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Thanks for the ping. Living in South Louisiana, I was practally born with a air rifle in my hand. My dad taught me gun safety and such when I was real young. I moved up to a .22 rifle at the age of 10, a 12 gauge shotgun at 13, and a .30-06 for my high school graduation gift.

I don't know how you put up with the silly gun laws over there. It seems that the government want's to protect you from yourselves. The US is starting to get that way, too. It's just not as extreme (yet).

A gun is a tool, and it's only as good (or bad) as the person that uses it.

I was practally born with a air rifle in my hand. My dad taught me gun safety and such when I was real young. I moved up to a .22 rifle at the age of 10, a 12 gauge shotgun at 13, and a .30-06 for my high school graduation gift.

By Mrs Fletcher's logic you should be a modern Al Capone by now! I too had an air rifle when I was a kid. There was a horrible old woman who lived near our farm who always used to complain to my grandparents if she saw me in the fields anywhere near her house with it. I only ever fired it while on our property and never gave her any reason to be concerned about it. Unfortunately, there seem to be people out there who feel threatened merely by the presence of any type of gun, no matter who has it.

I'm getting very bored with it. The government would rather not hand down long custodial sentences to persistent juvenile burglars, muggers, joy-riders and violent delinquents. But if you were to use anything beyond 'reasonable force' to defend yourself against one, even if they are armed, then you can be sure that you will get a stiff sentence. The problem is that criminals don't follow the law, and juvenile delinquents who fire air rifles at people and property for fun won't hand them in to the Police.

A gun is a tool, and it's only as good (or bad) as the person that uses it.

I agree. It's a pity the GCN doesn't. But, hell, they support the continuing prohibition in Britain of Olympic shooting practice with a .22 calibre single-shot target pistol, so what can you expect from them?