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Originally Posted by Robbie
I've always wondered about "training" with guns.
What the heck do you "train" people to do when they have a gun? It isn't brain surgery.
"Here is a gun. You put the bullets in like this. Pull the trigger. Bang. Here is the safety. Make sure that is on when the gun is not being fired. And don't point this gun at anybody unless you are meaning to shoot"
Does that really require people to be "trained" and take classes? Are people really that goddamned stupid?
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Are people really that stupid? As a matter of fact, yes, they are.
These people cannot understand the concept of basic firearm safety - store your firearm where your children cannot access it. If you carry your firearm in your purse, you cannot put you purse and your child in a shopping cart. If you carry your firearm in your purse, you cannot leave your purse where you child can get it. This should be common sense, but yet accidents happen too often.
That doesn't even begin to address tactics. That poor guy in Wal Mart thought he was going to be a hero. He never gave any thought the fact the gunman had a partner.
It's our constitutional right to own firearms. Common sense is not required.