Gun Control & RKBA

S_B_Jackson

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38. 1, 3, and indirectly 2

Tue Apr 1, 2014, 07:01 AM

Apr 2014

Was taught to shoot by my grandfather, father, aunt and uncle...
Grandfather was a former top kick (1st Sergeant) in the late 30s and throughout WWII, certified as a firearms and demolitions expert. A demanding harsh taskmaster on the subject of firearms and safety practices....his is the voice (with memorable, colorful language) I hear in my head to this day when handling firearms.

Dad graduated West Point and served in Korea, and my eldest aunt probably was the best of them with a shotgun in the field (she's still alive, but does not shoot much any longer other than her little Beretta Bobcat .25 ACP).

On the legal aspects of shooting, that's mostly been self-researched.

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How do you know the things you know about guns? [View all] petronius Mar 2014 OP

Numbers 1 and 3. rrneck Mar 2014 #1

Numbers 1 and 2. I was trained as an Armourer by the USMC. oneshooter Mar 2014 #2

I picked professional experience sarisataka Mar 2014 #3

trained on a M16 Peregrine Mar 2014 #4

1 and 2 Duckhunter935 Mar 2014 #5

1 and 3. Also, gun owner's manual. Yes, Martha... Eleanors38 Mar 2014 #6

What kind of firearms is as futile an inquiry as who should have them. Loudly Mar 2014 #7

Which puts Republicans in charge krispos42 Mar 2014 #10

Society must deteriorate so that society won't deteriorate. Loudly Mar 2014 #11

Exactly my point. krispos42 Mar 2014 #16

I do blame them for Scalia and Thomas. Loudly Mar 2014 #17

Do you agree with Windsor? Nt hack89 Apr 2014 #42

Scalia dissented from Windsor, and Thomas joined in the dissent. Loudly Apr 2014 #43

That's the most forthright argument for willful ignorance I've ever seen friendly_iconoclast Mar 2014 #12

It's the only game they have. Honest discourse would lead to defeat of their arguments. NYC_SKP Mar 2014 #13

How does the "shell" game of inquiry into such things possibly relate to this? Loudly Mar 2014 #15

How exactly do you propose confiscating 300 million+ firearms, billions of magazines, Jgarrick Apr 2014 #18

Confiscation? How about turning off the spigot of new units? Loudly Apr 2014 #19

There it is folks clffrdjk Apr 2014 #20

Your paranoia and your gun love are co-dependents. Loudly Apr 2014 #21

What paranoia? clffrdjk Apr 2014 #28

So you propose making the manufacture of all firearms, magazines, and ammunition illegal. Jgarrick Apr 2014 #23

58 years from Plessy v. Ferguson to Brown v. Board of Education. Loudly Apr 2014 #24

How likely is that? 1%? 20%? 90%? Please be specific. Jgarrick Apr 2014 #27

And how many years elapsed from the bans on pot, morphine, and alcohol benEzra Apr 2014 #49

I'd say infinitely better odds... discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2014 #50

I see they blocked you from their group. NYC_SKP Apr 2014 #22

Dissension from their philosophy of civilian disarmament is too much for them to bear. Jgarrick Apr 2014 #25

I, too, was surprised. NYC_SKP Apr 2014 #32

Wow, its true. rdharma got a pizza. beevul Apr 2014 #35

He asked to be banned. oneshooter Apr 2014 #45

True. NYC_SKP Apr 2014 #46

Quite the ego that one. wall_dish Apr 2014 #48

My view DashOneBravo Apr 2014 #26

What makes you think folks would obey the rules any more than you do? beevul Apr 2014 #34

I grew up hunting. jeepnstein Mar 2014 #8

Multiple sources krispos42 Mar 2014 #9

Other, 1 and 3. Mostly 1. Guns were in every household within 20 miles. Rural. Agricultural. NYC_SKP Mar 2014 #14

1&2 Adsos Letter Apr 2014 #29

I see dead people. Nuff said. n/t DebJ Apr 2014 #30

Hunter's safety class and shooting with my family as kid. nt ZombieHorde Apr 2014 #31

Personal Experience. Oakenshield Apr 2014 #33

A well rounded education draws from many sources SkatmanRoth Apr 2014 #36

36 years of OHT.... ileus Apr 2014 #37

1, 3, and indirectly 2 S_B_Jackson Apr 2014 #38

The first three beemer27 Apr 2014 #39

One and Three, mostly. Lizzie Poppet Apr 2014 #40

One and two. Nt hack89 Apr 2014 #41

The first three Lurks Often Apr 2014 #44

One, Two and Three. SQUEE Apr 2014 #47

Yeah, I can't believe the things the DI's used to think were true Jackpine Radical Apr 2014 #55

1, 3, 6 and 7 discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2014 #51

Primarily 1, but 2 and 3 as well tularetom Apr 2014 #52

No. 1 and No. 2 Glorfindel Apr 2014 #53

The first 3. Jackpine Radical Apr 2014 #54

Voted #1. SevenSixtyTwo Apr 2014 #56

Carolyn McCarthy , the news , MSNBC , watching the news about Newtown oneofthe99 Apr 2014 #57

poll fail mog75 Apr 2014 #58

See post directly above yours... SQUEE Apr 2014 #59