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ILoveCats:
--- Quote from: Lorimor on May 07, 2016, 08:17:37 AM ---I see no reason you should apologize. You've just sparked a healthy discussion is all.
You're on the right course. Keep it up. :)
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Agree, don't apologize. My opinion is just that. We need to hear and consider all perspectives.
My only point was that kids have been growing up with a gun in their hands for a long, long time. Human beings have not changed much in the last couple hundred years. The only thing that is new on the scene is that liberals think they can perfect society and create a new one in their namby pamby image. We need to firmly reject the liberals' attitude that there is a "problem" that needs "fixed." Most of the social ills we have today can be blamed on the attempts they've already made to "fix" the world.
Mali:
--- Quote from: Captdad17 on May 07, 2016, 06:39:31 AM ---I'm not trying to agitate the hornet's nest further, so again, if I have, my apologies. Perhaps it's best if I stick to offering free 9mm brass casings
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No apologies necessary. We are all entitled to our individual opinions even if the rest of you are wrong (I kid, of course). Honestly it is always refreshing to hear an exchange like we have been going through in here lately. Fresh members is always good for the organization. Although I don't know that I agree with your reasoning for not keeping a firearm in the house, for the same reasons OnTheFly pointed out, I understand why you didn't and respect you for being willing to make that decision.
As for the offer of free brass.. Be careful throwing shiny brass things out in front of a bunch of reloaders, it just distracts them and could start a mad rush. :)
Welcome to the forums and I look forward to more great discussions.
Captdad17:
--- Quote from: OnTheFly on May 07, 2016, 12:35:18 PM ---Regarding the Airman that shot himself. That is a sad story and I wouldn't wish this experience on anyone. A few questions though. If he had not had his service weapon available, would his mental illness not been present, or would he have healed? If he had come to that horrible low point where suicide seemed to be the best viable solution to his problems, could he have killed himself in any other way? I personally think you are putting too much emphasis on the firearm. This is the attitude of most non-gun people, especially those who are anti-gun. They believe that if guns weren't present, everyone would be nice, they wouldn't kill, and suicide wouldn't happen. That just isn't true. A firearm is simply a hunk of metal and plastic. It needs a person to use it in the wrong way.
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I want to point out that I don't blame the gun for this. I know he would have carried this terrible act out using whatever means he had available to him. I'm not saying that if he hanged himself I would had forbidden rope in the house, but that was also the first time I had seen up close, with my own eyes, what kind of devastation a gun in the wrong hands can do. All that went through my head for many many years afterwards was how I could live with myself if my own son got his hands on a gun and did that by accident. Hindsight being 20/20, I could have purchased a firearm a long time ago and kept it a vault, but that image of my airman always played back in my mind. Still does to this day, but it's time for me to move on and let my family experience the joys, and respect, of shooting.
Case in point, yesterday, my mother of 80+ years who never touched a firearm in her life came out to my range and got to do just that for the first time in her life. She enjoyed every minute of it. Nice way to spend a Mother's Day weekend (minus all the damn smoke).
Mali:
--- Quote from: Captdad17 on May 08, 2016, 07:19:03 AM ---Case in point, yesterday, my mother of 80+ years who never touched a firearm in her life came out to my range and got to do just that for the first time in her life. She enjoyed every minute of it. Nice way to spend a Mother's Day weekend (minus all the damn smoke).
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That brings to mind a question...
Has anyone every had someone go shooting for the first time and NOT like it? My wife spent years in fear of my guns, wouldn't even be in the same room with a disassembled gun, and after she went shooting the first time I couldn't get her to calm down. She just kept going on about how much fun she had! Kept putting the paper plate in front of me and showing how well she shot.
Has anyone had someone that came away from their first time and said, "Never again."?
HuskerXDM:
I've never had someone *not* like shooting after their first time, but I have had someone say "Meh, that was okay" after she shot the first time.
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