Intox
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I'm from Las Vegas, I live less than 5 miles from the largest mass shooting in our nation's history. The man that carried out that act bought his guns legally, he followed all the rules. Nothing was going to stop him. My argument with people since that fateful October day has been "guns don't kill" "people kill". Like intox said guns are just an easy method to carry out a cowardly act. He could have used many methods, he took the easiest. Gun control isn't the answer, respect for guns and human life is the only answer. I will raise my children to shoot and hunt and they will always know the responsibility that comes with owning and firing a firearm, I wish everyone could have that.
Education in what I call "Firearm Morality" is DEFINITELY something sorely missed in our nation...I agree 100%. Many times I'll touch on that point with a story from my youth when I was around 4 or 5 years old. My dad had bought me a BB gun (one of the old lever action Daisey BB guns) and I wanted to be like my father and bird hunt, So I went out and shot several birds around the house (blue jays, red birds, ect).
I showed my dad thinking he would be proud....lol. He TORE my ass up with a belt and explained to me that you NEVER shoot something to just be shooting it. He made it crystal clear to me way back then that unless it was about to kill you or feed you that a firearm was the absolute wrong choice.