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88. Three of my guns are historic vintage rifles from previous wars. they cannot fire. I'm a historian

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Sun Jul 28, 2013, 09:05 PM

Jul 2013

One is a 12 gauge shotgun. One is a 30-06 that I use twice a year (once to callibrate, one day to fun). The last is a .22 i used for target practice with a former army buddy,

All guns that can be fired are under lock and key with trigger locks in a locked gun case. ammo is in a different location. I have the only key. Since the vintage guns cannot be fired, they are on display.

I have taken every precaution. I have no doubt of what you say. . .but I, unlike gundamentalists, see my guns as the danger they are and act accordingly.

On top of that, when I went hunting, unlike the amateur nutjobs, I made sure I followed the idea of knowing what I was shooting at before I squeezed the trigger, to avoid shooting a deer in a red hat or a large, flesh colored squirrel.

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