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Originally Posted by Sandy G
It's also amazing to me how, often as not, the most vehemently rabid anti-gunners have never even held, let alone SHOT a gun. And here again, the "Ronnie Redneck" irresponsible types do us no good by giving an anti the biggest, loudest, most hard-kicking gun they have to fire....WRONG ! You start people out on .22s. They don't kick, aren't loud, are accurate-If you HIT what you are aiming at, you are more likely to be disposed favorably toward the gun- and just generally are FUN. After a person has mastered & gained confidence w/a .22, then start 'em out on some of the bigger calibers, easing them into "Loudenboomers".
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Sandy,
I certainly agree that it's a better idea to teach gun control advocates how to shoot a gun than to hope that they get robbed and murdered.
It is fun to shoot. I remember going to scout camp and running dad out of money trying for those NRA shooting medals. Another thing that I always thought would be fun would be to set up a row of those spray cans that say "don't puncture or incinerate" and shoot at them. Never really had an opportunity. I can dream of a world where we didn't need guns and everyone could play with them. Until then, there's going to be horror stories on either side of the debate. I believe that they should be regulated, and that there are too many people who do stupid things with guns. It would probably be a good idea to require people to get a training course and prove some proficeincy in the basic safety requiredments before they are given the keys to the gun cabinet. Might even be a good idea to make them pee in a bottle.
When you described the process you had to go through to get your automatic weapons, it didn't sound like you had anything against the procedures you had to go through to get them. Did I read that right? Even as a strong advocate of gun rights, don't you agree that it would be nuts to let just anyone walk into a store and buy an uzi?
Regards,
D-Ray