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Gun Control & RKBA

flamin lib

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14. All those things are mistakes. The only thing

Reply to Jenoch (Reply #7)

Fri Apr 17, 2015, 02:46 PM

Apr 2015

about them is that they were benign. A mistake is a mistake. If you are capable of making those mistakes you're capable of making others. Nobody is perfect.

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I just spent some time with "Responsible gun owners" [View all] ghostsinthemachine Apr 2015 OP

Cool stary bra. clffrdjk Apr 2015 #1

Wow 45 years and the only story I have is from a defective (worn out) 22 bolt action. ileus Apr 2015 #2

I have been around guns since I was a kid. Hangingon Apr 2015 #3

My brother has been around guns all his life and is about as flamin lib Apr 2015 #4

Saw a lot of ND's on the line at Parris Island. oneshooter Apr 2015 #5

Yep same for the Army DashOneBravo Apr 2015 #28

My father (83) and older brothers and I Jenoch Apr 2015 #7

All those things are mistakes. The only thing flamin lib Apr 2015 #14

Huh? Jenoch Apr 2015 #22

wait... shedevil69taz Apr 2015 #8

But doctrine and established orthodoxy must be maintained. Eleanors38 Apr 2015 #11

So you've never attempted to fire a gun that was on flamin lib Apr 2015 #13

Bad analogy. Straw Man Apr 2015 #15

Your brother stored a rifle with a round in the chamber. Straw Man Apr 2015 #12

When I was doing my Air Force M16 qualifications one time... NaturalHigh Apr 2015 #6

The Four Rules of Gun Safety: benEzra Apr 2015 #9

I shot at some ducks once. The shot started 10 ft. from me and slopped all the way... Eleanors38 Apr 2015 #10

You have an odd sense of what is responsible. ManiacJoe Apr 2015 #16

These guys talka about guns and how they are responsible gun owners all the time ghostsinthemachine Apr 2015 #17

Their oppinions and reality don't seem to match. ManiacJoe Apr 2015 #18

few do actually. Every "responsible gun owner" I know ghostsinthemachine Apr 2015 #19

Depending on how you define "incident" ManiacJoe Apr 2015 #20

Just finished up spending some time with responsible gun owners Tim and Dan. ileus Apr 2015 #21

I just spent some time with my responsible-gun-owner sister this week... benEzra Apr 2015 #23

I love how many people here are trying to say NDs are normal and bound to happen. Anything.... Logical Apr 2015 #24

And they are outnumbered by those that say they aren't friendly_iconoclast Apr 2015 #25

My FIL, BILs and husband onecaliberal Apr 2015 #26

I'm 54 years old Puha Ekapi Apr 2015 #27

You need new friends DashOneBravo Apr 2015 #29