Author Topic: Registering BB guns (Read 3255 times)

Dartful Dodger · « **on:** December 05, 2005, 08:51:36 pm »

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/top/w23bbguns.htm

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WAUKEGAN, IL

TOK · « **Reply #1 on:** December 05, 2005, 09:29:47 pm »

Wonder who the first rapper will be posed in front of a Chrysler 300 with gold toofs and a Daisy Red Ryder? Da air gats jest as fashnizzle as the 9mm now.
Straight up gansta yo!

Stingray · « **Reply #2 on:** December 06, 2005, 08:40:58 am »

Quote from: TOK on December 05, 2005, 09:29:47 pm

Wonder who the first rapper will be posed in front of a Chrysler 300 with gold toofs and a Daisy Red Ryder? Da air gats jest as fashnizzle as the 9mm now.
Straight up gansta yo!

Whoever he is, he'll put his eye out.

-S

Havok · « **Reply #3 on:** December 06, 2005, 08:45:28 am »

I would rather win a major award...

Stingray · « **Reply #4 on:** December 06, 2005, 08:47:31 am »

Belgium

-S

ChadTower · « **Reply #5 on:** December 06, 2005, 09:46:04 am »

I've been saying for 25 years that they should only be allowed to make air guns in colors like green and orange, but you should not have to register them.

When I was a kid I had an air gun that was nearly visually indistinguishable from a real .22 if you were more than 15 feet away. There's no need for Police to have to ever consider "do I have to kill that kid" because he doesn't understand the consequences of walking around with a rifle.

Stingray · « **Reply #6 on:** December 06, 2005, 10:16:48 am »

Quote from: ChadTower on December 06, 2005, 09:46:04 am

When I was a kid I had an air gun that was nearly visually indistinguishable from a real .22 if you were more than 15 feet away.

I've still got mine. It's blued steel and real wood. You can't tell it isn't a .22 unless you're looking at the opening it the barrell. It would be seriously dangerous to let a kid have something like that now.

-S

Dartful Dodger · « **Reply #7 on:** December 06, 2005, 12:28:11 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on December 06, 2005, 09:46:04 am

I've been saying for 25 years that they should only be allowed to make air guns in colors like green and orange, but you should not have to register them.

In Chicago the gang members paint their real guns bright colors. It doesn't matter though, because the Chicago police don't know the difference between a cell phone and a gun. If you really want your kids to be safe from the Chicago police, instead of painting their toy guns bright colors, you need to paint your kids white.

ChadTower · « **Reply #8 on:** December 06, 2005, 12:33:17 pm »

Or, how about being a good parent, and not buying your kids toy guns.

Dartful Dodger · « **Reply #9 on:** December 06, 2005, 12:46:56 pm »

Air guns can be more lethal than .22 rifles. If they made that point they'd have a decent argument, instead they say they want to kick down the doors of the houses with bb guns, every time somebody shoots a window.

With that kind of thinking they might as well register all bricks too.

Crazy Cooter · « **Reply #10 on:** December 06, 2005, 12:47:49 pm »

Or at least teach them what they should and shouldn't do with them.

example 1) Don't walk the streets of Chicago with an airgun that looks like an uzi.
example 2) Don't shoot your eye out.

ChadTower · « **Reply #11 on:** December 06, 2005, 12:48:43 pm »

Air guns more lethal than .22?

That's like saying a gummy bear can be more lethal than rat poison.

Cooter:

Step 1 is to convince them not to buy the guns. It is more likely than asking them to teach their children something.

Crazy Cooter · « **Reply #12 on:** December 06, 2005, 12:52:40 pm »

True.

If only there was some type of registration/certification required before becoming a parent... I honestly think ~75% of people have no idea what being a parent really means.

Dartful Dodger · « **Reply #13 on:** December 06, 2005, 12:56:12 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on December 06, 2005, 12:48:43 pm

Air guns more lethal than .22?

That's like saying a gummy bear can be more lethal than rat poison.

...and that's why they don't want to make that point. It would numb the ignoramus's fear for guns if they knew a bb rifle was as lethal as a .22.

