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Posted: 11/13/2023 10:36:27 AM EST
[#1]
Depends OP, did he put on a Superman costume and view from a hidden location while you were running his guns hard?
Seriously, just sounds like a guy who had his fun with the guns and is letting others have the same experience. Guns are not analogous to sex. It’s creepy when some folks use sexual innuendo to describe them. They are just tools that happen to be fun to use. |
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Posted: 11/13/2023 10:41:12 AM EST
[#2]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Sounds like a cool guy actually. |
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Posted: 11/13/2023 10:41:25 AM EST
[#3]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Every time I notice someone eyeballing my stuff I ask if they want to shoot it, especially kids. But also… https://external-preview.redd.it/H_pqFpUDsBQwRj7DK_YHewx_36ZiwuyRC2fcqN8JRQ4.png?auto=webp&s=2c94ef1d959cabbf22d4add1aa05a727923badc7 Also from that scene: - “You’re not going out without a scarf are you? It’s your health” - “That’s my dad’s shootin car. Just three more payments and it’s ours”. So much great dialogue in a single scene. |
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Posted: 11/13/2023 10:50:31 AM EST
[#4]
I have a coworker that is sort of like that... He owns a few machine guns and although he actually shoots them, he clearly has more fun when other folks blast through a mag on the UZI with a huge smile on their face. He's super generous and provides the ammo.
He doesn't do any training or competitions, so letting other people enjoy the investments is a way to justify spending 50k on an HK lol. |
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Posted: 11/13/2023 10:50:38 AM EST
[#5]
Sooo....... since nobody asked. What range is this guy hanging out at?
Somebody offers to let me burn a few mags through their full-auto. I will burn a few mags through their full-auto. Absolutely. Yes, every time. |
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Posted: 11/13/2023 10:52:43 AM EST
[#6]
Did you get his phone number?
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Posted: 11/13/2023 10:53:56 AM EST
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I shoot privately most of the time, but inwas at a local range recently, and a 12 or 13 YO and his dad were there shooting 22s, a Glock and a deer rifle like a Rem 700 or something.
The kid kept watching me shoot and was eyeing one of my ARs with a "wow, cool" look. I immediately wanted him to shoot it and asked his dad if it was OK. He said he didn't mind, but didn't have any ammo for it. I told him I didn't care at all, I had plenty. They shot a Mag and were really enjoying it. I could tell they really liked it, so I gave them 2 more full mags. The father was like, are you sure? You could tell he wanted to but was being respectful of ammo or whatever. Anyway, I told him I wouldn't have offered of i wasn't sure. I told the kids to make sure he got a few rapid bursts in  The dad asked about my red dot on my Glock and if he could look through it. I told him only if he shot it, and handed him a magazine, but he refused the mag and grabbed his Glock mags and said he insisted on shooting his ammo since I have just given them 100 rds of 5.56. He loved the red dot and became very interested in getting one. At the end of the day, seeing the joy they got out of shooting a couple of my guns, made it the best part of the range trip by far. And just to add, the kid was a very good shooter, and i could tell he knew about guns and wasn't being irresponsible and I had no worries about handing him an AR with his dad and I standing there. No muzzle sweeps, finger off the trigger etc. I have a feeling if I ever see them again, they will 100% have an AR. Shooting is fun, shooting with other people and introducing them to things is more fun, and what this hobby is all about. |
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Posted: 11/13/2023 10:56:00 AM EST
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Not wierd at all. Some people genuinely enjoy making other people happy.
My old shooting buddy let people shoot his MAC-11 just to give them the experience. I never saw him shoot it more than other people did. More than a few times, I ended up being the only one shooting some of his firearms on a given range trip. "Hey, want to shoot my Galil this Saturday?". I'd shoot it, but not him. |
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Posted: 11/13/2023 10:56:32 AM EST
[#9]
Quote HistoryQuoted: You may be joking, but its probably not far off from the truth. I can only speak from my experience, but when you first but an MG you have a few years of stupid shit eating grins every time you shoot them. That eventually wears off. But I always enjoy from putting that same stupid shit eating grin on a newbie. This. As an SOT and owning several transferables - the joy isn't in shooting them myself anymore. Its seeing peoples reactions who get to shoot one for the first time. |
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Posted: 11/13/2023 10:56:34 AM EST
[#10]
I don't have anything as cool as that guy to share at the range, but I do have a few suppressor, and I absolutely love seeing the smiles that those put on people's faces when they shoot suppressed for the first time.
