For Gun Lovers!

[Kathryn]

I don't want to make a speech but If you're hurt or sick do you read a 250 yr. old medical book to find ways to improve your situation? In the US, the Constitution must be followed. There are ways to update it but we don't.
People search for answers to their spiritual nature. Where do they search? Why look at 6000-year-old or 2000-year-old theories of religion?
All done! Now that I have taken @Soandso 's OP completely off-topic, I apologize and I am going to hide.

I have a question. Why do you call the Supreme Court of the United States SCROTUS?

 

[Stonetree]

I have a question. Why do you call the Supreme Court of the United States SCROTUS?

Ac·ro·nym
/ˈakrəˌnim/

noun

• 1.an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word (e.g. ASCII, NASA):"abbreviations and acronyms are necessary in chat and SMS communication"

 

[Secret Chief]

Alrighty! Time to lay em out. Let's talk guns and post some pics of our broomsticks. Here's my free floating heavy full bore Remington 700 .308 in all it's glory. I just took it out of storage and am super excited to take it out shooting with friends! It's bagged me a few deer, so it's tested and true for sure!


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I also have a British .303 and a .50cal muzzle loader in storage still that I might take out and fix up. We'll see!

Why do people love guns?

 

[Secret Chief]

Shooting someone is one thing but I think bayonetting someone is something else, I should imagine it feels more personal

Maybe bayonetting makes one feel more responsible for the killing.

 

[McBell]

Ac·ro·nym
/ˈakrəˌnim/

noun

• 1.an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word (e.g. ASCII, NASA):"abbreviations and acronyms are necessary in chat and SMS communication"

Just one question though:

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What is the "R" for?​

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[Stonetree]

Just one question though:

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What is the "R" for?​

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Eew......I didn't originate this acronym. It appears, first, in the title of a @Wandering Monk's OP. It is a Freudian slip.
If it was a @Revoltingest or @John53's OP I could understand the mistake.

SCROTUS Overturns Bump Stock Ban​

• Thread starterWandering Monk
• Start dateFriday at 10:55 AM

 

[Wandering Monk]

Eew......I didn't originate this acronym. It appears, first, in the title of a @Wandering Monk's OP. It is a Freudian slip.
If it was a @Revoltingest or @John53's OP I would understand the mistake.

SCROTUS Overturns Bump Stock Ban​

• Thread starterWandering Monk
• Start dateFriday at 10:55 AM

Renegades

 

[McBell]

Eew......I didn't originate this acronym. It appears, first, in the title of a @Wandering Monk's OP.

Fair enough.

 

[Stonetree]

Renegades

I don't know how long the acronym, POTUS, has been public knowledge. The first time I heard it used was on the TV show, West Wing. I think that was the title....... SCOTUS is relatively new to me. Frankly, I didn't notice your 'R' until @McBell pointed it out.

 

[Stevicus]

I don't know how long the acronym, POTUS, has been public knowledge. The first time I heard it used was on the TV show, West Wing. I think that was the title....... SCOTUS is relatively new to me. Frankly, I didn't notice your 'R' until @McBell pointed it out.

I think those acronyms are silly. I avoid using them myself.

 

[McBell]

I don't know how long the acronym, POTUS, has been public knowledge. The first time I heard it used was on the TV show, West Wing. I think that was the title....... SCOTUS is relatively new to me. Frankly, I didn't notice your 'R' until @McBell pointed it out.

Full disclosure, I did not notice it until @Kathryn asked you why you called it SCROTUS...

 

[We Never Know]

Full disclosure, I did not notice it until @Kathryn asked you why you called it SCROTUS...

I noticed it but assumed it stood for republicans

 

[Soandso]

Why do people love guns?

Lots of different reasons! Speaking for myself, I grew up with hunting so rifles have always been seen to me as a tool for bagging meat. Better marksmanship leads to more ethical hunting so it's important to me to build that skill. That said, I haven't hunted in years

 

[We Never Know]

Why do people love guns?

I don't love guns anymore than I love screwdrivers, silverware, toaster ovens, etc. .
They all have their use.

 

[Stevicus]

I don't love guns anymore than I love screwdrivers, silverware, toaster ovens, etc. .
They all have their use.

I feel the same way. You don't see many people proudly displaying their soup spoon collection. But some guys might like to show off their tools.

 

[Kathryn]

Ac·ro·nym
/ˈakrəˌnim/

noun

• 1.an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word (e.g. ASCII, NASA):"abbreviations and acronyms are necessary in chat and SMS communication"

It should be SCOTUS.

 

[Stonetree]

It should be SCOTUS.

You are correct, thank you

 

[Eddi]

It should be SCOTUS.

I thought that calling it SCROTUS was a way of being rude by likening The Supreme Court to a scrotum, a ball bag

 

[Kathryn]

Yes, I thought so too.