02-20-2018, 06:02 PM
(02-20-2018, 12:26 PM)irukandji Wrote:Not really. I used "gun" to mean pistol. You may pack it as heat, almost no on hunts with one. The should be in a hostler unless you plan to shoot something close. Rifles ans shotguns, on the other hand are for hunting or hitting a distant target. Woods are full of brambles, vines, branches on the ground. You trip with a gun, you can damage yourself. Grandpa taught me that.(02-20-2018, 12:25 PM)eric Wrote:(02-20-2018, 12:19 PM)irukandji Wrote: Let me counter with this analogy since this actually happened and is not a hunting analogy.If its a rattlesnake, hell yes its dead as soon as I can get my gun out(I would not walk in the woods with my gun in my hand unless I'm hunting something-too dangerous-could shoot myself) .
You're walking along a path, gun in hand, and surprise a rattlesnake, who coils and is watching you warily.
You slowly back away and the snake uncoils and slithers away.
Do you kill it since it's a rattlesnake and poisonous or do you let it go?
This is exactly why I disagree with your analogy. Got it now?