Alliedassault - View Single Post - Taking the kids to the gun range to shoot

BallisticWookie · 08-14-2002, 05:53 AM

Good work Rudedog, I see you are very responsible and careful and that is a great thing to see. Child safety when it comes to guns is of the utmost importance and should never ever be overlooked whether at the range or at the home.

I never intended to start a fight over this, this is just a subject that really gets me going. The guns are not to be blamed for the deaths, the person who holds the gun should get the ultimate blame and the Government for their lax control and standards in the first place, any legal gun owner who has gone through the correct channels to buy a gun and gain a license will know that his weapon is in a registry and can be traced, therefore, no gun owner with half a brain will go out and kill indiscriminately, those who have bought a gun illegally, through the black market, are the problem and Customs officers should be doing a better job stemming the flow of black market arms. A gun cannot pick and choose what it kills, it doesnt have a brain, it has a mechanism that is ultimately controlled by the handler, and if that handler is shooting at innocent people than the blame must be squarely pointed toward the user/abuser, not the equipment.

Guns and cars can be compared because they are both dangerous when used irresponsibly. Both can kill quite easily without a problem. The point raised between cars and guns is that both are dangerous, cars obviously more so, and the problem with cars and deaths is once again the person controlling it, not the car itself. So I raised the question, should cars be banned aswell ??

FWB, I know very well the difference between games and real life, dont be so ridiculous. I just dont get that you can enjoy shooting people in games and then when it comes to real life you cant stand guns....I just dont get it.

I do respect peoples wishes to stay away from firearms, that is their choice and their choice alone, but when they start enforcing other people to do the same through their constant lobbying in the courts and other means thats when I get annoyed. I've never forced anyone to hold a gun and fire it and I've never forced my views on another person and made people change their views to go along with mine. Everyone has the right the choose what they want in their life, but when that right is taken away from me, even when I am responsible along with hundreds of thousands of other sporing shooters, that pisses us of and we WILL take a stand.

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BallisticWookie is Offline Senior Member Posts: 4,202 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Queensland, Australia	08-14-2002, 05:53 AM Good work Rudedog, I see you are very responsible and careful and that is a great thing to see. Child safety when it comes to guns is of the utmost importance and should never ever be overlooked whether at the range or at the home. I never intended to start a fight over this, this is just a subject that really gets me going. The guns are not to be blamed for the deaths, the person who holds the gun should get the ultimate blame and the Government for their lax control and standards in the first place, any legal gun owner who has gone through the correct channels to buy a gun and gain a license will know that his weapon is in a registry and can be traced, therefore, no gun owner with half a brain will go out and kill indiscriminately, those who have bought a gun illegally, through the black market, are the problem and Customs officers should be doing a better job stemming the flow of black market arms. A gun cannot pick and choose what it kills, it doesnt have a brain, it has a mechanism that is ultimately controlled by the handler, and if that handler is shooting at innocent people than the blame must be squarely pointed toward the user/abuser, not the equipment. Guns and cars can be compared because they are both dangerous when used irresponsibly. Both can kill quite easily without a problem. The point raised between cars and guns is that both are dangerous, cars obviously more so, and the problem with cars and deaths is once again the person controlling it, not the car itself. So I raised the question, should cars be banned aswell ?? FWB, I know very well the difference between games and real life, dont be so ridiculous. I just dont get that you can enjoy shooting people in games and then when it comes to real life you cant stand guns....I just dont get it. I do respect peoples wishes to stay away from firearms, that is their choice and their choice alone, but when they start enforcing other people to do the same through their constant lobbying in the courts and other means thats when I get annoyed. I've never forced anyone to hold a gun and fire it and I've never forced my views on another person and made people change their views to go along with mine. Everyone has the right the choose what they want in their life, but when that right is taken away from me, even when I am responsible along with hundreds of thousands of other sporing shooters, that pisses us of and we WILL take a stand.