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**Hugh** · 09-04-2018, 12:02

Totally agree - a gun is just a tool that is for a specific task, just like a car/motorbike is a tool for another task.

So, ensure people are adequately trained in how to use the tool, have to register the tool, and have insurance in case something goes wrong.

I am still in contact with US Army and Air Force people I served with, and they were trained to use and respect weapons, not treat them as toys - they have gun safes, carry out safe procedures when using the weapons, and they despair when they hear about ‘accidental discharges’ of guns; as far as they are concerned, there are no ‘accidental duscharges’, only user negligence and carelessness. They would never leave a gun where a child could access it, or point a gun at someone ‘in fun’ - it’s not how they (and I) were trained.

btw, shoot a 500 pound bear with an AR-15, and you’d just make him angry- you need a bigger calibre to stop one of those. It’s the same for home defence- use an AR-15 indoors, and just hope you don’t hit anyone else in the house after firing 30 rounds through the internal walls; weapon of choice is a shotgun or reasonable calibre hand gun.

Back to the initial premise - use the right tool for the job.

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Hugh laeva recumbens anguis Cable Forum Team Join Date: Jun 2006 Age: 68 Services: Premiere Collection Posts: 43,540	Re: Florida Shooting: 17 Students Shot dead in another Mass Shooting in the U.S Totally agree - a gun is just a tool that is for a specific task, just like a car/motorbike is a tool for another task. So, ensure people are adequately trained in how to use the tool, have to register the tool, and have insurance in case something goes wrong. I am still in contact with US Army and Air Force people I served with, and they were trained to use and respect weapons, not treat them as toys - they have gun safes, carry out safe procedures when using the weapons, and they despair when they hear about ‘accidental discharges’ of guns; as far as they are concerned, there are no ‘accidental duscharges’, only user negligence and carelessness. They would never leave a gun where a child could access it, or point a gun at someone ‘in fun’ - it’s not how they (and I) were trained. btw, shoot a 500 pound bear with an AR-15, and you’d just make him angry- you need a bigger calibre to stop one of those. It’s the same for home defence- use an AR-15 indoors, and just hope you don’t hit anyone else in the house after firing 30 rounds through the internal walls; weapon of choice is a shotgun or reasonable calibre hand gun. Back to the initial premise - use the right tool for the job. __________________ Thank you for calling the Abyss. If you have called to scream, please press 1 to be transferred to the Void, or press 2 to begin your stare. If my post is in bold and this colour, it's a Moderator Request. Last edited by Hugh; 09-04-2018 at 12:08.