What does a gun mean to you?

[Sniper4Life]

I was just thinking about what a gun ment. To some people it would be a way of aquiring food, self defense, defense of others. I think I finally got it figured out, the reason the goverment wants to take our guns is because guns represent freedom and we cant just have that. Once the goverment has our guns they can make us do anything they want, when we have guns they will quake in thier beds. So what does a gun mean to you?

 

[Joe Gunns]

Self reliance, independence.
At a purely emotional level I find something satisfying about the heft and balance and the feel of the wood of a good firearm. My wife called it "butternut wisdom" when she saw me cleaning up the walnut of a used rifle thirty-some-odd years ago.

 

[Zundfolge]

Years ago I saw it on a T-Shirt;

A man with a gun is a citizen, a man without a gun is a subject.

 

[Vern Humphrey]

I agree -- it means freedom. It means I am a full citizen, not dependent on anyone for my rights.

 

[The Amigo]

GUN...

To me it means my oreo cookies will never be eaten by some stranger at night....

 

[U.S.SFC_RET]

A gun means a tremendous amount to me, it just cannot be covered in a few words. I wrote this up and posted it. Enjoy, it's on the second amendment.

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=234734

 

[Leanwolf]

The Second Amendment represents a fundamental, inalienable Right and Freedom that is virtually unknown in the rest of the world.

That is why the wannabee U.S. tyrants MUST eventually confiscate our firearms. They can not afford for their ultimate power to ever be challenged... especially by us worker peasants, serfs, and peons. (And that is precisely how they think of us!)

L.W.

 

[MikePGS]

It means freedom, self-reliance and a means by which one can resist tyranny.

 

[Stevie-Ray]

It's all been said in the first few posts. But above all that, they're fun.

 

[M.E.Eldridge]

Freedom. Safety. Self-Reliance.

 

[323D3F3C!7$]

To me a gun is a tool, a way to protect myself and the people i love, a collectors item, an interesting machine, a backup plan for food, and a fun hobby. I think everybody here is going to say something similar. But yeah, I do agree that (trying to) taking away guns is the easiest way to suppress the voices of the people of any country. B

 

[bumm]

Each gun I own says something different to me. My father's .22 rifle which he got when he was a boy, is a family heirloom, to be passed on through the generations. When I shoot the HiStandard GB he got when I was a baby, I wonder what he would have thought if he'd known his little rugrat would be shooting it long after he'd died... My Kimber .45 is MY gun! It's FUN, and I strive to shoot it in a way that I can be proud of. The old Browning HiPower under the bed in a push button gun safe keeps me from the possibility of having to be helpless if someone would choose to victimize me or my family. There are other guns and other feelings, but you get the drift...
Marty

 

[JP1954]

Warm fuzzies is what my gun means to me........The same way my wife loves her teddy bear collection is the same way I feel about my guns.....I get warm fuzzies when I hold/hug them.

Once the goverment has our guns they can make us do anything they want, when we have guns they will quake in thier beds. So what does a gun mean to you?

Maybe at first.....but then they may come to learn a truth that some of us already know.......it was said....."There are no dangerous weapons,,,only dangerous men."...........Without going into details......it doesn't take a huge imagination and it does not take a lot of knowledge to wreak incredible havok with the vast amount of chemicals that are easily available to anyone....or for that matter, to fashion a weapon as deadly and stealthy as a sidearm with a silencer with materials that are readily available at any hardware store. It would be nice if those that believe society would be violence free if they were to take our guns away finally realize this and start focusing on the PROBLEM which is CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR rather than another stupid gun control law which does nothing to address the above facts of life. It would be nice if they learn this reality sooner rather than later......Btw......you aren't one of those people are you? Could it be that you are and you posted this thread in an attempt to understand how the "gun nuts" think? If yes, please copy my response and email it to all your cohorts who share your delusions...


P.S.

I also love the smell of burnt nitrogen

 

[Sniper4Life]

Btw......you aren't one of those people are you? Could it be that you are and you posted this thread in an attempt to understand how the "gun nuts" think? If yes, please copy my response and email it to all your cohorts who share your delusions...

