"...have never felt that I need to keep a loaded gun within arm's reach at all times......that must suck !"
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Not a 'need' for me, just a desire. I like firearms and I'm not afraid of them.
I've met women who were afraid to go any where near my motorcycles due to fear of them.
Other women would come over to my place and weren't the least bit moved by the firearms I have sitting around.
My ex fiance is Annie Oakley at the range.
I have an SKS stock sitting on one of my kitchen islands and the receiver, etc., sitting in a box right there. A couple of SKSs leaning up against the living room wall - just bought them and haven't checked them out fully. She moved all of the above one day to see how her furniture would look in my place.
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Ever fondled an unfired NIB 6" Colt Python .357? It's something to behold ... just to look at what they did to make it what it is.
And that action!!! It's a flawless, precision piece of art.
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Also, I grew up in No. Dakota and hunted as early as I can remember.
Made my own slingshots...shot blackbirds.
A BB rifle at such an early age I could hardly cock it.
22 rifles in kitchen corner of the farm house and in the barn.
Shot my first buck when I was 9 or 10...got my first lesson on dressing it out on that occasion.
My brother shot a deer out through our bedroom window one season with his own .270 when he was 13 yrs. old.
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OK, I'm done...thought I'd say more...but it's all been said.
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It's either in your blood or not.
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Best,
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PS And no, it doesn't "suck". I got a chuckle out of that one.
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Correction: 'Think I was a year or two older when I shot my first buck.