No secret that I enjoy the shooting sports. My avatar is actually an overlay of two images, a 416 Remington Magnum case head and a row of cartridges in front of it semi-transparent. I also taught reloading classes for those wanting to learn to hand load their own ammunition. One day a gentleman I know said Reloadron and it stuck.

Ron

You know talking guns and ammo would be a good Thread I think

Just saying

kv

 

You know talking guns and ammo would be a good Thread I think

Just saying

kv

More than likely it would just break down into a never ending argument/trollfest about who defines what by what standards and whose rights or whatever it is violates or they perceive to be a violation of, even if it's not, because some other largely isolated event in history shows their concern to be warranted by their reasonings.

Religion, politics and guns. No matter how you spin them the only views that matter are your own and everyone else is using them wrong even if they can prove you otherwise.

 

Yeah, I can see that conversation decaying real fast. How about members who believe in stronger gun control? Like a bizzaro or anti- killivolt. There's an opportunity for another shouting match.

The main forum works because we are all bound by a common interest. The special interest threads in Off-Topic invite controversies.

 

The special interest threads in Off-Topic invite controversies.

That makes things a bit more fun, don't you think? ... as long as people behave civil...

Never mind... maybe we should open a thread about unicorns instead...

 

Yeah, I can see that conversation decaying real fast. How about members who believe in stronger gun control? Like a bizzaro or anti- killivolt. There's an opportunity for another shouting match.

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And it would virtually confine the thread mainly to US members only, due to relevance.
Max.

 

Mine is a shortened/twisted version of my last name. A lot of people had trouble pronouncing my real name, so here we are. My avatar is an
old (circa 1958) picture of myself and my brothers....

 

Never mind... maybe we should open a thread about unicorns instead...

Silvio Rodríguez could provide the famous blue one. I like that song.

 

That makes things a bit more fun, don't you think? ... as long as people behave civil...

Never mind... maybe we should open a thread about unicorns instead...

Just a clarification. I wasn't making a suggestion, but an observation. The suggestion being that certain topics should be censored. Again, I was NOT saying that. The observation speaks for itself.

 

More than likely it would just break down into a never ending argument/trollfest about who defines what by what standards and whose rights or whatever it is violates or they perceive to be a violation of, even if it's not, because some other largely isolated event in history shows their concern to be warranted by their reasonings.

Religion, politics and guns. No matter how you spin them the only views that matter are your own and everyone else is using them wrong even if they can prove you otherwise.

No, about guns and not laws or peoples personal view as to how to interpret the second amendment. Discussing Guns and Ammunition less the nonsense. This way people can choose to either participate in the thread or not. This is where such a thread needs to remain focused on the subject matter which needs to be made clear.

Ron

 

That makes things a bit more fun, don't you think? ... as long as people behave civil...

Never mind... maybe we should open a thread about unicorns instead...

My wife has a nice collection of porcelain Unicorns. They live in a curio cabinet.

Ron

 

as long as people behave civil...

I could be civil about bullets and trajectories, but I saw some very unfriendly stuff in the political Thread.
If you do a gun Thread, draw a hard line about the allowable subject matter.

 

I could be civil about bullets and trajectories, but I saw some very unfriendly stuff in the political Thread.
If you do a gun Thread, draw a hard line about the allowable subject matter.

@#12 I agree! Just abt the hardware but no commentary on regulations and like that!

 

I could be civil about bullets and trajectories, but I saw some very unfriendly stuff in the political Thread.
If you do a gun Thread, draw a hard line about the allowable subject matter.

Even on subject matter alone that not so easy. Remember my 'Racoon thread'?
I have no issue with killing nuisance animals for the greater good of things but others clearly do.

 

Remember my 'Racoon thread'?

I learned some good stuff in that Thread!
I wouldn't want to post about the critters I have had to eliminate.
Even in a Thread about guns and ammo.

 

Can we get this thread back on topic?

Why Your Username?

For example were you between 11 and 13?
Reference to #12.

Ron

 

Yeah, I can see that conversation decaying real fast. How about members who believe in stronger gun control? Like a bizzaro or anti- killivolt. There's an opportunity for another shouting match.

The main forum works because we are all bound by a common interest. The special interest threads in Off-Topic invite controversies.

Good grief I lit a match on this one didn't I........

It's wasn't about having a gun or using them, it's about how to load ammo and what is a better tool, a gun is just that. Um, you do know we once were hunter gatherers right?

Why, take it there if we don't need to for god sake.

kv

 

Good grief I lit a match on this one didn't I........

It's wasn't about having a gun or using them, it's about how to load ammo and what is a better tool, a gun is just that. Um, you do know we once were hunter gatherers right?

Why, take it there if we don't need to for god sake.

kv

I say start a thread and make it clear you won't put up with trollish behavior so as to keep it under control being the moderating team tends to side with the thread starter on requests to remove stuff they don't find fitting.

That's what I did and so far it working well by my expectations. I haven't had to request anyone be removed yet for that very reason.

People won't troll much if they know you have the authority to kick them out and erase their comments if they get too idiotic or far off topic.

 

My only contribute to a gun control discussion would be my definition of gun control:

That person still needs a little practice.

 

Kind friends

To the ends of encouraging some 'light' OT discussion -and- satisfaction of genuine curiosity, I offer this thread in the spirit of @cmartinez 's 'Why your avatar'

So to start -- Re my UN: What can I say? I'm a bit of a 'math geek' and Hypatia of Alexandria is frequently cited as the first mathematician (in the contemporary sense of the term)...

Hope you'll join in!

Best regards
HP

Remember? Thread topic?

Ron

 

why? Its for my dear old Alma Mater.
By the way, Justtrying, interesting pic of the ship in St Petersburg. I recently completed a river cruise in Europe and have a pic. of a similar decoration on a building in Antwerp.