re: Shooting at Orlando gay club: 50 Dead, 53 Injured, Shooter is Radical Muslim

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How often have guns been used by anyone on this board for anything other than hunting

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I enjoy shooting just to shoot. I have plenty of space with no one close enough to notice so I can walk out the back door, put up a target, and shoot. Some people just enjoy stuff like that.

FTR not a day goes by where I live that I don't hear gunshots... and it's not people killing each other. In rural areas people like shooting guns without committing a crime in the process.

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for what reason do you need things like a handgun or "assault" rifle to hunt a deer or a pheasant?

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Handguns aren't really used for hunting but they are used as a secondary weapon for protection. In places like Alaska they carry hand cannons to protect themselves from bears. Around here people carry them for protection against hogs and poachers.

As for "assault" rifles, the AR platform has become a preferred weapon for keeping the wild hog population in check. They take over farming and hunting land and tear everything up. If you use a single shot rifle then the most you'll get is 1 before they scatter. With an AR you can keep putting bullets down range.