Handgun Hunting Support
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Win 94, hunting regs are there for safety as you know so certain weapons cannot be used in certai areas.
By the way there is nothing weak about the 30WCF. I have one and it puts any 5.56, 7.92x33 or 7.62x43 to shame. My rifle was made in 1971 and is so very accurate at 200 yards. I don't need a so called magnum but if others like them then they are welcome to them. I like efficiency and the 30WCF is certailny that.
Handguns are just another type of firearm and can also be very efficient.
If the real opposition to the handgun hunting is the slang term "packing" and what it implies i.e. bravado, swaggering aggressiveness, well, people who hunt with handguns don't behave like this and would not understand where this impression comes from. Certainly not from them. I would hope those who think this way are not projecting or just imagining in their minds eye what handgun hunters would look like. These two sorces of arriving at your opposition just cannot be taken seriously. I do not say you or WIN 64 are guilty of this but I would just like to know why you both think people would be agressive show offs or shoot irresponsibly while hunting.
Actually saying such things puts a damning slur on the reputation of hunters specifically and all firearm owners generally. It does our side no favours to write or talk to other non-forearms owners in this manner.
Any chance of a picture of your Winchester, year of manufacture and favourite rounds?
By the way there is nothing weak about the 30WCF. I have one and it puts any 5.56, 7.92x33 or 7.62x43 to shame. My rifle was made in 1971 and is so very accurate at 200 yards. I don't need a so called magnum but if others like them then they are welcome to them. I like efficiency and the 30WCF is certailny that.
Handguns are just another type of firearm and can also be very efficient.
If the real opposition to the handgun hunting is the slang term "packing" and what it implies i.e. bravado, swaggering aggressiveness, well, people who hunt with handguns don't behave like this and would not understand where this impression comes from. Certainly not from them. I would hope those who think this way are not projecting or just imagining in their minds eye what handgun hunters would look like. These two sorces of arriving at your opposition just cannot be taken seriously. I do not say you or WIN 64 are guilty of this but I would just like to know why you both think people would be agressive show offs or shoot irresponsibly while hunting.
Actually saying such things puts a damning slur on the reputation of hunters specifically and all firearm owners generally. It does our side no favours to write or talk to other non-forearms owners in this manner.
Any chance of a picture of your Winchester, year of manufacture and favourite rounds?
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gitrdun said:I thought Volvos and Volkswagen vans were BC's official provincial vehicle...you know, to go along with the flower
He he he. Ya its hard to figure BC out sometimes. But I have both camped in a VW bus while hunting and transported handguns with same.
And no, I don't own a VW -c'mon- or a Volvo for that freaking matter 
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Teapot said:
Teapot, I think you are refering to someone else's post who used the term "packing". I think that I made my point clearly before. But briefly, I can do it again for argument's sake. It is not the current handgun owners who have gone through the hoops and legalities and what not's to prove to our government that they are not insane or whatever and that they should be allowed to hunt with a handgun. It is the future implications on many levels that I'm concerned about. It's not the you or guys like Salty or Foxer or Joe-NWT or Gatehouse that worry me (well Gatehouse does worry me, but for other reasons
) - just kiddin' dude. It's the unknowns, the guys I see at gun shows handling a folding stock shotgun asking buddy how many bullets this thing will hold. I'm just not comfortable with it. I know I probably pissed off a lot of good folks, sorry didn't mean too, but I stand my ground until proven otherwise.No sweat gitrdun your standing up here. But
Gotta do better to change my view. All the lil sweaty palmed folding stock caressers you talk about could get a hand gun licence tomorrow providing all the checks, tests, yada, yada.
Gotta do better to change my view. All the lil sweaty palmed folding stock caressers you talk about could get a hand gun licence tomorrow providing all the checks, tests, yada, yada.
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I know exactly what you mean gitrdun. It irks me too to watch the young guys handle firearms and say silly things about firearms they saw on movies etc. You would probably be happy to know that once they actually get their hands on those guns the reality of what they have and the consequences of using it improperly will dampen any fantasies they may have entertained.
Many upstanding people were once immature and silly. They must be given a chance though or we licence holders will be the last in this country. Hey, the present prospective gun-owners now denied a chance to get guns by us will later just demand that all firearms be banned forthwith. "What do those old geasers needthose guns for? We don't have any and neither should they."
Fresh blood is needed and that fresh blood is the hope for healthy firearms rights. They wil grow up, they just need the responsibility of that licence to hit them first.
Many upstanding people were once immature and silly. They must be given a chance though or we licence holders will be the last in this country. Hey, the present prospective gun-owners now denied a chance to get guns by us will later just demand that all firearms be banned forthwith. "What do those old geasers needthose guns for? We don't have any and neither should they."
Fresh blood is needed and that fresh blood is the hope for healthy firearms rights. They wil grow up, they just need the responsibility of that licence to hit them first.
Well that's it - night shift signing off. Waiting until the more cunning, learned and influencial part of the Chapter appear - that being Gatehouse and Foxer.
Until then my 10% of this thread; knot headed misguided CGN breatheren i bid you good night, sweat dreams and hope you bang the smart side of yer noggin soon
And to the rest of the learned hang tough
Until then my 10% of this thread; knot headed misguided CGN breatheren i bid you good night, sweat dreams and hope you bang the smart side of yer noggin soon
And to the rest of the learned hang tough
Win/64 said:
Of course ther eis evience out there- it just doens't substantiate your argument.
If handgun hunting was *SO* dangerous, and caused so many accidents, the states that allow it woudl have stopped it, long ago. It's that simple.
The fact is, there is no evidence that handgun hunting is any mor edangerous than any other form of hunting.
Win/64 said:
This is the losers way. I'm not caling you a loser, but by not pushing forward, we end up on the defensive, and history has shown that any group that wants to get ahead has to push on.
Women, blacks and ###s (to name a few) didn't circle the wagons and try to protect what rights thy had, they pushed forward, and it worked.
gitrdun said:
The point is- How much more does a guy have to prove that he is competent enough not to act dangerously in the field?
He had to do it, he passed the test...And so did everyone else that owns a firearm in Canada...
So what more shoudl he have to prove that he sn't going to shoot someone in error?
