Gun activist sent 30-round magazine to Conn. Governor for Christmas

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41. I will agree that there are militia types around. ...

One showed up at the range I used to shoot at in the Tampa Bay Area and tried to recruit members. As soon as realized what his objective was, we chased him off.

I also remember being in a grocery store in 1985 buying supplies (beer) for an incoming hurricane (Elena) that was supposed to strike the Tampa Bay Area and seeing a member of a Florida militia group in a camouflage outfit with a openly displayed .45 automatic in a holster on his belt. Apparently the police were too busy to respond and arrest this idiot. I don't really see such people as all that dangerous as I feel their organizations are well infiltrated by our government which is in my opinion a damn good thing.

Only one gun owner that I have personally known well over the years belonged to a militia. He was a co-worker and he also tried to enlist me. I have absolutely no interest in wearing fatigues and running around in the woods playing soldier with a bunch of other idiots on the weekend. I politely refused his offer.

We might be able to make some real progress in addressing the criminal misuse of firearms if only our party was willing to stop trying to ban assault weapons such as the AR-15 and impose magazine size restrictions. I honestly believed that a requirement for universal background checks might have passed at the Federal level until Dianne Feinstein tried to push through another assault weapons ban. That poisoned the chances for any real improvements to our current federal gun control laws.

Most members of minority communities are amazed at how friendly white gun owners can be. I can't speak for all gun ranges but all that I have shot at welcomed everybody and their race or gender was never a problem. If a person goes to most gun ranges and shows an interest in shooting he will most likely find a member more than willing to teach him/her the basics including how to safely handle a firearm.