Am I A Nut?
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JustThisGuy
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I might do that alone at home for all the good reasons given.
I'd still rather you didn't do it around me, thank you.
I'd still rather you didn't do it around me, thank you.
Glenn E. Meyer
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Some people need to stay polite.
Warning to some.
Warning to some.
MikeNice81
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Probably not. I am a gun owner and I would be uncomfortable sitting in this guys living room. Sorry, but if he even tried that it would probably sound like "here you want to play with my toy too" in their mind.
I believe in dry firing to get use to a gun and break in the action. I just understand that it makes others nervous. So, I tend to do it when I've got some alone time. Knowing when it is socially appropriate to pull your gun is an important thing to understand.
I do this all the time. I have many guns and I feel the responsible thing to do is become as familiar with their operation as I can. Single action, double action, revolvers, semi automatics, striker fired, safeties, decockers and cocking levers are some of the features my guns have and I want to be very familiar with them all. I never have ammunition in the same room as the dry fire exercise.
Lost Sheep
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If you have to ask, you are.
I have understood for a long time that the clinical definition of the medical term, "nuts" is this: Being unable to change behavior that interferes with your desired relationships with other people.
But really, aren't we all a bit nuts, each in our own way or ways? When it begins to interfere with happiness, it is a problem that needs a cure. If all it does is make us unique, then it is OK.
I don't get a particular thrill out of dry firing. But if I enjoy doing it in front of others to get a rise out of them, then it ain't the dry firing that is the issue, is it? (Not saying that is the case with you, but the question is appropriate, if only to confirm a negative answer.)
So, I wonder if you do it to irritate others. That is not a "gun nut" problem. The gun is just the tool. The hostility towards those others is the problem.
I do enjoy a fine piece of machinery. Some of my guns as well as an old typewriter I have. That is a wierdness I have, but it has shown no signs of interfering with my relationships.
In an extremely conformist, homogenous society, the range of acceptable vs aberrant behavior is very narrow. Where I live (Alaska) the range is wider than most places. I have no idea how wide the range is in the society you keep, but that will bear directly on the answer to your question.
Dry firing in front of the TV, in front of others who take exception to it is your right, but begs the question that started this thread and my response, "Does it interfere with your ability to form and maintain relationships with others?"
Lost Sheep
I have understood for a long time that the clinical definition of the medical term, "nuts" is this: Being unable to change behavior that interferes with your desired relationships with other people.
But really, aren't we all a bit nuts, each in our own way or ways? When it begins to interfere with happiness, it is a problem that needs a cure. If all it does is make us unique, then it is OK.
I don't get a particular thrill out of dry firing. But if I enjoy doing it in front of others to get a rise out of them, then it ain't the dry firing that is the issue, is it? (Not saying that is the case with you, but the question is appropriate, if only to confirm a negative answer.)
So, I wonder if you do it to irritate others. That is not a "gun nut" problem. The gun is just the tool. The hostility towards those others is the problem.
I do enjoy a fine piece of machinery. Some of my guns as well as an old typewriter I have. That is a wierdness I have, but it has shown no signs of interfering with my relationships.
In an extremely conformist, homogenous society, the range of acceptable vs aberrant behavior is very narrow. Where I live (Alaska) the range is wider than most places. I have no idea how wide the range is in the society you keep, but that will bear directly on the answer to your question.
Dry firing in front of the TV, in front of others who take exception to it is your right, but begs the question that started this thread and my response, "Does it interfere with your ability to form and maintain relationships with others?"
Lost Sheep
Lost Sheep
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Warning: Subtle humor and sarcasm follows
Marines learn that their firearm is their rifle, personal and unique to them. Heaven help the Marine who calls his rifle his gun. They have a ritual to help memorize the difference.
A "gun" is mounted on ships. Battleships, Cruisers, etc. They are served by crews and throw large chunks of metal and explosives great distances.
They are often called "Naval Guns".
Then again, there is the HIGHLY personal device euphemistically called the "Navel Gun", which, despite the name, is actually mounted a few inches BELOW the navel.
If one plays with it in front of one's Mother one does need professional help.
If you do not know the difference between a Naval Gun and a Navel Gun, you need the help of a different kind of professional.
Lost Sheep
Mr.Blue, in case no one answered your ???,Mr.Blue said:
Marines learn that their firearm is their rifle, personal and unique to them. Heaven help the Marine who calls his rifle his gun. They have a ritual to help memorize the difference.
A "gun" is mounted on ships. Battleships, Cruisers, etc. They are served by crews and throw large chunks of metal and explosives great distances.
They are often called "Naval Guns".
Then again, there is the HIGHLY personal device euphemistically called the "Navel Gun", which, despite the name, is actually mounted a few inches BELOW the navel.
If one plays with it in front of one's Mother one does need professional help.
If you do not know the difference between a Naval Gun and a Navel Gun, you need the help of a different kind of professional.
Lost Sheep
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Impressive.
This utterly straight-faced satire cracked me up because I could easily imagine it being offered verbatim, and in all seriousness, by an actual "mental health professional".
In fact, it would have been completely indistinguishable from the real thing if TenRing had managed to work sex into it.
Mr. Blue IS MY HERO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The first thing I design when I build my first house is going to be what will be called "Daddy's Secret Room" basically my secret gun/security room.
Secret rooms FTW man...
On a side note, my wife to be was raised in rural Ohio but oddly enough her family is not filled with gun enthusiests. She used to be borderline "afraid' or "creeped out" whenever she saw me handling my P226, I took the time to explain how it works, how to insure it is safe, etc now she feels comfortable when I walk around the home with my 226 holstered or when I "play with my gun".
PS: Whenever I dry fire there is NO magazine present in the firearm and I clear it three(Call me OCD) times before dry firing. If the firearm leaves my hand I would clear it three more before dry firing again.
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TylerD45ACP
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No you are not nuts. I sometimes do the same thing with snap caps.
Catfishman
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I don't think you're nut. But this is rude behavior.
Would you be comfortable with a guy endlessly dry firing a handgun in your presence? Put yourself in your wife and mother's shoes.
And you could have an accident. You think you couldn't, but so did everyone who ever has.
Your behavior isn't terrible but it isn't very considerate.