Gun Enthusiasts Complain About the "Call of Duty Effect"

[Weaver]

I think American's and their crazy gun laws are more terrifying. Yes most people won't get a license to carry, but if you're a criminal I hardly think not breaking the law is in your list of priorities.

 

[Weaver]

*woops edit*

 

[Officer Problem]

the most prominent example would have to be the desert eagle. everybody walks around talking about how awesome/not awesome they are in real life, and i have to say BULL FUCKING SHIT. how many people have actually fired one of these weapons?

I have, well the .44 version at least. My uncle used to be in the service and he's quite an enthusiast as it were. Im definetley not an expert by a long shot but in my humble opinion i thought it was pretty cumbersome and sluggish (looks and sounds intimidating as hell though). Not that id have any idea, but I cant imagine it would be my first choice to take into combat. Now the H&K USP .45 is a different story That thing was the shit.

gotta agree, trying to take guns away from the people with guns seems like a poor idea.

Just to clarify, i do not, and never have, owned a gun. However I am still opposed to firearms bans in this country. Just trying to say that beleive it or not, some of us American hillbilly fucks can have an educated, rational opinion on things.

Oh, and we should totally nuke France by the way.

 

[jedizero]

the last thing we need is bored teenagers with tons of cash getting their hands on illegal guns and have no way to defend ourselves

How do these bored teens get their money now?

 

[Bretty]

I love weaponry.

I really like the technical aspect and the skill it takes to use one effectively at their intended ranges.

I hope to be joining the Canadian military soon, Air Force, and have spent 4+ years in the Army section of my Secondary School's CCF unit. Learnt to fire both .22s and the Reg. Army SA80s.

A weapon is a tool not a toy, alot of people dont understand this.

 

[Chewster]

Nothing there seems to suggest that gamers are thinking themselves to be gun experts after playing games. In fact, all that seems to suggest is that FPS gamers are taking an interest in real life guns.

Big whoop.

 

[chuckman1]

My friend calls all Shotguns "Trench Guns"
No really I'm not making that up.

 

[MessiahElephant]

I shudder to think of some acne-ridden, sweaty CoD nerd going into a supermarket with a P90 with the hopes of "ganking some n00bs".

OO, i actually researched the P90 after i got obsessed with stargate (thought it was a made up gun the first time) and apparently, civies can not get a full auto, or the 50 round mag.

Oh, thank god. I guess I should research before I post.
Still, replace the P90 with an average hunting shotgun and the noobslaying begins. This stuff never really happens though, because games can never teach you the correct way to operate a firearm. People blame the Columbine shooting on games, claiming that an FPS taught the murderers the necessary skills, but guns in games work nothing like guns in the real world. They both fire bullets, but that's their only similarity.

 

[Spike815]

Can't believe it's still legal in America to carry guns... Fucking wild west. Well yeah the world is kinda retarded and this doesn't suprise me a bit. Hopefully all the gamers WILL buy a gun and then just annihilate each other. Many less humanbeings to worry about

Second amendment...right to bear arms
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_the_United_States

Erm... okaaay... Wtf is this supposed to mean? This told me nothing mate. I already know about that retarded primitive law and it doesn't justify nor give any answers to why civilians still are allowed to carry weapons. But fuck it. If you wanna go around posting links, one sec.

http://www.the-eggman.com/writings/death_stats.html

Note that you're on the fourth place IN the world. You're among countries like Colombia, Thailand and fucking Slovakia! Some of those countries lack central heating. USA is the most powerful country in the world... There's your links dickhead

So, guns kill less people than renal failure every year in America? Interesting fact.

Oh and were 8th, not fourth. Per capita shows it more comparatively, as some of those countries have a much smaller population, so of course the US would have more deaths total.

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_wit_fir_percap-crime-murders-firearms-per-capita

 

[Chaos Theory]

Gun enthusiast's need to get a life

 

[hvitulf]

"Gun enthusiast" is both an amusing and depressing phrase.

Anyway, I've definitely heard of this before. Can't say I ever listen.

Wh... What?

How is being a gun enthusiast any different than being an enthusiast of anything?

Edit to add: The number of people who use the word 'clip' in this thread makes me rage.

I'm not angered by it, but "magazine" or "mag" are the terms to use, not "clip." I have to agree with the fact that being a gun enthusiast (which I am not) is no worse than anything else. Oh, and for the record, "War? War never changes..."

 

[hvitulf]

Gun enthusiast's need to get a life

and we gamers don't?

 

[brodie21]

i read that soon you can buy a semi-automatic ACR (Remington ACR)

 

[Kyouran]

Can't believe it's still legal in America to carry guns... Fucking wild west. Well yeah the world is kinda retarded and this doesn't suprise me a bit. Hopefully all the gamers WILL buy a gun and then just annihilate each other. Many less humanbeings to worry about

Yet another idiot falls to the old fallacy of less guns = less crime...

More on-topic, though, this effect is hardly isolated to guns and Call Of Duty.

 

[sabotstarr]

as long as guns of all kinds continue to have recoils that would injure the average gamer, i have no fear that more than one shot would dissuade anyone from firing again. Because a shotgun fired automatically would kill your shoulder in a matter of seconds, let alone an entire battle.

 

[Malkavian]

"so I was surprised when he asked, 'Can you buy an ACR in there?'"
If someone said that when they were in a car with me, I would kick them out of my moving car.

Why, excactly? What is wrong with not knowing anything about guns, but being interested in seeing some in real life? I don't know the first thing about fighter jets - doesn't mean I don't think it'd be fun to sit in the same plane I had flown in HAWX. How am I supposed to know that the ACR just so happens not to be out until later this year? I see alot of people in this thread getting waaaay to emotional/ragey/whatever over this pretty small and innocent question.

I am in no way a gunenthusiast. I know only what I have seen in games, from 5 years of rifle shooting as a kid and from random wiki articles. So very, very little, actually. That doesn't mean I don't think weapons are somewhat interesting. I would like to see and hold a RL ACR. If I was going into a weapon shop with a friend, I might have asked the same question. It's not really dumb IMO. It's uninformed, yes, but you wouldn't have me laughing at you with scorn if I took you into a Games Workshop store, and you asked if they sold Chaos Dwarves.

 

[Dirty Apple]

Golden test: tell me what to do in a misfire, and I'll pass you as competant.

Amazing how some people blur the line between games and reality. I'm surprised that Forza hasn't turned everyone into racing pros.

I'll try:
1. Engage Safety
2. Remove Clip
3. Manually pull slide to eject shell
4. Visually check chamber, to ensure proper ejection


What did I miss? I have no real training beyond a childhood safety course almost 20 years ago. All I learned came from growing up on the farm.

My rules for gun usage:
1. Always treat guns as though they are loaded. ALWAYS.
2. Look down range, because shots can go a long, long way.
3. Guns are only loaded at time of use

 

[Srkkl]

I don't get why they care so much. When people learn somthing new they try and show it off in situations, even if they actually know little to nothing about their newfound knowledge.

 

[Endocrom]

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