OP's story doesn't seem that weird to me. |
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Posted: 11/13/2023 11:09:31 AM EST
[#11]
And now everyone else’s prints are on those guns……
I dont shoot anyone’s stuff unless I know them. |
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Posted: 11/13/2023 11:18:04 AM EST
[#12]
He just wants your fingerprints on his guns so he can murder multiple people with impunity.
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Posted: 11/13/2023 11:18:27 AM EST
[#13]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Poor old guy is paying for human interaction with ammo. Sad. The old guy is trying to share joy and happiness. You should try it. After all, it is better to give than to receive. |
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Posted: 11/13/2023 11:21:43 AM EST
[#14]
Years ago a guy let my shoot his .50 caliber rifle on the 1000 yard range. I hit the steel. It's like 8 feet across so it was hard to miss. But it was still really cool. And back then it was over $8/round.
I didn't think anything of it other than wow that guy is cool and that's a cool rifle. |
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Posted: 11/13/2023 11:29:39 AM EST
[#15]
OP all I can say is your welcome, hope you enjoyed it.
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Posted: 11/13/2023 11:31:39 AM EST
[#16]
I know a guy who would hand me his M16 lower because he was curious how it ran with different uppers.
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Posted: 11/13/2023 11:32:27 AM EST
[#17]
I worked at an indoor range for a few years in the 90s and similar interactions were common.
I had one shooter insist that I shoot his brand new .50AE Desert Eagle. I fired one round right through the center of the bullseye at 15 yards. He was so excited that he told me to take a second shot. Bang! Same hole. "Do it again!" Bang! Third shot same hole. I stopped, feeling bad about shooting almost $15 worth of his ammo so quickly. He was so excited to see the accuracy potential of his new gun. He pulled the target to save it as proof. The smile on his face... |
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Posted: 11/13/2023 11:35:55 AM EST
[#18]
I used to take people out on my boat to catch sailfish and they'd ask why I wasn't fishing. Seeing a first-timer experience their first billfish is far more exciting than me ever catching another one and this range guy apparently enjoyed seeing people shoot a full-auto firearm for the first time.
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Posted: 11/13/2023 11:38:35 AM EST
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Quoted: I was minding my business shooting and an older guy came up to me and asked if I wanted to shoot anything in his selection. I said sure, I'll see if I have ammo for anything he has and he told me I could use his ammo. At this point, none of this seems strange to me. His collection consisted of multiple transferrable machine guns and a SCAR17 with a CQB barrel on it. I shot a mag through his F/A MP5 and went back to my business. I periodically would look over and not once did I see him shoot his very expensive collection of guns. In fact, all he was doing was letting other people shoot them, men only. He easily plowed through 500-700 dollars worth of ammunition letting people shoot his guns. I finally got curious enough and went over to ask him what the deal was. I asked him if he was ever gonna shoot his guns himself and he says "oh no, I mostly come here to watch people use my guns. I like seeing people's faces when they run em hard, especially the full auto ones." I told him I thought it was kinda strange but I'm sure everyone appreciated being able to rip some mags through a machine gun or a high-end gun. Has anyone ever experienced this? Is gun cuckoldry a real thing? I hope this wasn't some sort of skit for a gun InFlUeNCeR. I didn't see him actually shoot his own guns once. To any possible gun cucks on here, I don't mean any offense I am just trying to understand this new subset of gun culture I've apparently discovered. I could use a new granddad. |
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Posted: 11/13/2023 11:38:46 AM EST
[#20]
Sharing is caring.
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Posted: 11/13/2023 11:39:39 AM EST
[#21]
A lot of people get lonely as they get older. He’s probably shot thousands of rounds through them and has a huge ammo fort at home. What he doesn’t have is friends/human interaction. So what he does is brings them to the range and gets a chance to interact and bring joy to others.
