How NOT to teach firearms safety

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How NOT to teach firearms safety

Post by recumbent » Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:46 pm

"I seek not to know all the answers, but to understand the questions."
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Re: How NOT to teach firearms safety

Post by bearandoldman » Mon Sep 21, 2009 8:45 pm

recumbent wrote:This guy thinned the gene pool.


http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.as ... 01&catid=3
Guess he did prove that mechanical things can and will fail at the worst time. Never trust a safety with your life or any one elses.
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Post by stork » Tue Sep 22, 2009 11:58 am

Darwinism at work!!!
"A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government.” – George Washington

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Re: How NOT to teach firearms safety

Post by Downeaster » Tue Sep 22, 2009 5:45 pm

recumbent wrote:This guy thinned the gene pool.


http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.as ... 01&catid=3
Words fail me.

Good news is, a little Clorox has been added to the gene pool...
An empty weapon is just a very expensive hammer.

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Post by Bullseye » Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:06 am

How about a little analogy - sometimes humanity can be like a self cleaning oven.

A tragedy for the family members left behind but a totally preventable incident. Thank goodness he wasn't pointing that gun at the other person when it went off.

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Post by greener » Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:42 pm

"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity"

Robert A Heinlein.

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Post by bearandoldman » Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:46 pm

greener wrote:"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity"

Robert A Heinlein.
As Duckie the ME on NCIS might say, " Death caused by terminal stupidity"
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