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Another thing to blame on the Anti Gun Movement. They started it and made it popular. | |||
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Anyone been to your local rifle store lately? or revolver store? or pistol store? "Science only goes so far then God takes over." | |||
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I seem to recall reading somewhere that a rifle progressed to becoming a "Gun" from 50 onwards. It was possibly in the book on the history of WW Greener, or one of the british makers. Harris Safaris PO Box 853 Gillitts RSA 3603 www.southernafricansafaris.co.za https://www.facebook.com/pages...=aymt_homepage_panel "There is something about safari life that makes you forget all your sorrows and feel as if you had drunk half a bottle of champagne." - Karen Blixen, | |||
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Well said Ray. Hopefully Andrew has gotten over his PTSD caused by that boot camp hazing, or will be seeking professional help. Everyone knows that old bit of poetry: This is my rifle, this is my gun. This is for shooting, this is for fun. And everyone knows it is just a bit of sadistic fun for perverted drill instructors of the "don't ask, don't tell" persuasion. GET WELL SOON ANDREW! | |||
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Did I miss something somewhere?  Nobody has attempted to define the real poetry available in howitzers, mortars, and "old reliable", the 120mm smoothbore mounted on the centerpiece of modern battle, the M-1 Tank.  Pancho LTC, USA, RET "Participating in a gun buy-back program because you think that criminals have too many guns is like having yourself castrated because you think your neighbors have too many kids." Clint Eastwood Give me Liberty or give me Corona. | |||
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So then, what's the difference between a "gun" and a "cannon"? A fighter plane can have either (50 caliber machine gun / 20 mm cannon). And if you say "A cannon is just a large gun!", then why did the Bismark have 15 inch guns? And all are rifled! Oh, forget it! I've given myself a headache. "I envy not him that eats better meat than I do; nor him that is richer, or that wears better clothes than I do; I envy him, and him only, that kills bigger deer than I do." Izaak Walton (modified) | |||
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Please send me $200 for my hourly fee of listening as a pyscholanalyst. My conclusion - go shoot something with your rifle/shotgun/pistol and you will feel better in the morning. | |||
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I love my guns ...
Particularly if it is used to refer to what is a "rifle". 
I just love my rifles, my shotguns and a handgun. Hell, I'd also really like to have a big battleship gun, something like a 12 inches ship gun. ". 
But to see the word gun used in an esteemed forum like this one to refer to a rifle is really a shame.
Sorry and apologies to those who know no better and feel offended by my posting. It is not against the persons, just against the use of that word out of context.