Monday, December 19, 2005

You might be a "Gun Nut"

You might be a "Gun Nut" if:-----you have ever loaded a drawer up with so much ammo that you can't open it-----when someone asks how many guns you have, you have to think about it for a minute-----you have ever bought ammo in a caliber that none of your guns fire-----the guns you took to the range cost more then your car-----you carry a different gun every day of the week-----whenever you can't decide which gun to get, you get both-----you get your wife/girlfriend to wear Hoppes 9 instead of her usual perfume.-----you take so many guns to the range and don't shoot half of them.-----you have an extra room in your house just for ammo and guns.-----your home page is set to a firearms related webpage.-----you count the number of bullets that people shoot in a movie and then scream a top of your lungs BULLSH**!!! when a guy using a revover mows down a battalion of criminals without reloading.--- you know more about the Constitution than your lawyer.--- your wife leaves you and you don't mind. Your dog gets run over by a truck and you barely flinch. But you accidentally drop your favorite gun, gets scratched and you cry a river.---- if you ever thought to do your own "Gun Buy-Back" program. Let's face it, even a Saturday Night Special for a $20 Blockbuster Gift Card is a good deal.---- if you have more holster than Imelda Marcos had shoes.---- if you never stop looking for pre-ban hi-cap magazines... even in a supermarket.-----if you can field strip any firearm you own hanging upside down and blindfolded-----if you have ever bought a gun to fill an old holster someone gave you. (So many times I can no longer count 'em.)---- if you have ever bought a gun to shoot up a half-filled 20-round box of ammo someone gave you, because you didn't have a rifle in that caliber yet. Ditto for when someone gives you an old set of reloading dies in some obscure caliber.-----if you have ever accidentally run a pocket pistol through the wash and spin cycles, still in your pants pocket.----- if you do not own a single fabric-based item (clothing, bags or suitcases) that does NOT set off the explosives trace detector at the airport.-----if you have ever bought a gun that is identical to TWO you already own, because the first two are out-of-production NIB examples and you can't bring yourself to shoot them.-----When buying something with pocket change, you have to pick the dimes and quarters out of a handful of loose ammo.-----if you regularly find guns around the house and in far corners of the safe that you have no memory of buying ... and such discoveries no longer surprise you.-----if you have ever busted a spring on your car from piling too much ammo in the trunk on the way to a shoot.-----For you NFA junkies: You know the birthday of your BATF examiner, even though you can't remember your wife's.-----if you have ever researched a firearm you own to find out the date it was manufactured ... and then thrown a birthday party for it.-----if you go to WalMart for back-to-school supplies, then must explain to your wife why that includes 1k of 9mm Win white box.-----if your dog is "Dog" and your cat is "Cat," but each of your guns has a name. (Well, at least the guns you're closest to -- ya know, the ones you've bonded with.)-----when you say "Damn ! That is a sexy looking piece!", your wife knows you are not looking at another woman.----- whenever you see a story on TV about a gator spotted in a neighborhood, you think "Crap, there goes another target of opportunity."----- if your AR, after installing all the new gadgets, now weighs more than a FAL.----- if any time a wheather person on TV gives the latest update on the hurricane du jour, you wonder if you have enough ammo.---- if your hurricane panels have shooting ports.-----if you have to have additional homeowner's insurance specifically for firearms.-----if the cops have ever called Homeland Security after pulling you over-----if you have ever carried more then two guns at once-----when the local gunshop needs an obscure magazine, they call you-----when you call your local rep's office, the guy who answers groans and says "I'll tell him again not to vote for AWB" as soon as he hears your name-----if you have more holsters then pants-----if the movers all groan when they see your gunsafe-----if you spend half an hour bitching about how the good guy in the movie killed 20 badguys firing full-auto from the hip-----if your spend another half an hour explaining how the movie would have been over in 10 minutes if any of the bad guys victims had a gun-----if you regularly just sit and stare at your guns for a while, and the rest of your family doesn't find this strange-----if you reach into your pocket for change at the local 7-11 and pull out loose ammo along with your change.-----if the guy working at the 7-11 knows you and isn't surprised.-----if you have a poster of Burt Gummer holding an 8 bore rifle. ("Guess you broke into the wrong God damn rec room, didn't ya!")-----if you can actually take a nap in a gun range.-----if you felt a knot in your stomach when they showed US Soldiers destroying a cache of brand spanking new AK-74 on the news.-----if you considered that the cheaply goldplated HK MP-5 was reason enough to oust Hussein.-----When you mount a tripod, bayonet and flash suppressor to your N.A.A. 22 MINI MAG------If you do a complete breakdown of all your weapons just to stay in practice - "especially if you haven't made it to the range lately"------if you find more .22LR than loose change when you clean out your car.------if your nightstand is stacked with gun rags and firearm technical and reloading manuals.------if you build a portable reloading system so you can reload in the family room and not miss your favorite tv-show.----if the local SWAT teams stop by your house for guns and ammo before heading out to the big bust.

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