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Originally posted by Stare At The Sun
I have fired a gun, and am very pro gun.
I feel that it is almost your responsibility to own a gun in America. Not only to protect yourself, and your home, but to let the government know that the people are still armed, and won't be walked all over.
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I agree with this.
I'm joining the discussion a bit late.
I've fired guns, I've been fired at. Once was trespassing on an old man's property, and him shooting his shotgun and telling my friends and I to leave (I was young, and he was probably shooting into the air, but it was enough to scare the crap out of me and get me off his property in no time flat). The other time was in middle school when a 15 year old who stole his father's gun and thought he was some sort of gangster with it decided he'd try and be tough, luckily he didn't know what he was doing, and had horrible aim.
Now, I know some of those people who experienced that middle school incident are completely anti-gun. My take on it... The kid wasn't a licensed gun owner, he stole his father's gun. I do feel that gun owners should be licensed, and new gun owners should be required to attend some sort of training on handling, firing, and respecting the weapon you will soon own, and I fully support background checks.
Now, taking away our right to have guns... Those who want to use them for the WRONG reasons will find a way to get access to one if they really want to.
I'm still on the fence about automatic weapons.