What to say...

[elemonator]

I was just wondering what some of my fellow INGOers say to people you encounter who see you reading a 'shotgun news' or other firearm publication and say to you, "What would you want one of those for?" or "Why would you use a gun like that for?"

 

[backfire]

Because I can.......

Hunting Buffalo......

 

[printcraft]

I was just wondering what some of my fellow INGOers say to people you encounter who see you reading a 'shotgun news' or other firearm publication and say to you, "What would you want one of those for?" or "Why would you use a gun like that for?"

People that question my choice of reading materials..........

 

[femurphy77]

Tell 'em the truth! If they're tools it won't matter what you say, if they are genuinely interested you may bring another member of society over to the enlightened side.

 

[snapping turtle]

I like to take them to waiting rooms and leave them after the address sticker comes off or gets sharpied out.

Nothing like a waiting room with just cosmo or redbook. I think of it as passing my addiction on down the line. I am sure some other man or woman got to read something other than how to achieve a better orgasm.

Field and stream and mainly fur fish and game is what got me into this as a young kid. I must have read each months twice. Dad still gives them to me after he reads them.

No one has ever asked me about what i was reading. I don;t think many people really notice in todays computer connected world.

If asked i would just give them my copy and tell them to give it a read.

 

[armedindy]

my DI**S not big enough...

 

[BGDave]

The voices in my head are so insistent.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

Every time someone asks me why I have a gun, I just say "to shoot people". You should see their expressions as the gears clash and grind. They expect me to tuck my tail and say, oh, target practice, hunting, whatever. If you think about it, shooting people is what most of them are ultimately for, just as a fire extinguisher is to put out fires. I have those, too. Not because I want to put out fires, but, you know, I've had to use them a couple of times. My house didn't burn down. If I'd called the FD, by the time they got here, there would have been structural involvement, and much damage. If I call the police, I may get dead before they get here. No thanks.

 

[Suprtek]

I just expose my EDC and say "For some of the same reasons I use this one!".

 

[BGDave]

I just expose my EDC and say "For some of the same reasons I use this one!".

Please do that in purple or look up brandishing.

 

[backfire]

Every time someone asks me why I have a gun, I just say "to shoot people". You should see their expressions as the gears clash and grind. They expect me to tuck my tail and say, oh, target practice, hunting, whatever. If you think about it, shooting people is what most of them are ultimately for, just as a fire extinguisher is to put out fires. I have those, too. Not because I want to put out fires, but, you know, I've had to use them a couple of times. My house didn't burn down. If I'd called the FD, by the time they got here, there would have been structural involvement, and much damage. If I call the police, I may get dead before they get here. No thanks.

I may have to borrow that one....

 

[SSGSAD]

Please do that in purple or look up brandishing.

There is NO brandishing law in INDIANA .....

 

[toddcraft33]

Every time I hop on a plane I make sure to have a fresh copy of GUNS & AMMO.

 

[ZS84]

Please do that in purple or look up brandishing.

Why? Maybe he is OCing. He did not say he took out his CCW and showed it to them. No brandishing law in IN.

 

[ZS84]

There is NO brandishing law in INDIANA .....

Man you got there before me by one minute......

 

[BGDave]

You guys must know something I don't. Let me just stand corrected for now.
Read Johnson v. State, 743 N.E.2d 755 (Ind. Ct. App. 2001) ("don't even think about it" + displaying holstered handgun = Intimidation).

 

[RBrianHarless]

Never seen it happen.

 

[SSGSAD]

Man you got there before me by one minute......

First time for EVERYTHING !!!!!

 

[SSGSAD]

You guys must know something I don't. Let me just stand corrected for now.

I read it on the interwebz, about 3777 times ...

 

[BGDave]

You guys must know something I don't. Let me just stand corrected for now.
Read Johnson v. State, 743 N.E.2d 755 (Ind. Ct. App. 2001) ("don't even think about it" + displaying holstered handgun = Intimidation).

Edited that. In the interest of clarity.