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In reply to the discussion: Man shopping for coffee creamer at Walmart attacked by vigilante for carrying gun he was legally per [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)For instance, I have an AR-15. Great for small game. Gophers, up to Coyote/boars. It is fully illegal in this state to hunt deer with, because it is too small and weak to humanely kill a 200lb deer, let alone elk or larger animals. For those of us who use firearms recreationally, or to obtain game meat, our firearms are as varied and purpose-tailored as hammers can be. Check out the hammers at Home Depot, if you don't know what I mean. You'll find a good half dozen different hammers just for wood framing, let alone roofing, finish woodwork, auto body, dead-blow, ball peen, yadda yadda. They are varied for a reason, they all do different jobs, even though at the end of the day, it's a lever with a mass on the end of it, that you swing at some thing you need to motivate.
That AR-15 that's useless for deer, also mostly useless for bear. For black bear, I've got a .45-70 Government, it's a lever-gun. Looks pretty innocuous, but it's like hitting something with a metro bus. BUT, it's got very short range. Trajectory like a rainbow. If I want to reach out and get a goat, or ram, I've got a WWII .30-06. Perfect for that. Add a .22lr for plinking and I'm already up to four distinct rifles, and well beyond your one-per-person threshold.
And I've got two of those US Model 1917's, one modded for deer, no collector value, the other historical museum quality, with the original leather strap and bayonet.
But I agree with you on safe storage, and I think laws around safe storage are a point where we have a LOT of room for improvement. Every time I Hear a story about a kid that got ahold of a parent's gun, I die a little inside. It's so awful and so easily preventable.