How many of you were.....
more excited that you were turning 21 because you could legally buy a handgun yourself, then because you could drink. When I tunrned 21 this last year I told my girlfriend this and her response was a roll of the eyes and "you are a dork."[:p]
Jon
Jon
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That is funny.. I bought a gun at an Auction when I was still in my mid teens....If they had rules back then no one paid any attention to them!!! 0 -
Anyway...what kind of name is that...? : (
My dad's name where Jon...Not John....so what kind of name is that really....Have u done some research so far ? [B)]
kindly0 -
ME ME ME [:D] 0 -
Yep. But back then I never had any trouble getting booze BEFORE I was 21. 0 -
when i turned 21, on the very day, i was waiting tables hoping that i wasn't going to spit blood on someones food because i had 2 wisdom teeth pulled that morning. guns and alcohol were not a priority that night. 0 -
it was no problem to get beer at the age of 16 for me 0 -
To answer your question: Yes, Yes, and Yes. 0 -
"you are a dork."[:p]
I here that one often from my wife.0 -
November 9 this year. alcohol not a huge deal for me. but handgun wee!!!!!!!! 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Captplaid
"you are a dork."[:p]
I here that one often from my wife.
Me too. Usually about guns or farting, sometimes both.0 -
21 didn't seem to be a major milestone for me. I was out of the Army a month. I'd been being served since I was 16, and had not yet purchased my first sidearm. I had owned pistols since about 8 or 9, and rifles since 11, I think.
But, my wives have all called me a "dork".
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I bought handguns and alcohol before 21.[:D] 0 -
When I was growing up legal age to drink was 19. You could order a rifle or handgun out of a catalog. Times have changed! [:(] 0 -
when I was 17-19 I used to go to a local store to buy handgun ammo and never got I.D.ed on several occasions but when I was 21 I was in the same store buying brake cleaner for my torino and got I.D.ed for that. go figure huh.[:D] 0 -
I turned 21 in England....still couldn't buy a handgun!![;)] 0 -
18 was the legal drinking age. No problem getting booze or "sneaking in" clubs in Ft. Lauderdale when I was 16. No mothers against drunk drivers (MADD) in the late '70s, early '80s.
Turning 21 was a big deal. Bought my first handgun...a used Series 70 Colt.[:p]0 -
quote:Originally posted by Jon0322
more excited that you were turning 21 because you could legally buy a handgun yourself, then because you could drink. When I tunrned 21 this last year I told my girlfriend this and her response was a roll of the eyes and "you are a dork."[:p]
Jon
+1 didn't start drinking till I was 23/24.0 -
Heck at 21, my first safe was almost full[:D] but that was 24years ago. 0 -
well i had my oldest daughter on my 21st birthday so wasn't wooried about either at that time 0 -
I had been drinking in the hills of W.PA since I was 14 or so.
But, I had a PT92 on lay-away at a small, now defunct, gunshop here in Phx (Scottsdale) and on Feb 4, 1989, I paid off the balance and took that bad boy home!
It was a great gun, ate anything you'd care to run through it, even 5 cent a round Egyptian MG ammo with hard, corrosive primers, tho sometimes you have to drop the hammer on them twice.
D.0 -
When i turned 18, i didn't buy as many packs of cigs (haven't smoked in about 2yrs quit cold turkey), When i turned 21, same thing but i still have a beer or two every day but getting wasted is for the deer camp or when out with friends every now and then. guess i was jut being rebellious, i guess I'm weird 0 -
My how times have changed.
Owned guns, drank what I wanted, in my teens.
Turning 21 was no big deal.
Now turning 25? (I think it was) meant something.
Car insurance rates went down. (If you were a good driver [;)])
A sure sign of being over the hill. [B)]0 -
When I turned 21 I had already had more than enough to drink and my fair share of empty pockets from the titty bar scene. Though I was taken out for the night by the best of friends and the whole time thinking. So much for going to get that pistol tomorrow. So a week later, almost 48 of feeling like crap and another 72 hours of waiting to be able to pick up the gun (Illinois law) I finally got it. Great feeling and I shot, and shot, and shot, ect............... 0 -
jon,
thats sounds exactly like my story! i was so anxious and itchy to turn 21 only to get my first handgun, i could give a crap about buying my first beer(legally at least) and ironically my girfirend look at me rolled her eyes and said "your a dork". hahahaha![:D]0 -
quote:Originally posted by Jon0322
more excited that you were turning 21 because you could legally buy a handgun yourself, then because you could drink. When I tunrned 21 this last year I told my girlfriend this and her response was a roll of the eyes and "you are a dork."[:p]
Jon
ME !! I dont drink so turning 21 was indeed about HANDGUNS....I bought a .357, lol0 -
Having lost my youth and innocence long before I was 21, that day in 1969 had very little significance for me. Actually I remember turning 20 much more- as I layed in a hospital bed in Danang, recovering from wounds; such a way to go out of being a teenager. 0 -
Ray,
Me to, turned 21 with an 11 m.o.s., had already seen alot of life.
W.D.0 -
The first extra $250 I got after I turned 21 bought me my Beretta U22, my first pistol. I was stoked. I bought it at a gun show from I guy I worked with and could barely wait the 3 days until I could pick it up. When that day came, I drove 50 miles to the gun shop after working 7 hours and going to college for 5 hours. YOU might say "big deal, it's just a Neos," but this was 4 years ago when the Neos was still new and shops couldn't keep them in stock. 
The Ruger is a nearly 95% 1982 MkII Target that I probably over paid for last February.0 -
a long time to wait ,21 i suppose[:D]...they did it at 18, here in UK!...exellllllllllllent....[:)].. & its 1/2 full of loosers!![:D] 0 -
quote:ME !! I dont drink so turning 21 was indeed about HANDGUNS....I bought a .357, lol
Same here[:D]. A Ruger GP100.
Jon0
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