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Never heard of a muzzlebrake on an air rifle---what's next, one of those things like they have for the people convicted of DUI's where you have to blow in it to make the car start?

John and Frankie the Y@#$%% nailed it on the head. I had no idea I'd open up this can of worms. Just came on a situation and wondered other's opinions. I realize now that it was a very open ended question and will perpetuate until this thread is locked. It got down to people making accusations and getting angry at one another. Basically, I have realized it comes down to the personal choices people make and there is no answer. However, it was fun to read! Thanks for the replies to my questions.

Here's another good "drinkin and packin" question:

What if I am sitting in the backyard having a couple of beers and shooting the blue jays off the bird feeder with a pellet pistol (1911 model). One of the BB's ricochets off a knot in the live oak and wounds a hummingbird. The Hummingbird falls and is eaten by a cat. The cat subsequently dies of lead poisining (from the Pellet). Can the Game Warden nail me if he finds an empty beer bottle in the ditch behind the house? Will the EPA enhance the charges because I'm shooting "non-environmental friendly pellets"? ...... Something to think about.

govnor wrote: Don't worry, I won't invite you guys out to our drunken parties in the country. We drink beer, we shoot guns, then we fish and drink some more beer and then eat fried fish. It's fun! Yes, we put the guns away when the bottle of Jack comes out. No one drives home after that. Well, then there's always the fireworks late at night (and more beer).

I need to meet you

Tin Bender,
No problem! I didn't want you to get the wrong impression--which obviously you didn't. I guess I am too quick to form an opinion sometimes. Thanks for the follow up. That Otis Campbell award it hillarious--I know a few I would like to nominate. On a different note aligned with this post--I just returned from South America, and the guys I was with would start drinking around noon, and would be hammered by bedtime. They all carried at least two guns a piece. Kinda funny, but I stayed way behind them. Different mentality down there. Take care, and love the Sgt Slaughter pic, but that more fits MTICop!

TIN BENDER wrote:I have followed this thread from DSARGE for quite a while.
I reread his initial post a couple of times and keep getting
the same image each time to the questions he submits.


OTIS CAMPBELL.

Tin Bender,
Thank you for your comment. As far as "the questions I submit", this is the only one I have posted concerning drinking. I enjoy reading the topics and debates on this site, and you have to admit with nine pages, this was a pretty popular one. I have learned more about carrying concealed on this site than anywhere else because of people posting any and every question, as well as the educated answers of all the readers. As far as me giving you the image of "Otis Campbell", if you met me in person you would see I am quite the opposite. If you are intersted in my reliability, pm me and you might be quite surprised. However, I just returned from overseas and had three glasses of wine one night. have a nice day.

How many of you have a beer or two while carrying? Spent Sat morning with a guy from work checking out a few gun shops and sporting goods stores. Of course, both of us were carrying. I know him from work, but this was the first time I ever hung out with him in a social setting. We wound up at a hamburger joint, and he ordered a beer. He had two over the course of lunch. It is none of my business what anyone does, and this is not illegal--just a personal decision. This got me to thinking. What if one had to use his weapon--what kind of defense would he have concerning decision making if you have alchohol in your system--regardless of the amount? What if you got "made" sitting at a table full of empty beer bottles? What do ya'll think?