ChadTower · « **Reply #14 on:** December 06, 2005, 01:55:23 pm »

But it is not. I used to kill things with my .22 that I could never have killed with my air rifle if I had shot it 20 times and then beat it about the head.

Stingray · « **Reply #15 on:** December 06, 2005, 01:59:47 pm »

"It could lodge under the skin and cause a really nasty infection" --Clark W. Griswold

-S

ChadTower · « **Reply #16 on:** December 06, 2005, 02:01:37 pm »

One of my very favorite movies of ever.

missioncontrol · « **Reply #17 on:** December 06, 2005, 02:17:13 pm »

bah it won't even break the skin

Stingray · « **Reply #18 on:** December 06, 2005, 02:19:21 pm »

I do know that if I'm wearing shoes I can shoot myself in the foot with a BB gun and barely feel it. Who wants to try that with a .22?

-S

ChadTower · « **Reply #19 on:** December 06, 2005, 02:24:13 pm »

I shot my cousin in the back of the head with a BB gun pumped up HARD once. He was about 8 feet away. He chased me down the street and threw me off the railroad bridge.

Care to repeat that with a .22?

missioncontrol · « **Reply #20 on:** December 06, 2005, 04:07:24 pm »

a friend and I were chased by a bigger kid who had a BB gun when I was 7 I'm glad he didn't have a .22

Stingray · « **Reply #21 on:** December 06, 2005, 04:24:26 pm »

Quote from: missioncontrol on December 06, 2005, 04:07:24 pm

a friend and I were chased by a bigger kid who had a BB gun when I was 7 I'm glad he didn't have a .22

Yeah, sorry about that. I guess I was just in abad mood that day.

-S

ChadTower · « **Reply #22 on:** December 06, 2005, 04:25:44 pm »

The kid didn't have any pellets, just a gun and a can of Vaseline.

grueinthebox · « **Reply #23 on:** December 06, 2005, 04:32:19 pm »

I have to provide my name, driver's license number and signature to buy Sudafed, and people are complaining about having to provide info to buy a gun (albeit a low powered one)? Spare me.

New plan: loading a BB gun with Sudafed. That'll show 'em.

Stingray · « **Reply #24 on:** December 06, 2005, 04:34:41 pm »

Quote from: grueinthebox on December 06, 2005, 04:32:19 pm

New plan: loading a BB gun with Sudafed. That'll show 'em.

<C.M. Burns>Excellent</C.M. Burns>

-S

missioncontrol · « **Reply #25 on:** December 06, 2005, 04:35:22 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on December 06, 2005, 04:25:44 pm

The kid didn't have any pellets, just a gun and a can of Vaseline.

well that proves it was Stingray then

Stingray · « **Reply #26 on:** December 06, 2005, 04:38:12 pm »

It's a hobby. Some people golf.

-S

missioncontrol · « **Reply #27 on:** December 06, 2005, 04:40:53 pm »

maybe you need a new hobby

Stingray · « **Reply #28 on:** December 06, 2005, 04:41:57 pm »

Well, we can try it again with this Wico balltop.

-S

missioncontrol · « **Reply #29 on:** December 06, 2005, 04:45:03 pm »

ummm no thanks

Stingray · « **Reply #30 on:** December 06, 2005, 04:47:08 pm »

I guess my new Ginsu knife set would be totally out of the question.

-S

missioncontrol · « **Reply #31 on:** December 06, 2005, 04:50:48 pm »

well Chad does say he doesn't get enough quality time with you. perhaps he'd like to play with you insted

markrvp · « **Reply #32 on:** December 06, 2005, 05:25:43 pm »

What's scary is that slowly, step by step, we are moving toward an Orwellian state of Big Brother watching everything we do.

This BB Gun registering proposal is the same ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow--- non-logic used by the anti-gun nuts. With hundreds of thousands of air rifles in existence in the US, do you really think the guy with the brand-new registered BB gun is the one shooting out windows? Of course not - it's the guy who stole one out of somebody's house.

