Banning the Daisy Red Ryder

[David S]

Caution bureaucrats at work.
http://www.nranews.com/blogarticle.aspx?blogPostId=64

NRA News
11/13/2006

You might think that Massachusetts can't become any more anti-gun.

Well, think again.  Now there's a proposal to ban BB guns in Massachusetts.  Complete with a BB gun amnesty period.  And a BB gun buyback program.

Millions of kids have grown up with BB and pellet guns.  I don't know of any that were turned into criminals by their Daisy Red Ryder BB gun.

But that doesn't matter to the politicians in Massachusetts.  They think BB guns are bad, and they want them outlawed.

In fact, these politicians not only plan to ban BB guns in Massachusetts, they're sending letters to Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Rhode Island to ask those states to do the same. 

In the words of one of these anti-gun politicians, their goal is to make "New England an area free of pellet guns and BB guns."

'Scuse me, but isn't Massachusetts the same home state of some of the bravest patriots to fight in the Revolutionary War?  Paul Revere must be rolling over in his grave right now. 

In Massachusetts, they've gone from the cradle of liberty to a state that treats its residents like children.

[Virginian87]

I always wanted a BB gun when I was younger, but my mother would never let me have one.  Something along the lines of "You'll shoot your eye out!"

Terrible, terrible measure.  Dammit, why can't Democrats quit it with the gun control plank?  I'm sick of seeing the NRA become a funding arm of the Republican Party.

[David S]

Terrible, terrible measure.  Dammit, why can't Democrats quit it with the gun control plank?  I'm sick of seeing the NRA become a funding arm of the Republican Party.

You might be happy to know that the NRA gave Republican Ron Paul only a B rating while giving his Democratic opponent an A.

[ilikeverin]

This is rather silly.

That said, I don't understand the appeal of pellet/BB guns at all.  "lolz I can shoot at stumps and chipmunks!!!"

I mean... really.  wtf?

[Colin]

Anyone else think of A Christmas Story when they saw the title?

[Virginian87]

Anyone else think of A Christmas Story when they saw the title?

Hence my mom's reaction in my above post: "You'll shoot your eye out!"


And who could forget this:

HOOOO HOOOO HOOOO!!!

[Colin]

Anyone else think of A Christmas Story when they saw the title?

Hence my mom's reaction in my above post: "You'll shoot your eye out!"


And who could forget this:

HOOOO HOOOO HOOOO!!!

It's a classic. Me and my sister always watch it on Christmas Eve.

[NewFederalist]

Total silliness but what the hell, it's Massachusetts for Gods sake!

[opebo]

We grew up with BB guns, and I remember having huge wars in the woods with them, with cousins and their neighbors.  We would all just shoot directly at each other with no regard whatsoever for safety.  My brother and I generally wore jeans or trousers, and so were less vulnerable than my shorts-wearing cousins, not to mention I wore heavy, thick glasses.  I remember one of my cousins got a BB buried in his leg.. fair amount of blood trickling down.  Minor injuries were common, but luckily we all kept our eyes intact - pure luck.

[Alcon]

We grew up with BB guns, and I remember having huge wars in the woods with them, with cousins and their neighbors.  We would all just shoot directly at each other with no regard whatsoever for safety.  My brother and I generally wore jeans or trousers, and so were less vulnerable than my shorts-wearing cousins, not to mention I wore heavy, thick glasses.  I remember one of my cousins got a BB buried in his leg.. fair amount of blood trickling down.  Minor injuries were common, but luckily we all kept our eyes intact - pure luck.

Wow.  Did your parents realise you were doing this?

[David S]

We grew up with BB guns, and I remember having huge wars in the woods with them, with cousins and their neighbors.  We would all just shoot directly at each other with no regard whatsoever for safety.  My brother and I generally wore jeans or trousers, and so were less vulnerable than my shorts-wearing cousins, not to mention I wore heavy, thick glasses.  I remember one of my cousins got a BB buried in his leg.. fair amount of blood trickling down.  Minor injuries were common, but luckily we all kept our eyes intact - pure luck.

Did you take a few shots to the brain? That could explain a lot.

[MaC]

Anyone else think of A Christmas Story when they saw the title?

YES!

[adam]

Good lord. What's next? Does their agenda include a ban on Paintball too?

[MaC]

Good lord. What's next? Does their agenda include a ban on Paintball too?

Adam, it's the liberal agenda.  They'd take squirt guns if they had the chance.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

They are already banned or limited in some jurisdictions.  I will say this, whic any sane person on both sides of teh gun controversy should agree with.  Air guns are not a toy.  While less powerful than powder guns, by and large they should be treated in the same manner as other guns.

[Everett]

Good lord. What's next? Does their agenda include a ban on Paintball too?

Adam, it's the liberal agenda.  They'd take squirt guns if they had the chance.

OH YES THOSE DAMN LIBERALS ARE AT IT AGAIN

We grew up with BB guns, and I remember having huge wars in the woods with them, with cousins and their neighbors.  We would all just shoot directly at each other with no regard whatsoever for safety.  My brother and I generally wore jeans or trousers, and so were less vulnerable than my shorts-wearing cousins, not to mention I wore heavy, thick glasses.  I remember one of my cousins got a BB buried in his leg.. fair amount of blood trickling down.  Minor injuries were common, but luckily we all kept our eyes intact - pure luck.

Wow.  Did your parents realise you were doing this?

Fun over safety!

They are already banned or limited in some jurisdictions.  I will say this, whic any sane person on both sides of teh gun controversy should agree with.  Air guns are not a toy.  While less powerful than powder guns, by and large they should be treated in the same manner as other guns.

I wouldn't agree with banning them completely but yeah, I don't see how people can still consider BB guns "toys". Evidently they have never been hit by one.

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

This legislation is proof why local/state governments need to basically have no power and the federal government be castrated in terms of non-economic legislation.

[MasterJedi]

We grew up with BB guns, and I remember having huge wars in the woods with them, with cousins and their neighbors.  We would all just shoot directly at each other with no regard whatsoever for safety.  My brother and I generally wore jeans or trousers, and so were less vulnerable than my shorts-wearing cousins, not to mention I wore heavy, thick glasses.  I remember one of my cousins got a BB buried in his leg.. fair amount of blood trickling down.  Minor injuries were common, but luckily we all kept our eyes intact - pure luck.

Wow.  Did your parents realise you were doing this?

I doubt thye really cared what happened to him.



Anyway another stupid law, I wonder if Mitty supports this.

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

Yep. Mitty supports any idiotic legislation.

[Raoul Takemoto]

The comic books I grew up with in the 70s were loaded with Daisy ads.  As long as kids are properly supervised, I don't have a problem with BB guns.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Anyway another stupid law, I wonder if Mitty supports this.

For the record, he does.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Absolutely disagree--and I'm not a huge gun person (I'm kinda weird on that subject), but come on!  I love my Daisy Red Ryder.  I pull it out whenever I have a long weekend, and do target practice in my basement.  AWESOME!

[MaC]

Good lord. What's next? Does their agenda include a ban on Paintball too?

Adam, it's the liberal agenda.  They'd take squirt guns if they had the chance.

OH YES THOSE DAMN LIBERALS ARE AT IT AGAIN

Maybe if you weren't a university sheep, you would also understandably fear losing gun rights.

[Beet]

Guns are a horrible thing and should be minimized as much as possible.

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