Mulliga
Member
... and found out how indoctrinated a lot of people are by the media.
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Bear with me...sort of a long story...
We went to the Lake City Range, and had a fun time. I showed them all my rifles (some .22s, an SKS, a WASR-10, and a Rem. 700). Eric and Emil were totally new shooters, but my friend Jeff had shot skeet before.
Anyway, after a good afternoon of shooting, we ride off. A conversation ensues...
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EMIL: That was fun.
ME: Of course. Guns are fun.
EMIL: Are you an NRA member?
ME: Yes.
EMIL: NRA? Don't they want to stop the repass of the assault rifle ban?
ME: First of all, it's the assault weapons ban. Do you know what an assault weapon is?
EMIL: A machine gun, right?
ME: The ban affects SEMIautomatic guns, not fully automatic machine guns. Assault weapons are semiautomatic guns. Just like the WASR-10 you were shooting.
EMIL (snickering): So we were shooting illegal guns?
ME: They're not illegal. The magazines were made before the ban.
EMIL: But you have them now. (all but me laugh)
Later on...
ERIC: Other sports are dangerous. I think people should be allowed to shoot, as long as there's some regulation.
ME: (silence)
I need to take them again. Awful hard to undo years of brainwashing.
:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
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Bear with me...sort of a long story...
We went to the Lake City Range, and had a fun time. I showed them all my rifles (some .22s, an SKS, a WASR-10, and a Rem. 700). Eric and Emil were totally new shooters, but my friend Jeff had shot skeet before.
Anyway, after a good afternoon of shooting, we ride off. A conversation ensues...
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EMIL: That was fun.
ME: Of course. Guns are fun.
EMIL: Are you an NRA member?
ME: Yes.
EMIL: NRA? Don't they want to stop the repass of the assault rifle ban?
ME: First of all, it's the assault weapons ban. Do you know what an assault weapon is?
EMIL: A machine gun, right?
ME: The ban affects SEMIautomatic guns, not fully automatic machine guns. Assault weapons are semiautomatic guns. Just like the WASR-10 you were shooting.
EMIL (snickering): So we were shooting illegal guns?
ME: They're not illegal. The magazines were made before the ban.
EMIL: But you have them now. (all but me laugh)
Later on...
ERIC: Other sports are dangerous. I think people should be allowed to shoot, as long as there's some regulation.
ME: (silence)
I need to take them again. Awful hard to undo years of brainwashing.
:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: