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Juggernaut
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20 Jan 2007, 2:46 pm

I think I have found a new obsession. Guns. It's funny, I have known people who have been very into guns, but didn't think I could get into them myself. But one day it just hit me that guns are fascinating as well as being fun to shoot. So today I bought myself a gun magazine.
I am terrible with mechanical things generally, such as cars, but guns are simple enough for me to understand, while being versatile enough that there is always more to learn about different kinds. By the way, I am not into hunting and have only been twice (The most I ever got was one squirel). Having to gut an animal is gross enough to outweigh any adrenaline rush I would get from killing it. And though killing is a rush, morally I don't like the idea of taking a creatures life. My Dad never felt it was safe for me to go hunting, though he did with my other brothers, as I was not aware of my surroundings enough. But target practice is fun.



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20 Jan 2007, 2:48 pm

Oy, guns scare me! :x
Have fun with your new obsession!



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20 Jan 2007, 3:10 pm

I was obessed with guns like maybe 5 years. (18-23). I sold most my guns when I was 23 since I was going to college. Still own a few guns but I have not fired one in like 14 years and have no plans to.



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20 Jan 2007, 3:54 pm

I've learned to identify different guns by the sound they make from playing computer games of all things. I prefer virtual guns. I identify birds the same way. I can hear much better than I can see, except when trying to understand speech, which requires silence and attention.



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20 Jan 2007, 4:12 pm

I was obsessed with guns briefly while in high school. I was bullied a lot at the time, so after hearing about the Columbine incident, my obsessions turned to guns. The obsession faded out in a matter of days after I graduated.



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20 Jan 2007, 4:19 pm

My dad has a few rifles in the closet, and we have a shotgun on top of our fridge.



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20 Jan 2007, 4:23 pm

Guns actually do scare me as well.



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20 Jan 2007, 4:25 pm

Juggernaut wrote:
Guns actually do scare me as well.


But they're fun to hold... :D



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20 Jan 2007, 4:38 pm

Obsessed with Sniper Rifles myself.



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20 Jan 2007, 5:17 pm

Nerf guns.

My family is decenant from a cival war soldier, so we have all his guns, his drum and whatnots and nicknacks. the guns, supposedly, still do fire.


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20 Jan 2007, 5:22 pm

I always liked the BFG (Big f*****g Gun) in Doom, it could clear a room. :twisted:



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20 Jan 2007, 5:27 pm

Hehe, guns. Gauss gun and M82A1 for me :twisted: I know alot about guns.


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20 Jan 2007, 5:37 pm

Hmm, I'd take Steyr AUG or FN Minimi - I've learned my gun stuff mostly from Jagged Alliance 2. I got the first class rank of shooting in the army, but that didn't take much.



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20 Jan 2007, 5:58 pm

M82A1 is my old favourite.

I love thompsons as well.


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20 Jan 2007, 6:36 pm

I love the smell of gunpowder


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20 Jan 2007, 6:51 pm

arggghhh!! ! (pulls tiny revolver from (what appears) his ass)

There's the inflated sense of self esteem :)