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Happiness is a warm gun...
Especially in the bands of a 10 year old. This is Nathaniel, my youngest, burning off bursts from my full-auto Thompson.
By the time we put 250 rounds thru it, it was more than warm -- the barrel was quite hot!
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All that and you have a Thompson, too? You truly suck. I had to settle for an Mini-14 that had been converted pre-86. Sell a few more books and you'll probably be able to afford a Stoner!
I have a picture somewhere of me in scout camp about 8 years old shooting the single shot .22 rifle. My more "progressive" friends are horrified. Their heads would explode viewing this picture. I like the way he is controlling the barrel. Pretty cool.
My 2 year old can't handle full auto yet, but I have her firing single shot CB caps out of a cut down Browning T-bolt.
She keeps them on the paper.
You are forcing that poor boy to associate with an EVIL KILLER!!
We must take that poor, abused child from you!
OOPS! That was supposed to be from (not really) Sarah Brady.
Your spam bot is broken.
You old guys who actually had the chance to get MGs before 86 (I was 10 years old) are lucky.
Most of the people my age have found that we can't afford anything thanks to shrinking supply and ever rising demand. It's frustrating.
A full Auto Tommy! When can I visit!
Good on 'ya :) Get them kids out shooting!
One of my daughters got the opportunity to shoot a few full-auto toys, including a tommy-gun, last summer. She was 13, and it took a week for the smile to wear off :)
Wish I could see the other side of that boy's head, I'd be willing to bet he's grinning wide!
First time we took the ever-indulgent wife's AK-47 out we managed to get the forearm smoking. Semi-auto but with a 75-rd drum...
Put 12 clips through a Garand as you run an assault course and the stock will begin to smoke.
An M-1 Garand? I know; old fashioned and low-tech. What-the-hell, but I got pretty good at hitting what I aimed at.
For those who have the hots for one, not all pre-1986 transferable machine are beyond the financial means of those with moderately decent incomes. It is true that Thompsons are pretty much all above $12,000, as are the nice M-16's. However, the historically important Reising .45 ACP subguns are still available for around $4,500 or so. That is not cheap, but lots of people spend much more on a boat or motorcycle and of the three, only the Reising is going up in value every year.
New in the box Ingram Macs are still available for around $3,500. With the new slow fire kits and after-market uppers, the little Mac can be built into a respectable and useful sub-gun. It will never be an MP-5, but it also does not cost $15,000. Yet.
A good place to learn is over at the subguns.com site.
Hunting better then ball games
"A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of your walks." Thomas Jefferson, Encyclopedia of T. Jefferson, 318 (Foley, Ed., reissued 1967). (Letter to Peter Carr, his 15-year-old nephew, August 19, 1785)
{15-year old to carry a gun! Wow! Hunting is better then ball games}
"On every question of construction [of the Constitution] let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates, and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or invented against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed." Thomas Jefferson, letter to Justice William Johnson, June 12, 1823, The Complete Jefferson, p 322.
"The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that... it is their right and duty to be at all times armed;..." Thomas Jefferson letter to Justice John Cartwright, June 5, 1824. 1824. ME 16:45.
Do you think Jefferson was pro-gun?
The second amendment should not be changed.!
I know what I want to do next time I'm in Arizona.