A state gun?

[Shock]

It's common knowledge that Americans have intimate relations with their firearms. We'll see a bill allowing marriage between a man and his gun before we see one allowing gay marriage.

ZING.

 

[j_garcia]

I know some people, all in the same extended family, who hunt and own several guns. One seems to be circling the drain because his attitudes about inviting people to their place in central WI are just insane- "I won't invite anyone because they might shoot a deer I should have been able to kill" is a verbatim quote. He hoards guns and went so far as going to work for Gander Mountain so he could buy them at a discount. His brother has gone to New Zealand and other places to kill animals, knock the horns or antlers off and leave the carcass. Plentiful, or not, it's still wasteful. These guys are brothers. Their cousin wears a dinner-sized belt buckle with 'The Right To Bear Arms" and NRA on it. Big stud. Oh, yeah. Couldn't quote the Amendment if a gun was to his head. Thinks the police should be able to go into someone's house without a warrant. He didn't like it when I said he would make a good Na#i.

These are the kind of people, despite what they think, are a big part of the issue as well. I don't agree with this level of fanaticism.

I see the way guns are controlled in some places as the same way WI controls fireworks- you can buy or sell them, but you can't fire them off. If the gun control fans get their way, it will be impossible to buy a gun in a retail store and bullets will either be so expensive that people won't bother or ammo will be unavailable.

That is already here. Think gas is pricey? Try buying ammo.

 

[GO-NAD!]

It's common knowledge that Americans have intimate relations with their firearms. We'll see a bill allowing marriage between a man and his gun before we see one allowing gay marriage.

ZING.

I can just picture the headline: "Man blows off his johnson on his wedding night when his "spouse" has an orgasm".

Too far? If I'm pushing the boundaries of acceptable language, I apologize.

 

[psbfan9]

Fanatical

Its' like anything else, people get fanatical. I'm a Notre Dame fan, but I don't paint my face or want to punch a Michigan fan simply for being a Michigan fan.

Some people however are die hards about any and every thing. It's 'their right' to do this and that and nothing will stop them. It doesn't bother me that Arizona wants a state gun. It's 1200 miles from here, doesn't effect me at all. What does bother me, is when I see these fanatics carrying their guns in public at public events where things can go wrong in a New York minute. If my state were to do this, what the hell, still wont effect me. I just think there are more important matters to deal with in Arizona and other states.

 

[highfigh]

These are the kind of people, despite what they think, are a big part of the issue as well. I don't agree with this level of fanaticism.

That is already here. Think gas is pricey? Try buying ammo.

The guy who kills and chops the skull cap off is a lawyer and his brother is just generally angry. Their cousin used to be a friend and I got to the point of not being able to stand what come tumbling out of his yap. Probably the least self-aware person I know of. The wife of the lawyer gives him a hard time about his problem with "buck fever" whenever they would go hunting- he got all shaky and would usually miss, but she could knock the eyes out of a frog at 100 yards.

Yes, they definitely are part of the problem.

 

[Seth=L]

It's not just Canadians who can't understand it. Please don't put all of your American neighbors in that same category. The gun fetish is truly a national embarassment as far as I am concerned.

Hopefully the good folks in Arizona will at least have the decency not to make the state gun a Glock.

I really think they'll choose some old time rifle or revolver, not a modern half plastic semi automatic weapon.

 

[Seth=L]

It's just a resolution, not a law. It's similar to a state writing a resolution to honor a sports team, a person who does something great, or an historic building. It doesn't require anyone to do anything, doesn't give anyone a day off, or make anyone pay more for anything. Every state does this stuff, just not necessarily for a gun.

Here's a stupid AZ law- "Donkeys cannot sleep in bathtubs."

From http://www.dumblaws.com/laws/united-states/arizona

Here's a gem from Wisconsin- "Whenever two trains meet at an intersection of said tracks, neither shall proceed until the other has", from the same link.

Since stupid laws were brought up...

"You can get out of paying for a dependent’s medical care by praying for him/her." - Indiana State law.

This is good to know.

"No one may throw an old computer across the street at their neighbor." - Indiana (Warsaw city law)

I'm so proud to be a Hoosier.

 

[psbfan9]

I'm so proud to be a Hoosier.

That makes two of us!

In Indiana, baths are not allowed to be taken between October and March. good thing I prefer showers.