cuchulainn
Member
There's enough waxing about JBT-SHTF-TEOWAWKI-voting-from-the-rooftops-molon-labe-blood-of-tyrants to confirm their prejudices.
Now see, I'd have a problem with that assessment, because I'm not anti-gun. I've got a medal in the trophy case from winning a national chamionship, I've organised matches, I ran and helped to run my college rifle club for six years, I've trained more kids to shoot safely than I've been able to keep count of, and I've acted as the PR officer for the national governing body for target shooting in Ireland for a total of two years now, and gotten a lot of coverage for our sport and also set up our website. But our legal situation requires certain realities to be accepted in order to do that job properly. Idealism just doesn't get stuff done over here.Yes.
The former isn't permitted here, or in the UK, and there's a fair debate (as in, good arguments on both sides) as to whether it'd be a good idea for us given our political situation.Concealed carry and ownership of evil black rifles/shotguns is fairly commonplace here.
Same here again. Out of 100-120,000 estimated shooters, only about 35,000 would be involved in clubs of one form or another, and they're either game conservation clubs (you don't just hunt the pheasants, you stock them as well, being the idea), or target shooting clubs.Owning guns without belonging to a shooting club is considered normal.
Same's true over here, so long as it was genuinely necessary for self-defence. Killing someone over a stolen toaster though, would be seen as being unnecessary and maybe even over the line, depending on the circumstances.There wouldnt be any condemnation for harming the burglar I dont think.
The main difference, is that generally firearms aren't given out exclusively for self-defence
I know many anti's have a very distorted image of gun owners, and I think maybe if they hung around the site for a while they'd see that we're actually very logical, intelligent, and responsible people.