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legarageremove@mindspring.com (M.G.) wrote:
>Nononono.. nice try on the snipping but the important phrase is:
>" But, until then, I don't need the damn thing, I don't even want to
>be near one"
>
>Ergo, you dont need to be at a gun range if you cannot stand the
>presence of a gun.

 OK, I understand that you didn't post from the mensa newsgroup
but from some gun newsgroup, but please, pretty please with sugar
icing, try to understand that there is a difference between the
presence of a gun at the range, with a sole purpose of target
practice, and presence of a gun on the street, with a general purpose
of creating trouble. If you try really hard, you might understand that
I have no problem whatsoever with shooting at circles. This can be
fun, because I could see whether I've lost touch or do I still have
it. I probably have it, because I can "shoot" 1/8 expositions from the
hand with my camera, and basically it's the same thing, breathe in,
breathe half way out, slowly drop it into position, holding the aim,
count, in order to let the hands calm down, and squeeze the trigger
very gently, after counting five (I personally do it on 7). If you
haven't done it after nine, give up, relax the hands, breathe in and
out a couple of times, and then all over again. Try it. 

However, if you think that you will impress anyone intelligent by
taking two statements out of different contexts and displaying them as
a contradiction, well, it is a sign of serious despair and a lack of
arguments. 

I hate guns. I don't like being around one. But, I know how the
weapons function, and I can use them if necessary. What makes me
uncomfortable is the fact that I could probably find myself in a
situation where I'd have to use it against someone, or have somebody
use it against me. Neither of those situations is appealing to me,
because I would much rather be doing other things, for instance
talking about something intelligent, or eating pizza. I hate the guns
because they result in irreversible action. You can't return the
things to normal after shooting someone, because you either killed or
seriously wounded a man, which is a terrible thing. I hate guns
because I know what they do, and I would really like to avoid the
entire concept altogether. Men are mortal enough even without guns
adding to the problem. So, give me a pepper spray over a gun any time.

And it really is nice to see you gun lovers buying into the stupid
concept that says "people who don't like guns just don't know shit
about them". It makes me smile. :)

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