They're fine for hunting squirrels and rabbits. But I guess you'd consider that sport hunting, because if you were seriously hunting varmints, you'd use a shotgun.

I used to go squirrel-hunting with a 20-gauge over/under -- shotgun loaded with birdshot for quail. Once I put the selector on the wrong barrel while aiming at a squirrel. We never actually found the body.

And we used the .22 for target shooting. They're really good for that.

you said and i paraphrase, honda civics can kill people, why not ban them?

why? i already told you, a car is not a gun. a knife is not a gun. a discoball is not a gun.

it's stupid to make analogies like that, poo poo head

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there's what mccain says...then there's what JP5 says mccain says

I suppose. Let's look at it.

The burst-fire option isn't necessary. I never used it, and most of my men didn't either.

You don't have a 204 or SAW without a fireteam. Individual citizens are not fireteams.

The basic gun of our armed forces does not have an automatic setting. The burst is just a waste of ammunition.

We can already buy a civilian version, exactly the same save for the burst option. As it should be.

In fact, the thought makes me sad, though I hear they taste like chicken.

We keep a shotgun in the house, for our limited use, I figure that's all we really need.

But, my contact with .22s has been primarily in an urban setting where their applications are limited.

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Protection is a relative term. Most crimes of the home are committed without a weapon or at the least a knife. Bringing your own gun into the situation only ups the risk you or your family is going to get shot. As for the rabid dog or racoon or whatever, I personally would keep my family inside and call the wildlife and conservation authorities or the police and have them take care of the situation.

First off, I don't think of hunting being a sport by any definition of the word. Secondly, do you need to use assault weapons as hunting tools? No...that's what shotguns are for. For those who target shoot, I still don't see how that is important. Get a dart board.

You can get food at the grocery store, or you can hunt like I said with shotguns or bow and arrow and be just as successful as you would be with assault weapons. I think these hunters look ridiculous...like they are going off to war against the woods.

A lot of people don't like the kick of a shotgun and so a .22 rifle is good for shooting smaller animals like birds or squirrels etc. And for those who just must target shoot, these are fine for people to target shoot for fun. They can be just as accurate as any assault weapon just not as interesting to look at.

I beg to differ. My father has one, and I've never once seen him use it to shoot people with. He has used it to target shoot with and he has used it to kill small game with.

Actually a system with a special driving licenses for high performance cars could be in order in some cases. Especially the drivers medical condition would need to have a closer check in these case. High speedes require extremely fast reactions. I am not really proposing that that there should be such driving licences but it could merit a serioues discussion. I am aware that your purpose what to show an analogy but it failed since your analogy turned out to be an actually useful idea. Besides, weapon permits, when these exists, have limitations to what the permit holder may have. So a "Ferrari gun" does indeed require a more potent permit then a simple handgun.

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My father had a friend whose mother tried to commit suicide by shooting herself in the head with a .22. The exact same thing happened.

When I was a kid, my dad used to let us shoot muskrats in our pond (they are hell on a dam) with a small, daisy 2201 legacy with an octoganal barrel. I loved shooting that gun, it had very little kick and was pretty easy for a kid to aim...

(Yes, I am a farm girl, but have only seen .22 handguns in the city).

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For your information a good hunter doesn't need anything better than a shotgun to kill a deer. My dad chooses to use a 12 gauge shotgun when he hunts deer or a 20 gauge if he has a sore shoulder that day, but he always manages to bring deer home every gun season. Also, to prove this point even more, he is able to bring home deer every bow season as well. He is a good hunter, and he does not have to use assault weapons to do it.

In the shooting I described, there was NO significant brain damage. We're not sure if that was due to the kid having very little brain to begin with...or some other factor.

I know I shouldn't joke around about this, it's a serious subject...guess you had to be there.

Is your friend's mom okay? I don't really know that much (technically speaking) about guns. My bro, who is a physics major, explained to me that it's something to do with the spin the barrel of a .22 caliber handgun puts on the bullet.

Catz

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