Gun Control & RKBA

dballance

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9. Respectfully, I have to disagree

Mon Dec 24, 2012, 08:22 PM

Dec 2012

The link doesn't work but reading what is posted here it seems like the problem is not the gun, but rather the people who should have done a better job securing it. This is unfortunately no different than all those sad news articles I read about toddlers killing themselves with the guns they find and discharge. An adult should have made sure this gun was secured from having something like this happen. I don't care if it was yesterday or 20 years ago the gun was placed where it was. The gun should have been secured. Gun safety is not a new concept.

Yes, they are tools. Just like the chain saw, table saw or drill I've used. All can be deadly weapons to other humans if not used properly. Just like a gun if not used properly. For many people in the past guns were nothing more than a tool to put food on the table. They were a necessity.

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Can I Say Again That I Remember when the NRA was About Safety, etc. [View all] dballance Dec 2012 OP

Same here. Democracyinkind Dec 2012 #1

thanks for understanding and growing and learning about how it operates here. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #3

and yet DU is fascinated with the Man and his Lobby. Give them more press than most of MSM. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #2

I grew up in the country. Gun safety was a norm. We didn't do any special shooting classes glowing Dec 2012 #4

Exactly! dballance Dec 2012 #5

Why guns shouldn't be treated as tools SecularMotion Dec 2012 #7

Respectfully, I have to disagree dballance Dec 2012 #9

So guns are more like power tools? SecularMotion Dec 2012 #15

No... bobclark86 Dec 2012 #17

Sigh..... PavePusher Dec 2012 #13

All the below items are legitimate hunting rifles. If you don't think one is, tell me which one and PavePusher Dec 2012 #14

It was the gun controllers that made the modern NRA what it is today. GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #6

Yup. (n/t) spin Dec 2012 #11

That is one kick ass post Berserker Dec 2012 #12

^^ This ^^ nt oldhippie Dec 2012 #16

Actually the gun safety, marksmanship, and other training programs are still there ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #8

Yep, The Lack of Blood and Guts Doesn't Sell dballance Dec 2012 #10