Trap range is living reminder of innocent times

[VaderSpade]

http://www.redding.com/news/2012/jun/04/editorial-trap-range-is-living-reminder-of-times/

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Where do the numbers in this link come from? http://www.lcav.org/statistics-polli...statistics.asp

[NoJoke]

You really nailed it with your title - innocence.

The image that article paints is of a truly innocent time - some of the best memories I've had was with friends at a range.

How have we gone so horribly off track? Our politicians are SO corrupt and so eager to feed the evil gun story to ride the wave of fear into office as "do gooders"

I desperately want the innocent joys of life I was able to enjoy - joys it sounds like a precious few in Redding might be able to get a taste for themselves now.

Good on Redding, and take note you corrupt officials, sheriff's, mayors etc etc etc - do what's right, not what will get you a few more years of gravy.

[Glock22Fan]

http://www.redding.com/news/2012/jun...nder-of-times/

The comments are going south on this article.

Where do the numbers in this link come from? http://www.lcav.org/statistics-polling/gun_violence_statistics.asp

Thin air, of course.

Just look down the list of references. See how many times the names "Garen Wintemute" (6), "Arthur Kellerman" (2) and "David Hemenway" (10) crop up. Garbage in, garbage out.

[live2suck]

Wow, life took a dump on silenceisnotgolden, and now he just wants to make everyone's life as miserable as his.

And all of his bad experiences are directly related to sloppy handling, which, you know would be cured by furthering gun education and instilling safe handling practices at a young age.

Actually, I've had a little more experience with guns than you might imagine. In addition to my training in the army, I had a sister who was paralyzed after being shot in the back by someone cleaning a gun, and another relative who was shot to death by an abusive spouse. As a young child I also lost a friend and neighbor of about the same age who accidently shot himself with a gun kept in his home. There are a lot more nightmarish memories and devastation attached to guns than the "fond" memories you speak of.

You can't change the minds of those like this, every statement they make is an emotional appeal - there is no debate or exchange of ideas with them.

[live2suck]

Wow, life took a dump on silenceisnotgolden, and now he just wants to make everyone's life as miserable as his.

And all of his bad experiences are directly related to sloppy handling, which, you know, could be cured by furthering gun education and instilling safe handling practices at a young age.

Actually, I've had a little more experience with guns than you might imagine. In addition to my training in the army, I had a sister who was paralyzed after being shot in the back by someone cleaning a gun, and another relative who was shot to death by an abusive spouse. As a young child I also lost a friend and neighbor of about the same age who accidently shot himself with a gun kept in his home. There are a lot more nightmarish memories and devastation attached to guns than the "fond" memories you speak of.

You can't change the minds of those like this, every statement they make is an emotional appeal - there is no debate or exchange of ideas with them.

[sreiter]

Actually, I've had a little more experience with guns than you might imagine. In addition to my training in the army, I had a sister who was paralyzed after being shot in the back by someone cleaning a gun, and another relative who was shot to death by an abusive spouse. As a young child I also lost a friend and neighbor of about the same age who accidently shot himself with a gun kept in his home. There are a lot more nightmarish memories and devastation attached to guns than the "fond" memories you speak of.

What a joke. The statistical probability of him know 4 people to suffer from gun related accidents is almost nill.

[CGT80]

What is with all of the stupid people that think guns are made to kill people? The purpose of a gun is to emit a projectile. They are too closed minded to see the truth. My shotgun was made specifically for shooting clays, not people or animals. They wouldn't say that cars are made to kill people, yet they do. They don't say that knives are made to kill people. A knife is made to cut. It is up to a person to choose what to use it for. No point in ranting on. You guys already know this.

[Lugiahua]

"90 firearms out of 100 Americans" is a fact but often mislead, since one person could own more than one firearms. But people who are unfamiliar with firearms often thought it means 90% people own guns

A clearer statistic is that 90 millions US citizens own firearms, that would be about 25% of the population.

[Glock22Fan]

"90 firearms out of 100 Americans" is a fact but often mislead, since one person could own more than one firearms. But people who are unfamiliar with firearms often thought it means 90% people own guns

A clearer statistic is that 90 millions US citizens own firearms, that would be about 25% of the population.

It's a pity that it isn't 90% of the people, then perhaps we would not have all that stupidity.

[interstellar]

Randy, we should feature this school in the film. Educate the public that trap/skeet is an Olympic sport. Do you know the teacher?

[VaderSpade]

I'll do some checking.

[CGT80]

I met an Olympic shooter at the skeet range last weekend. If she gets a medal this year, it will be 5 metals in a row from the last 5 Olympics in a row. She used to shoot trap, but the Olympics dropped that sport and she had to change to skeet to do what she loved. I am somewhat surprised that there are still shooting sports in the Olympics. I hear about the other sports when the Olympics comes up (I don't watch sports) but I never hear about shooting. I agree that we would be better off if the average person at least understood what a gun was all about and how to safely handle one, even if they don't choose to use their right. The schools teach sex ed. to help with prepare kids, but anything involving firearms is usually evil in their eyes.

[Farrier-1]

I obtained my hunting license through the school in sixth grade science.

Some parents opted not to have their kids participate.

In class on school's time, we studied hunter/gun safety and then got to shoot .22's at an indoor range off campus.

One of my most favorable memories in my lifetime.

[Lugiahua]

I obtained my hunting license through the school in sixth grade science.

Some parents opted not to have their kids participate.

In class on school's time, we studied hunter/gun safety and then got to shoot .22's at an indoor range off campus.

One of my most favorable memories in my lifetime.

some of professors in my college complains about the removal of on campus range in mid-80s, and claimed school should reinstall these installations.
I am really glad there are still pro-gun faculties around.

[Farrier-1]

some of professors in my college complains about the removal of on campus range in mid-80s, and claimed school should reinstall these installations.
I am really glad there are still pro-gun faculties around.

Seemed like all of my professors were full blown left wing libs. Nice to know that some good ones are still in the system.