SterlingBullet
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Instead of all the goofy warnings they currently engrave on guns, they should simply say:
DO NOT HANDLE IF YOU ARE STUPID.
DO NOT HANDLE IF YOU ARE STUPID.
Reasons not to shoot when you don't absolutely have to...
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bdickens
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The people at whom that would be directed are... well... too stupid to get it.
If somebody needs a class to tell them not to sling bullets randomly into the neighborhood, or shoot neighborhood kids playing hide and seek, I don't know that training will fix him.
Armored farmer
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It has been my experience, raising three sons, that a high percentage of the bumps in the night are caused by your own people.
Elkins45
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I figure shooting at someone, even the most heinously guilty person that ever lived is going to cost me all my savings and possibly my house. I would need to be damned sure there was no other alternative to gunfire, if just for economic reasons alone.
I think my reasons center more on the rights and well being of innocent people.
Elkins45
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It’s not an either/or. I was just presenting the economic argument.
It's interesting, you'd think that "The well-being of others" argument would get more traction, but I find that what seems to convince people more often is laying out how much THEY themselves can be damaged if they shoot when they shouldn't. Probably some deep (and likely unpleasant) insights about humans could be determined from analyzing that result.
How would you value the potential for long penal confinement and a criminal record?
Elkins45
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Also bad, but more abstract. I’ve been poor but I’ve never been incarcerated.
luzyfuerza
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I've never been incarcerated, either. But I have spent a lot of time in jail, teaching inmates.
Lessons I've learned:
The food absolutely sucks.
The health care is rudimentary at best.
Everything smells of body odor, dirty hair, and nasty food.
Hearing multiple doors lock behind you on the way in is crushing. And seeing multiple doors open for you on your way out is exhilarating.
Most important:
The people with whom you have to spend every moment of every day have attitudes, habits, and standards of right and wrong that are very different than those most members here probably live by. Imagine being housed with violent gang-bangers, addicts, or sex offenders 24/7. In those environments, "situational awareness" takes on new significance. Imagine the stress of being in condition orange (or worse) 24/7.
And imagine what happens to you as you become accommodated to these surroundings.
Truly, a huge reason not to shoot unless you absolutely have to.
Lessons I've learned:
The food absolutely sucks.
The health care is rudimentary at best.
Everything smells of body odor, dirty hair, and nasty food.
Hearing multiple doors lock behind you on the way in is crushing. And seeing multiple doors open for you on your way out is exhilarating.
Most important:
The people with whom you have to spend every moment of every day have attitudes, habits, and standards of right and wrong that are very different than those most members here probably live by. Imagine being housed with violent gang-bangers, addicts, or sex offenders 24/7. In those environments, "situational awareness" takes on new significance. Imagine the stress of being in condition orange (or worse) 24/7.
And imagine what happens to you as you become accommodated to these surroundings.
Truly, a huge reason not to shoot unless you absolutely have to.
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