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Old 01-10-2017, 03:44 PM
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From personal experience it's not so much infringing on others rights as it is a matter of safety. My father has a carry permit and luckily he doesn't carry. Why do I say that? Because aside from shooting a mag of ammo from his gun when he bought it 15 years ago....The last time he shot a gun was about 5 years ago when I dragged him to the range. I had to beg him to go. He's one that believes a gun is a gun and you just point where you want the bullet to go and pull the trigger. At 5 yards he COULD NOT hit paper. Had that been a real self defense situation he would have killed someone innocent. Would you have been OK with that if it was one of your relatives walking by? Certain things require practice.
How'd that dragging your dad to the range actually work out?

I figured out that I'm powerless over other people's actions and that trying not to be powerless over them made my life unmanageable a long time ago.

It's your life, you live it, you accept the consequences.
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