the part about trained owner and dog be registred I'm absolutely for it.

because some Dog Owners are just awful and totally irresponsible....

and trained a really bad dog

like a dog barking at everything, wanting to attack anyone...

firearms don't just suddenly go off and attack toddlers

**Forgotten Weapons** Uploaded a new youtube video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-TPOfvEElE

@Matt-Kill723 do you have more info about that gun on pic you posted:

this one?

I found it on a facebook page that posts crazy guns

I can try to find the post again but I doubt there would be much more information on it

https://www.facebook.com/ATFisWatchingYou/posts/2085693895076054

if you want to find out more, you'll probably have to look yourself

Ok, I will, thanks man 👍

@4AM_critter 🐉 reeeeeeeee

I'll take about 20 pounds of gun rights please

@Schedrevka go shoot animals u rednuck

Why would I do that.
Also my nuck is not red

Its blye?

Blue*

If it was blue I'd probably be at the doctor right now

What's the most fun firearm you guys have shot? My favorite firearm that I've shot has to be my roommate's Swiss K-31. Smooth straight pull action, relatively lightweight, accurate, and still packs a punch with a 7.5x55 cartridge

my friend's AR-15 in .50

I will level with you. Please let me stay in the chat.

I've never fired anything bigger than a bb gun.

I have a great admiration for firearms, but I just grew up in a family that never had them, and it would feel weird to just go out and get one.

Once you get old enough to own one (assuming you aren't atm) and have the money and a safe place to store it, start small, with like a home defense shotgun, and get familiar with gun safety and maintenance. It's not as awkward as you might think.

You would recommend getting a longarm before a handgun?

@Bookworm You in the US? Go to ar15.com and make a thread in General Discussion saying you're a gun newbie who wants an intro to firearms. You'll probably get a few people offering to take you to the range & gun shops to show you the ropes. They're good folk for the most part.

Highly opinionated self-important boomers, but not bad people.

lmao

The most fun gun i've shot is my mosin nagant carbine

People like to shit on mosins but i really enjoy shooting mine

@Bookworm
1. Why do you want a gun(what's the purpose you'll be using it for)
2. What is your budget
3. What state do you live in
4. What is your age

1. Self defense and amusement.
2. Very little. Eventually, decent.
3. Colorado.
4. 26.

Ok so seeing you live in Colorado there is one weird limitation you have, you can't have magazines that hold more than 15 rounds statewide, or 10 in boulder. The statewide limit isn't really enforced outside of boulder and you can buy "high capacity" magazine build kits which are just a disassembled magazine you can put together in a lot of gun shops from what i've heard.

A .22lr gun is pretty ideal as a first gun to train the fundamentals on due to its low recoil and cost, but you want a self defense gun, and .22lr is not ideal for that. It's pretty small(still lethal) but it's a rimfire round, which means the reliability isn't as good as a centerfire round.
You did talk about long guns vs handguns and for someone learning how to shoot guns a long gun is ideal to start on. They have less recoil, are more accurate, and are easier to control in general due to their size.

A shotgun works for home defense and is cheap, but they're not good for range shooting unless you're using slug rounds, which are expensive(50 cents a round or so). A rifle would probably be more ideal, AR15s are affordable and pistol caliber carbines like the hi point or the ruger PCC are good as well.

A mossberg maverick 88(pump shotgun) can be had for about $200 while an AR15 or Ruger PCC would cost about $400-500, the hi point carbine is $300ish

@Bookworm

Thank you.

Also if you're considering an AR there are 3 good budget choices
1. Cheapest option, Palmetto State Armory
2. Smith and Wesson M&P15
3. Ruger AR556

There's also the Ruger MPR which costs about $600 but also requires you to add an optic which can cost about $100 for a decent one, that's a step up from the budget tier