Guns: Scary or Not? By Skunkman

By @Skunkman Premium64

POSTED: 04 Feb 2013 01:10
CATEGORY: Educational
FEATURED: Yes (@HullBreach Premium64

Just because so many people these days lack common sense, I am starting this blog with a warning:

**Guns are NOT toys! Do not treat them as toys! Treat every gun as a loaded gun!**

Many people think guns are a scary subject. Even before last year, I was uneducated and inexperienced with guns and believed this, too. Are they really to be feared?

Before really deciding if guns are scary, think about how different countries came to be. The US relied heavily on different firearms to successfully come in to existence. In most countries, law enforcement, the military, and even private individuals keep us safe with guns. This includes safety from criminals, ravenous animals, other governments, and even our own governments.

Guns are definitely not for everyone. People not trained or experienced with guns tend to have some fear towards them just because of the whole "fear of the unknown". People with different disabilities may not be able to use or keep guns. Then there are those that just don't like them. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion on any firearm.

My belief is everyone should get training in how to use a gun, whether age 6 or age 90. I'm not saying to go bug your parents to let you fire one, because depending on the parent, they may frown upon my recommendations (Just wait until you're 18 if that's the case). A lot of different shooting ranges offer beginner courses for around $30-$50. They teach gun safety and proper handling to kids as young as age 6 and adults. I believe any adult that has a gun and children in the same house should teach the kid gun safety. This can prevent "accidents" from curiosity and may save lives. I've heard stories about kids under age 10 saving their parents' lives from intruders because of learning proper use of guns.

Due to all of the recent events, including political talks about guns and gun control, I want to see everyone's comments on how they feel towards firearms. Maybe even share some short stories about experiences with firearms.

+15 -0

@sky335
15 Mar 2013 02:31

Guns don't kill people,people use the guns to kill people.

@Village Idiot
12 Feb 2013 06:50

Guns are awesome.

Just showing a gun to a mass murderer will most likely runaway.

There's a reason whyit's our 2nd amendment.

@Techno
10 Feb 2013 21:57

I've grown up around guns I've been drilled extensively on gun safety, and as such I do not have the foolish assumption a disheartening majority of society seems to. Anything can be a force for good and just as easily a force for evil. It's no more the weapons fault for being in the hands of an evil or incompetent person than it is the fault of a rabid animal mauling someone/

@Sl3nd3r
06 Feb 2013 23:24

+1 because its Skunkman being intellectual for once.

@Black Sparrow
06 Feb 2013 22:49

thank you azalia,for agreeing w/ me and for bidding on my saviis.

@Azalia
06 Feb 2013 00:19

im a girl and i support you 100%

@atreyufan1500
05 Feb 2013 20:38

I've never used a gun before, but I've always known guns are not scary. They are, however only scary when you don't know how to use them responsibly. Instead of banning we should teach gun users and families that own them to keep them away from other family members or friends who cannot be trusted with one. We should teach them to lock them up in a sturdy gun locker rather an unlocked cabinet.

@MysticalZoey Premium64

05 Feb 2013 03:23

u own a gun ur a bad persn u suk pls dunt shuut me pls pls pls ur scry n badd

@Skunkman

05 Feb 2013 03:20

Like some of the others that have left comments, my first experience with shooting was in Boy Scouts with a bolt action rifle. It definitely was a nice experience.

Just to show my age, it was about 15 years after my first shooting experience that I finally fired my second gun. The second gun just happened to be the first one I purchased, a Nagant M1895.

After that, the numbers keep climbing for what I've fired! ^_^ I still haven't fired a shotgun yet, though.

I never did get my rifle merit badge, though.

@Techno
10 Feb 2013 22:01
In reply to Skunkman

If I may, I'd suggest starting with a smaller shotgun(if you decide to do so at all) such as a 4-10 or a 20 Guage, as being unprepared for the larger jolt than most rifles can leave you with a big bruise and a sore shoulder, I speak from experience.

@HullBreach Premium64

05 Feb 2013 19:03
In reply to Skunkman

You need to prepare for the zombie apocalypse!

@Black Sparrow
05 Feb 2013 00:25

guns,i think,are good.I've been using guns almost since i was 6 to 8 years old and we've never had a problem.One thing that for sure scared me though is the shooting in New County,Connecticut.My uncle lives near the edge of that city and his kids(if they were either a little younger or a little older)would have gone to the exact same school.Though guns can be the weapons in many killings,i think that guns are also life savers,if you've heard as many stories as i have about a guns saving peoples lives then i think you'd agree.

@Epifex
04 Feb 2013 10:33

Guns aren't scary. People weilding guns are scary.

@HullBreach Premium64

04 Feb 2013 22:47
In reply to Epifex

Boo!

@Epifex
04 Feb 2013 22:57
In reply to HullBreach

@Hylianzombie234
04 Feb 2013 03:26

Share short stories? Okay, one year, I whent to scout camp and got the riflery merrit badge. The next year, I got the shotgun merrit badge.

@Waffle King
04 Feb 2013 01:57

Pew pew pew.

@HullBreach Premium64

04 Feb 2013 01:26

The problem with the politicians in the case of gun (and healthcare, revenue, education, etc.) is that they think they are experts and jump to irrational decisions without even including experts in the decision for any laws that may or may not be needed. They resort to mocking experts in applicable fields who dissent with uneducated viewpoints the politicians hold.

For the gun "crisis" the government officials deem so important, a recent nationwide Gallop poll said that only 4% of the nation considers the 2nd Amendment debate to be the most important issue they want addressed. This was an unprompted poll with open-ended responses. Roughly 60% of the responses had to do with the economy and high unemployment.

Maybe the president should reassembly the jobs council he didn't use in over a year before disbanding. Maybe the Senate should pass a budget once in 5 years. Maybe the House should not wait until late night on every fiscal deadline to "resolve" pressing economic matters.

The 2nd Amendment needs 68 senators, 292 congressmen, and 38 state legislatures to overturn, so they are wasting their time with this manufactured crisis.

Guns: Scary or Not?

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