maybe they just really need the help?

Indoor is obnoxious! Electronic is great but not very common with new shooters. Why spend the extra money if you don’t know if you’ll use it very often?

The issue is there is that gun laws are difficult to get rid of even when it’s proven to be ineffective or unneccesary

One time I ordered something and I had to go through the same paperwork and as if I was buying a belt fed machine gun, including a $200 tax stamp, paperwork, fingerprints etc. After that was filed I went home and waited seven months for the ATF to process and approve that paperwork. Not a wait period, that’s just how long it takes for the bureucracy takes to function.

After all that time I finally was able to take home what I had bought I, a suppressor for a .22 pistol so I can teach new shooters without shouting through their hearing protection. That rule has been in place since the 1930s

Luigi Mangione’s suppressor was 3D printed and the only crime I’ve ever seen committed with one

I haven’t had the pleasure but if I could learn to use one on a range I wouldn’t say no!

It’s a proactive vs reactive problem. Arresting someone for maybe possibly thinking about doing something doesn’t hold up in court. But having an action happen means harm was done which is not good of course.

Red flag laws being proposed are far from ideal and are seen as a major slippery slope of precedence for privacy and government intervention (think of how an administration could abuse it because odds are one will at some point)

There is a form 4473 that has to be filled out and then you undergo a background check to verify that you are not a felon, have a restraining order, a history of domestic violence etc. If you order a gun online it doesn’t get shipped to your house but it goes to an FFL (gun stores federally allowed to do said paperwork) and the same process is done there before you can pick it up, usually for a small fee to the people at the FFL.

As long as the state laws allow for it (no wait periods, addtional hoops) and you don’t have a criminal history it can really be that simple. Most gun sales are done in like 30 minutes.

Technically as an individual I can sell a gun to anyone without doing a background check or paperwork but if that gun is used in a crime that is easily tracable back to me and my paper trail at the initial sale. There are new rules in place for the “private sale/gunshow loophole” to say when paperwork is mandatory but I haven’t read enough to have a good grasp of it

Yes it’s a comic but for those that don’t know irl most gun owners take the 4 rules of firearm safety pretty seriously and licence or not you’re still responsible for every round

The ones that don’t…well we see those on the news and the internet

sorry, I’m just a nerd that likes guns enough to “well aktually” about it

I shoot as a hobby and I’ve dabbled with archery

Bows take strength to use and are also harder to be consistent with. The way you nock the arrow on the string, keeping constant pull while aiming and inconsistencies in the arrows all play a part. Rifles aren’t nearly as bad as long as you have good fundementals.

Ballistics are a big deal with ranged weapons. Arrows don’t go very far or very fast so you really need to know how the arrow will arc and account for that as you aim. The farther the shot the more wind, drop etc will have to be factored into your aim. Elevation matters too if you’re on a hill or in a tree stand or something.

I’m going to make up a number but let’s say 50 yards would be a tough shot for a bow to hit something consistently. For a rifle that is no problem and most rifle bullets’ paths won’t start to arc or get blown by wind significantly until it has travelled several hundred yards.

I find that long range shooting with a bolt action “feels” roughly the same as shooting archery. You really need to focus and make sure you’re doing everything right for good results. But that also makes it that much more satisfying when you do well!

And you couldn’t beat them

The only people I’ve encountered that unironically cared about IQ were the most insufferable assholes

You snap your fingers, I snap your neck

nothing, maybe some trade shit? It would make the leader in question look worse for stooping to his level

indubitably

oh behave!

One article I read put it this way- The appeal of James Bond is that he has enough skill to handle himself in any situation. Competence is his superpower

It doesn’t matter if he is playing high stakes poker or being in a gunfight. Skiiing or ordering a drink. Using high tech gadgets or driving a classic sports car. Going to a formal party or swimming at night in SCUBA gear to get there. He can do it all and look cool doing it

The movies are still way too over the top for me but from that lens I can understand the character

Not sure I follow

But if everyone brings positive effects their own neighborhood

…it’ll probably be out done 1000x by the negative effects of an industrial plant or something…

but it will still make your part of the world a nicer place to be!

oh yeah nothing makes me cringe like open carry people

And then there’s me, I just enjoy camo and guns

If only we had about 512 million ways to do that