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Bacon_Pancakes 04/22/18 2:18:59 PM #1: |
...all guns shoot?
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DrunkCaveman 04/22/18 2:24:35 PM #2: |
https://www.etymonline.com/word/shotgun
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jramirez23 04/22/18 2:29:48 PM #3: |
Yeah, because they can shoot birdshot.
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wwinterj25 04/22/18 3:10:57 PM #4: |
.... because shootguns sounds dumb.
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mooreandrew58 04/22/18 5:43:35 PM #5: |
at one time didn't people call them scatter guns or is my memory just wrong? scatter guns does sound like a better name in the descriptive sense of things.
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