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Subject: Re: [OM] Tragedy
From: Rick Beckrich <rbeckrich@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 08:23:03 -0400
Viewed in historical perspective, the 2nd amendment was meant to allow
citizens support of the state and federal militias in time of crisis. Not
the NRA version. (Yes I am a gun owner and a shooter.)

When I was in high school, I built a bullpup rifle I'm shop, fr an old
Mossberg single shot.

Also was a member of our Army ROTC rifle team, that practiced 3+days a week
at a range in the basement of the school... Yes, live ammo.

On May 13, 2015 4:30 AM, "SwissPace" <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This issue is a tough personal one for me, I enjoyed shooting for many
years, starting when in school shooting airgun for the village team - most
teams were pub based and it was much of the pub culture as darts and
dominoes (aim generally improves with a touch of alchohol) . I then moved
on to captain the university rifle team and had full responsibility for the
armory. The people I met and knew through this sport are normal and none of
them went on to shoot anyone. I personally enjoyed the sport because the
level of concentration relaxed me.
>
> Roll forward a few years and I am working in Scotland between and we get
a call in the office that they are frantically wanting to speak to my boss
at that time (although technically I was self employed - you always have a
boss), he was actually in Germany for a meeting, the reason they wanted to
speak to him was to tell him that his 5 year old son had been shot and
killed during the Dunblane massacre - I can only imagine what he must have
felt but I was close enough to the situation to get a better idea than most.
>
> I now live in Switzerland which has a very high level of gun ownership
due to military reasons, it used to be every male between 18 and 40 had a
weapon at home, there is the occasional shooting (one this week in fact, a
man kills his inlaws and brother in law and a neighbour before killing
himself - he was not swiss and used an unlicened gun, but generally they
are rare.
>
> The point I am trying to make is that I am familiar with both sides but I
don't think you can regulate against such things - most people will play
fair but then they are at risk from a very small percentage who don't and I
have always speculated a lunatic in a car, lorry or bus could do as much
damage as someone armed, however in that case they don't have such an easy
way of committing suicide after the event, its not the gun itself that
shoots, we need to find a  way of preventing people from doing such acts
which is incredibly difficult to do as usually the perpetrator is no longer
around to question - soon if not already I expect google would be able to
alert on warning signs for people in such a mental state.
>
>
>
> On 13/05/2015 02:54, Chris Trask wrote:
>>>
>>> 2nd amendment in action, again.
>>>
>>
>
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