Gun Control & RKBA

SecularMotion

(7,981 posts) Mon Nov 2, 2015, 04:25 PM Nov 2015

Irresponsible Alberta gun nuts shoot down privileges at public shooting range

It was apparently the only target they couldn’t hit — the one calling for less mess, better behaviour and safe, sensible use of firearms.

The bullet-riddled result is the closure of a popular Kananaskis rifle-and-shotgun range, after the non-profit group running the public site near Hwy. 68 declared too many shooters as irresponsible and a safety risk to others.

“Our concern is that this not just a few bad apples anymore,” said Bob Richards, president of the Alberta Provincial Rifle Association, which manages the Homestead Range at Sibbald Flats.

“Twenty-five-years ago, it might have been a few bad apples, but this is now a common level of behaviour and it falls below the acceptable level of safety.”

http://www.calgarysun.com/2015/11/01/irresponsible-alberta-gun-nuts-shoot-down-privileges-at-public-shooting-range

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Irresponsible Alberta gun nuts shoot down privileges at public shooting range (Original Post) SecularMotion Nov 2015 OP

I know what he means HassleCat Nov 2015 #1

Guns are the tools of the feeble-minded and the military, mainly. Fred Sanders Nov 2015 #2

Post removed Post removed Nov 2015 #3

Amazing how being able to haul an 80-pound rucksack 12 miles magically... krispos42 Nov 2015 #6

Obviously my meaning and reasoning was more along these lines: Fred Sanders Nov 2015 #7

"Meaning and reasoning" Well there's your oxymoron for the week folks DonP Nov 2015 #9

I don't see any uniformed service members in that comic. krispos42 Nov 2015 #13

You've a negative, disparaging attitude toward the "feeble-minded," and toward our soldiers. Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #15

"Trumped up" is a good phrase to use for what gun lovers bring to the table in debate about Fred Sanders Nov 2015 #17

So, you never heard of that expression before the Donald gave the go-ahead? Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #18

typical red-neck human behavior saturnsring Nov 2015 #4

I had to share the "free range" with probably 30 other people a few weekends ago. ileus Nov 2015 #5

I went in with 46 other people and bought 43 acres of land FLson Nov 2015 #8

I used be in on a nice hunting lease of 2000 acres. ileus Nov 2015 #14

The gun nuts who caused this shooting range to close down Snobblevitch Nov 2015 #10

You mean Canadian gun culture? gejohnston Nov 2015 #11

Was my sarcasm too subtle? Snobblevitch Nov 2015 #12

Some would say: "Close enuff for gubmint work." Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #16

HassleCat

(6,409 posts)

1. I know what he means

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Mon Nov 2, 2015, 04:32 PM

Nov 2015

When I was a kid, we were allowed to shoot rats at the dump. The guys who ran the dump knew we would not put bullet holes in the buildings or equipment, so they told us where we could shoot, and nobody thought much about it. But we didn't have assault rifles and 10k rounds of ammunition. We didn't fire so many rounds into trees that we toppled them as if they'd been sawed down. We didn't send stray bullets whizzing through neighborhoods. We didn't start fires with tracer rounds. We didn't do many of the things so common now. Richards is right. It's not just a few bad apples anymore. Bad behavior is common. I'm not sure why, but I think it has to do with promoting the notion that freedom means, "I can do whatever I want, and you can't stop me."

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

2. Guns are the tools of the feeble-minded and the military, mainly.

Reply to HassleCat (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 2, 2015, 04:36 PM

Nov 2015

Response to Fred Sanders (Reply #2)

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krispos42

(49,445 posts)

6. Amazing how being able to haul an 80-pound rucksack 12 miles magically...

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #2)

Mon Nov 2, 2015, 08:15 PM

Nov 2015

...makes all those solders strong-minded.

Or are the military men and women also feeble-minded?

Perhaps, because you're so smart and I'm so feeble-minded, you can explain to the board how taking an oath and a couple of months of exercise while being screamed at by drill sergeants whips all the feeble-mindedness out of soldiers?

I'm really looking forward to it. I promise to refrain from applying a fresh coat of paint to the wall before I read it, so your smart words will have my undivided attention.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

7. Obviously my meaning and reasoning was more along these lines:

Reply to krispos42 (Reply #6)

Mon Nov 2, 2015, 08:44 PM

Nov 2015

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12629968

DonP

(6,185 posts)

9. "Meaning and reasoning" Well there's your oxymoron for the week folks

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #7)

Mon Nov 2, 2015, 11:14 PM

Nov 2015

krispos42

(49,445 posts)

13. I don't see any uniformed service members in that comic.

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #7)

Tue Nov 3, 2015, 06:02 AM

Nov 2015

I'm still waiting for my question to be answered.

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)

15. You've a negative, disparaging attitude toward the "feeble-minded," and toward our soldiers.

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #2)

Tue Nov 3, 2015, 02:40 PM

Nov 2015

These kind of raw insults are what gives liberals a reputation of being anti-American, and of having a trumped-up notion of being better educated (i.e., running down those who have mental problems).

This goes on frequently at DU with little fear of consequence.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

17. "Trumped up" is a good phrase to use for what gun lovers bring to the table in debate about

Reply to Eleanors38 (Reply #15)

Tue Nov 3, 2015, 03:53 PM

Nov 2015

how to end the epidemic of gun violence and death in America.

Can I use it to refer also to the gun lovers and NRA lovers of the Republican Party?

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)

18. So, you never heard of that expression before the Donald gave the go-ahead?

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #17)

Tue Nov 3, 2015, 04:11 PM

Nov 2015

saturnsring

(1,832 posts)

4. typical red-neck human behavior

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Mon Nov 2, 2015, 06:47 PM

Nov 2015

ileus

(15,396 posts)

5. I had to share the "free range" with probably 30 other people a few weekends ago.

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Mon Nov 2, 2015, 07:53 PM

Nov 2015

Makes me glad I joined another club, hardly ever crowded and always full of real gun owners.

I find the free range to be full of wal-mart type gun owners, and the club is full of real gun guys.

Problem is the free range is 15 minutes away while my club is closer to 45, so if I just want to try something out, or if making a trade, or just a quick sighting in I will head there.

FLson

(93 posts)

8. I went in with 46 other people and bought 43 acres of land

Reply to ileus (Reply #5)

Mon Nov 2, 2015, 10:42 PM

Nov 2015

for a whole host of purposes. Ten of those acres are for hobbyist shooting as many of us are either Civil War or Revolutionary War renactors and we like to shoot our old guns and the ocassional cannon (2 inchers following the Woodruff design).

Mostly I like the fresh eggs, strawberries, and watermelons we have now. And lots of fresh water prawns.

ileus

(15,396 posts)

14. I used be in on a nice hunting lease of 2000 acres.

Reply to FLson (Reply #8)

Tue Nov 3, 2015, 06:51 AM

Nov 2015

24 of us total....those were the pre kid days of hunting and fishing.

It was also back in the days of where threats of gun bans and silly stuff like we have today was far and few between.