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Stop Giving Stupid Guns
Am Shooting Journal ^ | 5/1/2017 | S Morstan

Posted on 05/01/2017 4:41:32 AM PDT by w1n1

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1 posted on 05/01/2017 4:41:32 AM PDT by w1n1
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Reminds me of the NRA training films when my Dad and Shop teacher started a gun club in my school (I guess I'm dating my aging self).

Pretty straight up clips - one of a guy's open skull and brains laying on the ground because he used his shotgun as a walking stick - barrel up. There were many graphic examples as to why one needed to adhere to all aspects of gun safety and they made an impression.

2 posted on 05/01/2017 4:48:19 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: w1n1

I’ve seen most of these clips. If nothing else, they’re an object lesson in what not to do.

CC


3 posted on 05/01/2017 4:50:18 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Veni, vidi, Vomui- I came, I saw, I hurled.)
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4 posted on 05/01/2017 4:50:34 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: w1n1

Cue the gun “safety” training from “the only one in this room, that I know of, professional enough to carry this Glock 40”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7ufT_6Kgy0


5 posted on 05/01/2017 4:53:35 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Pollster1

LOL, that video just never gets old, does it?


6 posted on 05/01/2017 5:04:04 AM PDT by RC one (The 2nd Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances)
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To: w1n1

This is my favorite...Chimp firing AK47...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fww8xskrQxU&sns=em


7 posted on 05/01/2017 5:06:51 AM PDT by Geronimo (Obama's giant golf balls' lies lie on the Yorkshire Moors...)
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To: trebb

Ah yes, the firearm version of “Wheels of Tragedy”.


8 posted on 05/01/2017 5:07:19 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Ignorance is reparable, stupid is forever)
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To: w1n1

People ever allowed to....Hmmm, this is a strange wording.

A reaponsible gun owner should be capable of knowing to allow himself to have a gun or not. If not that, the allowimg of reckless thoughts is more worrisome than gettimg a gun, because a person with reckless pr evil intent will fimd a way


9 posted on 05/01/2017 5:13:43 AM PDT by lavaroise
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To: Geronimo
It was an advertisement for a planet of the apes movie
10 posted on 05/01/2017 5:29:02 AM PDT by LouAvul (The most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.)
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To: w1n1

Old youtube vids. Just search “stupid people with guns” or some such. Many are obviously staged.


11 posted on 05/01/2017 5:31:00 AM PDT by LouAvul (The most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.)
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To: RC one

It is a classic. I like this one too - A cop carrying a box of donuts shows off his Glock to a girl in the elevator.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_a7VAKHkY8

[Note: I am not anti-Glock. I love my Glocks, and it’s my go-to home-defense weapon. I just am well aware that sloppy handling of another handgun might lead to an oopsie. With Glock, that’s “will lead to an oopsie”, not “might”. ]


12 posted on 05/01/2017 5:46:02 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: LouAvul

No, I’m crushed, I always thought it was the funniest thing...another reason to hate Hollywood, haha...


13 posted on 05/01/2017 6:02:31 AM PDT by Geronimo (Obama's giant golf balls' lies lie on the Yorkshire Moors...)
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To: Pollster1

While meant to show examples of what NOT to do with a firearm, I personally believe that gun safety should be a MANDATORY class taught to ALL school children and in some cases adults as well.


14 posted on 05/01/2017 6:02:58 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: Pollster1

Why anyone is still in the classroom after that douche shot himself is beyond me. Looks like there was ONE parent that finally scooped up their kid and was leaving the room.


15 posted on 05/01/2017 6:24:18 AM PDT by moovova
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To: w1n1

~95% of the people who go to my club range are sensibly cautious with firearms like myself. There always is that oblivious 2-5%. They can do incredible damage in a heartbeat. I call them out when I see them acting like that and hopefully shame them into better behavior. But one can’t fix stupid.


16 posted on 05/01/2017 6:30:43 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Pollster1

Have handled in a non range setting a number of glocks. Never fired one. Not crazy about the look or feel. But whatever floats your boat and keeps the goblins away.

I carry and keep loaded at home my 1911 A1 Remington Rand(1943 bone stock US military ) in condition 2. I find it to be safer than cocked and locked and just as easy to cock a hammer as to snick off a safety. No real potential oopsies till it’s cocked.


17 posted on 05/01/2017 6:42:54 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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My first choice for home defense is my 1911, which I love because:

(1) It seems to automatically aim itself. When I point my arm, the sights line up on the bulls eye. I fire at least 50 rounds a week from the 1911, usually far more, and it’s been months since I fired a shot didn’t hit the black, even shooting rapid fire. It’s a great weapon for shooting paper (or anything else).

(2) I have no concerns about stopping power. If a .45 doesn’t stop the threat, no handgun I’m willing to fire will do the job either.

I have spare magazines for the 1911, but I have no intention of reloading if 8 rounds of .45 auto are not enough for home defense. After eight shots, I’m switching to the Glock so I don’t have to count shots. I have spare magazines for the Glock too, but if the first 33 rounds of 9 mm don’t do the job, I’m either asleep and having a nightmare in Afghanistan, or awake and facing a zombie horde or a political speech in Berkeley.


18 posted on 05/01/2017 7:39:06 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: headstamp 2

Or “Red Asphalt”...


19 posted on 05/01/2017 7:42:11 AM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y93URRKgGto

Memories of high school.


20 posted on 05/01/2017 7:53:15 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Ignorance is reparable, stupid is forever)
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