tried to buy a gun today.

Discussion in 'Random Thoughts' started by Jo King, Oct 14, 2017.

  1. Jo King

    Jo King wannabe

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    I've been wanting a Ruger 10/22 and a few weeks ago I got a sale ad with one. So today I went to buy it, filling out the form they sent it off to the FBI thing and they said everything was good to go but when they went to do the final stuff I was put under a more extensive search
    No new gun for me today.
     
  2. I'minmyunderwear

    I'minmyunderwear Newbie

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    i assume the FBI saw that you have a hipforums account and determined that you couldn't be trusted with a firearm.
     
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  3. Jo King

    Jo King wannabe

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    Oh Crap, I didn't think of that.
     
  4. Vanilla Gorilla

    Vanilla Gorilla Go Ape

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    Vegas is nice this time of year
     
  5. SpacemanSpiff

    SpacemanSpiff Visitor

    a stainless take down 1022 was my first gun

    first upgrade was a volquartsen hammer/sear ..second was modifying a hardwood stock to replace the synthetic one

    great little gun ...next time im going to get a heavy barrel with laminated stock


    also wish id picked up some extended mags for it...they outlawed all the +10 ones here last year
     
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  6. Joshua Tree

    Joshua Tree Remain In Light

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    When I was just a baby my mama told me. Son,
    Always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns.
    But I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die
    When I hear that whistle blowing, I hang my head and cry.
     
  7. themnax

    themnax Senior Member

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    only time i ever had a gun was a .22 rifle my dad gave me when i was about 16 or so. i think he later gave me a 20 gauge shotgun too.
    when i left home to go into the air force i left them behind, if they hadn't already been left behind before then.

    i can think of no practical use for having one, except as a hobby if they're something you like to make or something.
    i mean if you live out in the woods somewhere you can shoot up empty beer cans or traffic signs or something,
    but if you live in a city or suburb, you can't ever very safely or responsibly do that.

    i guess there are places you can go, galleries or ranges or whatever they call them,
    where you can try to see how good you can get at hitting targets.

    but the idea of owning a gun preventing tyranny is a fantasy. the world don't work that way.
    unless its like a lot of people agreeing something is a tyranny and not wanting it,
    but then you have a lot of people getting seriously killed,
    but i guess if that's what people want,

    i still think it would be logical to have to pass the same kind of little test like to get a license to drive a car,
    you know, to prove safety consciousness and responsibility.

    but i do agree everyone should have a perfect right, and not a bad left either,
    to posses whatever they can make or grow themselves.

    but also, if a majority of people agree, to not let some things be sold or mass produced.
     
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  8. themnax

    themnax Senior Member

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    good thing it was vagas and not reno. i live in reno. i remember the song too of course. and the little town of folsum california. which is actually kind of a cool little town. even if it was best known for being the location of a major prison. but it was also the location of the first hydro-power dam that lighted sacramento.
     
  9. Asmodean

    Asmodean Slo motion rider

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    Hope you didn't need it today!
     
  10. SpacemanSpiff

    SpacemanSpiff Visitor

    dont take your guns to town
     
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  11. hotwater

    hotwater Senior Member Lifetime Supporter

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    Was this the first time you’ve attempted to purchase a gun, because at your age it might raise some red flags. You could be seen as a potential threat to yourself or others.
    Why for instance do guns suddenly interest you, you never showed any interest before?

    Hotwater
     
  12. Jo King

    Jo King wannabe

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    no but it's been a few years since I've bought one. I figured it had to do with all the semi-auto problem in Vegas. You never know, maybe it's like the sales guy said it happens randomly to customers. We'll see, he was going to call when I cleared.
     
  13. SpacemanSpiff

    SpacemanSpiff Visitor

    canadian tire did a nationwide pull of all sks rifles here ...

    no reason given...but it happened right after las vegas

    we suspect a semi auto centerfire ban is in the works
     
  14. Irminsul

    Irminsul Valkyrie

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    I got into a card game in a Cumberland town, I caught a miner cheating, I shot the dog down yeah I shot that dog down and watched the man fall, never touched his holster never had a chance to draw. The trial was in the morning and they drugged me outta bed, asked me how I pleaded and not guilty I said yeh not guilty I said, you got the wrong man, nothing touched the trigger but the devils right hand yeah the devils right hand the devils right hand, mamma said a pistols just the devils right hand... :punk:
     
  15. hotwater

    hotwater Senior Member Lifetime Supporter

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  16. Irminsul

    Irminsul Valkyrie

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    I had no dreams, I had no plans but a gun felt good in my right hand, the wardens asked how come you killed that man I said I don't know why... Welcome home said the hung blue light we were born and raised in black and white. One lives to pray one prays for life we were born and raised in black and white.
     
  17. Asmodean

    Asmodean Slo motion rider

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    Big up, big up, it's a stick up, stick up
    and I'm shooting niggas quick if you hiccup
    Don't let me fill my clip up in your back and head piece
    The opposite of peace sending Mom Duke a wreath
    You're talking to the robbery expert
    Stepping to your wake with your blood on my shirt
    Don't be a jerk and get smoked over being resistant
    'cos when I lick shots the shit is persistent
     

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