Ray, I am all for gun safety. I am not a gun fan, years ago when I was managing a restaurant I was held up by a couple of young men with sawed off shotguns. Me and my staff were locked in the freezer after I opened the safe for them. We were all fortunate, but since then I never had a gun in my house.
Until grumpy decided, a few years ago, that he wanted to get an air rifle. To me it was a BB gun, I wasn't thrilled, but I said OK. Before he got the first one, he spend hours and hours with out kids going over all kinds of gun safety. They were on the internet learning about guns, and when he got the first one he made sure that they all knew what the safety was, how to turn it on and off, and how to hold a gun. The kids have all been to the shooting range and participated in tournaments. We have asked at the local gun shop if they need to have any type of safety class and were told no. But if we did want them to go thru the classes we would need to purchase a "real" gun. A "real" gun ? A gun, is a gun, is a gun. Would the punishment be any less if someone were to shoot another person and kill them with an air gun ? I only ask this because there are air rifles out there that can take down a deer.
Just curious what you think ?
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