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Fair play. In Texas, there is a shooting test and a lot of folks don’t pass it on the first try to get their CHL. There is absolutely an element of expertise and skill. You have to get the basic skill and then polish it up.

BRC
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Well, here is a contrast with the responsible gun owners at the range. An elementary school teacher locally using concealed carry shoots herself at school (see link below). I guess she missed the weapon training or was just having a bad day. It is not the responsible members of society that are a concern, it is careless people like this. And the careless outnumber the responsible, I am afraid.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/11/teacher-accidental-shooting/15452271/

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The Boss trains with a Marine sniper in his 20’s who has made him into a much better pistol shooter. The Boss used to fire expert in the Army a few decades ago so he wasn’t clueless but this Marine sniper has improved his shooting so much as to be miraculous.

All technique.

Gun safety should be like being in a cathedral. Quiet, reverent, careful, patient, did I mention careful?

The more one is around weapons the more reverent it is.

BRC
http://www.themusingsofthebigredcar.com

> Typical spur of the moment President Obama.

Very glad to see you got this point about O, because IMHO it is fully correct and I don’t want to be the only one who concludes this.

So, O gets some headlines for a few days, and then nearly always he ignores the issue and does little or nothing on it. His base mostly doesn’t remember the headlines or read past them, and apparently O is exploiting this.

E.g., in one of the shootings, IIRC, in the US Northeast, O made a big statement/speech about guns and then did nothing. About Syria, he made a speech and sent 50 advisers — so he did next to nothing. A Trump response was “Either do it or don’t do it.” Smart response.

The big exception is Obamacare, but O’s work on that was so sloppy, e.g., at a healthcare town hall, made a totally guesstimate remark about the cost of amputations that the American College of Surgeond denounced, IIRC, I do have the full quote if needed, as uninformed, misinformed, dangerous, just plain wrong. IMHO, O had no intention of seeing Obamacare as anything real or effective. Instead, his interests were mostly or entirely in just headlines.

Can also take the seminar Obama Headlines 102 where can learn that when O has a bad headline, then he can create another headline that will replace the bad one.

IMHO, for this tactic with headlines, either O figured it out or someone, maybe Bill Ayers, explained to him that as POTUS he can make most of the activity just tweaking the headlines and then forgetting about them and the issue and going to work on jump shots, golf game, a nice dinner in the White House, with bro guests, a state dinner, or a nice vacation. Can keep up this tactic for nearly all of eight years before very many people start to catch on.

One remark in response to this O headline tactic might be “All talk; no action.”

We are getting a lesson in “How to be POTUS without Really Trying.”. E.g., IMHO, O concluded that, for his goal to “fundamentally transform” the US, there are two main approaches — (1) commission and (2) omission. For (1), usually have to work with Congress, etc., and that can be a lot of work and can cost political capital. For (2), just have to quietly decline to act or just whisper something to some obedient subordinates in the Executive Branch. So, IMHO O does mostly (2), e.g., declining to enforce the laws on immigration. Isn’t there something in the oath of office about “faithfully executing the laws”?

Just a 16 yr old silver rag top here but two years ago a friend and I took the Mrs. to the range. Until then she never wanted to know the combination to the safe. Her first reaction, “Wow everyone here handles their weapon with such respect.” second was “This is not so Scary”
I suggest anyone who is scared just visit a range to observe and talk to an enthusiast, you may find a new friend. I grew up in NYC and no guns except criminals, had the same twisted view of gun owners until I started with long riffle target first later hand guns. It is a sport and requires practice and personal control in many ways!

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Texas all time in gun ownership. All time low murder rate. Not saying there is a perfect correlation but there is some kind of link.

The Boss was raised in the military, went to a military school, served in the military, owns guns, shoots fairly frequently. Comfortable with guns.

Guns are not right for everyone but everyone is allowed to make their own decision.

The loss of conservative interest in this subject — which I think is very, very, very rare — will have no impact on the election. Are they going to vote for the Dem? Not bloody likely, that.

We need some reforms. Smart reforms. Most important — identify the people who should never be allowed to own a gun because of their mental incapacity. Create a trip wire when someone provides evidence of aberrant behavior — like ordering 10K 9mm rounds.

BRC
http://www.themusingsofthebigredcar.com

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The gun issue is paper thin and the NRA doesn’t have to do anything. They can hold their point of sail until the next President.

All time high gun sales? That tells you something as NRA members already have theirs, right? These are new folks and they are not going to buy a gun and turn it in the next month.

Typical spur of the moment President Obama.

The Big Red Car is looking forward to March Madness so at least we can do something productive — the President’s Final Four picks, no?

This is what a lame duck President does. Nothing but style points.

BRC
http://www.themusingsofthebigredcar.com