Gun Safety Warning, 1950's Style

357magster · Nov 3, 2023

Probably won't be seeing a window display like this at Cabela's any time soon ...

(On a side note, not sure which is more impressive ... the tiger rug or the guy's hat.)

WR Moore · Nov 3, 2023

I'd like a hat like that. One morning I met a guy who admitted to taking a couple of sound shots. Not knowing what one was, I asked. I then suggested that the practice invited incoming on his position and made sure I had a hill between us.

Onomea · Nov 3, 2023

Sound shot? Had to look that up. Unbelievable! (A sound shot is shooting at a sound, a rustling, even when you can't see anything.)

I like that window display. Gun safety. Can't overdo it.

glenwolde · Nov 3, 2023

I have a bucket hat like that but it's not red. Mine is reversible though.

Retired W4 · Nov 3, 2023

The sound shot is a REALLY bad idea. So is leaving a loaded gun around a child.

DWalt · Nov 3, 2023

Back when I was a kid I remember hearing some hunters talking about taking sound shots. And that was in the 1950s. Not a new thing.

Doug627 · Nov 3, 2023

The first year my daughter, Dayna, deer hunted with a gun we were set up in a deer blind. About an hour into the hunt, we heard the sounds of something walking in the leaves behind some bushes. The sound would stop and start but kept coming closer to the blind. My daughter asked if she should get her rifle ready. I said no because we do not know what it is and she will have plenty of time when it shows itself. Just then, a hunter comes out from behind the bush. He was staggering and drinking from a flask. He was on our property at the time. The property is posted. He saw us and raised his flask then turned back the way he had come. He sounded just like a deer moving through the leaves.

delcrossv · Nov 3, 2023

Doug627 said:
The first year my daughter, Dayna, deer hunted with a gun we were set up in a deer blind. About an hour into the hunt, we heard the sounds of something walking in the leaves behind some bushes. The sound would stop and start but kept coming closer to the blind. My daughter asked if she should get her rifle ready. I said no because we do not know what it is and she will have plenty of time when it shows itself. Just then, a hunter comes out from behind the bush. He was staggering and drinking from a flask. He was on our property at the time. The property is posted. He saw us and raised his flask then turned back the way he had come. He sounded just like a deer moving through the leaves.

tinkerer · Nov 4, 2023

Grew up with loaded guns in the house.

Was taught not to touch them unless I asked and was granted permission.

Taught my kids the same way.

Guess that's the school's fault too..????

llowry61 · Nov 4, 2023

This reminds me of George Carlin talking about how language has changed over time. WW1 - Shell Shocked, WW2 Battle Fatigue, Vietnam Post Traumatic Shock Syndrome.

Communication used to be clear and direct and there was no confusion about it. Now we are pushed to soften everything even though the meaning is the same.

kaaskop49 · Nov 4, 2023

llowry61 said:
This reminds me of George Carlin talking about how language has changed over time. WW1 - Shell Shocked, WW2 Battle Fatigue, Vietnam Post Traumatic Shock Syndrome.

Communication used to be clear and direct and there was no confusion about it. Now we are pushed to soften everything even though the meaning is the same.

During the recent World Series, a media guy asked a player (manager, maybe?) in the dugout what his 'thought process' was. Were it me, I would have replied "You mean, what was I thinking?"

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