What are YOU compensating for?

[mustanger98]

With my M1 Garand, I'm compensating for so many AR15ers. With my Winchester .30-30, I'm compensating for so many elephant guns being carried to hunt deer that don't weigh over 150lbs, or so many Sharps buffalo rifles on the 100yd line at the cast bullet match.

I'm compensating for my Democrat grandparents who say John Kerry is pro-gun. I'm compensating for my sister who can shoot as well as I can, but doesn't like to buy ammo or shoot regularly.

I'm compensating for so many mall ninjas and old grouches.

I wonder how many more I can think of.

 

[JJ Hiryuu]

I'm compensating for my laziness.

I guess I could just use my kung-fu skills or telekenetic abilities to knock down targets or possible bad guys, but guns are so much easier.

I feel a nap coming on.

 

[gunsmith]

I once had a guy give me that line

about compensating for something, after telling me about his surfboard!

 

[OrvilleYertleson]

I've been buying little firearms recently because I already have way to much well, nevermind.

 

[Hal Romberg]

Compensating for a severe lack of PT, and the resulting lard butt syndrome.

 

[quazi]

I'm compensating for my lack of claws and sharp teeth, just like how I use my coat to compensate for my lack of fur.

 

[Kor]

Per Unarmed Shooter:

1) Lack of super-powers;

2) Not having been born as a billionaire playboy with tendencies towards vigilantism and a fixation on flying mammals.

 

[evan price]

I'm compensating for the fact that Daleks do not fear me the way they fear the Doctor...




EXTERMINATE!

 

[Diamondback6]

I gotta compensate for:

1. The fact that I have very strong protective instincts (I'd go so far as to say they are at the very core of who and what I am, even what I was created for), but I didn't luck out on the brute-strength gene like Ahhhnold, nor the predisposition to spend vast hours of my life moving small but very heavy pieces of metal in endless back-and-forth arcs.

2. For some reason, I seem to be a magnet for close friends who are somewhat challenged in their physical or mental ability to defend themselves (I mean the are psychologically incapable of it, not just unwilling), who have very violent problem individuals in their backgrounds.

3. The fact that said "violent problem individuals" in #2 are generally the types who would off a friend or acquaintance of their former (whatever) just to say, "Hi, I'm still out here..."

4. I was born sixty years too late for the Big One.

5. "...enough guns for one out of every twelve people. The question is, how do we arm the other eleven?" Don't blame me, I'm trying hard not to be one of those unlucky, unfortunate or unwise 11 when the local predator decides to pay a visit...

 

[Boom-stick]

1. I'm compensating for the years of my life that I couldn't afford to buy firearms.

2. I'm compensating for a childhood spent being called a 'GUN NUT'
but now I've got firearms, no-one seems to bring it up anymore???

 

['Card]

I'm compensating for the lack of adult supervision.

 

[steveracer]

I regularly shoot Tomahawk Missiles

to compensate for lesser 22 foot flying penises out there.
I carry a gun because the cops in my town can't shoot.

 

[wheelgunslinger]

I'm compensating for the fact that violent crime still happens despite everyone's best intentions.

 

[houndawg75]

I am compensating for the lack of dead criminals.

 

[bigdaddyb]

I am compensating for a criminal justice system that has failed to instill the fear of just consequences in would-be criminals.

I am compensating for a popular culture that glorifies the criminal element and paints the law-abiding as out-dated.

 

[The_Antibubba]

I need this revolver because I'm no longer good for six shots at a touch of the trigger.

...for the lack of bodyguards like the warm and fuzzy TV talk show hosts have.

 

[cavman]

I compensate for the zero skills I have, and never could develop, using a sling shot, and the fact that my spit balls can't hit the target beyond 10 feet.

 

[Gewehr98]

What am I compensating for?

Windage and Elevation.

(Mustanger98, I can't even set my Sharps sights for a measly 100 yards without holding low, so your Winchester .30-30 is safe in my book...)

 

[loud-mouth shnook]

To sum up: When I was an adult film star, my stage name was Miles Long...

...UNTIL...

I got sued for false advertising...

...I got court-ordered to change my stage name to Schnauzer Tail.

 

[TimboKhan]

Jeezum Crow. I really was compensating for a small penis, but I think now I am going to be compensating for some peoples compete lack of a sense of humor!

 

[Sylvan-Forge]

"If I could knock people down at 25 yards with my penis, I wouldn't need a damn gun."

--Vanilla Gorilla



That's classic!

 

[jeepmor]

I'm compensating for...

the fact that my old vigilant dog died and her replacement doesn't now how to properly greet an intruder. She thwarted at least two prowlers that I confirmed, maybe more I didn't. Her replacement was in my wife's truck when it was stolen and did nothing.

I miss my smart guard dog.
jeepmor

 

[Working Man]

I'm compensating for...

.....the things I can't out think, out fight, or out run.

......because sometimes being armed to the teeth with arms
and teeth isn't enough.

I'm compensating for the fact that Daleks do not fear me the way they fear the Doctor...

evan, just run down a flight of stairs.

 

[Hardtarget]

compensate...?

...no, my pistol doesn't have a compensator.
Mark.

 

[Chrontius]

... for not having a constellation of SIDO(tm) orbitillery sattelites controlled by a brain implant via a cellular modem.

(Screaming Incandescent Death from Orbit. (tm) )