peacefuljeffrey 0 #101 May 7, 2004 QuoteQuoteAlso, all guns are sold with owners manuals that clearly outline the major safety rules of handling a gun safely. So are parachutes. Do you think it would be a good idea for people to start using parachutes without any training, just because they can read the provided manual? There's a world of difference. A skydive is a dynamic activity. You can't slow it down, or pause in the middle of it to take stock of what's going on. When someone buys a gun and sits down with the gun and manual together, even without someone experienced to train him, he can take it verrrrrry slowwwwwly, reading step by step; during the whole process, the gun is never loaded until the person has a firm grasp on how it functions. The fact is, if the person gets the new gun, reads the manual, and then follows those safety rules verbatim (which is not at all difficult to do, or to remember), he is NOT going to end up injuring or killing anyone, or damaging property. That's the whole point of how the gun safety rules are set up. There are redundancies, so that even IF you don't "treat every gun as if it were loaded," you are "pointing it in a safe direction," so that if it goes off, nothing and no one is harmed. --Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peacefuljeffrey 0 #102 May 7, 2004 QuoteSo how about this: No mandatory government training to buy a gun and keep it in your own home. However, if you want to carry it in public, then you must be trained. Oh wait, that's already the way it is working, with concealed carry laws in 34 states. Very good point. I wonder how many people even thought about that, or went about criticizing things without that knowledge and understanding. --Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,465 #103 May 10, 2004 QuoteSo how about this: No mandatory government training to buy a gun and keep it in your own home. However, if you want to carry it in public, then you must be trained That is of course assuming that you are a bachelor and live alone. Otherwise the same risk is still present and to me it would be important to follow a mandatory safety course. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kennedy 0 #104 March 22, 2005 bump for the newly released videowitty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
