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By the way something else that TV and movies make people believe is that a normal person could actually hit a target at 50 yards with a handgun.

I had the opportunity to shoot some guns while on a friend's farm not long ago. Using a 38 special I couldn't hit a fricking 4 foot diameter oak tree at 50 feet! I did better with the shotgun and the clay pigeons, though.

So along those lines, wouldn't it make sense to have some kind of mandatory training as a prerequisite to be a licensed gun owner? I mean, you can't just get in a car and drive, for exactly that reason: cars are dangerous in the hands of an inexperienced user.

It seems odd that guns, which serve only one purpose, to kill, would not have any test required in order to legally own one.

by Jamie on Jun 6, 2011 2:09 pm • link • report

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