Let's face it, every accusation they make is a confession.

"They're for home defense!!!"

*couldn't actually defend themselves right then*

Careful, they'll try to get you on that. Each magazine carries 3 clips holding 10 rounds of ammunition.

It sounds like you're trying to describe the loading method for magazines that use stripper clips. The rounds are actually stripped off the clips and into the magazine. The magazine does not carry any clips.
Octavia's post is really funny, so I definitely don't mind an honest error.

I didn't think it necessary to elaborate being stripper clips are built to be housed inside of magazines. If you ask me, I think this "gotcha" by gun-enthusiasts is just dishonest in whole.

Sure, it's fair to say "Which are you talking about, magazines or clips?" But to imply that it's one or the other (which I've caught them doing in the past) is erroneous with regard to common use.

I have used both clips and magazines. I have been asked for a clip, and provided one. The person asking needed to top off a magazine, and the clip didn't go inside the magazine, only the rounds. There are times when asking for the wrong thing will get someone killed. Sure, there's a bunch of people who are jerks about it and have never been in a situation where it was critical. In your posts, I'm not sure if you are making very precise errors to troll (successful, if the case) or are just unfamiliar with the process about which you were trying to sound knowledgeable.

I'll be honest. Guns are a hobby of mine. I enjoy antiques more myself more as an art observer. I enjoyed the level of craftsmanship you could find on older models. I say this because my family owns a rifle that has been passed down for generations is a rifle hand-crafted by Mr. Winchester himself. It was so alien compared to what I knew of rifles (.22s, 30.06) I understood bolt action. I understood shotguns, I understood lever action. It was during a time the assault weapon ban was in effect, we didn't have access to AR-15s or similar weaponry. I didn't see an AR-15 until 6 years later. Just in a gas stop selling guns on a rural highway. My bus stop for school. Later, I asked how old I had to be to have one. Eighteen. Two more years? Sweet. That was back in 2003. My father wasn't around at that point. I digress.

This winchester is a beautiful gun. It was a long octogonal shaped barrel on the exterior, had a stand that descended to a disk before the trigger. If not a "pod" (as bipod is a two stand mount) then I wouldn't know what to call it other than "Stand."

I've followed rifles and various type of weaponry in the knowledge and the theory of their use and capabilities simply because since I've been an adult, it's not a hobby that I could afford to get into.

Crime does exist where I live, but we accept the risk as being so negligible that the phrase "rather have it and not need" doesn't even apply. I've got other things I want to spend my money on. So, Admittedly, I watch a lot of youtube videos about guys using different weapons of different strengths (I love seeing some good tests on .50 caliber rifles or what some of the latest tech is. I am really interested in the EMG-02, to see whether or not it'll be domestically viable and how this new tech could impact modern warfare. I could give a bunch of reasons why it won't, but I find it more fun to think on the side of "Barring the negatives, what's the potential in positives?"

Yup. I may not have a whole lot of experience as some others, but I have fired 9mm, I have fired .44s, I bullseye empty shotgun shells at 25/50/100' (last one not so much) irons only. I enjoy rifles just fine, I'm just not as enthusiastic about it as others, I suppose. Or, maybe I'm more practical. I prefer the classics. 9mm is about where I stopped. I enjoy a good heavy revolver more. I enjoy the classy design of bolt action rifles with wooden stocks and frames. Sure, you could do all that with an AR-15, but I 1/

but I don't see the point in buying a rifle to modify it to that extreme. I could ask for it custom, but that raises the price tag over something I'm not as enthusiastic about. I don't possess the Winchester, that's another member of the family. (He's the first heir.) Which brings me to my conclusion on my full meaning of what I say when I say "I enjoy rifles as a hobby, in that I do enjoy them for their classic aesthetics, the sounds that are unique to each style.

I'm also medicated right now so I am rambling about this topic that didn't need to be this long. However, I figured it is better to come clean in honesty, so you know exactly where I stand as some anti-2a individual.

For the best analogy of how I feel about guns, check out this clip from "The Good the Bad and the Ugly." This guy is me all over.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zc0r-gTxNw

I'm certainly no where near his skill level. But I do appreciate that this man knows what he likes, what works for him, and he accepts nothing less for himself. Like me.

My favorite piece is a generational Winchester shotgun. I've competed in the international revolver championship. I used the M16 A2 and M4 in the military. Rated expert first try with both rifle and pistol (M9) Have reloaded hundreds of thousands of rounds for competition. My username is based on how I view the shooting sports as a meditation. Watch some zen archers go through their routine. I practice that style when I'm alone at the range. In IPSC or USPSA competition, the assumption is that you hit every target and the only question is how fast! That's a different kind of fun.

And so you can see clips and magazines working together for real, here's a real soldier explaining the thing in under two minutes:
https://youtu.be/So_OEDJpvXI

Yep the only magazine I ever held was for a 9mm.

All the rifles were either bolt-action and you load them on the side next to the chamber by the stock, or you pulled the bolt back and loaded the shots in through the chamber (.22) (if memory serves). Shotguns are easy enough.

But again, for me it's about practicality.

I'm not in a place where there's a lot of gun violence; it's rare. I avoid people in general. We have 95 violent crimes every year, are a university campus and are one of the most racially diverse campuses in the nation.

I have no reason to need one or buy one.

Though, with MAGA going the way it has been, there's been times I've spoken with my wife about teaching her how to use a gun. There was a time, we were concerned about how extreme USA would go before Left Wing was considered "The Other" to such a degree that we'd start being hunted, legally. I actually bought survival gear on the off chance and take my family camping regularly to freshen up our outdoors legs.

I mean, MAGA were coming from across the country to f**k with PDX, and PDX isn't far from us. There were drive-bys on our coast of right wing guys shooting people in broad daylight. (In 2020) so, there was legitimate concern at that time.

Well.... you're not wrong.

I'm not sure how to take that, considering your handle.