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I have see unsafe practices during training. But, if a Range Safety Officer didnt remove them, well there lies the problem.
You always have bad apples, but with over half the country owning multiple weapons, our %'s are pretty low for issues like this. Not that it was right, as they should have been removed immedialtely.
Agreed, however, it only takes a few. Remember that range instructor who let the small kid fire an Uzi and it " climbed" and killed the instructor? The compilation of bafoonery with deadly weapons is amazing. And it happens too often despite it being a small percentage overall.
All I'm saying is that for anyone who wishes to own a forearm for the first IMO, let's just make sure they have a modicum of legal, technical, and moral proficiency that keeps them and the public safe. It's not much to ask and it would domwondersnfor our image as sports shooting enthusiasts.
I figure, If we "police our own", no one will be able to defeat the second ammendment.
Agreed, however, it only takes a few. Remember that range instructor who let the small kid fire an Uzi and it " climbed" and killed the instructor? The compilation of bafoonery with deadly weapons is amazing. And it happens too often despite it being a small percentage overall.
All I'm saying is that for anyone who wishes to own a forearm for the first IMO, let's just make sure they have a modicum of legal, technical, and moral proficiency that keeps them and the public safe. It's not much to ask and it would domwondersnfor our image as sports shooting enthusiasts.
I figure, If we "police our own", no one will be able to defeat the second ammendment.
Carry on,
You are confusing the actions of two idiots at a private shooting range with the actions of the government as a condition to exercise an afforded right.
Many cities require drivers education classes as a condition for a driver license. Ignoring that the right to bear arms is not a privilege, it's still a fact that plenty of kids still drive like idiots after taking the class and watching videos of nasty wrecks. The same will happen even if we require some cursory training for firearms. We simply can't legislate away stupidity and the cost to live in a free society sometimes is expensive.
It was up to the range officer to kick those kids out pronto.
I've posted that I don't see a problem with some basic safety course. In the late 60's they still taught us basic firearms safety in public schools. Go figure. Today we just teach kids how to screw safely.
The purpose of the laws was to prevent mass shootings. It has worked perfectly.
Beyond that gun crime and murder has also continued to decline. It's great that yours has too, though nothing to be really proud of that you are now down to extreme levels from really really extreme.
No, they just went to stabbings. 8 dead by gun and 8 dead by knife, doesn't matter.
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