Ask Lemmy

Mostly just target shooting. But I too live in the middle of nowhere and have them to protect my family, pets, and livestock should any of the local wildlife get too aggressive.

I hunt. I also like to shoot at targets. Currently looking for my next gun that is going to be used for long range bird hunting. Thinking of a 6.5x55SE (6.5 sweedmoor :)) because it's actually cheaper than anything other than 22lr and handgun cartridges over here in Scandinavia.

Been thinking about getting into hand loading because my .338WM is quite expensive to shoot but that will probably have to wait for next year.

I don't have my firearms license yet, but I'm planning to get it soon. As for why I want guns (and why my dad, and my fiance and her family own guns), they're for hunting, pest control (mostly rabbits and possums), and target shooting.

I have a rifle and a revolver, but they're both limited edition items that my grandfather got from a steel mill where he worked, so they're a "shoot if you have to" kind of thing.

I'd like to have more, because I enjoyed target shooting as a kid. However, they're not cheap, and I'm not sure I have the time.

At the same time, I'm in the US and the inmates are running the asylum, so I feel like I should have more.

I grew up with shooting sports so it's normal for me, but I understand the reticence from people who aren't familiar. Guns are terrifying, and if you own one and stop treating it like a death stick at all times, you should consider getting rid of it.

How do you access the internet in the woods? Do you have a TV?

I lived in an unsafe neighborhood, lots of drug deals, pit bulls running loose, etc. That was when I bought my first gun.

After my grandfather and father passed away, I ended up inheriting their guns.

Then you start looking at it in terms of a tool chest, all these guns, anything missing?

Somehow my dad and grand-dad never owned a shotgun, so I picked up a 12 gauge.

Dad left me this little derringer, which is adorable but functionally useless:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Standard_Derringer

But I liked the idea of it so I bought a Bond Arms Ranger II:

https://www.bondarms.com/bond-arms-handguns/ranger-ii/

So I went from being a knife guy, to buying a gun, to owning something like 14 guns now? 🤔

Don't have any because I don't go hunting and don't live in a rural setting.

If I lived in a remote a remote area, it depends on whether I pick up hunting deer or just need something to drive away wild animals or hunt small game. Moat likely I would have a .22 rifle or lower powered shotgun for small game/vermin or driving off smaller predators. Plus guns are fun to shoot and that ammo is more affordable than higher caliber stuff. Higher caliber would require actual deer or large game hunting.

I also think guns are really neat from an engineering perspective, similar to an engine. Using explosions in a very controlled way to get a result is awesome. Definitely not worth having around without a purpose though.

Frequently drive multiple hours through BFE in some very meth infested country. Go camping in national forest lands every other week during the summer where cougars abound. And in the case of my parents, ranch pest control and something to make use of the landowner permit deer tag they get once in a while.

I don't carry in town vast majority of the time, for obvious reasons, but I've got plenty of reasons to have a couple firearms. They are useful tools like any other. Also high precision target shooting is fun af.

The state requires me to. I keep them locked in a safe for most of the time.

Police don't show up quickly enough to deal with a serious threat, so I have a firearm for home defense. Just one. Not into collecting, whether firearms or anything else.

Need no? Want? Only flint lock and before that for decoration because pretty. So they also wouldnt be able to shoot

Trump, the second coming.