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In reply to the discussion: Santa Clara (CA) police kill bat-wielding woman [View all]Do you responsibly check to make certain it is loaded or unloaded at appropriate times?
Do you keep it away from minor children, so that it can't be used on other people's children?
Here's the thing. I live in the sticks. I *KNOW* you need a shotgun occasionally because who wants to contend with a feral hog. The problem I have is with a proliferation of guns in areas where there is no need for them, such as heavily populated areas that don't have roaming wild animals that can maim and kill (other than humans)
Those are the things I like to ask responsible gun owners, and I'll be the first one to pick one up if I have to do so. It isn't a problem with people in the sticks, they already know what to use such a device for - vermin and things that destroy crops and endanger people.
The problem is that there are a slew of people that are in perfectly free of wildlife areas, and the only dangerous person is the guy standing next to you.