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Gun Control Reform Activism

Warpy

(111,410 posts)

27. Thank you for that dose of reality.

Reply to AndyS (Original post)

Sun Apr 18, 2021, 08:19 PM

Apr 2021

My only enjoyable gun use was with an air pistol, swapping shots with my drunk dad at his empties in a lake. I didn't like shooting at a range when I had the opportunity, guns were noisy, smelly things. I was much better at archery, anyway.

Civilians who haven't had adequate training scare the crap out of me, too, but not for their lousy aim, for their overconfidence. Guns seem to make powerless people feel powerful and that in itself is dangerous as hell. It's also why so many of them are going to freak the hell out if we ever get sensible gun control in this country.

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Why I don't go to public shooting ranges. [View all] AndyS Apr 2021 OP

I was on a law enforcement range CanonRay Apr 2021 #1

Dry firing, Wikipedia littlemissmartypants Apr 2021 #11

Skeet shooting ... CloudWatcher Apr 2021 #2

Think how the rest of us feel who don't shoot? AnrothElf Apr 2021 #3

Fire arms are dangerous, even in multigraincracker Apr 2021 #4

Couldn't the bullets hit those steel beams and ricochet? C Moon Apr 2021 #5

Those are not really a backstop or a steel beam. They are noise baffles. AndyS Apr 2021 #29

Thank you. C Moon Apr 2021 #30

I thought those marks from from bullets, but then I thought: "Nah...can't be." BobTheSubgenius Apr 2021 #6

I wish I could move to a gun free country. Jetheels Apr 2021 #7

We are at that point. But that's what the insurrectionist gunhumpers want, so I'll stick! Evolve Dammit Apr 2021 #9

Me, too. nt littlemissmartypants Apr 2021 #12

My wife and I have been wracking our brain trying to come up with a good place to move, but nothing LT Barclay Apr 2021 #24

No foreign languages either. I guess Ireland or France. However, unless you have tons of money, Jetheels Apr 2021 #25

My GSD is a better trainer than any you mentioned RainCaster Apr 2021 #8

Meanest bastards I encountered in the Army... Grins Apr 2021 #10

I can imagine a job like firing range instructor turning you into a control freak Bucky Apr 2021 #26

My local ranges YMB Apr 2021 #13

What disturbs me the most are the targets. MichaelSoE Apr 2021 #14

I don't let anyone I'd care to shoot live in my head. hunter Apr 2021 #18

Mandatory training, background checks, or no guns. mac2766 Apr 2021 #15

Thank you. AndyS Apr 2021 #16

which is why azureblue Apr 2021 #19

Do lead poisoning, smokeless powder fumes, and inner ear damage... hunter Apr 2021 #17

I love target shooting azureblue Apr 2021 #20

The lead is everywhere Larissa Apr 2021 #21

I have a client that owns a gun range TexasBushwhacker Apr 2021 #22

Best statement I've heard in quite awhile. Thank you Pas-de-Calais Apr 2021 #23

You're welcome for the TY but it is important to me that AndyS Apr 2021 #28

Thank you for that dose of reality. Warpy Apr 2021 #27

"Guns don't scare me. People who carry guns in public scare me." pazzyanne Apr 2021 #31

Guns and the average IQ Smackdown2019 Apr 2021 #32

check out "squib load" on youtube New Haven Apr 2021 #33

I had a friend in college who, one day, was leaning rateyes Apr 2021 #34

Safety? Hell, guns ain't safe . . . AndyS Apr 2021 #35

I do not like indoor ranges because Tbear Apr 2021 #36