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Re: Gun Safety Class and Fun Shoot

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From: sol
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 00:00
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In git.general TRVolk <gt2623a@prism.gatech.edu> wrote:
> In article <8d2a5n$i5s$1@news-int.gatech.edu>,
>  John Cronin <jsc3@dontspamme.havoc.gtf.gatech.edu> wrote:
>>
>>A tool for killing is the kind of thing I would most seek to maintain
>>safety around.


> This is why guns are equipped with a SAFETY, a small switch that can
> prevent the inadvertant firing of the weapon.

> Firearms safety courses teach that the SAFETY should not be disengaged
> until just before firing and then reset immediately after firing.

> I was 8 years old when I received my first rifle from my father, 10 when I
> received my first shotgun, and 11 when I received my first handgun.  Each
> time I was drilled in the proper use of the weapon and flicking the safety
> off and on became second nature.  I will pass the same knowledge to my son
> as he grows as well.

Why on earth does a child that young need a gun?

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From: sol <solomon@angband.org>
Subject: Re: Gun Safety Class and Fun Shoot
Date: 2000/04/13
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