grungy-gonads 54 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Some other people may have been watching, tonight there's a programme on tellly here that introduces Japanese women married and living abroad. Tonight one was living in Miami. Of course they played up the 'every house owns at least one gun' bit and having lots of 'shock effect' fun out of it. The gaijin in the studio were playing it up too. Must say, it does seem pretty ridiculous that people live like the. So really, is it normal to be loaded? Or is it just in inner city kind of places? Do grannies in the countryside have a pistol? Link to post Share on other sites
gozaimaas 61 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Its a right given to all americans by a mythical superpower and best selling author Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I know (and have known) a lot of otherwise sane and liberally progressive thinking yanks who froth at the mouth at the mere hint of gun control....it really shocked me! A few who've lived here a while have mellowed and can see the folly of such a pro-gun stance but when we first met were uber proponents of having a gun, purely for "protection" of course Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 I think I'd like to have a gun. Not for protection and all that bollocks, but for sports shooting. Like at the range shooting my AK47 and at sports meets shooting my pump action shotgun or at traffic lights with my uzi. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Having guns to use as a sport is good, and I used to shoot guns for that reason, but does everyone really need to carry or have a gun in their house for protection? Can't be much of a fun place to live if people all feel they need a gun for protection. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 What kind of sport? Was it the kind of 'sport' where you have fun killing creatures going about their business? Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Canadians have lots o guns, too. I have a .22 rifle, .30-06 rifle and a .357 magnum. Good fun shooting at tin cans and such..."not much good for nothing else, cept puttin a man six feet in a hole"..... Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Why do you have 3 guns to shoot at tin cans, Chriselle? Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 One to make little holes, another to make bigger holes from further away....and another to blow the $hit out them with a big bang up close and personal...haha.. Na...the rifles were dad's and the .357 was from a friend of the family who passed away. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Dirty Harry!! Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Well,,?? Do ya punk? Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 when you play with your magnum, do you brush your hair up like Harry? Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Haha.... No, I just squint my eyes, grit my teeth together and spout one liner threats at the cans before I "blow em away".. Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 I'm a strong believer in gun control, a 2-inch group at 300 yards is pretty good. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 We never shot animals, we used to make a target by painting rings onto a 1/2 inch thick board then paint numbers on. Then my brother, father and I used to take it in turns to hit the target with an air rifle and keep a score sheet. We would all have the same number of shots, however many that was at the time and who ever got the highest score got to have first shot with the shot gun that my father also had. Now that is what we really tried hard to score good for so we could be first to blast a chunk out of the target. Then who had the second highest score would go next. After we all had a go at the target it we would then continue to take turns until the target was no longer, it didn't take long to destroy it. It was a whole lot of fun and we did this for many years a few times through out the year. Each time we would make a new target to shoot the crap out of. I would like to do that now, if I had a gun, I haven't fired a gun since I was last in Vietnam though, and that is like ten years or more ago now. I fired shot guns, and an AK 47s there. Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Haven't fired a gun since I was a kid, skeets and targets. Never hunted animals with a gun, though have slaughtered chickens with an axe. (Yes, they really do run around after their heads are cut off.) Wouldn't trust myself with a gun now, though -- sharp pencils scare me now. Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 I would like to hunt. I never did.. but I like the idea of going out and getting my years worth of healthy nature fed meat. Growing up salmon fishing we used to trade fish for game meat with friends. Here in Japan I get the odd kg or two of venison from a few hunters in this area but it's not enough. Also, the scraps are great for the dog... Link to post Share on other sites
@tokyo 14 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Has anyone ever had a vegetarian or vegan dog? Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Nope....they aren't at all built for it.. That would be cruel and unusual punishment if you tried.. Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 If you fed him on celery and beans, I might just enjoy it! Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 What...? Enjoy having a dog, you mean? Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 celery n bean? Dog's don't eat veg. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 I would like to hunt. I never did.. but I like the idea of going out and getting my years worth of healthy nature fed meat. Growing up salmon fishing we used to trade fish for game meat with friends. Here in Japan I get the odd kg or two of venison from a few hunters in this area but it's not enough. Also, the scraps are great for the dog... Some places in Japan will pay you for every deer you shoot. There are no wolves to keep the numbers down any more and the deer are a big problem for farmers. Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Ya....just what every Japanese person wants... some gaijin walking around the countryside locked and loaded.. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Our neighbour here gives us deer meat sometimes, they have a friend who is a butcher and always seems to have some spare deer meat. Until we moved here I hadn't had deer meat for absolutely years, and I like it so was nice to get some. Hopefully we get some more sometime. Link to post Share on other sites
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