Re: home alarm systems are for sissys

[tourman <robercampbell@xxxxxxxxx>]

RHC: Gun safety is gun safety regardless of what anyone does for a
living. You would like to think however, that law enforcement agents
would hold to a higher degree of care given their familiarity with
firearms. Usually that is the case, but not always. Where I shoot, we
have what is called a cold range. That means that any firearm behind
the actual firing line must be unloaded until the range master gives
the command to "load and make ready". A lot of police drop in to
practice their shooting, and we have to continually remind them to
unload their service firearms on the range behind the firing
line....maybe familiarity breeds contempt...who knows...

I too would never entertain the severe restrictions the gun haters and
urban paranoids propose. Rather what the NRA proposes makes far more
sense...train people properly and store them safely. Gun safety rules
are simple and easy to understand. Handle them according to the rules,
and there should NEVER be an "accident" where someone shoots
themselves while cleaning their gun....WTF ..!!! A gun is only a tool
but one that can do harm pretty quickly if abused. Here in Canada, we
are just as heavily armed as the US population is per capita; however,
the vast majority are rifles and shotguns, with handguns in the
minority (only a million in the whole country registered..who knows
how many not registered). And I sometimes think I've owned half of the
legal ones at some time or other....:)))

Dunno what the answer is other than to teach people proper safety
procedures. But every firearms accident, or every misuse of a firearm
is just another nail in the coffin of long term legal ownership
(Second Amendment and the NRA not withstanding....)

On Nov 1, 3:54 pm, inva...@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Beachcomber) wrote:
> >While I live in Canada, and have to abide with untold useless firearms
> >restrictions, one of the things that Canada does well is mandate safe
> >storage and safe training and use. If I were to be at all critical
> >about the situation in the USA, it would be the far too casual
> >attitude that most gun owners take towards safe handling and storage
> >of their guns. Enjoy your guns (as do I) but remember, they are a
> >tool. Like a poisonous snake, they require careful handling, but can
> >be easily handled safely with proper training. But forget the rules
> >for one second, and they can turn and "bite" you just as easily.
>
> >I suggest you also give some thought to other far more effective
> >things you can do to build up your home defenses.
>
> Good points.
>
> Around here (Oregon & SW Washington), lots of people have guns to
> protect their homes.
>
> The problem is, often the wrong people get access to the guns and bad
> things happen.  This can be a distraught spouse, a psycho intruder, or
> even your own child.
>
> The "bad things happen" incidents easily occur with a much greater
> frequency than the "homeower shoots intruder and protects his family"
> incidents.  Not that this is any reason to ban guns or impose sever
> restrictions, though.   The reality of an armed population is a fact
> of life, however.
>
> Suprisingly, this has even happened on more than one occasion to
> members of law enforcement agencies (who you think should know better)
> in situations where their curious kids found the household gun storage
> place and wound up shooting themselves, their little sister, or the
> neighbors kid.
>
> Beachcomber