Do you, or do you NOT shoot, after having too many beers?

[SillyMe]

Well, thats the question, but here are a few details.

Don't live in the city. Have some possums that have taken up residence under the mobil home inbetween the insulation and the floor. Have trapped 3 of them, have dug out 2 really stenchy corpses.

See a little possum hide behind the clothes drier. You have had a few to many beeeeers.

Do you take the shot or not?

I went ahead and put a single Remington hollow point into the 10/22 and moved the drier so the critter could not hide under the vent hose.

A small "pop" after pulling the trigger and the critter remains slowly moving. Then, a small blood trickle shows up on the floor. I imagine there is a hole in the floor, I don't care, I was going to replace the sheet vynl anyways.

Been hunting this critter for the last few days. Son said it climbed up onto his bed and his at him just before both getting startled and critter running under other bed.

So, if you been chasing this chasin this critter in your house for a week, and the ONLY time YOU see it is after a few beers, do you take up firearms or not?

I did, I think its dead, but I'm not puttin on my shoes till mornin'.

Ready to hear more sober replies,
SillyMe

 

[Salpalinja]

No, I will not take the shot. This has nothing against you, I trust you to be responsible with firearms and you know your limits. But personally, no.

 

[capbuster]

The drinking and shooting is entirely "your call" and if an accident does occur, you will be deemed irresponsible for mixing firearms with booze and suffer the results.Sometimes we must do what we have to do, but please make sure where that bullet is going before you turn it loose.I can empathize with you. Years ago we gave a friend a old artificial Christmas tree which we had stored in the basement.Upon loading the box up, I found a young possum inside.I said I would carry it off a few miles and release it. My friends father told me that I might as well kill it since it would return to its nesting place in our basement. I did tote the possum off but it did return and I ended its ramblings in my basement with a 45acp swc target load. They are tough little varments. Take care and be careful.

 

[RTFM]

Son said it climbed up onto his bed and his at him just before both getting startled and critter running under other bed.

*** was that?

Um Guns. Alcohol. Possum huntin'. Trailers. :banghead:

Do you get all greased up before you drive too?

Ready to hear more sober replies

I think it was DUMB .22 still kills, I suppose others were in the trailer too huh?






P.S. Welcome to The High Road

 

[techmike]

Thanks!!!

Thanks for being the type of shooter that the anti's depict us to be. :banghead:

 

[Monte Harrison]

Alcohol and gun powder don't mix.

EVER.

 

[HankB]

Me, I see pink elephants after too many beers . . . are you SURE there was really a 'possum?

Seriously . . . I don't mix guns and alcohol.

 

[Sean Smith]

I smell a troll.

 

[bedlamite]

I quit having too many beers a long time ago.

 

[TarpleyG]

Don't feed the trolls!!!

 

[Atticus]

Beers or no beers, I can't see using a firearm for critter control indoors...ever...unless it is rabid and/or posing a serious threat. The dangers involved with shooting indoors (and particularly in a mobile home or apartment) far exceed the risk posed by a possum or coon. I'd expend more effort to keep them out in the first place, and trap the ones that get in.

 

[John Ross]

Guys, take a look at the total number of posts made by each poster in this thread. Find the one with the highest number. Read HIS reply.

SillyMe, in his first post ever to THR, left out that he had just finished beating his wife, jumping his daughter, and affixing the bumper sticker saying "If I had known this was going to happen, I would have picked my own cotton" to his rusted-out, pollution-belching pickup truck.

JR

 

[Ebbtide]

SillyMe,

Welcome to The Highroad. You came to the right place to get your questions answered and I am glad you are questioning your actions rather than keep on drinking beers and shooting guns.

I do realize there are plenty of experienced shooters out there that have never had formal training or just practice their own rules of safety. These are the folks that tend to end up on the news with a "stockpile of ammo and automatic firearms", in the hospital, or worse. So please excuse the aforementioned curt replies from my fellow members, its just frustrating to see other gun owners in a position to hurt our cause (Right to Keep and Bear Arms) even further.

As a rule, drinking and firearms never mix, at least in my book. There is just to much to risk if by some slim chance something goes wrong. Of course if you are on your property and you have to defend yourself against a rapist, lets just hope you are sober.

Once again, welcome and please feel free to ask more questions and search this board (you can also search www.thefiringline.com). I think you will find this a great forum with very decent members.

Reagrds,

ehenz

 

[Deepdiver]

I don't even HANDLE my guns if I have had a couple of drinks/beers, etc.., let alone shoot them when I have had a couple TOO MANY.

...sounds like a recipe for an "accident" to me.