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Posted: 11/13/2023 11:39:53 AM EST
[#22]
I would do the same anytime at the range, however, I know it would look odd to some people like OP.
I don't offer, but if anyone asked, I would allow it. 
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Posted: 11/13/2023 11:46:11 AM EST
[#23]
Cool dude imo. After a while, full auto isn’t so amazing…I’d imagine. He just has something and is sharing it with fellow enthusiasts. I think it’s cool.
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Posted: 11/13/2023 11:49:27 AM EST
[#24]
Quote HistoryQuoted: A lot of people get lonely as they get older. He’s probably shot thousands of rounds through them and has a huge ammo fort at home. What he doesn’t have is friends/human interaction. So what he does is brings them to the range and gets a chance to interact and bring joy to others. |
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Posted: 11/13/2023 11:53:24 AM EST
[#25]
The club I belong to has a lot of members that have full auto stuff.
A good portion of them have handed me guns to shoot, but I wasn't a perfect stranger to them. I usually asked if the ammo I had with me was OK to use. While not FA, One of the strangest was a guy that handed me some kind of 20MM pistol (yes 20mm) It was a single shot that chambered some kind of shortened 20mm wildcat round. I didn't try it until he shot it first.  So, meh. I don't think it was all that odd. |
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Posted: 11/13/2023 11:57:50 AM EST
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: He just wants your fingerprints on his guns so he can murder multiple people with impunity. Which is why I always apply fake fingerprint press-ons whenever I go to the range. I handle some brass this way as well - to mess them up. |
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Posted: 11/13/2023 12:01:51 PM EST
[#27]
Sometimes a machine gun is just a machine gun, OP.
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Posted: 11/13/2023 12:02:59 PM EST
[#28]
#GunCuck
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Posted: 11/13/2023 12:04:10 PM EST
[#29]
Was there a fruit plate involved?
Promise of imitation crab meat afterwards? this should answer your question. |
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Posted: 11/13/2023 12:11:14 PM EST
[#30]
My buddies and I generally keep to ourselves at the range, but a couple weeks ago a guy asked me what this was, and after telling him, I asked him if he wanted to shoot it. From his smile after the fact, I suspect I may have screwed up his Christmas shopping budget.
 
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Posted: 11/13/2023 12:14:22 PM EST
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Maybe he's already shot hundreds of thousands of rounds himself, and is paying it forward to get others hooked on the most expensive drug on the planet. Any time I have any of my cans at the range, if I see someone watching me shoot I'll usually offer to let them run a magazine through it. Most people don't own any, and it always leads to, "Those are cool! How do you get one? Aren't they illegal? I want some!" And I'm more than happy to get a legal purchaser started down the road to becoming an NFA owner. |
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Posted: 11/13/2023 12:15:03 PM EST
[#32]
Another vote for cool but lonely guy.
I've offered strangers the opportunity to shoot my guns if they pass my range safety sniff test. Especially for kids who might not get to shoot something like I own until they grow up. That's how you get new shooters into the sport. My dad has a safe full of guns his shoulders can no longer handle. He brings them to his club sometimes so other people can enjoy them. So, not a cuck, and you should have offered to buy the guy some lunch. There's probably a story behind some of those guns that could be educational. |
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Posted: 11/13/2023 12:16:09 PM EST
[#33]
Naw, that sounds cool
I bet a late 60s guy with a few class 3s, he's shot a whole lot over his lifetime and gets more joy seeing newer shooters enjoy it than make an even bigger pile of brass candidly, I like shooting FAs, but the fun of it wears off fairly quickly. Theyre probably more fun to share |
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Posted: 11/13/2023 12:25:15 PM EST
