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In reply to the discussion: How many of you have ever fired a gun? [View all]rogerashton
(3,920 posts)It was a Beretta submachine gun, somebody's war souvenir. 1950s. He was a neighbor, and when he died his widow gave my dad the gun to get rid of. After we fired it, back in the woods behind the house, he disassembled it and buried the parts in different places, so no one could use it in the future.
Also qualified as expert with the Garand M1 and the .22, firing right-handed, prone and kneeling, with my glasses on, and as marksman with the Garand, left-handed with the glasses off. And did fire a BAR. This was at ROTC camp.
My wife tells people I helped her collect snakes for her college biology class. She doesn't say that I helped her with a revolver, but that's what I did.
And yes, I'm anti-gun. Shooting is fun. So is breaking the neighbors' windows.