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Article #706Re: Gun Safety Class and Fun Shoot
From: Alan Tidwell
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 00:00
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 00:00
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On 12 Apr 2000 21:17:42 GMT, Capablanca <Mikhail.Tal@young.grandmaster.com> wrote: > Guns were designed >for the purposes of war, and they are still used in that context >ONLY. How does shooting a paper target or clay pigeon fit into the context of war? > Well, I am being innaccurate: they are also used for hunting. But >since there is no real danger when you're hunting of accidentally killing >anyone, the gun safety lessons wouldn't be necessary, would they? > You obviously do not know much about hunting and some of the yahoos you could encounter in the woods who regularly kill themselves or their hunting partners. Firearms safety lessons are necessary to insure that you only shoot at the target that you intend to hit. Practice insures that you hit it. Alan T.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1135d7,355e1c9cb4e3108e X-Google-Attributes: gid1135d7,public X-Google-Thread: 108158,355e1c9cb4e3108e X-Google-Attributes: gid108158,public X-Google-Thread: f46f4,355e1c9cb4e3108e X-Google-Attributes: gidf46f4,public From: alan.tidwell@remove.conted.gatech.edu (Alan Tidwell) Subject: Re: Gun Safety Class and Fun Shoot Date: 2000/04/12 Message-ID: <38f4ea02.31439119@news.gatech.edu> X-Deja-AN: 610392889 References: <8cu962$cok$1@news-int.gatech.edu> <8d20ta$7j9$2@news-int.gatech.edu> <8d21v8$lqb@catapult.gatech.edu> <8d22h5$8n5$1@news-int.gatech.edu> <8d2p5m$q1h@catapult.gatech.edu> X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.gatech.edu X-Trace: news-int.gatech.edu 955575725 1199 130.207.40.21 (12 Apr 2000 21:42:05 GMT) Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA, USA NNTP-Posting-Date: 12 Apr 2000 21:42:05 GMT Newsgroups: git.announce,git.events,git.general