To: Greystoke
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.
22 posted on
11/23/2006 9:46:16 AM PST by
Inyo-Mono
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To: Inyo-Mono
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.
47 posted on
11/23/2006 10:20:04 AM PST by
Greystoke
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