Posted on 05/19/2018 2:29:50 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Before I was sent out to use it, I had to prove an intimate familiarity with my weapon — how it worked, its maximum effective range in meters, how to load and unload it safely, how to disassemble and reassemble it, how to clean it, clear jams, sight it and fire it accurately. So it’s hard for me to fathom how easy it is for almost any civilian to walk out of a gun retailer carrying a new weapon without a clue about so many of these standards.
And where military and law enforcement undergo extensive training on how to make the right shooting decision quickly while under extreme stress, civilians receive no such training, contributing to avoidable deaths arising from poor decisions and petty disputes. In this context, the National Rifle Association’s favorite slogan about good guys with guns defeating bad guys with guns is more naive myth than solution.
It’s crucial that veterans now bring our voice and experience to the national conversation about reasonable gun reform. As a group, we understand guns and appreciate that responsible gun ownership is an important part of American life — but we also understand that a safe environment is achieved through training and regulation.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...
No but parents and people have become dysfunctional. How could a father not notice his own freaking son was building bombs in the house?!!!
Speak for yourself.
And to think of all the toasters people leave the store with that have the power to burn down an entire house with a family inside yet there is no instruction given on how to properly operate the toaster. Shocking!!
Well, this vet disagrees vehemently with this assclowns assessment. See how easy that was? Guess he’s nort clear on the definition of “infringed”. Not all vets are equal.
law enforcement undergo extensive training on how to make the right shooting decision quickly while under extreme stress
Is that why so many Unarmed Citizens are shot by Police across this Country?? In Torrance they Police shot 53 rounds into a Toyota Pickup and MISSED the two INNOCENT occupants.
COPS don’t go to the public shooting ranges for a reason, they are terrible shots.
(((Yawn))) Another liberal “veteran” speaks out. It’s obvious he didn’t understand why he was in the military, if he ever was.
I’m sure then that mr Diamond would have no problem exempting all military and LE vets from the thousands of gun laws already on the books.
This military is no friend of the 2nd amendment. Most civilian shooters are far better trained than the military... that’s just a fact.
Looks lie a pencil pusher.
“COPS don’t go to the public shooting ranges for a reason, they are terrible shots.”
Oh yeah! I was a competitive bullseye pistol shooter while in the Air Force. Later, I was a reserve policeman in a close-in Chicago suburb. The lack of marksmanship skills I obseved was appalling.
Didn’t this pussy take an oath to uphold the Constitution? Guess he’s never read it.
“As a group, we understand guns and appreciate that responsible gun ownership is an important part of American life — but we also understand that a safe environment is achieved through training and regulation.”
Great. Now make all aspects of firearms training mandatory for graduation from high school. Must pass rigorous testing.
Or the clown that called Hannity a number of years ago and said that he “served two tours in Iraq”, “voted for Bush, TWICE” and drives a HONDA Prius. That boy obviously didn’t know how to recognize automobile logos.
“....about reasonable gun reform...”
There’s a huge red flag if there ever was one! To these bastards “reasonable” means English style total bans.
The network that employed Chelsea Clinton as a “Journalist” and had to fire their blue chip news anchor Matt Lauer for shagging the young’uns in the newsroom in now trying to tell ANYONE that someone else’s culture is dysunctuonal? Serve it on toast, NBC News. This article is the ultimate in hypocrisy..
Sir,
if you going to use your posture as a “vet” to lecture on guns, you might want to actually have done something other then logistics your whole military carrier.
When your create a deliberate false premise about your military background at the start of your article, it destroys any intellectually credibility it might have had.
This evil moron’s article, modified with only minor changes:
Before I was sent out to speak on behalf of my company, I had to prove an intimate familiarity with public speaking — how it worked, its maximum effective duration, how to introduce and close off topics safely, how to arrange and rearrange my words, how to keep my language clean, address those who jam or stall my progress, keep my destination in sight and deliver my points accurately. So it’s hard for me to fathom how easy it is for almost any civilian to walk out of a public school carrying a new diploma without a clue about so many of these standards.
And where business and government speakers undergo extensive training on how to make the right word decision quickly while under extreme stress, these children receive no such training, contributing to avoidable problems arising from poor decisions and petty disputes. In this context, the totalitarian left’s favorite strategy of union thugs with clubs attacking normal Americans is in no way a solution.
It’s crucial that those in the totalitarian left now bring their voice and experience to the national conversation about reasonable speech reform. As a group, they understand words and appreciate that responsible free speech is an important part of American life — but they also understand that a safe environment is achieved through training and regulation.
My revision to his article is just as sensible as the original. I am a big fan of high-quality formal firearms training - as a polite recommendation, but not as a requirement to exercise a constitutional right. I’m also a certified NRA rifle, shotgun, and pistol instructor. I don’t charge for classes, but those courses gave me the knowledge to make sure I deliver complete instruction, without forgetting to mention anything, when I introduce someone to the shooting sports.
Try to restrict that most important of all our God-given and constitutionally protected individual rights, and we’re going to have a problem. My bet - normal Americans and the thuggish left are going to have a problem, one that gets very ugly.
What is this guy a veteran of? I was in the Army and I had to take an oath to protect and defend the constitution. Apparently this guys branch skipped that part.
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