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Date Posted: 14:20:35 04/12/03 Sat
Author: «șTone Caponeș»
Author Host/IP: 1Cust220.tnt1.coos-bay.or.da.uu.net / 67.225.118.220
Subject: Haha... That must be a product of the culture you see...
In reply to: KSMoTO 's message, "Re: Is something like that legal?" on 08:09:59 04/12/03 Sat

>Tone..you're really beginning to sound quite
>irresponsible...having such an Arsenal of weapons in
>your house in a really bad idea...what if someday when
>your kid grows up to 15 or 16 he gets into some fight
>and in a moment of blinding anger breaks into your
>locker and shoots someone?? have you thought about
>that??
>or what if he thinks..he wants to impress someone with
>some of his dad's big guns when dad's out..so he
>thinks it won't take that long and the rifle will be
>back in place long before you come home, and something
>goes wrong??
>it's a big risk...

The biggest risk is not to teach them respect. While I can control the guns in my house, I can't control the guns in the houses of my kids' friends.

When I was 12, I had a .243, .22, and a 20 Gauge shotgun, which I kept in my room, along with the ammo. Why? Because I was responsible. I used to go out shooting with my friends all the time and it was no big deal. How many people that I was pissed off at did I shoot? None. How many times did I accidently shoot someone? None.

Some of you seem to refuse to believe that people can be responsible with weapons. I was responsible with weapons when I was 8, because I had a lot of exposure to them. Guns weren't something that had an irresponsible appeal because I never saw them, they were a common tool to me and my friends and because we saw them all the time and knew the dangers of handling them irresponsibly, we didn't play with them.

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