[Inyo-Mono]

Geez, in the 80's when I was in school I took:

A De-milled .50 cal cartridge.

A Live 20mm cartridge.

A De-milled Handgranade.

And various small arms cartridges from time to time.

And in 1965 a friend of mine got an "A" for the muzzleloading black powder handgun he made in shop class.

[Greystoke]

I shot with my father every weekend when I was growing up.

We shot hand guns, rifles and shotguns (different guns on different weekends).

We shot bench-rest match's all the time.

By the time I was 14 I had a whole slew of trophy's for shooting my Remington 788 in .308 in the 'hunter class' of bench-rest shooting.

I was always taught weapon(s) safety and range safety. I never had an unsafe incident.

My 2 brothers are the same.

One night when I was 17 and my father was out of town I heard something outside. I could see something going on with my neighbors truck. I got dressed and took my fully loaded Ruger Blackhawk (in .41mag) with me. When I approached my neighbors truck, I could see his tools (he was a carpenter) on the ground around the truck and 2 legs hanging out the door. I cocked the Blackhawk and said 'put your hands up'. He did.
Then I marched him up to my neighbors door and made him knock. This fellow went to jail that night for burglary. I was a neighborhood hero!

Yes, it's so obvious that guns are evil.