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Tilted Cat Head
Administrator
Location: Manhattan, NY
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Originally Posted by Gilda
Many people, such as me, are ill suited to the use of firearms. Requiring that everyone have them is going to be putting them into the hands of a great many more people who shouldn't have them than already do.
Gilda
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My sister thought she was ill suited to use a firearm. We kept one in the house growing up and she was told to not touch it at all. She was taught rudimentary gun handling of "it's dangerous, don't point it at anyone ever, and don't touch it."
She was always afraid of guns, and one day I took her to the shooting range, rented some guns and bought some ammo. A couple hours later she was informed enough to handle a gun if need be, meaning she's familiar with the way it operates, how to handle it, aim it, and pull the trigger. She's familiar with the recoil, the smell of gunpowder, the sound of the blast.
She's not a large girl, she's small 5'4 102lbs, and she fired a .44. She did quite well at aiming at the paper targets on both targets and body form.
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