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Why do people even own guns? I mean if you like to hunt animals I guess that
is an ok reason, but wouldn\'t you have more fun hunting a deer with a spear, it kind of evens out the playing
field a bit more. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] I think that right is a bit overrated....No
matter how safe you are with that, if you had kids in your house, you still run a small risk that you have to accept
and everyone in your house has to accept.
Let\'s face it, we can talk about the parents until we are blue in
the face, and that is probably a \'cause of the situation, but some kids are just worse than other kids. Basically
some kids are just EVIL. In this world we have those that are smarter, quicker, more prone to violence, sexual
abuse, serial killing, and these fundementals apply to children. Not all children are sweet as can be, and not all
of them act bad because their parents weren\'t there to slap their hand, though that is a large percentage of it
usually.
So watch out for Chucky. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]
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Is there some reason a person should not be allowed to own a gun? To
protect them from themselves? Look up some crime rate statistics. A good set are the before and after ones when
Florida became a concealed carry state. I hate to sound militant but do you really believe that the government, who
is so weak in punishing criminals is going to protect me and my family? Even despite that, why shouldn\'t any
normal, responsible person be able to own a gun? If nothing else, accurate shooting is a hard won skill that many
are proud to have.
Reality is that more people are killed by car accidents, incompetent doctors and drunk drivers
than are even injured by non-criminal gun owners.
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I own guns,
and see the value of it. Where I was raised, violent crime was comparatively low-- particularly home invasions.
Because any home that a criminal might choose to invade was likely to have a shooter in residence.
People also
didn\'t shoot up McDonalds, because chances are that at least one of the patrons was likely to have a concealed
weapons permit.
Now this might get me flamed, but... I think that concealed weapons permits should be available
to people who:
1) Have no criminal record,
2) Have demonstrated marksmanship at an \"expert\" level on the
firing range,
3) Have passed a NRA endorsed smallarms safety course, and
4) Have passed written and practical
smallarms safety tests.
BTW-- I own guns, but do not hunt. The only things that I have ever killed are many paper
targets. I also practice archery. The fun is in the development of marksmanship skills-- not in the harming of
something.
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And.. though I am a 120# woman, if a criminal chose to invade my home with the intention of
doing harm....he\'s probably toast. Because his weapons skills are likely to be inferior to mine. I\'m trained,
he probably isn\'t.
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Kari,
I don\'t hunt so don\'t own
any rifles only handguns. I have three daughters. They can all cut out the bulls-eye at 9 meters with a 22LR pistol.
As soon as they were old and strong enough to safely handle a gun they started learning gun safety and marksmanship.
Like so many other things, training and familiarity removed most of the risk of having them around the house. Gun
safety is practiced here more from years of habit than from any enforced rules. I have few worries because there is
no novelty for them.
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