(Stupid college girl voice) Umm helloo Mean Gene..? Cause it's like a guuun. Guns are like so totally bad! I they're all greasy and dirty.. and they like killl animals and stuff.. ewww.

Ok seriously.. I have fired one of these bad larries and they are a mini cannon. It was the best gun I have ever fired. Accuracy was dead on with the peep. The only thing I didn't understand about it was when you were out of ammo, you might as well shout "ITS A GOOD THING IM OUT OF AMMO!!" What with the ejection of the mag and the loud clang. Other than that, sweet weapon.

Islam should have it's religious status revoked until it can prove it's not a hate group.

I agree, but IMO it's also a reaction by the media to getting continually busted by the likes of us when they show blatant bias and antigun bigotry. The media know that they can't use their old favorite word, "assault," credibly on any rifle where their readers can't even see the magazine. Still, they can't bring themselves to (horrors!) simply be accurate & unbiased, and use the obvious word, "rifle," without an adjective. They "need" a term like "sniper" in order to fit their gun-grabbing political agenda, which has 0 to do with news or the facts.
JMR

wiwf,

I am probably what some would describe as a gun supporter, but not a gun nut. I only own one firearm. (A pump shotgun, although I am beginning to look around for a good rifle)  In some circles, that would still make me a gun nut.

The important thing is SAFETY! My father taught me more about gun safety than did the military, but I put a lot more rounds "downrange" in the military than as a civilian. (None in combat.) This link is to the NRA gun Safety page.  It only takes a split second of carelessness to really screw up with a gun!

I like these safety rules better than the NRA's, but definitely think safety first to have fun. If you get a chance, ever, you should try to shoot something full-auto. Preferably belt-fed (happiness really is a belt fed weapon). Legal examples, but fewer and fewer of 'em, do exist in the USA, and the owners are usually nice people if you buy/bring enough ammo for their expensive toys. For the most fun, try suppressed shooting. Like full-auto, people will say "it's illegal," but just let them be ignorant. There are legal rules to follow, which aren't too bright like most rules made by politicians, and there's a tax to pay if you buy one, but shooting a suppressed ("silenced") gun will not magically transform you into a mafia hitman, and it will give you an appreciation of why European ranges sometimes require suppressors. Think about it, a muffler on a gun reduces the possibility of hearing damage (which is both permanent and cumulative) and makes nearby shooting ranges less-annoying, but the supposedly "powerful gun lobby" (ask the media!) in the USA does not even propose changes to the laws against safety equipment like suppressors, presumably for flimsy "we don't want bad publicity" reasons. That does not work as a political strategy, only honesty works in the end, IMO, but it does explain why people like me tend to support JPFO instead of the NRA.
JMR