Guns without a soul

[Ducati_Meister]

I guess one could use the same argument for mechanical watches vs the run of the mill quartz watches. People like the human touch of making their prized possessions of sorts. As a formal trained watchmaker, I prefer mechanical time pieces, but I still like my "combat Tupperware" such as my Glocks, HK USPs and P30 guns etc. No right or wrong here, just about finding your passions and enjoying life's finer things.

 

[CamoDeafie]

Some people think that post-1964 Winchesters have no soul

Me...buy, shoot, sell, or pass whatever firearms you like.

 

[Mikej]

Some people think that post-1964 Winchesters have no soul

Me...buy, shoot, sell, or pass whatever firearms you like.

BLASPHEMY!!!
The one I recently picked up was, presumably, being put together by people that would have been terribly upset at the bombing of Pearl Harbor just a barely a month/month and a half before.

 

[CamoDeafie]

BLASPHEMY!!!
The one I recently picked up was, presumably, being put together by people that would have been terribly upset at the bombing of Pearl Harbor just a barely a month/month and a half before.

I said post, not pre as in Winchesters made after 1964

 

[Mikej]

Ooo.

 

[BrandonQuixote]

I'm not looking to anthropomorphosize a tool designed and carried for killing people. If you need to add in extra steps involving sentimentality to justify why you like or dislike something, realize you're making an emotional argument. Emotional arguments are anecdotal at best and maliciously manipulative at worst. Do whatever you like, but using a gun as a fun transformer of money into noise versus a tool are very distinct. One requires no justification whatsoever and the other is predicated on pragmatism.

 

[Nosferatu]

I once tried to get an Orthodox priest to bless my unit's firearms. He rather huffily refused, stating that it was the Church's business to promote peace, not conflict. Never mind what the Turks did to Constantinople or what the bolshies did to the Church......

I counter your Ramones with some Rage Against The Machine;
"Pistol grip pump on my lap at all times
They can be bubbleguming with other niggas bubblegum, but they can't be bubbleguming with mine"

 

[Nosferatu]

Ever owned anything with an engine?

I see you've invoked the Facebook, Twitter, etc. internet argument playbook.

I won't participate.

 

[BrandonQuixote]

I counter your Ramones with some Rage Against The Machine;
"Pistol grip pump on my lap at all times
They can be bubbleguming with other niggas bubblegum, but they can't be bubbleguming with mine"

The OG version by Volume 10 is better. Also, they're not Commies.

 

[Flopsweat]

The OG version by Volume 10 is better. Also, they're not Commies.

I'm struggling with the concept of a hip-hop song having a "better" version.

 

[BrandonQuixote]

I'm struggling with the concept of a hip-hop song having a "better" version.

The original is hip hop, the cover is by commie propagandists. I know what you mean though. I'm primarily a Brutal Death Metal purveyor and I can't comprehend how top 40 or modern Country is palatable.

 

[Flopsweat]

The original is hip hop, the cover is by commie propagandists. I know what you mean though. I'm primarily a Brutal Death Metal purveyor and I can't comprehend how top 40 or modern Country is palatable.

I didn't think I could hate a band more than the Statler Brothers until hip-hop came along. I have since learned that there is a "fusion" of hip-hop and country. My hate-your-band-o-meter now goes to12 instead of 11.

 

[BrandonQuixote]

I didn't think I could hate a band more than the Statler Brothers until hip-hop came along. I have since learned that there is a "fusion" of hip-hop and country. My hate-your-band-o-meter now goes to12 instead of 11.

My opinion ain't worth a god damn, and to that end- "there's a lid for every pot."

 

[orygun]

Soul in an inanimate object? Hmmm.

Well, I get where someone doesn't see any beauty in polymer compared to wood. Maybe the word should be beauty instead of soul.

I'd not stock my AR with wood, but I rather prefer my hunting rifle(s) in wood. I've not always felt this way and my main hunting rifles had worn polymer for years, but I started longing for the "old days" and switched back to wood.

 

[No_Regerts]

I'm not looking to anthropomorphosize a tool designed and carried for killing people. If you need to add in extra steps involving sentimentality to justify why you like or dislike something, realize you're making an emotional argument. Emotional arguments are anecdotal at best and maliciously manipulative at worst. Do whatever you like, but using a gun as a fun transformer of money into noise versus a tool are very distinct. One requires no justification whatsoever and the other is predicated on pragmatism.

Keep working hard, and you'll be able to afford a nice gun someday.

 

[BrandonQuixote]

Keep working hard, and you'll be able to afford a nice gun someday.

I'm not interested in wing tips, I need work boots.

 

[No_Regerts]

I'm not interested in wing tips, I need work boots.

Then you'll really wanna save up money. Good boots are expensive. I guess you could get by with rubber boots if you really needed to.

 

[Mikej]

Then you'll really wanna save up money. Good boots are expensive. I guess you could get by with rubber boots if you really needed to.

Rubber boots have no soul. Or is that sole? Nah, rubber rots away long before a soul can develop.

 

[BrandonQuixote]

Then you'll really wanna save up money. Good boots are expensive. I guess you could get by with rubber boots if you really needed to.

I'll buy quality soles over something with "soul" every day of the week.

 

[No_Regerts]

I'll buy quality soles over something with "soul" every day of the week.

This is what I think is funny about the whole argument. Cheap doesn't mean quality. It never has. It may coincide with reliable, but it doesn't cause it.