Comments on: Eats, Shoots, and Leaves http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/821 A tiny principality in the Commonwealth of Letters Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:58:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.6 by: Will Duquette http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/821#comment-798 Mon, 30 Aug 2004 23:45:55 +0000 http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/821#comment-798 Where you live, a gun is still a tool. It's a dangerous tool, rather like a table saw in that regard, but safe if you know how to handle it. For most of us, that simply isn't true. I've never lived anywhere where you could reasonably shoot critters on your own property--not with anything stronger than a BB gun, anyway. And all the people on TV make it look so <i>easy....</i> For my part, though, I found that when faced with a loaded gun I had absolutely no trouble giving the gun my complete and full attention at all times. I concentrated so much I dreamed of loading and unloading handguns all night last night. Where you live, a gun is still a tool. It’s a dangerous tool, rather like a table saw in that regard, but safe if you know how to handle it. For most of us, that simply isn’t true. I’ve never lived anywhere where you could reasonably shoot critters on your own property–not with anything stronger than a BB gun, anyway. And all the people on TV make it look so easy….

For my part, though, I found that when faced with a loaded gun I had absolutely no trouble giving the gun my complete and full attention at all times. I concentrated so much I dreamed of loading and unloading handguns all night last night.

]]> by: Deb http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/821#comment-797 Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:02:15 +0000 http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/821#comment-797 I live in a house full of guns. Most of them are beautifully hand crafted British made black powder dating before 1820 although my son owns a rifle for rabbit hunting and there is a pistol locked in the garage for shooting critters. My husband is the son of a gun safety instructor and forced my daughter to take hunter safety when she turned 12 as a precaution. She had no interest in hunting per se since in our house we have a "you shoot it, you gut it out and clean it" rule We have a shooting range set up behind the garage that my son practices at before hunting season. All of thier lives they have been taught that guns are weapons, guns KILL things and you dont play with guns. Ever. Not even toy guns. Period. What bothers me is that there are a lot of wingnuts out there who dont have the same philosophy. They're the ones I worry about. They're the reason I argue with the husband about gun control laws. I'm glad you had a safe intro to the sport. I live in a house full of guns. Most of them are beautifully hand crafted British made black powder dating before 1820 although my son owns a rifle for rabbit hunting and there is a pistol locked in the garage for shooting critters. My husband is the son of a gun safety instructor and forced my daughter to take hunter safety when she turned 12 as a precaution. She had no interest in hunting per se since in our house we have a “you shoot it, you gut it out and clean it” rule We have a shooting range set up behind the garage that my son practices at before hunting season. All of thier lives they have been taught that guns are weapons, guns KILL things and you dont play with guns. Ever. Not even toy guns. Period.

What bothers me is that there are a lot of wingnuts out there who dont have the same philosophy. They’re the ones I worry about. They’re the reason I argue with the husband about gun control laws.

I’m glad you had a safe intro to the sport.

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