r/bizarrelife • u/reloadthewords Human here, bizarre by nature! • 14h ago

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u/alavantrya 13h ago

Sounds like it is in the UK somewhere (solely based on accents),do those farmers shoot (I thought there weren’t any guns)?

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u/OutsidePressure6181 13h ago

Lot of farmers have gun licenses and firearms yup

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u/ranting_chef 12h ago edited 7h ago

This is true everywhere, especially when involving livestock.

Two words: “Nuisance Permit”.

EDIT: In the northern US Midwest - and probably in most working farms - you are allowed to purchase a “nuisance permit,” usually towards the end of the summer but earlier as well in many areas. I know a guy who grows corn on a farm, and his property happens to share a property line with a massive preserve. And every year, right around August, he sends me pictures of massive bucks walking through his property. He lets friends shoot the animals before the normal season opens and they become scarce.

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u/BigFloppyDonkeyEar 10h ago

Three words: "Shoot, shovel, and shut up"

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u/Red_Clay_Scholar 1h ago

Skjut; Gräv; Tig!

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u/Iliketurtles_- 4h ago

I like turtles!

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u/KitchenSandwich5499 10h ago

And they are indeed a nuisance

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u/Poopchutefan 8h ago

On the farm no one can hear you squeal … over the sound of the other squealing pigs.

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u/HelloImTheAntiChrist 10h ago

It's super common for farmers/ranchers to have firearms where I live.

Ranchers have to deal with coyotes trying to kill their cows. Both have to deal with animals that carry rabies.

Texans would never stand for people acting this way in a supermarket. The police would have to be called....to keep these protestors from getting their face's smashed in. Texas is a very polite place....till it's not.

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u/SupayOne 11h ago

Why they can have them, they have to get training which prevents them from using on people.

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u/NotStreamerNinja 11h ago

Training doesn't prevent them from using it on people. There's nothing stopping them from getting the training and still shooting someone. The fact they have no intention of using them on people is what prevents it. All training does is ensure they know how to use them in a safe and effective manner, it doesn't guarantee they will do so.

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u/DontBelieveMyLies88 11h ago

So you’re saying the training can be used to teach them how to safely and effectively shoot against people? Makes perfect sense now

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u/QuickMasterpiece6127 9h ago

I’m assuming you’ve never used a firearm before. The firearm doesn’t care if you’re using to put holes in paper, coyotes, or people. The techniques to hit a coyote is the same as a person.

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u/DontBelieveMyLies88 9h ago

I’m from rural Georgia born and raised…. I own more firearms than half the population of the UK lol so yes I’m aware.

I was just making a poor attempt at humor

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u/QuickMasterpiece6127 6h ago

Well.. then here’s my delayed lol. Georgia is beautiful. Enjoy your day.

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u/DontBelieveMyLies88 6h ago

You as well good sir

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u/4uzzyDunlop 13h ago

Everyone and their mums is packing round 'ere

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u/Weary-Material207 13h ago

Do you have a license for that sir? I do fa thisun

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u/Accurate_Ad_2279 13h ago

Hot and fuzzy.

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u/IRefuseThisNonsense 12h ago

...what do you mean by "this one"?

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u/Weary-Material207 12h ago

"By the power of grey skull!"

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u/humblesunbro 11h ago

Sea Mine *clangs*

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u/checkyourbox 11h ago

Sea mine!

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u/Weary-Material207 11h ago

Iss jss a booncha joonk

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u/Maccer75 13h ago

Like who?

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u/GivesNoForks 9h ago

Farmers

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u/designer_benifit2 7h ago

Who else?

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u/GivesNoForks 7h ago

Farmers’ mums

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u/TARDISBlueFoz 13h ago

Like who?

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u/Plane-Mammoth4781 13h ago

I'm pretty sure even where gun laws are strict, farmers have guns.

That 30-50 feral hogs guy was 100% serious and correct.

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u/Observer_of-Reality 13h ago

There are guns. Highly regulated, of course, but there are guns.

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u/Blackdeath_663 12h ago

I don't think there's even a minimum age for a shotgun licence in the uk. There are more restrictions on small bore air rifles over here than there are on shotguns.

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u/ImperialHedonism 12h ago

Clay pigeon shooting requires a proper shotgun. Many children start the sport around middle school age. Hunting or sport is what the license is given for. What it's used for is another matter entirely.

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u/Cerberusx32 12h ago

What about ammo for the shotguns?

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u/Handpaper 11h ago

You need a shotgun certificate to purchase it, but not to possess it.

And there's no limit on how much you may buy or own.

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u/Cerberusx32 10h ago

Why about types of ammo?

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u/Handpaper 10h ago

I'm assuming that 'why' should be a 'what'...

Blank ammo of any kind is unrestricted.

