KenDckey
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A firearm is not a simple tool like a hammer or 'whatever'. A firearm is a multi-part device created to activate a charged device that propels a (usually) solid piece of metal from the confines of the device itself. A firearm's primary purpose is to kill. That it has many secondary applications should not be ignored (i.e. collection, modification, hunting, self-defense, target shooting, etc).
My training is that the purpose of a firearm was to wound. Yes, you don't shoot straight and it can kill (which happens way to often). If you wound, you take more than one person out of the equation because it takes several to carry him/her out of harms way and to treat through recovery. The exception being for hunting where you want to kill to feed yourself and your family. Since I don't hunt, which I haven't done since 1969, I prefer to kill engineer stakes to hone that accuracy.
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Can a gun do evil if sitting just on a table? An argument used by gun nuts many times over to 'justify' it being save. Yes, a 100 megaton nuclear weapon sitting on a table is harmless as well. Would I want either in the hands of someone whom is not mentally, emotional, and/or morally stable? FUCK and NO! An in anyone else's hands? Only those whom have the proper background checks (physical, mental, emotional, criminal) whom are trained, and held to the same responsibilities as anyone else handling the device. So if you had the firearm; your held to the same standards as a police officer. Anything less is just reckless and careless on the part of society!
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Can a gun do evil if sitting just on a table? An argument used by gun nuts many times over to 'justify' it being save. Yes, a 100 megaton nuclear weapon sitting on a table is harmless as well. Would I want either in the hands of someone whom is not mentally, emotional, and/or morally stable? FUCK and NO! An in anyone else's hands? Only those whom have the proper background checks (physical, mental, emotional, criminal) whom are trained, and held to the same responsibilities as anyone else handling the device. So if you had the firearm; your held to the same standards as a police officer. Anything less is just reckless and careless on the part of society!
I appreciate your view, but think your standard of training is to low. When I train someone, they must learn things that far exceed those of the police training systems.
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Likewise, how easy is it for little Timmy to kill his brother by accident with most tools in a mechanic box? Compare that to a firearm they might think was a toy.....
....Plenty of examples in which that 'toy' brought misery to thousands of families in the nation. Siblings that killed their own while very young? Will carry that mistake for the totality of their lives. Marriages are ripped apart by such acts.
That you consider a firearm a 'simple' tool shows you have little respect for such a device and probably shouldn't have one....
When "Johnny" shoots "Timmy" it is a definate failure. When my dad gave me my first cap gun (in the 1950's) he emphasized that all guns can kill by blowing up a stick of explosives with it. Blew a nice hole in the desert. Secondly, when they don't adequately secure a weapon around a child it is another failure. When a child or one of my adult sons comes around the weapons I have are either locked in my steel cabinet or in my neighbors home. My son is old enough to know how to use bolt cutters since he is in his 40's now and a certified "crazy" that we all fear. During a party where alcohol is involved, same thing. Guns to the neighbor.
When I train, I use engineer stakes as targets ("death to engineer stakes") because it is a pass fail situation. you hit it in it's sharpie smiley face and it is a pass. You miss and it is a fail. There are other things involved. People that use spray and pray are hopefully either on a range or in combat. I prefer a semiautomatic because it is easier to load, carries several rounds, and doesn't require me to take my eye off of the target to reload. I own one semi-auto pistol. I have a lever action rifle, two .58 and one .45 cal cap and ball muzzleloader weapons. My wife has one semi-auto pistol, one revolver, a shotgun, and a pump .22LR. the 2 pistols are personal defense. the revolver is loaded with snake shot. The .22 is for targets the shotgun and semi-auto are personal defense against intruders intent on doing harm.
Do I respect my tools? yes. Do I know how much damage they can do? yes. Do I know the cost of abuse? yes.
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