Mousegun
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- Joined
- Dec 9, 2005
- Messages
- 738
The worst thing that ever happened to air guns is You Tube and Face Thing as well as any other social media one can think of, just like I am doing now.
Air guns are becoming more main stream than ever and with that comes the egotists that want to show the world what they got. They make videos of their 30 cal. air rifle blasting the heck out of stuff and talk about how powerful it is.
Some day soon, some uninformed lib congress critter is going to catch wind of all this and drop one on us from the floor of congress. The last thing we want is for the feds to get involved and make air guns firearms. There are enough states that did that already.
I own a beautiful HW97 because a friend was seen shooting it in his perfectly safe, large area, back yard in New Jersey. That gun is a firearm in that draconian hell hole and he had to sell the gun. He also could have gone to jail had it not been for the sensible state trooper that came to visit.
As far as lead and dust collectors go, it seems to be a state thing so far. Even one of the best known suppliers of air guns (Airguns of Arizona) is careful about them. When I bought my Daystate Wolverine "R", they forgot to send the LDC that was shown in the ad picture with it. Instead of just sending one, they sent an entire barrel shroud with the LDC attached to be sure that no potential problem could be had. That was a responsible thing to do and a means of protecting our sport.
Just one situation can change all of this. In lieu of dealing with the individual, it is much easier for our "Goment" to make a blanket law that kills it for us all just in case anyone else may, at some future time, did the same thing the one transgressor did.
Air guns are becoming more main stream than ever and with that comes the egotists that want to show the world what they got. They make videos of their 30 cal. air rifle blasting the heck out of stuff and talk about how powerful it is.
Some day soon, some uninformed lib congress critter is going to catch wind of all this and drop one on us from the floor of congress. The last thing we want is for the feds to get involved and make air guns firearms. There are enough states that did that already.
I own a beautiful HW97 because a friend was seen shooting it in his perfectly safe, large area, back yard in New Jersey. That gun is a firearm in that draconian hell hole and he had to sell the gun. He also could have gone to jail had it not been for the sensible state trooper that came to visit.
As far as lead and dust collectors go, it seems to be a state thing so far. Even one of the best known suppliers of air guns (Airguns of Arizona) is careful about them. When I bought my Daystate Wolverine "R", they forgot to send the LDC that was shown in the ad picture with it. Instead of just sending one, they sent an entire barrel shroud with the LDC attached to be sure that no potential problem could be had. That was a responsible thing to do and a means of protecting our sport.
Just one situation can change all of this. In lieu of dealing with the individual, it is much easier for our "Goment" to make a blanket law that kills it for us all just in case anyone else may, at some future time, did the same thing the one transgressor did.