We had a family Christmas get together at my house yesterday that was not supposed to include any shooting since we were under some time constraints. During some discussions my nephew said he believes some sort of gun control legislation would pass so we go into the conversation about types of guns. 4 of the younger crowd, 25 years old or so, ALL seemed to be okay with some bans on assault rifles even though every one of them has been around guns and 2 of them actually own guns. Since they are not gun nuts but do own guns for personal protection they are not really interested in Black rifles and don't really understand the underlying situation. How is banning a gun I don't own and don't ever care to own going to affect me?
Well I had to go to the safe and bring out 5 "black rifles" for them to look at. From a Russian SKS with wood stock to an AK-22, up to an AR-15(the ultimate Black rifle. 223 complete with hi-powered scope, "military style flash suppressor", 30 round magazine and collapsible stock). The first question was "Are those legal"? Followed by "Are they automatics"? Remember that none of these people would ever be labelled as "anti-gun". They are all pro-gun having hunted and been around guns all their lives. Two of them have hunted deer on my place and I gave one of them, my nephew, a 9mm pistol a few years back.
My rifle range is about 100 yards from my front door. Needless to say I am now almost out of .223 ammo and will not be replacing it anytime soon. I switched everyone over to .22s when it was apparent they were going to run me out of 7.62, .223, and 5.45 so I need that bulk 22 I bought yesterday to hurry up and get here. Small price to pay to educate four young minds.
The point of this is to make sure we are aware that a large percentage of people who are theoretically pro-gun are not well educated in the terminology and use of "assault rifles" so they may make bad decisions. Uneducated, ignorant, apathetic, it does not really matter. Maybe this is why we see polls showing that 70% of people think we need more legislation.
Well I had to go to the safe and bring out 5 "black rifles" for them to look at. From a Russian SKS with wood stock to an AK-22, up to an AR-15(the ultimate Black rifle. 223 complete with hi-powered scope, "military style flash suppressor", 30 round magazine and collapsible stock). The first question was "Are those legal"? Followed by "Are they automatics"? Remember that none of these people would ever be labelled as "anti-gun". They are all pro-gun having hunted and been around guns all their lives. Two of them have hunted deer on my place and I gave one of them, my nephew, a 9mm pistol a few years back.
My rifle range is about 100 yards from my front door. Needless to say I am now almost out of .223 ammo and will not be replacing it anytime soon. I switched everyone over to .22s when it was apparent they were going to run me out of 7.62, .223, and 5.45 so I need that bulk 22 I bought yesterday to hurry up and get here. Small price to pay to educate four young minds.
The point of this is to make sure we are aware that a large percentage of people who are theoretically pro-gun are not well educated in the terminology and use of "assault rifles" so they may make bad decisions. Uneducated, ignorant, apathetic, it does not really matter. Maybe this is why we see polls showing that 70% of people think we need more legislation.