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Voodoo Gun Owners and Superstitious Self-Defense
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Rob Morse
Website: https://slowfacts.wordpress.com/
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Some of us think guns are good, and some of us think guns are bad. Both viewpoints, as I’ll describe them here, are wrong. We all know too many of these voodoo gun owners.
Superstitious gun owners think guns will protect them. These guys and gals go buy another gun if an anti-gun politician says guns are bad. These same gun owners won’t join the NRA to support pro-gun politicians. They go buy another gun if there is a violent crime in their neighborhood, yet they never stop to take a training class. They don’t know how much they don’t know.
I’m going to be blunt: a gun isn’t magic. Only your ingrained habits can help you when you need to defend those you love. Have you built those habits through study and practice? |
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stevelync
(12/1/2016)
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Although I'm not a fan of mandated training, I can't emphasize enough the value of the skills a person learns when they attend a training class that teaches them how to fight with a firearm. |
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