Vermont political journalist unironically pens a column explaining how his experience shooting an AR-15 in an indoor range for 1st time rattled him!

[2aguy]

Unfortunately people who shoot guns get used to them.

Sadly these guns are used for suicide and murder:

Suicides dont count since the japanese commit suicideat higher rates than we do by jumping in front of trains, buildings and taking home cleaning products

 

[Man of Ethics]

Suicides dont count since the japanese commit suicideat higher rates than we do by jumping in front of trains, buildings and taking home cleaning products

Sadly Japanese people do not view suicide as a sin.

 

[badbob85037]

I'll say the AR-15 is a dud like the M-16...

For once we agree.

 

[2aguy]

Sadly Japanese people do not view suicide as a sin.

Doesnt matter how they view it….more of them kill themselves without guns…..that is the part that makes it a non gun issue.

 

[John T. Ford]

Ball-less males.

Bad Ass ....

That really puts it in perspective compared to the ***** in the OP.

 

[Moonglow]

Suicides dont count since the japanese commit suicideat higher rates than we do by jumping in front of trains, buildings and taking home cleaning products

In Japan suicide is a way to obtain honor.

 

[Man of Ethics]

In Japan suicide is a way to obtain honor.

Sadly they do not view it as a sin.

 

[Man of Ethics]

All of us have seen thousands of acts of justifiable homicide. In Action Movies.

In Real Life, it is rare. Very few civilians can resist an expert criminal. Here.

 

[2aguy]

In Japan suicide is a way to obtain honor.

Not relevant to the fact that they commit suicide more than we do with guns.

 

[2aguy]

All of us have seen thousands of acts of justifiable homicide. In Action Movies.

In Real Life, it is rare. Very few civilians can resist an expert criminal. Here.

The Cdc research and the Dept. of Justice research and 15 other studies say you are wrong.

 

[Man of Ethics]

The Cdc research and the Dept. of Justice research and 15 other studies say you are wrong.

I am just quoting statistics.

 

[Man of Ethics]

Not relevant to the fact that they commit suicide more than we do with guns.

They have a cultural problem -- a totally different story. They do not view suicide as a sin.

 

[Oldestyle]

All of us have seen thousands of acts of justifiable homicide. In Action Movies.

In Real Life, it is rare. Very few civilians can resist an expert criminal. Here.

What the hell is an "expert criminal"? Most of the criminals I know are too lazy...too stupid...or too stoned to do anything else OTHER than commit crimes! The only thing they're "expert" at is doing really stupid things!

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

For once we agree.

Then you are shit with a rifle.

 

[whitehall]

It's estimated that the legal use of firearms saves an estimated 400,000 lives each year. The mere brandishing of a firearm is often enough to send potential felons fleeing but it hardly ever makes major news. If lefties were serious about gun violence they would seek an indictment for the Obama staffers who authorized the shipment of over 3,000 illegal firearms to Mexican drug cartels under "Operation Fast/Furious" and they would demand that something be done about the carnage in democrat run cities like Chicago.

 

[2aguy]

I am just quoting statistics.

I’m quoting research.

 

[M14 Shooter]

Unfortunately people who shoot guns get used to them.

That's why we train.

Sadly these guns are used for suicide and murder:

What % of the guns in the US are used to commit murder?
What % of guns in the US are used to commit suicide?

 

[woodwork201]

This is an overblown reaction, to say the least

Shots Fired: A Reporter Visits an Indoor Gun Range

I'm not a gun guy. I haven't handled a firearm since I squeezed off a few rounds from an old .22 rifle at summer camp...

www.sevendaysvt.com

I can't find the video - I first thought your story was going to be the same story - but there was a (I think Air Force) general that went to the shooting range with a reporter a few years ago and shot an AR. The general was practically pissing his pants and shaking over the sheer power and recoil and difficulty in handling an AR. He was clearly overworking it for the cameras as though he didn't even know which end of the barrel the bullet came out.

 

[woodwork201]

Unfortunately people who shoot guns get used to them.

Sadly these guns are used for suicide and murder:

The gun didn't cause a single one of those deaths. It was simply the tool chosen. There are a lot of causes of suicide but guns are not them. When you focus on the gun you ignore the actual causes and suicides simply continue. What an idiot.

 

[woodwork201]

Sadly Japanese people do not view suicide as a sin.

Sadly too many leftists here do.