Mother's against BB guns

[Tink]

I worked with a guy that lost an eye to a BB. I grew up hearing mothers, mine and everyone else's complain about our dang BB guns. You will put someone's eye out they said. I couldn't hit a frog 10' away with my Red Ryder.

 

[65 500]

My Mom has never given me any **** about buying a gun, even after she found out what it cost !

 

[72Fury]

I have an old 40's Red Ryder. The bb comes out so slow you can see it gradually drop until it hits the ground or target. I was shooting it with my son the other day, at a 55 gallon drum, and he ask me how was I hitting everything, and he was not. Simple, aim waaay above the target.

 

[1978 NYB]

I hate to see friendlies get hurt.......but it all starts with gun safety training.

Even with BB guns!

 

[53ryder]

When my 3 boys were all a lot younger they all wanted bb guns. Mom said no and I didn't argue. A few Christmases ago I got them all Red Ryder bb guns, even got one for my son in-law. Should of seen the smiles on their faces as they shot at paper targets off the back deck. They still have all their eyes.

Oh....and i got me a bb gun too! Still have all my eyes too!


Glenn

 

[1978 NYB]

I don't have any BB guns....

Smallest caliber I have is .22 caliber CO2 powered pistol. Pretty effective for problem varmints without upsetting the neighbors.

 

[Big_John]

I was never a fan of my kids having a BB gun. I was traveling so much for work that I didn't have the time to supervise them with it. My ex wife gave them one when I wasn't looking and my oldest got into some trouble with it. It wasn't him so much but one of his friends that lead him and a couple others astray. Still... He should have known better. It cost me some money and that's all I'll say about it. I made him pay me back and he got grounded for quite a while.

One of the kids involved was a real troublemaker. Every time my son got into trouble, this kid always seemed to be involved somehow and in this case it wasn't any different. He lived on the next road and was always causing some sort of problems. I talked to his Dad about it. This guy had hot and cold running $$. He just laughed, paid the bill and never punished his kid in any way.... Turned out that was how he always did it. My son and the others involved all grew up to be good people. This kid went on to rehab and jail.

 

[Fury440]

Training and safety are important, no matter if its guns, power tools or cars with big engines. These rules need to be drilled in so they become automatic. I never allowed BB or pellet guns because one of my rules says guns are not toys and are not to be played with ever. Another rule, never point your gun at anything you are not prepared to shoot. The follow up rule, one with few exceptions, if you shoot it you eat it. None of my kids are afraid of guns, they respect them and they are all pretty good shots.

The very worst case parent is the one who hands his kid a gun and says go play.

 

[1978 NYB]

Training and safety are important, no matter if its guns, power tools or cars with big engines. These rules need to be drilled in so they become automatic. I never allowed BB or pellet guns because one of my rules says guns are not toys and are not to be played with ever. Another rule, never point your gun at anything you are not prepared to shoot. The follow up rule, one with few exceptions, if you shoot it you eat it. None of my kids are afraid of guns, they respect them and they are all pretty good shots.

The very worst case parent is the one who hands his kid a gun and says go play.

My line of work required an exception....we don't eat what we kill.

 

[patrick66]

I bypassed the BB gun and got a single-shot bolt action .22 rifle when I was 11. I had shot rifles since age eight, as my Uncle had a great place in the mountains above Denver where he had lots of room to practice. Funny thing was I bought myself a BB gun when I turned 13. More havoc was caused with the BB gun, as BBs were so incredibly cheap...as was .22 long ammo...but the opportunity to practice safely behind the house was there with the BB gun.

 

[luigi164]

Uuuhh, I don't know much about guns, illegal here, but what are BB guns ??
The only guns I've ever had in my hands are a Browning pistol and a Uzi. That was when I was in the army back in 1978.

 

[live4theking]

Uuuhh, I don't know much about guns, illegal here, but what are BB guns ??
The only guns I've ever had in my hands are a Browning pistol and a Uzi. That was when I was in the army back in 1978.

Sometimes I forget how privileged and fortunate we are in the US. This is a Red Ryder BB gun.

