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Originally Posted by MightyBobo
Sorry, maybe I was acting a BIT too nonchalant. Obviously I feel proper training and the level of responsibility required is important to understand. I more meant that its just not as bad as he thinks, and if he takes the proper precautions and does what he's supposed to, its not that bad.
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I agree, it's not as bad as it seems if shooting is something that that person is interested in. The nightmare scenario is the person who is otherwise "non-enthusiastic" about firearms, has a threatening experience and reacts by going out, buying a gun, and putting in their bedside table. The opposite is the person who is otherwise "non-enthusiastic" about firearms, has a threatening experience and reacts by taking a firearms familiarization course (the NRA sponsors these in a million places across the country, then a CCW, buys a gun, takes Firearms Defense I, Firearms Defense II, practices with it on a regular basis, takes refreshers,
then puts that gun in their bedside drawer. Now, it's impractical to believe that every firearms hater will ultimately become the
Atalanta Lady, but you never know.
My wife is not a firearms enthusiast, but she is a woman of scary self-determination and totally believes in her right...
obligation...to save her own life if necessary. She regularly takes firearms courses and will go to the range whether I go or not. Not to hang out, not because she loves to shoot, but because she believes there's nothing more dangerous than an untrained person with a gun and if she is going to take other people's lives into her hands, she had better be as good as she can possibly be. I admire the hell out of her.