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originally posted by: JohnnyCanuck
originally posted by: radarloveguy
a reply to: JBurns
Also , Australia is NOT Austria .
Please study a little geography sometime ....
I do believe our friend was just being a little facetious.
originally posted by: Kryties
originally posted by: artnut
Why do so many people from other countries think "we live in fear of being shot everyday" I don't get it, seems a bit xenophobic.
Perhaps because the majority of people who yell and scream about needing to keep their guns use the reasoning that they need to protect themselves?
Funny that the rest of us would make the assumption that "you live in fear of being shot every day" when that's the exact reasoning used to defend their right to keep big guns hey!!!
originally posted by: Kryties
originally posted by: JohnnyCanuck
originally posted by: radarloveguy
a reply to: JBurns
Also , Australia is NOT Austria .
Please study a little geography sometime ....
I do believe our friend was just being a little facetious.
I would use the terms "ignorant" and "stupid", but that's just me.
Naw...he and I don't play well, but he's not stupid. I always stand to be corrected, though.
originally posted by: Kryties
originally posted by: JohnnyCanuck
originally posted by: radarloveguy
a reply to: JBurns
Also , Australia is NOT Austria .
Please study a little geography sometime ....
I do believe our friend was just being a little facetious.
I would use the terms "ignorant" and "stupid", but that's just me.
originally posted by: Kryties
a reply to: bigfatfurrytexan
I live on a rural farm here in Oz, 2 hours from Sydney and the closest police are at least 30 mins drive away. I know exactly what you are saying, but I don't fear getting broken into in the middle of the night, partially because of the fact I'm 2 kilometers into the farm.
I don't have a gun at present, I am in the process of applying to get a license to own one, although not for the reasons you say you need them. The entire underneath of our house is one big rabbit warren and the house is starting to collapse into it, I need to cull the buggers off before they succeed. Also, there's a feral cat living in the shed here that needs taking care of as it keeps picking on my cat. Plenty of foxes here too that need culling.
I don't need an AR-15 to do that though, just saying! A nice .22 with a scope should do the trick.
originally posted by: badw0lf
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So it didnt't happen then?
Obviously someone did it.
He's still in prison too..
originally posted by: Kryties
a reply to: bigfatfurrytexan
We have wild pigs (hogs as you call them) here too, Aussies go pig shooting all the time but with .222 and .303 bolt action rifles. They seem to work just fine. I don't need that sort of firepower here, a .22 will do the job I need it to do.
No need for anything more than those examples, AR-15's and the like are simply overkill.
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
I have a .22 air rifle that i use for varmints. Armadillos mostly (they dig up the yard looking for food, and my older dog dislocated both knees stumbling in one of the holes last summer).
I don't have an AR. But when I see the hogs I know that without some interdiction and game management, im going to have to get one. I'd rather have the 556, but I think ill need the 308 to bring down a hog. I like the idea of semiauto so I can get more than one at a time. Plus, if one decides to charge me, i have a round chambered and ready. Its only happened once, and I was able to chamber another round in my lever action quick enough. With a bolt action, i may have had to drop my rifle to grab my sidearm (and then hoped the sidearm did the trick).
Hogs are a real problem here. They run in groups numbering from a couple dozen to a hundred or more. Usually the sound of a rifle scares them off. Sometimes it makes them decide to fight instead of flee. That is pretty dangerous times.
originally posted by: Kryties
a reply to: bigfatfurrytexan
No need for anything more than those examples, AR-15's and the like are simply overkill.
originally posted by: Xtrozero
originally posted by: Kryties
a reply to: bigfatfurrytexan
No need for anything more than those examples, AR-15's and the like are simply overkill.
Do your pigs charge you if you kill or wound one of them? Ever see 15 of them coming at you at full speed...lol
originally posted by: XAnarchistX
Anyone notice that those who are for "gun control" are never for disarming the police, and the state? they will be the first ones hashtagging and exploiting police murdering people, but never calls to disarm the police, just rehabilitation and reforming the "police systems"
no one calls for the disarmament of the police, State, government, or Military, which should be the only ones disarmed
originally posted by: Kryties
My cousin killed one charging at him with a friggin knife mate. I watched him do it with my own 2 eyes.
originally posted by: Kryties
a reply to: Xtrozero
We keep our eyes open and get ready to get out of the way like anyone with any common sense would?
Like I said, I was a kid last time I went pig hunting, but plenty of Aussies still do it and nobody seems to have any trouble dealing with angry charging pigs. Next time I talk to my cousin I'll make a point of asking how he deals with a scenario like that if you are that intent on getting an answer.