The problem is - the cops and judicial system aren't out trying to find those guys and punish them for breaking the law - they want to come harass the law-abiding guy with the registered gun because he's an easy target.

More laws are not the answer - enforcement of the current laws would be a good start.

DYNAGOD · « **Reply #33 on:** December 06, 2005, 06:27:40 pm »

this country has put itself out of freedom...
we need to build a boat and find a new continent to conquer so we can have a free country again..
this nation is doomed..

DrewKaree · « **Reply #34 on:** December 06, 2005, 06:48:26 pm »

Quote from: markrvp on December 06, 2005, 05:25:43 pm

What's scary is that slowly, step by step, we are moving toward an Orwellian state of Big Brother watching everything we do.

This BB Gun registering proposal is the same ---smurf-poop--- non-logic used by the anti-gun nuts. With hundreds of thousands of air rifles in existence in the US, do you really think the guy with the brand-new registered BB gun is the one shooting out windows? Of course not - it's the guy who stole one out of somebody's house.

The problem is - the cops and judicial system aren't out trying to find those guys and punish them for breaking the law - they want to come harass the law-abiding guy with the registered gun because he's an easy target.

More laws are not the answer - enforcement of the current laws would be a good start.

You kids and all your "Sense"

missioncontrol · « **Reply #35 on:** December 06, 2005, 06:51:48 pm »

if big brother wants to keep trak of me all he needs is BYOAC and stingraysmadness.ee accounts

DrewKaree · « **Reply #36 on:** December 06, 2005, 08:29:05 pm »

Quote from: missioncontrol on December 06, 2005, 06:51:48 pm

if big brother wants to keep trak of me all he needs is BYOAC and stingraysmadness.ee accounts

Or a taser and a pit in the basement with a bucket to lower the lotion down

ChadTower · « **Reply #37 on:** December 06, 2005, 09:34:12 pm »

Quote from: missioncontrol on December 06, 2005, 04:50:48 pm

well Chad does say he doesn't get enough quality time with you. perhaps he'd like to play with you insted

I am holding out for his Tron stick.

Bones · « **Reply #38 on:** December 07, 2005, 02:20:47 am »

Who would have thought Dartful would start a thread about guns?

Well blow me away and called me ---fouled up beyond all recognition--- up, here is a gun thread!

missioncontrol · « **Reply #39 on:** December 07, 2005, 07:01:03 am »

bang

hehehehe it was only a cap gun. I fooled you, I fooled you

ha ha ha ha ha

missioncontrol · « **Reply #40 on:** December 07, 2005, 07:08:34 am »

Figure 1 Lateral neck radiograph showing a BB-pellet at the level of C2.

Figure 2 BB-pellet seen in the left parapharyngeal space.

Figure 3 BB- pellet in the preverrebral soft tissue of the neck at the level of C3.

Stingray · « **Reply #41 on:** December 07, 2005, 09:27:26 am »

Is it a BB or is it a pellet?

-S

ChadTower · « **Reply #42 on:** December 07, 2005, 10:50:32 am »

Note that you could do that by simply throwing.

Pub darts are as lethal as a .22.

So are high velocity pez.

I guess we can conclude that any moving object is as lethal as a .22.

People who use .22s drink water. Water is directly linked to the use of a .22.

Water is as lethal as a .22.

nostrebor · « **Reply #43 on:** December 07, 2005, 11:24:07 am »

Quote from: missioncontrol on December 06, 2005, 02:17:13 pm

bah it won't even break the skin

I spent an hour digging one out of a friends hand as a kid. We had bb gun wars in an abandoned quarry against the kids in the next town. there would be like 50 kids total!

My friend took one at point blank, and it went right into the meat between forefinger and thumb. It was our last bb gun war

ChadTower · « **Reply #44 on:** December 07, 2005, 12:35:58 pm »

At point blank, a slice of stale bread can break the skin.

DYNAGOD · « **Reply #45 on:** December 07, 2005, 12:40:51 pm »

I once gave a friend 22 stitches to his mouth from a piece of stale Bazooka gum.
Pickaxes are dangerous, axes are dangerous, NAIL GUNS ARE DANGEROUS...
but no one has to register any of those..

