Hunting, self-defense, target shooting, collecting, tacticoolness -- we own guns for many reasons. Tell us how many you currently have. If you like, tell us how you use them, particularly in relation to canoeing or camping trips.
I've never been a hunter. I own and have only ever owned one gun, a 12 gauge Ithaca Model 37 shotgun with two barrels, a 20" Deerslayer barrel and a 28" vented rib bird barrel. I bought it six years ago as a sort of impulse purchase, directly because of extended discussions on these forums about guns, bears and self defense. My purchase justification theory was that I would take it on some trips, do some target shooting on my own property, and have it for home defense. In practice, I have never shot it or even bought shells for it. Chalk it up as another piece of unused or little used equipment bought during the cooped-up fantasies of wintertime.
I've never been a hunter. I own and have only ever owned one gun, a 12 gauge Ithaca Model 37 shotgun with two barrels, a 20" Deerslayer barrel and a 28" vented rib bird barrel. I bought it six years ago as a sort of impulse purchase, directly because of extended discussions on these forums about guns, bears and self defense. My purchase justification theory was that I would take it on some trips, do some target shooting on my own property, and have it for home defense. In practice, I have never shot it or even bought shells for it. Chalk it up as another piece of unused or little used equipment bought during the cooped-up fantasies of wintertime.
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