Re: home alarm systems are for sissys

["Nathan W. Collier" <no@xxxxxxx>]

tourman,
i started to quote various sections of your posts to repond to, but it would
be pointless as i have agreed with every word youve written thus far.  good
job sir.

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"tourman" <robercampbell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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
>
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