This may evolve into an occasional feature here at the Castle...
That actually just happened to Heartless Libertarian.If the crossword is six spaces and the clue is "Browning piece," and your first thought is "pistol" not "sonnet"...
You might be a gun nut.
Of course, gun-hating liberty-grabbers will pooh-pooh this as unbelieveable, because they know we gun-clinging, bible-reading knuckle-dragging neanderthals don't have the mental firepower to do the NYT crossword puzzle.
Now taking submissions for future entries.
You might be a gun nut if you live in California and your subscription to 'Guns and Ammo' comes in a plain brown wrapper.
If you are cleaning in the kitchen, find a stray live round that previously had been dropped and ended up under the cabinet, call out "Honey, I found a round in here." If her reply is "What caliber?" you might BOTH be gun nuts.
(Stolen / paraphrased from Sebastian at Snowflakesinhell.)
you may be a gun nut if when out shopping for designer purses you always check first if it will accomodate your G19
This realization hit me a couple of weeks ago when I was asked by a liberal friend why I decided against a couple of very nice purses and I could not really give her an answer other than the above-mentioned one...
You might have raised a gun nut.
heh
Wonder where she got that from?
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If 'spitzer' doesn't remind you of the former governor of New York, you may be a gun nut.
If you are at the top of Google's list when searching the phrase 'bayoneted myself' you may be a gun nut.
Just checked. John, you still win. :^)
It was the last birthday present my Pop bought for her. He was going to give it to her for her 10th b-day. (Because that's when all of the kids and grandkids got their first rifles.) Unfortunately, he was unable to do so, but I made sure she knew who it came from.
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My ever-indulgent wife has the same rifle and loves it. She's a tiny thing so it's the right size for her. That being the case, I can tell you that your daughter might like the Mossberg Super Bantam 500 shotgun.
And if you buy your pants one size too large when you're loosing weight, you might be a gun nut.
Actually, a couple of weeks ago on Pawn Stars, they bought an old-west lever action, the exact model escapes me at this moment, but something from the late 1800s. If you watch the show, you know they like to fire the guns they buy, especially the older and rarer ones. Well, they show Rick lining up the rifle from a couple of different angles. I suddenly had to pause the DVR, and ask MrsJL "What's wrong with that scene?" Even she, not really a Gun Nut herself (yet! <evil grin>) picked out the hammer was down on the rifle.
I've fired several rounds from it. It's a very smooth-actioned rifle. Quite small for me, personally, but it fits her perfectly -- for now. She's growing faster than kudzu.
I'll check out the Mossberg. Thx for the suggestion!
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If you pull a 380 round out of the washer, where your jeans have polished it to a high gloss, and re-wash the load with a whole BOX of 380, you might be a gun nut.
If you think you remember how many guns you own, and you remember the pistols in the dresser, and later, the rifle in the attic, and later still, the box of old revolvers in the garage, and later than that the 22 in the shed, and you're on your way to be committed and it dawns on you you loaned a matched set of rifles and a same-caliber single action revolver to a friend ten years ago, you might be a gun nut.
If you've ever looked at a golf course and thought how many lanes of fire you could set up, you might be a gun nut.
And finally, if you watch "Saving Private Ryan" and you yell to Private Jackson "SAVE THE UNERTL SCOPE!!!" just before the tank fires, you might be a gun nut. But only if you look for the star on the muzzle.
HE is the one who enjoys firearms.
You know you are a gun nut when you get lifetime NRA memberships for your entire family.
Tonight, I was watching 'True Grit' (a favorite of mine since childhood and my daughter can not only quote you the entire movie but can sing the opening song and thinks Texas Rangers are hot because of Glen Campbell), and when Maddy shoots Cheney, I was rooting for her...and then when he advances on her, I am screaming 'SHOOT THE SOB!!!!'
The Engineer was Not Amused.
...Please excuse me, I have something in my eye, I'll be right back. {/big softie}
If you go to the store to buy some magazines, and come back with 20 & 30 round capacity ones, and maybe a drum or two... you might be a gun nut.
If someone asks you what your "handle" is, and you reply "Pachmyer", you might be a gun nut.
If someone asks you what your favorite cap is and you reply "musket or pistol?", you might be a gun nut.
If you use .22 brass as candle holders on your kid's birthday cake... you might be a gun nut.
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Tim, I am sooo doing that on her next birthday cake......and it'll be brass from her gun.
heh
Sly, I love it!
(When the same question is asked of him, btw, is "M-16, of course." heh. His father is not amused.. but the rest of us are!)
That *is* what Dad is annoyed about, right?
;^ )
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I may be tempted by a HK416 using the 7.62x51mm NATO round...
Considering that I am pretty much a hide-bound traditionalist, I just might settle for a Winchester Model 1873 chambered for .44-40. :)
On the third hand -considering that I'm also a futurist- I also might settle for a TOS Star Trek Phaser II. Heh.
I may call 'em and ask anyway, just for fun.
(There were some rude kids in jonboats there, in need of some good scarin'.)
I will have to post a vid of them firing off their homemade cannon. Would that be allowed?
Heh........*gets a sudden chill and looks around, sees large boot-shaped shadow on ground*
....ummmmm..............*weighs possibilities of out-running said shadow*
ok, fine.....two things: electric blue thong and 27" zipper.
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