantage:neener:

Anyway my most annoyin gun myths:
Mosins are ugly

Glocks are usefull:neener:

.30-30 is outdated and too inacurate for deer

The SKS can shoot you in the foot and come out your neck

If I shot you in the shoulder with the .45 acp you would spin around and hit the ground.(From my grandpa)

That pulling both triggers at once on a stagecoach loaded with 3in mag 00 buck doesn't hurt(I still do this o_O)

That if you were to point a pistol at a king or queen you would drop to your knees and sit there in, how do you put it? In ahhh.(English Bob:neener: )
 
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