DrewKaree · « **Reply #46 on:** December 07, 2005, 12:48:28 pm »

I have no problems with having to register your spoons.

They are the undisputed weapon of choice of every cereal killer in history

Do I win the award?

Stingray · « **Reply #47 on:** December 07, 2005, 12:54:36 pm »

Quote from: DrewKaree on December 07, 2005, 12:48:28 pm

I have no problems with having to register your spoons.

They are the undisputed weapon of choice of every cereal killer in history

Do I win the award?

Suitable for framing.

-S

ChadTower · « **Reply #48 on:** December 07, 2005, 12:55:17 pm »

No, I broke my friend's nose with an NES controller after he "accidentally" reset the console while losing for about the 45th time that night.

ChadTower · « **Reply #49 on:** December 07, 2005, 01:48:24 pm »

If you strike a person in the nose with pinballjim, their nose will be at least as damaged as it would have been with a .22 shot from a downward, grazing angle.

pinballjim is as lethal as a .22 at point blank range.

ChadTower · « **Reply #50 on:** December 07, 2005, 02:21:24 pm »

Hey, so long as you clean her up and get her home in time to make dinner, it's all good.

ChadTower · « **Reply #51 on:** December 07, 2005, 02:41:11 pm »

If I wanted to take pics of my own wife I'd have already done so, or some other "take my wife please" joke here.

Zakk · « **Reply #52 on:** December 07, 2005, 02:48:49 pm »

The most lethal thing I see nowdays is americans.

Stingray · « **Reply #53 on:** December 07, 2005, 02:51:22 pm »

Quote from: Zakk on December 07, 2005, 02:48:49 pm

The most lethal thing I see nowdays is americans. We should all have to register our americans, or they'll run off and kill someone.

"Remember to spade, neuter and register your american. IT'S THE LAW!!!"

THAT'S IT! I KEEL YOU!!!

-S

Zakk · « **Reply #54 on:** December 07, 2005, 02:52:32 pm »

Not if you're registered you won't!!!

ChadTower · « **Reply #55 on:** December 07, 2005, 02:52:42 pm »

We are registered.

DrewKaree · « **Reply #56 on:** December 07, 2005, 02:58:33 pm »

Quote from: Zakk on December 07, 2005, 02:48:49 pm

"Remember to spade, neuter...

spay. It's spay. Canadians are making the 'mercuns angry with their terrible grasp of Engrish. Canadians are lethal at close range.

Stingray · « **Reply #57 on:** December 07, 2005, 03:02:59 pm »

I

my cat.

-S

ChadTower · « **Reply #58 on:** December 07, 2005, 03:34:55 pm »

Let's call a spade a cat testicle here.

DYNAGOD · « **Reply #59 on:** December 07, 2005, 06:27:39 pm »

"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity" --Sigmund Freud

Bones · « **Reply #60 on:** December 07, 2005, 06:38:56 pm »

Quote from: DYNAGOD on December 07, 2005, 06:27:39 pm

"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity" --Sigmund Freud

Well I will be honest. Guns scare me shitless, but then again so do fat chicks.

DYNAGOD · « **Reply #61 on:** December 07, 2005, 07:37:31 pm »

Quote from: BrokenBones on December 07, 2005, 06:38:56 pm

Quote from: DYNAGOD on December 07, 2005, 06:27:39 pm
"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity" --Sigmund Freud
Well I will be honest. Guns scare me shitless, but then again so do fat chicks.

Zakk · « **Reply #62 on:** December 07, 2005, 08:45:55 pm »

Quote from: DrewKaree on December 07, 2005, 02:58:33 pm

Quote from: Zakk on December 07, 2005, 02:48:49 pm

"Remember to spade, neuter...

spay.

ChadTower · « **Reply #63 on:** December 08, 2005, 10:11:35 am »

Quote from: DYNAGOD on December 07, 2005, 06:27:39 pm

"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity" --Sigmund Freud

Freud said that about anything, though.


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