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: A lot of people get lonely as they get older. He’s probably shot thousands of rounds through them and has a huge ammo fort at home. What he doesn’t have is friends/human interaction. So what he does is brings them to the range and gets a chance to interact and bring joy to others. Good point. Insightful, and a tad sad.  You and the other folks there probably made his day, OP, but viewing him as a "gun cuck" is pretty unkind. |
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Posted: 11/13/2023 12:26:49 PM EST
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: My buddies and I generally keep to ourselves at the range, but a couple weeks ago a guy asked me what this was, and after telling him, I asked him if he wanted to shoot it. From his smile after the fact, I suspect I may have screwed up his Christmas shopping budget. https://i.imgur.com/6ZMfHzn.jpg |
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Posted: 11/13/2023 12:28:22 PM EST
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: That is a nice MP5 sir! Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: My buddies and I generally keep to ourselves at the range, but a couple weeks ago a guy asked me what this was, and after telling him, I asked him if he wanted to shoot it. From his smile after the fact, I suspect I may have screwed up his Christmas shopping budget. https://i.imgur.com/6ZMfHzn.jpg Ah, if only. APC9 Pro with a Wolfman. |
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Posted: 11/13/2023 12:30:00 PM EST
[#37]
Quoted: I was minding my business shooting and an older guy came up to me and asked if I wanted to shoot anything in his selection. I said sure, I'll see if I have ammo for anything he has and he told me I could use his ammo. At this point, none of this seems strange to me. His collection consisted of multiple transferrable machine guns and a SCAR17 with a CQB barrel on it. I shot a mag through his F/A MP5 and went back to my business. I periodically would look over and not once did I see him shoot his very expensive collection of guns. In fact, all he was doing was letting other people shoot them, men only. He easily plowed through 500-700 dollars worth of ammunition letting people shoot his guns. I finally got curious enough and went over to ask him what the deal was. I asked him if he was ever gonna shoot his guns himself and he says "oh no, I mostly come here to watch people use my guns. I like seeing people's faces when they run em hard, especially the full auto ones." I told him I thought it was kinda strange but I'm sure everyone appreciated being able to rip some mags through a machine gun or a high-end gun. Has anyone ever experienced this? Is gun cuckoldry a real thing? I hope this wasn't some sort of skit for a gun InFlUeNCeR. I didn't see him actually shoot his own guns once. To any possible gun cucks on here, I don't mean any offense I am just trying to understand this new subset of gun culture I've apparently discovered. Old dude is obviously rich because all the machine guns. Probably just lonely and family isn’t near or kids and grandkids or lefties so he comes to the range to make people happy. Sometimes it makes you feel good when you do nice things for others without wanting anything in return. |
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Posted: 11/13/2023 12:33:53 PM EST
[#38]
I enjoy watching people shoot my machinegun and suppressed guns. Anytime I see someone eyeballing my gear I offer.
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Posted: 11/13/2023 12:34:43 PM EST
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Pastelitos??? Bro, do you even Pupusas??? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I do the same thing. I buy a box of pastelitos and ask people if they want to eat some. I watch them eat my warm pastelitos. Makes me happy. Pastelitos??? Bro, do you even Pupusas??? Mmmm pupasas revueltas ( pork and cheese fried ) |
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Posted: 11/13/2023 12:41:26 PM EST
[#40]
I think you're the one being strange here, not him.
He was there trying to bring a little joy to strangers, and you come on here to shit on him. Edit because I was a bit harsh. |
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Posted: 11/13/2023 12:45:59 PM EST
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I think you're the one being strange here, not him. He was there trying to bring a little joy to strangers, and you come on here to shit on him. Edit because I was a bit harsh. Eh, pre-edit was also pretty fair. |
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Posted: 11/13/2023 12:49:46 PM EST
[#42]
I think GD's obsession with the term "cuck" is strange.
