Posted on 07/06/2014 4:52:05 AM PDT by rktman
In May I wrote a post at BearingArms.com that I thought was rather straightforward, discussing some of the responsibilities of gun owners.
When you decide to own a firearm, you are not just exercising a right, but taking upon yourself a responsibility to use that firearm rationally, intelligently, and safely at all times, without exception.
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
Remember the 3 Cs: Children, Criminals, Clueless. from THE CORNERED CAT by Kathy Jackson.
Another nanny statist that thinks guns are just for hunting or target shooting.
An unloaded gun locked away somewhere is worthless for self defense or controlling animal pests.
I’ll unload and lock up my guns when cops start unloading and locking theirs in the trunk of their car!
They don’t? LOL! I can’t believe all the crap strapped on to the deputy sheriffs around here. Tasers, guns, pepper spray, 87 handcuffs, extra magazines, extra periodicals, shoe shine kits, 5 radios, two cell phones, back up ankle gun. I don’t know how they can move. ;>}
Help me....... I’ve fallen down and can’t get up!
Owebama’s bodyguards should be forced to lock up theirs too.
I get so sick of these aholes!
Hundreds of funerals? Really. Prove it.
Back in 1989 during the big gun scare of that yet, they then Attorney General of California said that he was tired of going to funerals of police officers killed with AK-47's. So, I called his office and asked when was the last funeral he went to of an officer killed with an AK-47. They couldn't and wouldn't say.
So, I did some research in those pre-internet days and found that in the previuos 20 years, there'd been two incidents of cops shot at with an AK-47. If I remember correctly, once during a drug raid in a motel room and once a squad car got shot at. No deaths.
Since that experience, I've learned that gun-grabbers lie all the time. And someone, who throws out a statistic apparently coming out of of his butt with gas, will be attacked. Bob Owens is surprised he's called a gun-grabber? He sounds just like one.
You need your gun available in an instant, when you need it. Locking it up all the time defeats the purpose of having the gun. Now, when you're away, lock it up.
I find it hard to believe that gun owners were arguing that children won't touch a gun, once they are exposed to it, since the mystery is gone. You need to train the kids in the use of guns, and demonstrate their destructive power. I trust trained kids as much as I trust cops with guns.
And Bob Owens ought to know that he'll be attacked when he attacks responsible gunowners. That's right in line with the gun grabbers.
I’m missing why this is a controversy. If a firearm isn’t on your person, which is where it should be, then of course it should be locked up. I don’t see anything in what this guy has said that runs contrary to that. A gun that is hidden a floor away from you is useless to you if you need it. But it is a potential risk to kids, idiots, and criminals.
I used to siphon's out all the gas so it would be “unloaded” but the stores did not like me carrying in the 5 gallon cans of ammunition.
“An unloaded gun locked away somewhere is worthless for self defense or controlling animal pests.”
You’re right. I grew up in rural Arkansas (I’m 68) and kept a 22, 12 guage, and an old surplus 30-06 Springfield in my bedroom propped in a corner. In fact, I personally bought the Springfield in a general mercantile store out of a barrel for $10. And, every kid I knew had guns much the same as I did. Point is, guns were, and still are, a part of that culture. Guns were common in the home and in pickup trucks. So, kids grew up being familiar with guns, no mystery involved. Now, I live in suburban DFW, raised three kids and have two grand kids. While my kids all shoot and the oldest is even a hunter (married to a hunter) guns are not a daily part of their lives as they were mine. So, I keep all my guns locked up in a gun safe. I also keep a handgun in a small quick access combo safe sitting on my bedroom dresser. While not the best situation, it gives me peace of mind concerning youngsters being curious, especially visiting kids who know absolutely nothing about guns.
What are the details on the unintentional deaths? No idea. Were they accidental due to trained children coming upon unsecured guns and then shooting up the family or neibhborhood? Doubtful.
And is this really the priority, to get people to lock up their guns all the time? That's the gun grabber agenda. "Yeah, well, ok, you can have your d*mn guns, but you must keep their locked up, so you can't use them. Because you're morons and we know better. Because, ... children."
Bob Owens is surprised when he gets a negative reaction from gun owners. Really.
What are the details on the unintentional deaths? No idea. Were they accidental due to trained children coming upon unsecured guns and then shooting up the family or neibhborhood? Doubtful.
Maybe they included fictional deaths in movies and television programs.
I’ve got a 12 gauge, 7mm mag, 2 45’s, a 357 and a 22 semi auto loaded at all times and scattered around the house, truck and garage. The others are tucked away in the gun locker.
What am I afraid of? Not a damned thing.
In Lemmon Valley near the walmart? Two miles from us.
Nothing like using old data (1999 is 14 years ago!) and including 18-19 year old adults, that make up over half the numbers.
As long as you don’t have a disgruntled liberal in your neighborhood.
In some states they can have a SWAT team at your door with a call to 1-800-GUN-SNITCH.
“Officer, I’m so scared, this man down the street at 1224 Elmwood drive has guns, I see him putting these long black cases into his car, he’s frightening with his American flag & that yellow flag with the snake on it and there’s a NRA sticker on his car and oh yes, he’s an Afghanistan vet & you know those guys have violence issues.”
“Please help me.”
Oddly enough, keeping guns away from children doesn’t work, but what does work is “familiarity”. Tools are a superb comparison.
Start with a knotty, dry 2x4, a box of long nails and a claw hammer, on an uneven patch of dry ground. Tell them to pound in nails until they can get 10 in a row to go in straight, without bending. At some point, hopefully the board with split a bit. But by the time they get 10 in a row, they will *know* how to hammer nails the right way, and they will be familiar with the process.
And then they need to use the claw side of the hammer to get the nails out.
The same technique applies to guns. Firing a rifle prone, kneeling, and standing. Hitting that bulls eye consistently. Shooting a bunch of different things to see what bullets can do. Following all the safety rules.
And cleaning the gun afterwards. And cleaning, and cleaning, and cleaning.
Most of the fundamentals they learn with BB’s, .22 shorts and .22LR, so it is not too expensive. If you are a sharpshooter with a BB gun, you are most of the way there.
And the bottom line to all of this should be that they have absolutely no desire to hold their hands like a gun and go “pew pew pew”, any more than pretending to hammer in nails.
Been there, done that.
Understand the increasing incidence of the ‘home invasion’ style crime—not just in the big drug cities anymore.
ALSO note that the unloaded firearm makes a poor club for a defensive weapon at the very best. (Bayonets are now illegal.)
Nobody wants to get shot. With ANY caliber weapon.
That’s why deputies are so fat. Longer belts.
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