JanMcNeville
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Okay...I'm back. Classes and a summer job had me busy.
In case noone remembers, I'm the klutzy little left-winger MedGrl found and brought to the sheltered haven of gun enthusiasts.
After a long discussion with one of the strange creatures known as Byrd Democrats and a messload of Fark dot com, I have come to the conclusion that the Second Amendment means us to have guns as a form of checks-and-balances -i.e., if we are armed, the politicians will be less likely to mess with us. Now, most little liberal girls are more of the touchy-feely, cat-friendly violence-oh-noes! variety...I don't think I am. I don't like how the government's doing and I really don't like the idea of a one-in-a-hundred guntoting nutjob being allowed to shoot kittycats.
If anyone follows the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, maybe you saw the headlines about a hunter whose three beagles were shot by another hunter because they were 'barking.' As beagles do. That made me deeply sad, as I like beagles, and while yes, they do emit a certain amount of barkage, that is no call to go shooting them. After all, animals can't hold a gun, so it's kinda unfair of us two-leggeds.
Another thing that irked me into this was putting the word 'cat' or 'kitten' into Google News...people are cruel to these intelligent animals.
I used to hope that I would never need a gun to defend my own rights, or those of my family (which, interestingly, is almost 12% feline,) but recent politics and news indicate that this is not the case. If people are allowed to hunt free-roaming cats and one of my little indoor-only babies escapes, I want to be able to tell local nutjobs that shooting at Boots would be a big mistake and have some chance of being listened to. The rare but sadly real nutjobby species of gun owners, I have noticed, don't seem to listen to anyone they percieve as liberal or sensitive -unless, of course, that person is also a gun owner, in which case a sort of grudging mutual respect crops up. (That, and the hope that fellow-gun-owner will share ammo or carpool to the range sometime, I suspect.)
The fact that many guys apparently find gun-owning women inexplicably hot is neither here nor there.
So...after the Longest Cat-Related Post Ever...any advice on what sort of gun a 5'7 female who doesn't quite shoot straight yet should be looking into? I still think a 22 to start, but handgun, rifle...make and model?
Oh, and if they come in 'shiny,' that would be a major plus. Huge. Little liberal girls heart the shiny.
In case noone remembers, I'm the klutzy little left-winger MedGrl found and brought to the sheltered haven of gun enthusiasts.
After a long discussion with one of the strange creatures known as Byrd Democrats and a messload of Fark dot com, I have come to the conclusion that the Second Amendment means us to have guns as a form of checks-and-balances -i.e., if we are armed, the politicians will be less likely to mess with us. Now, most little liberal girls are more of the touchy-feely, cat-friendly violence-oh-noes! variety...I don't think I am. I don't like how the government's doing and I really don't like the idea of a one-in-a-hundred guntoting nutjob being allowed to shoot kittycats.
If anyone follows the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, maybe you saw the headlines about a hunter whose three beagles were shot by another hunter because they were 'barking.' As beagles do. That made me deeply sad, as I like beagles, and while yes, they do emit a certain amount of barkage, that is no call to go shooting them. After all, animals can't hold a gun, so it's kinda unfair of us two-leggeds.
Another thing that irked me into this was putting the word 'cat' or 'kitten' into Google News...people are cruel to these intelligent animals.
I used to hope that I would never need a gun to defend my own rights, or those of my family (which, interestingly, is almost 12% feline,) but recent politics and news indicate that this is not the case. If people are allowed to hunt free-roaming cats and one of my little indoor-only babies escapes, I want to be able to tell local nutjobs that shooting at Boots would be a big mistake and have some chance of being listened to. The rare but sadly real nutjobby species of gun owners, I have noticed, don't seem to listen to anyone they percieve as liberal or sensitive -unless, of course, that person is also a gun owner, in which case a sort of grudging mutual respect crops up. (That, and the hope that fellow-gun-owner will share ammo or carpool to the range sometime, I suspect.)
The fact that many guys apparently find gun-owning women inexplicably hot is neither here nor there.
So...after the Longest Cat-Related Post Ever...any advice on what sort of gun a 5'7 female who doesn't quite shoot straight yet should be looking into? I still think a 22 to start, but handgun, rifle...make and model?
Oh, and if they come in 'shiny,' that would be a major plus. Huge. Little liberal girls heart the shiny.