re: #32 Mattand

Really well said. Although, truth be told, I’m absolutely for banning weapons, starting with assault rifles.

Somewhat hypocritically, my partner and I also bat around the idea of getting a gun as wingnut protection.

Get a pump shotgun for home protection. Load it up with 2-shot shells. You won’t kill your neighbors next door, and chambering a round is usually enough to make people run away. As for wingnut protection, a simple bolt-action hunting rifle, holding 4 or 5 rounds will be sufficient. If you can’t hit a target with four rounds, you don’t need to own a gun.

Practice will be necessary to hone your craft, as in any endeavor. You really need to hit the people at which you are shooting. Otherwise, again, you don’t need to own a gun.

Brutal, but that is what rifles are made to to do. One shot, one kill.

Oh, and I don’t hunt game anymore. Got my meat hunting jollies out years ago. Too damn bloody for my taste.