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In reply to the discussion: What kind of gun nut are you? [View all]Decoy of Fenris
(1,954 posts)36. I'm the first Collector?
Well, there's gotta be a first somewhere. My old man just passed down a gun he got from his old man's old man, a Springfield 1873 Trapdoor, issued to the 7th Cavalry; Custer's crew. I can't see myself ever firing that weapon except if my life depends on it.
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If i would've been armed when i was attacked and raped, it wouldn't have happened!
darkangel218
Dec 2012
#11
8 in the clip 1 in the chamber. seems like a reasonable loadout for self defense.
hockeynut57
Dec 2012
#31
My statement is my personal assessment of the # of household with firearms
ProgressiveProfessor
Dec 2012
#33