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Ikonoklast

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23. NO weapon is a toy.

Thu Aug 28, 2014, 03:23 PM

Aug 2014

I shoot at a private range on a private campground owned by an old friend; pistol, rifle, skeet and trap.

This weekend my father and mother, two of my three children and their SO's with my grandchildren, other friends with their families will all be there, fishing, camping, shooting for three days, around thirty plus people in all will be there for the holiday weekend.

About twenty of us or so are shooters.

The range safety rules we follow and enforce make most other places I've done any shooting seem ridiculously lax.

I've seen what is allowed by some NRA trained RSO's and instructors at some ranges and shudder.

None of my children shot anything bigger than a .177 pellet gun until they were twelve, then it was a bolt-action .22, one round handed out and loaded at a time. None of my kids shot a semi-auto anything until they were old enough to purchase one.

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9-Year-Old's Uzi Tragedy Reveals Wild World Of Gun Tourism [View all] CreekDog Aug 2014 OP

Hold on there Gerry, why SHOULDN'T a 9 year old be able to handle an Uzi? underpants Aug 2014 #1

an easy in each hand would be even better samsingh Aug 2014 #2

| underpants Aug 2014 #9

i just noticed it - i meant UZI in each hand. samsingh Aug 2014 #17

Yeah! We we BORN right out of the womb with the right to operate a gun! DontTreadOnMe Aug 2014 #3

shouldn't unborn children have the right to bear arms too? samsingh Aug 2014 #18

+1 raven mad Aug 2014 #28

Hell, sperm and eggs need gunz 'n' ammo! Arugula Latte Aug 2014 #62

Yes, but the Supreme Court has said strict gun control is perfectly constitutional hack89 Aug 2014 #6

NO weapon is a toy. Ikonoklast Aug 2014 #23

The Second Amendment didn't even say what sort of arms Jeneral2885 Aug 2014 #10

Plus underpants Aug 2014 #12

have you read how ballistic missiles systems Jeneral2885 Aug 2014 #25

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I don't Jeneral2885 Aug 2014 #48

My father is a hunter, or was in his younger years. MineralMan Aug 2014 #4

My early gun experience was similar, and by age 15 I was completely uninterested. tridim Aug 2014 #21

Girls, indeed. MineralMan Aug 2014 #22

My first experience with the real thing was at camp Warpy Aug 2014 #26

Genghis Cohen - wow that's a name underpants Aug 2014 #5

Genghis doesn't know many action movies, then. kentauros Aug 2014 #13

I thought Jeneral2885 Aug 2014 #31

Stunt baby underpants Aug 2014 #33

A little off topic but did you know blanks can kill? indie9197 Aug 2014 #39

then Jeneral2885 Aug 2014 #41

Because they did not put a blank-firing pistol to their head or vital organs and pull the trigger. indie9197 Aug 2014 #43

Several actors have died from blanks LibertyLover Aug 2014 #46

But I bet he is not a patch on the real Ghenghiz Cohen intaglio Aug 2014 #54

Thanks underpants Aug 2014 #55

Post removed Post removed Aug 2014 #7

Well they could just be practicing to protect themselves underpants Aug 2014 #8

It's sad that even common sense issues have become so controversial. nt conservaphobe Aug 2014 #11

Go to an amusement park or carnival and rides have size restrictions. Shooting a lethal weapon? KittyWampus Aug 2014 #14

Anybody advertising "Desert Storm atmosphere" as family entertainment is detached from reality phantom power Aug 2014 #15

Given that he had customers you can assume he understood economic reality all to well Johonny Aug 2014 #34

If the NRA gave a hammered shit about gun safety they would denounce everything about that business phantom power Aug 2014 #16

... napkinz Aug 2014 #19

The reason the NRA won't is that they represent gun manufacturers, not just owners CreekDog Aug 2014 #20

Fully automatic firearms are a closed market Lurks Often Aug 2014 #24

But it's not the point which weapons can be sold and which cannot CreekDog Aug 2014 #36

I find it unlikely we're going to agree Lurks Often Aug 2014 #40

It seems to me the NRA's agenda is a fear-based one Ron Green Aug 2014 #44

A simplistic and biased viewpoint Lurks Often Aug 2014 #45

And lobbying congress to prevent the CDC from researching firearm related health issues. LanternWaste Aug 2014 #53

That would be the political wing of the NRA Lurks Often Aug 2014 #61

+1 Johonny Aug 2014 #35

I'll give those fuckheads a real 'Desert Storm' experience. Aristus Aug 2014 #29

Don't forget the illness tazkcmo Aug 2014 #38

Reality meets the fantasy marions ghost Aug 2014 #49

I think I was that age too. cwydro Aug 2014 #30

Think about the child militia! Call Me Wesley Aug 2014 #32

Agreed. No way cwydro Aug 2014 #37

Why aren't the parents involved arrested? Blue_Tires Aug 2014 #42

GOOD point marions ghost Aug 2014 #57

Those Waikiki & Vegas ranges: Any deaths? nt Eleanors38 Aug 2014 #47

what are you going on about that it took you two days to come up with? CreekDog Aug 2014 #50

I take it there were no deaths? Thank you. nt Eleanors38 Aug 2014 #58

No, there was a death, or maybe you missed the news in the OP CreekDog Aug 2014 #59

One (1). Eleanors38 Aug 2014 #60

Right, no big deal if it's only one death CreekDog Aug 2014 #63

OT, I meant to tell you that the beach place is free this weekend if you want to come over. NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #64

You are so droll & dreary with your personal attacks. Eleanors38 Aug 2014 #65

I drove limo for a bachelorette party recently- Get this: callous taoboy Aug 2014 #51

What marions ghost Aug 2014 #52

I know, right? Not the Onion. I heard it, couldn't believe it. callous taoboy Aug 2014 #56