Was Hunter Thompson pro-gun?

[bluestateguy]

I was not a regular reader of his work. Was he an opponent of gun control as I have heard?

[Spider Jerusalem]

1. Um...

he owned dozens or maybe even hundreds of firearms and was a life member of the NRA (but then so is Michael Moore).

[Joe Power]

2. To put it mildly.

[Padraig18]

3. Decidely pro-gun. n/t

[htuttle]

4. He was pro-bazooka

[On the Road]

11. LOL!

[hootinholler]

14. That about sums it up...

Gotta love him.

-Hoot

[MnFats]

5. the man loved his firearms.

could tell you the capabilities of every one.
got in trouble a time or two for firing at his ranch.

[Fovea]

6. Hunter was not into gun control.

No. He really defended the second amendment.

OTOH, he opposed oppression, corruption, and chickenhawks.

The fact that he kept guns, big guns, loud guns, scary guns
is probably the only factor that allowed the time of his death to be of his choosing.

[havocmom]

16. Bravo. You summed it up nicely

:thumbsup:

[Adams Wulff]

7. HE was very pro-gun...

...and he wasn't afraid to use them.

You could ask John Denver, if he was still around

RIP both of them.

[Ready4Change]

18. John Denver?

Was there some kind of Hunter-Denver ruckus?

[Adams Wulff]

28. Thompson used to take pot shots at Denver..

his next door neighbor, with a 30-30.

I believe alcohol may have played a role.

[mattclearing]

8. Does a bear shit in the woods?

No, he was very into guns. He used to shoot propane tanks from a distance for fun.

[DistressedAmerican]

9. Saw Some Great Footage Of Him Destroying A Jeep

With a heavy machine gun once. Very entertaining.

Added bonus, he made the guy that was showing up to interview him mow his HUGE lawn before agreeing to talk to him. Showed the proper respect for the media.

I'd love to see Wolf out there mowing for an interview.

[mattclearing]

13. Too, too funny.

It really doesn't get much more hardcore than Hunter Thompson.

This man was the last man standing from the Vietnam generation: The last one to sell out.

Even Dylan did his Victoria's Secret ad first.

[theboss]

21. Rolling Stone called him a sell-out for "Where the Buffalo Roamed"

He apparently had gotten into a habit in the 70s of selling film rights to his material to anyone with $50,000.00. The films would never get made and he found a steady source of income. Then someone actually managed to make a damn movie, which was decidedly awful (despite a pretty good performance from Bill Murray). Rolling Stoned panned it, and even Thompson quickly distanced himself.

[DistressedAmerican]

25. I Loved Murry In That. I Think It Is The Funniest Thing He Has Done!

[theboss]

10. I'm sorry...that's a really funny question to anyone who read him

One of his favorite hobbies was drunkenly firing guns into the woods around his house.

A quote from an interview I found:

" I think George Washington owned guns. I've never seen any contradiction with that. I'm not a liberal, by the way. I think that's what's wrong with liberals. I believe I have every right to have guns. I just bought another huge weapon. A lot of people shouldn't own guns. I should. I have a safety record. Guns are a lot of fun out here."

[stubertmcfly]

12. in a word...

yes.

[WilliamPitt]

15. Are you pro-air?

Same thing.

[jmowreader]

17. Only slightly

Hunter Thompson would have bought a self-propelled howitzer if anyone would have sold him one. And he would have fired it too. He loved his guns.

[Historic NY]

19. Hunter was into gonzo firearms.......he had a problem with things

that went boom!!

[skippythwndrdog]

20. Sounds like my kind of guy.

[Devil Dog Dem]

22. Like all Good Americans, he owned firearms!

There! I said it, and I'm not taking it back!

[callous taoboy]

24. sarcasm, i hope

:eyes:

[callous taoboy]

23. Someone at an Aspen bar once asked him to

autograph a book. He throws the book up in the air and shoots it with a pistol.

[donsu]

26. an article on Hunter/golf/guns is at buzzflash today

scrool down to bottom

www.buzzflash.com

[meisje]

27. "Machine guns are kind of nice. You can have a lot of fun with them. It's

"Machine guns are kind of nice. You can have a lot of fun with them. It's like watering the lawn. I don't get to play them very often."
- Hunter S. Thompson