As a life long gun owner and safety instructor, it seems to me that every gun owner should be REQUIRED to take and pass a certified gun safety class before purchasing a firearm
Its a common sense benchmark that would slow down many instances of violence by removing a piece of the anonymous cloud from a potential perpetrator prior to his a…
As a life long gun owner and safety instructor, it seems to me that every gun owner should be REQUIRED to take and pass a certified gun safety class before purchasing a firearm
Its a common sense benchmark that would slow down many instances of violence by removing a piece of the anonymous cloud from a potential perpetrator prior to his actions. For those without nefarious intent, the safe handling of guns would prevent many avoidable accidents
That's what the NRA used to be all about - gun safety - and why hunters joined it. Then it was conquered by the Gun Manufacturers Empire, and soon after that the Russian Conquering Heroes. Time for a new gun safety association and a ban of any funding beyond individual memberships and safety classes.
I was an NRA member back before LaPierre and his cronies got their grubby hands on the wheel. Used to be a worthwhile organization. The door couldn't have hit me in the ass if it tried once those guys showed up.
Well, Dave, your comment here contains the words describing the key element that's absent from current day gun laws and the politics surrounding them: common sense. What you say here would make sense to any person with a modicum of that and any concern whatsoever for the safety of their loved ones, friends and fellow citizens, whether they were a gun owner or not.
I bought my first firearm more than 50 years ago, and I've watched the common sense surrounding all things related to gun ownership, safety and use fly right out the window, the red states holding the window open the widest and working the hardest to dispose of that commodity completely.
As I write this, the talking heads on the tube are reporting 6 more Americans have been shot dead in a Walmart store in Virgina. And the requisite politician has been summoned for an interview and is literally talking at this moment of the need for "common sense" gun laws. But she might as well save her breath, since when it comes to this problem, Republican partisanship at every level of the party from DC to the smallest county organization in the country will trump common sense employed for the benefit of the common good, just as it does on any other issue that this country faces. And as we've just seen in Colorado, even when sensible gun laws are written and enacted, senseless partisanship can thwart them completely without so much as a bat of the eye.
Of course, I have no answer for this problem. About all I can do personally is continue to be responsible in my use of my firearms, vote my conscience at every opportunity and in no way offer any support or agreement to anyone, anywhere, anytime - be they a politician or just a friend or acquaintance - who ascribes to the notion that gun ownership should be absent any meaningful regulation or who espouses the ignorant and completely artificial view that the only answer to a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.
Sorry for the rant. Don't expect that's what you were looking for. Fair warning for future reference: I'm pissed about absolutely everything "gun" in this country at the moment, and have been for a long time, and it's a subject better not broached with me if you're not looking for an earful of anger.
Thanks for being responsible in exercising your right to be a gun owner. Stay safe.
The common idea of the Communist Domino theory of the 50-80’s exists on steroids for 2nd amendment (mythical) fundamentalists. They falsely purport that “any” regulations equates to infringement in total. They cannot be reasoned with; but if you and I, as gun owners, can speak to the issue from perspective that recognizes how the country can begin to address this insanity from a new angle
Anger is a tool that fails me, individually; I lose my measured responsiveness and have learned to detach and compartmentalize. It allows my adversary to appear unhinged while I stare at them blankly. It un-nerves them
Do I gain anything? I don’t know, but My blood pressure thanks me for it
I'm usually pretty cool, particularly under pressure. But when there's fresh blood on the ground as there is now, I need to let a few rounds cook off, lest my chamber pressure exceed its SAAMI rating.
As a life long gun owner and safety instructor, it seems to me that every gun owner should be REQUIRED to take and pass a certified gun safety class before purchasing a firearm
Its a common sense benchmark that would slow down many instances of violence by removing a piece of the anonymous cloud from a potential perpetrator prior to his actions. For those without nefarious intent, the safe handling of guns would prevent many avoidable accidents
That's what the NRA used to be all about - gun safety - and why hunters joined it. Then it was conquered by the Gun Manufacturers Empire, and soon after that the Russian Conquering Heroes. Time for a new gun safety association and a ban of any funding beyond individual memberships and safety classes.
I was an NRA member back before LaPierre and his cronies got their grubby hands on the wheel. Used to be a worthwhile organization. The door couldn't have hit me in the ass if it tried once those guys showed up.
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Well, Dave, your comment here contains the words describing the key element that's absent from current day gun laws and the politics surrounding them: common sense. What you say here would make sense to any person with a modicum of that and any concern whatsoever for the safety of their loved ones, friends and fellow citizens, whether they were a gun owner or not.
I bought my first firearm more than 50 years ago, and I've watched the common sense surrounding all things related to gun ownership, safety and use fly right out the window, the red states holding the window open the widest and working the hardest to dispose of that commodity completely.
As I write this, the talking heads on the tube are reporting 6 more Americans have been shot dead in a Walmart store in Virgina. And the requisite politician has been summoned for an interview and is literally talking at this moment of the need for "common sense" gun laws. But she might as well save her breath, since when it comes to this problem, Republican partisanship at every level of the party from DC to the smallest county organization in the country will trump common sense employed for the benefit of the common good, just as it does on any other issue that this country faces. And as we've just seen in Colorado, even when sensible gun laws are written and enacted, senseless partisanship can thwart them completely without so much as a bat of the eye.
Of course, I have no answer for this problem. About all I can do personally is continue to be responsible in my use of my firearms, vote my conscience at every opportunity and in no way offer any support or agreement to anyone, anywhere, anytime - be they a politician or just a friend or acquaintance - who ascribes to the notion that gun ownership should be absent any meaningful regulation or who espouses the ignorant and completely artificial view that the only answer to a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.
Sorry for the rant. Don't expect that's what you were looking for. Fair warning for future reference: I'm pissed about absolutely everything "gun" in this country at the moment, and have been for a long time, and it's a subject better not broached with me if you're not looking for an earful of anger.
Thanks for being responsible in exercising your right to be a gun owner. Stay safe.
I would not change a word of what you said
The common idea of the Communist Domino theory of the 50-80’s exists on steroids for 2nd amendment (mythical) fundamentalists. They falsely purport that “any” regulations equates to infringement in total. They cannot be reasoned with; but if you and I, as gun owners, can speak to the issue from perspective that recognizes how the country can begin to address this insanity from a new angle
Anger is a tool that fails me, individually; I lose my measured responsiveness and have learned to detach and compartmentalize. It allows my adversary to appear unhinged while I stare at them blankly. It un-nerves them
Do I gain anything? I don’t know, but My blood pressure thanks me for it
Fight the good fight. Stay Safe. Peace
I'm usually pretty cool, particularly under pressure. But when there's fresh blood on the ground as there is now, I need to let a few rounds cook off, lest my chamber pressure exceed its SAAMI rating.
Peace right back at you.