Anyone here into firearms?

ZKindaGuy

The best-of-the-best shooters in the op-services hit the head shot at a mile and do it in a single attempt. And also these kinds of accomplishements are not something you want to be advertising on the public forums...this falls under the heading "to much information" if you catch my drift...

GMZ

I agree with the intent on your post, but its easy to say that the mil guys can do X. Its easy to do anything when your paid to do it, and have deep pockets (that arent yours) with which to practice.

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ZKindaGuy

I agree with what you are implying here. I just didn't want to end up hearing about some young kid who lets a few meaningless scores go to his head and ends up either being profiled or worse yet maybe letting the allure of that particular "dark-side" overcome his sensibility and he ends up getting "sorted out" because he involved himself into something that was way over his head of understanding.

tvfreakazoid

I hate reading in the paper where a young kid under 10 sometimes accidentally shooting there brother, sister, or father and killing them. Those are some crazy accidents. That's why people need to very, very responsible, especially with children or teens around.

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GMZ

I think its proper education of the kids pertaining to firearms. If you just hide the guns, well you know what kids do when you hide stuff. But if you educate them and involve them with the firearms they gain knowledge and respect for them. When I was a kid my dad didnt always have a safe but he always took me aside and showed the guns to me in a safe environment, and I also knew that if I ever wanted to see them i could just ask. I never ever touched them without him there. I dont see whats so difficult about that. I like citing history as well so: you rarely heard about this type of thing, or school shootings for that matter back in the 50's when kids with guns was a much more common thing I wonder why? (I really dont)

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wstar

Just as a counterpoint though, there was an accident in the 80's in the small town where I grew up where a small boy (I want to say ~4-5 years old) got into dad's closet and found his loaded revolver which was hidden in a boot (of all places - the father was a cop and should've known better) and accidentally shot himself in the stomach playing with it. The kid lived, with lots of surgery and a giant scar up his abdomen. I'm all for the argument of educating kids to know and respect firearms, and I think that strategy works well after a certain point in the child's maturity level. However, there's nothing you can show to a 5 year old, or tell them, that will make them not play with a dangerous thing left available. Any kind of locked cabinet (even the cheesy old gun cabinets made of paper-thin wood with a glass front and a skeleton key) would have prevented that.

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tvfreakazoid

That's a good point. That's the big thing is "educating" them would be great first step.

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GMZ

True, and leaving it loaded is indeed tempting fate just a little bit.

Unfortunately these days parents seem content to let Direct TV raise their kids, although the camaraderie/family/respecting nature aspect of the gun/sporting culture mitigates that somewhat because after all its serious business. When I was a kid I was so hyper I almost got kicked out of every school I was in, but as soon as it was time to go hunting I was so stone faced that my parents wanted me to go more.

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tvfreakazoid

i've been reading a lot about ar 15's and it seems a lot of people has issues with them. It may not be big issues but there is a lot of them or it seems like it. You would think as much money as some people put down (over 2k) on some of these ar's you wouldn't have so many problems little or big. Just my 2 cents.

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