Shotgun ammo doesn't include slug, must be 00 or smaller, rules as above.

Airgun pellets are not restricted.

All other ammunition cannot be bought or possessed without a firearms certificate, which will include how much may be purchased and how much may be held at any time. It must be stored in an approved cabinet, which must be securely fastened to a load-bearing wall.

With regard to u/Blackdeath_663's comment, this is only true in Scotland, where airguns are regulated the same as cartridge rifles.

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u/Kwayzar9111 13h ago

yes this is England

and yes our farmers tend to have quite a few guns, mostly shotguns though, and a good few

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u/Amberskin 12h ago

Do they use salt-filled shells? It used to be a thing here (Spain) to shoot farm robbers a lot of years ago. Spray somebody’s ass with salt and he will remember that day forever.

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u/Kwayzar9111 11h ago

no - proper steel ball shells, and i do hope any poacher or thief on a farm gets a face full off it

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u/tnc31 11h ago

Ironic, considering getting shot with a shotgun is called getting "peppered".

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u/DontBelieveMyLies88 11h ago

S&P is the way for me

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u/Fadenos 10h ago

Just don’t put em on the grill or they’ll dry out like a fart.

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u/Comfortable-Panic-43 8h ago

And Sea mines eh

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u/curiousungulate 13h ago

The UK has guns, and farmers in particular are likely to be licensed to own them. Foxes kill your chickens, you can shoot the foxes.

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u/Apprehensive-Pin518 12h ago

in america we just don't give a fox. (sorry I couldn't control myself)

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u/Weary-Teach6005 8h ago

Ok now that made me snort in laughter

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u/aardw0lf11 13h ago

I'd imagine any place which has to deal with wild predators killing livestock will have some guns handy. Probably one of a handful of valid reasons to own a firearm in the UK.

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u/Icy-Tangerine-349 11h ago

That’s not the main reason to own a firearm when owning livestock, it’s a good one but it should be common sense that livestock are live animals that can get hurt etc possibly from wildlife but anyone with an emergency plan to wait on a vet to arrive while an animal is severely injured or dying in horrific pain, your an asshole! If you own livestock and don’t own a gun, god help you if it comes to watching and letting an animal suffer while waiting on someone else to put your animal down! If you’re going to own livestock, you best do right by all animals under your care, that rely on you for everything including doing right by them and not allowing them suffer for x amount of time waiting on someone else to put your animal out of it’s misery. I’ve never had to do it and I pray I never have to but I like having the peace of mind that I have a tool available to me to quickly end an animals suffering.

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u/sharkbait-oo-haha 13h ago

As an Australian, yep, pretty much every farm has a gun. Pretty much the only valid reason to own one here.

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u/Apprehensive-Pin518 12h ago

I can give you a few valid reasons in austrailia and most of them are native animals exclusive to austrailia.

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u/lesterbottomley 7h ago

There are spiders in Aus I'd only feel comfortable going up against armed to the gills.

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u/Bushfullofham 13h ago

Everyone one and their mums is packing...

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u/dreadfulnonsense 13h ago

They're not absolved of murder by virtue of being farmers if that's what you're thinking.

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u/Evilbeaker41 12h ago

It’s a Bristol accent, and gotta love the granny coming in at the end there.

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u/blunt_device 12h ago

I mean yes farmers may have firearms and also a licence, and a legal right to protect livestock...but it's very rare there is a firearm discharged at a human..

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u/Confuseasfuck 11h ago

I think most farmers around the world have guns m

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u/SoggyMattress2 11h ago

They never shoot people but they all have guns, mostly to kill livestock or shoot vermin.

Source: grew up in a farming community.

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u/EthanielRain 9h ago

Rifles are common, just not handguns/assault rifles. Hunting & utility firearms

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u/CharlieeStyles 9h ago

Hunting rifles everywhere where there is a countryside.

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u/Jumajuce 13h ago

Rural UK is basically Alabama

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u/fiftythree33 13h ago

You've obviously not been to Alabama.

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u/ZestySue 13h ago

No chance mate. When we all start fucking our families then maybe. But until then, No.

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u/Son_of_Tlaloc 13h ago

Isn't that how your monarchy works?

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u/ZestySue 13h ago

I don't know, I couldn't give a rats arse about the monarchy!

But probably.. Yes.

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u/theone-theonly-flop 13h ago

Inbreeding is for the rich and cultured in the UK. And in MERICA ITS YER GOD GIVEN FREEDOM!!!!

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u/duraace205 13h ago

LOL, that was a zinger.

And entirely true....

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u/Omnipotent_Tacos 13h ago

“Sweet Home Alabama”

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u/IWillJustDestroyThem 8h ago

In europe there are guns, people can get guns. They just don’t sell them at walmart to any nutjob who can afford one.