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Posted: 11/13/2023 12:49:46 PM EST
[#43]
Quoted: I was minding my business shooting and an older guy came up to me and asked if I wanted to shoot anything in his selection. I said sure, I'll see if I have ammo for anything he has and he told me I could use his ammo. At this point, none of this seems strange to me. His collection consisted of multiple transferrable machine guns and a SCAR17 with a CQB barrel on it. I shot a mag through his F/A MP5 and went back to my business. I periodically would look over and not once did I see him shoot his very expensive collection of guns. In fact, all he was doing was letting other people shoot them, men only. He easily plowed through 500-700 dollars worth of ammunition letting people shoot his guns. I finally got curious enough and went over to ask him what the deal was. I asked him if he was ever gonna shoot his guns himself and he says "oh no, I mostly come here to watch people use my guns. I like seeing people's faces when they run em hard, especially the full auto ones." I told him I thought it was kinda strange but I'm sure everyone appreciated being able to rip some mags through a machine gun or a high-end gun. Has anyone ever experienced this? Is gun cuckoldry a real thing? I hope this wasn't some sort of skit for a gun InFlUeNCeR. I didn't see him actually shoot his own guns once. To any possible gun cucks on here, I don't mean any offense I am just trying to understand this new subset of gun culture I've apparently discovered. How do you know they were transferable machine guns and not contraband. Maybe it was a sting operation although doubtful. I had an old guy once tell me I couldn't shoot what I was shooting at the range. If I had offered to let him shoot what I had I think he would have but hey, not allowed so sorry. |
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Posted: 11/13/2023 12:50:08 PM EST
[#44]
That sounds like a cool guy doing cool guy things.
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Posted: 11/13/2023 12:50:20 PM EST
[#45]
Every time I take my Garand to the range, other people there shoot it a lot more than I do.
I shoot it for a ping or two, then the W2 and Korean War guys take over. The smiles and stories are worth the cost of ammo. Even the COD kids want to try it. Same for the M1a, revolvers, P series Sigs, Hi-power, and 1911's. I can shoot them anytime, most people don't have the opportunity. I load mags and give shooting tips. |
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Posted: 11/13/2023 12:51:52 PM EST
[#46]
I can't believe you all are that naive or oblivious to political realities.
ATF has prosecuted individuals before for shooting a converted full auto, or a suppressor-equipped hardware, or both at the same time. matter of fact. You don't know what it is exactly you are engaging there. Yeah it could be he is just an altruistic fellow but it sounds *very* suspicious. Has all the alphabet fingerprints on it. They could set up a cam in the range and in the parking lot capturing shooters' info. The only free stuff you find in life is cheese in a mousetrap. A guy at the range, not doing any shooting whatsoever, and letting people blow away $700 in ammo in the full-auto mode. Just how stupid do they think we are. That's exactly right, if someone does a conversion outside of paperwork BS, anyone who touches the conversion is subject to prosecution. Sounds like the agency is trying to justify their budget and find a reason to exist. The people doing the entrapment have a debt to the agency they are trying to work off, most likely they are in some trouble and brokered a deal. |
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Posted: 11/13/2023 12:53:00 PM EST
[#47]
I love letting people shoot my guns at the range. I build cool shit, and I can only appreciate them so much, so I like letting other people have fun and see if my stuff is cool or not.
I got over the gun possessiveness thing when I was in the Army, I don't own "MY" guns, I just own some guns. Yeah don't steal them or anything, but they're tools, they're meant to be used. |
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Posted: 11/13/2023 12:53:44 PM EST
[#48]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Maybe he's already shot hundreds of thousands of rounds himself, and is paying it forward to get others hooked on the most expensive drug on the planet. |
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Posted: 11/13/2023 12:54:09 PM EST
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: dude... you're way over-thinking this he's likely owned and shot nice / unique guns for 50 years -- he likes seeing other 'new' shooters enjoy different firearms they don't own -- a fun kind of charity in a way not everything is a weird fetish  This. One of the reasons I bought a machine gun was to let others shoot it and shoot it. I build lots of weird shit because it's weird and unique and that other people love seeing them and shooting them. Most people never get to play with the things I consider a normal gun, like LMGs and belt feds. |
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Posted: 11/13/2023 12:54:17 PM EST
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I can't believe you all are that naive or oblivious to political realities. ATF has prosecuted individuals before for shooting a converted full auto, or a suppressor-equipped hardware, or both at the same time. matter of fact. You don't know what it is exactly you are engaging there. Yeah it could be he is just an altruistic fellow but it sounds *very* suspicious. Has all the alphabet fingerprints on it. They could set up a cam in the range and in the parking lot capturing shooters' info. The only free stuff you find in life is cheese in a mousetrap. The people doing the entrapment have a debt to the agency they are trying to work off, most likely they are in some trouble and brokered a deal. Ok, well the rest of us with actual friends will be having a party in the gulag without you. |
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