>>>You know, you may have something there. Did I tell you about my other guns; my 2 Barrettas, 3 Smith and Wesson's, shotguns, and rifles?<vbg> I've always adhered to the notion that "you can get a lot more with a kind word and a gun than you can with just a kind word."
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>>When I used to say to my mother "Why have you got two ... {whatever identical things}", she'd reply sarcastically, "In case I get sick of one"
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>>You have 2 of this , 3 of that, but you only have two hands and two ankle straps max. Do you just sit and worship the others, clean them all the time, brandish them menacingly, what? Why so many!? :-)
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>Well, I carry the Glock because it is small and fits in my pocket, but if I have to use it, it will make the shootee turn a flip and cease and decist. The two Barretta's - one I bought from the department when they upgraded to the current Barretta, the other is the department's pistol which I will purchase soon. (I like to hang on to the guns that have kept me alive) The two S&W's - one was a duty weapon before we went to Barretta .40 cals., the other was my brother's at the Memphis Police Department and I couldn't pass up the price - 250.00 for a 500.00 gun. Then I've got my dad's S&W .38 airweight 5 shot. I used to carry it for off duty, but now that the automatics are out, I carry the glock and a Barretta in the car. The shotguns are: 1. A Browning over and under which I use for Dove hunting and skeet shooting. 2. A Remington 870 12 gauge pump which I use for the same. Then there's about 4 big game rifles from a 300 Weatherby,270 Weatherby,243 Weatherby that I use for hunting
>different animals. There's three muzzle loaders for deer and elk hunting and about 8 .22 rifles for plinking. I've got three kids who like to shoot and my wife is an excellent shot as well. I've got 4 cases of skeet that need to be shot pretty soon to now that I think of it! Oh yeah, does a crossbow and a compound bow count?

This is all just so ALIEN to UK eye/ears. Sounds like Arnold Schwarzeneger's car's trunk. Particularly on the hunting side. it's as if you're not happy unless you're ending something's life. And DOVE HUNTING!!!??? What, do they make good eating, or is it just all that cooing you can't stand? With the number of UT members who've mentioned hunting recently, and that being only a small proportion of total popn. of USA, it's a wonder there's enough game left in the country!

And you rear your own skeet!?