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No, many people do not need to know anything about guns. Not EVER!
That is, until their kid finds one under a bush and brings it home, and they have no idea how to make sure it is unloaded and safe. They also didn't know enough to teach their kid to NEVER touch a gun, leave it alone and find an adult. They also didn't know that they should treat EVERY gun as loaded and ready to fire until YOU have verified that it isn't.
Yes, that scenario HAS happened!
But, no, they really do NOT need to know anything, nor do they need to teach their kids anything.
Ignorance IS bliss!
"Hey, daddy, look what I fou..BANG!"
Yes, it HAS happened, and it will happen again.
There have been 9 year olds that have stolen cars but I don't feel any need to teach my 9 year old how to drive in case they came across a car with keys in it.
There have been 9 year olds that have stolen cars but I don't feel any need to teach my 9 year old how to drive in case they came across a car with keys in it.
The article (OP's link) does not actually explain why the caller believed that there were 3 rounds in the mag, and one in the chamber. It could have just been that's what the kid with the gun told him, and that he didn't actually see the rounds. If so the entire thread is moot.
Will? Probably not and then again, most certainly not!
Why?
Because, basically, it seems that TPTB want people quite ignorant about guns and ammo. Hence why, IMHO, an AR-15 is forever called an assault rifle........even though one would be at a vast disadvantage taking that model on the battle field.
Long story short, is to the advantage of such for them to tell the public which is which and what is what...................no matter how misinformed that is, such as hollow points being "armor piercing".
Will? Probably not and then again, most certainly not!
Why?
Because, basically, it seems that TPTB want people quite ignorant about guns and ammo. Hence why, IMHO, an AR-15 is forever called an assault rifle........even though one would be at a vast disadvantage taking that model on the battle field.
Long story short, is to the advantage of such for them to tell the public which is which and what is what...................no matter how misinformed that is, such as hollow points being "armor piercing".
Yes there is a long history of misrepresentation by gun control advocates. From hysterical discussions of "cop killer bullets" to counting 19 year old gang members as "children" killed by guns. The original idea of the "assault weapons" came from a guy named Josh Sugarmann, who penned an infamous memo where he admitted that his strategy was to exploit public ignorance. The memo somehow got out. Shooting Blind - Reason.com
It's called personal responsibility. It's your responsibility to teach yourself about the world around you. School is for academics, not to fill in the gaps of your parents' incompetence or your lack of gumption to learn about the world around you.
Even more egregious in the time of instant google.
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