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I am a liberal.
I served my country in the military (which is more than a lot of "patriots" around here could say).
I LOVE GUNS.
I've had a lifelong love affair with firearms since I was a little boy collecting plastic guns they used to have in gumball machines. That's how I learned what a Walther PPK and M16 was.
I got my first pellet gun at eight years old and owned a wide variety from a Crossman 760 to the more high powered Benjamin models.
I got my first Mossberg 500 shotgun in high school when I was able to pay for it myself with my grocery store job. Soon after that I owned a Czech tz-75, a Glock 40 and a Beretta 92f.
Did plenty of hunting in the woods of New Jersey during that time also.
I built my own CAR15 (now called M4) through mail order parts and reloaded my own 223 (and shotgun shells).
In the Navy, I worked base security with the Marines which included guarding Special Air Mission flights when they had a layover at my base in Hawaii. I qualified with the 1911 45 cal and shotgun on a regular basis, under the training of the toughest Marine bastard you would never want to meet.
During my time on this base we'd have fun trips the local Army base to fire every weapon known to man just for fun.
So I've forgotten more about guns than most "pro-gun" people in this forum.
Given my historical perspective, why do I think it's a good idea to make it as hard as humanly possible for someone to buy an implement of death?
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