[falls off chair in shock]

NO I would never...[controls rage] do something like that. I love my guns and my friends think I am nuts cause after I am done shooting I open the action and inhale... the sweet smell, I cant think of one thing that smells better. But as for lack of a job I had to sell all of my guns except for one and that one I will keep hell, highwater or your everyday gun-grabbing liberal.

.308

 

[michiganfan]

When the zombies come I will stand a fighting chance.

 

[Atticus]

What everyone else said...but ultimately, it's about being RESPONSIBLE, for ourselves, our families, our neighborhoods, and on and on. Guns are the ultimate symbol of trust between a citizen and his government.

 

[Dienekes]

Liberty's Teeth.

 

[Hud]

FREEDOM!

I am of Scottish descent. My family was a sept of the Clann Macbheathain (MacBain) of Kinchyle on Loch Ness. They fought for freedom from the English under William Wallace, Robert The Brus at Greyfriers Chapel, and finally in the Jacobite Uprising in the early 1700's. We (the Scotts) lost that one bigtime. Those who participated and survived, were deported to the (then) Colonies.
My family wound up in South Carolina.
Some 50 years later, we, along side deposed patriots from many other countries, were again involved in a fight for freedom from the English. That little skirmish was the war for independance of this country. Two of my relatives died at the battle of Wambaugh Creek in 1782.
From then, we've been in every major conflict that this country has been involved in, up to and including Viet Nam.
I am very proud of my heritage and what little part we may have played along side yourselves and all the others, in preserving the rights and freedoms of the wonderfully diverse people of this country.
We were not just granted the right to keep and bear arms, we EARNED it!
Regards, Hud

 

[MachIVshooter]

Firearms mean many things to me. Literally, they are representations of art, engineering, physics and logic among other things. In the abstract, they stand for freedom, self-sufficiency and pride.

Most important, they are fun! I enjoy every aspect of them, from looking at photographs and reading about their history to shooting and tinkering. IMO, it is the ultimate hobby.

I like cars, bikes, horses, etc.

I LOVE guns.

 

[BC_bush_man]

Guns....ahhhh....

Whenever I pick up my lever actions I feel like in Clint Eastwood in a Fistfull of dollars. I get transported to a day in which individualism reigned supreme and a man had to be strong and ready to face death bravely.

I love the fact that our governments allow us to possess these and it makes me feel proud to live in a land where an individual is still responsible for his actions. I fear a day when our lives will be ruled by a Nanny state like Britain where the government knows best what is good for it's citizens and it's citizens should not be allowed to play with guns in case they shoot themselves in the foot.

I keep one win 94 on my coffee table in the living room (unloaded, of course) and I sit and fondle it while watching TV, just love the feel of a nice rifle in the hand.

 

[Guy B. Meredith]

MachIVshooter's comments pretty much mirror my own feelings. I appreciate engineering, fine machining and craftsmanship--and history.

I also appreciate the challenge and pleasure of release from the "real world" when involved in eye/hand coordination exercises. Not so much on the physical exercise of running stages, but the challenge of competition style activity makes that tolerable.

Entirely as a side issue, the fact that people want to tell me how to run my life makes my firearms a symbol of personal freedom and my ability to take responsibility for my own actions.

 

[armedpolak]

DC_bush_man

I love the fact that our governments allow us to possess these...

Bad bushman, bad!



As for guns and me... it means I never have to take any crap from a liberal

But seriously, guns take me one huge step closer toward total independence from others.

 

[superhornet]

It means that I must always be aware of the responsibility that owning a weapon entails. That it is a mechanical device that can only be controlled and used by the gray matter between one's ears....it is summed up by one of the finest statements ever made about guns..A gun is like a tool, a shovel or axe, no better or no worse than the man using it......Shane..

 

[rangerruck]

when I was in the service, guns never had that much of a feeling represented for me, though i knew i was different from most. It is almost too deep to explain , other than, that the second amendment has never felt so real, or important, or alive, as a part of my daily life, such as eating or breathing, As it ever had before. I do not know if I could do without the second amendment. It has become so important to me.

 

[Hutch]

It means never having to say you're sorry!