You like hunting? There is no problem with your gun provided you keep it safe from children and strangers. And in Russia there is no problem with hunting guns either. You like shooting targets? Why not to practice in some special places? In this case you can even store your weapon with the shooting facility (not to look for a safe big enough to hold your favorite 152 mm howitzer). In Russia you will have some problems with some of the weapons (like you cannot possess hand-guns). You want to feel safe in your house? OK, keep you weapon away from children, there will be no problems in Russia (if you want just a hunting rifle for self-defense). But if you want to protect yourself in the streets, your weapons will be useless. If a guy with a knife is a foot away from you (and you don't know he has a knife and is preparing to attack) - he will kill you sooner than you can even think about your pistol. If a guy with a baseball bat is around the corner - the best thing that can occur is someone calling the ambulance in time - no matter how many Colts you have. You want to be a part of militia? It's hard to imagine any real war with militias being of any importance, especially on the US land: who can attack US land? Mexico or Canada?
Russians have good funny story about weapons. One cowboy liked to ambush saloons shooting his revolvers and kicking some asses. Once he opened the door with his boot and found an old guy having his whiskey and being absolutely calm. They talked. Old guy advised him to file the front-sight down of his revolver. - Why? - asked young cowboy. - You know, - answered the old one, - long time ago I was so tough as you are. I liked to kick some asses, to fire my gun. But once I met seven tough guys. They took my Colt and put it into my ass. My advice to you, son: file the front-sight down.
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Why do you need a gun?
Date: 2014-06-05 04:04 am (UTC)Russians have good funny story about weapons. One cowboy liked to ambush saloons shooting his revolvers and kicking some asses. Once he opened the door with his boot and found an old guy having his whiskey and being absolutely calm. They talked. Old guy advised him to file the front-sight down of his revolver.
- Why? - asked young cowboy.
- You know, - answered the old one, - long time ago I was so tough as you are. I liked to kick some asses, to fire my gun. But once I met seven tough guys. They took my Colt and put it into my ass. My advice to you, son: file the front-sight down.