 

[willyjixx]

havin a couple of beers (A Couple meaning 2!!!) and cleaning my guns i dont see a problem! i make sure the ammo is in the other room in the case before i crack open mr frosty.

however, this is a varmint problem not a goblin problem..........your chasin down the mr O'Possum with a 22. in your house?

do you know the schematics and blueprints of your house?

but why willyjixx what does that matter? hit a gas line or a power line or a water line or heck even send one throught the wall and into something else and you will soon find the error of your ways.

darwinate yourself but not those around you

oh yeah

Welcome

 

[Brad Johnson]

Alcohol and gun powder don't mix.

EVER!

Ditto, Friend.

Brad

 

[bogie]

I agree with John & Sean...

HOWEVER, I've discovered the Ultimate Possum Gitter.

Cold Steel Asegai, or however the darn thing is spelled... It's one of those short african spears, like what y'all saw when watching Zulu.

Sharp, and just the right length for pokin' around in the apartment building's basement...

Of course, John, next time we corner one of the little buggers, would you recommend that I...

1) Call you to bring over the .500 S&W?

2) Gently trap the thing, and release it up near Clayton & Hanley?

 

[jsalcedo]

If there is a danger to be dealt with, a wild animal in the home (possibly rabid) or a home intruder and unfortunately alcohol has been consumed, It is still permissable to counter the threat with a firearm under
these circumstances.

The only way to not ever deal with this issue is to stay sober 24/7.

Some folks drink. Its a fact of life, we all take our chances.

My nephews batchelor party for example. We were drinking beer and playing video games over the network.

The women were downstairs doing the wedding shower. My wife gets into a shouting match with her sister in law. My wifes brother runs downstairs and starts rampaging in my house breaking stuff and screaming obscenities at the top of his lungs. It really looks like he is going to attack my wife.

As she is trying to get him to leave I'm yelling at him to get out while grabbing my CCW off the top shelf.

Luckily we get him out the door and he continues screaming every word not allowed on THR out in my driveway.

Would I have shot him? Yes. if he had attacked his sister (my wife) I would have stopped him even though I had about 4 beers in me.


It is impossible to know what is going to happen from one moment to the next. There is no 100% rule on alcohol and firearms even though its ALMOST always a bad idea to mix them.

 

[Phyphor]

I hate to say it...

but given the recent thread on trolling democraticunderground, I have to be a bit suspicious of new posts, especially those that only make one post, and then seemingly, no others.

I'm going to take a 'wait and see' tack on this....

 

[Mike Irwin]

I don't shoot after drinking. Period.

I don't even drink that much.

 

[willyjixx]

come on! not everybody here is a republican an not everybody here is a conservative. just like not everybody over on Democrat is a super left wing walks in counterclockwise circles Democrat. an to those who go over there to harass an pokem fun at em...............let em! just dont mention THR so they dont come do the same.

what would be the word for an internet posting board war???

well whatever troll or not a person comes up an post a weird comment by all means answer with your opinion. if they dont like it they can leave an if the mods dont like it they can delete it! but i find the greatest power an individual has..........(gasp) if you dont like it you dont have to read it!

 

[Phyphor]

Wilyjix wrote:

come on! not everybody here is a republican an not everybody here is a conservative. just like not everybody over on Democrat is a super left wing walks in counterclockwise circles Democrat. an to those who go over there to harass an pokem fun at em...............let em! just dont mention THR so they dont come do the same.

Er, too late. Go have a look at the forums on The Democratic Underground , some other THR members have been posting there.
(and of course, THR got implicated, hence the thread naming THR a 'cesspool' or some other idiocy like that.)

What would be the word for an internet posting board war???

Childish?

well whatever troll or not a person comes up an post a weird comment by all means answer with your opinion.

I did. I counseled caution, due to the known trolling on DU.
Especially given how some here have bragged about being banned from DU multiple times.

Now, I'm all in favor of rational debate, but when things get into silly troll-games (especially on a moderated board, ) then it tends to screw up the readibility of a given group.

if they dont like it they can leave an if the mods dont like it they can delete it! but i find the greatest power an individual has..........(gasp) if you dont like it you dont have to read it!

Agreed. However, if the trolling begins in earnest, don't be surprised if there's a LOT of stuff you won't want to read.

:banghead:

 

[justashooter]

i drink as many beers as i can find. then i go shootin' possums with a 30 nato automatic, and 30 rd mags, and damn it, i woulda picked the cotton...

 

[MJRW]

I troll alot of forums all over the internet and this is a post I would make and I'm a fine troll when I'm in troll-mode.

 

[bogie]

Justashooter, I got ya beat...

I drink as many possums as I can hold, and then I go shootin' at beer bottles held by minors while wearing white cotton undies.