These are bb's and are about 0.17" in diameter. The is no gun powder involved. They are fired either my pumping (pressurizing air) up in the gun or some guns have replaceable CO2 cartridges that propel the bb.

Good for killing little varmints like chipmunks.

 

[furyus 67]

It still blows my mind when I hear " guns are illegal here". Must be the American in me.
I got my 1st one(bb) at about 11/12. I did ok with mine, no trouble anyway. Then my buddy got his. We were in a sheet fort we built in his side yard and he hands me his loaded,pumped bb gun. To this day I'm sure how I squeezed the trigger but I did. Took out a window. Spent the summer washing his moms banana colored 78 camaro... I hated that car.

 

[jake]

Oh the black bird, chipmonks and squirrels I killed with my pellet gun. You would think I would have grown up to be a serial killer. Did I mention the street lights, cops are still looking for the perps! Young and dumb.

 

[cantflip]

I have no overwhelming desire to go shoot a gun... I was interested and halfassed looking for a nice sport shooting handgun group...bowling pins or silhouettes. I had a bone spur in my right shoulder that made rifles painful from the time I was 20-21. Every time I met someone who was involved in a fun sounding activity, the moron would show me his "piece"... point it at himself me and everyone around and then crank the live round out of the chamber. I will not accept a weapon that isnt open, so most of the time my interest was dead in 10 seconds or less.

I am all for guns... the assholes who carry them is usually another story. I can say this, if you are going to own it... learn how to handle the F-ing thing, when to use the F-ing thing and try not to prove that your and a##hole.

 

[1978 NYB]

My Mom was not a fan of guns. She eased up when I enlisted in the Army. She would only ask if I had the safety on...

 

[cantflip]

My Mom was not a fan of guns. She eased up when I enlisted in the Army. She would only ask if I had the safety on...

Its not like that... received my first gun on my 5th birthday... 22 rifle, I couldnt even hold it well enough to shoot it. Spent most non winter weekends at the range at least one day. Shot competitively in sporting competitions... mostly black powder. My only Air Rifle was a Winchester and I shot at least 50 rounds a day with it for years.

Dad wanted an olympic marksman and I was born with crappy vision. I cant have one at work and I dont need one for personal protection... if i ever get into a situation I would need it, its too late already. A nice SAFE environment where friends get together and target shoot appeals to me. Grew up with lots of hunting(no interest) and shooting (mild interest) and no assholes pointing guns at each other or themselves.

 

[furyus 67]

Funny story: Prior to getting married I never told my wife about my gun. 2yrs into the relationship a buddy had picked up a fn .40. So him and I went shooting. This caused my trigger finger to itch for a new gun . So I was online looking at various models . It took me a couple days to figure what I wanted. I settled on an xd 9mm in bi-tone. This being somewhat of a major purchase I figured I'd run it by the ole lady. She about had a fit! "Oh my god what do you need a GUN for? I can't believe you want a gun i didn't think you were like that. If you bring a gun into my house I'm leaving you!!" No joke this is what she said. See she grew up on the eastside of flint. 90% of the guns were in the hands of gang bangers so that was her idea of a gun owner. Me being me, I argued back,gave her the finger (not my wife at the time) and went and bought my xd. I let things simmer down before I showed her the new gun. I showed her the old gun first. It upset her a bit. After explaining that I wasn't going to go join a gang, I showed her my new gun! She was pissed!! Needles to say she didn't move out and is now some what proficient with fire arms. She loves em! Luckily she still loves me too!

 

[livininharrow]

my ******* neighbour across the street bought his ******* son a pellet rifle. he would wait till rainy dark nights and shoot at my aluminum soffit. drove me nuts till I found pellets on the ground under the windows. I confronted the ******* when I figured what was happening and he pretty much denied it was happening. I fixed his ***. roofing nails in a gravel driveway work really well. the wife and I would laugh out loud watching them change tires on a regular basis. he was a construction contractor so he probably thought they were coming from his truck. so don't f--k around with a f--k arounderer.

 

[Big_John]

I had a similar story with my wife. She knew I had a few handguns when we got married and said she didn't like them. One day she said "teach me how to shoot". That was all I needed to do. She'll drag me out to the range any chance she gets.

I like to say that I woke up her inner redneck.