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Gun Control & RKBA

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SecularMotion

(7,981 posts)
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 05:25 PM Nov 2015

Irresponsible Alberta gun nuts shoot down privileges at public shooting range [View all]

It was apparently the only target they couldn’t hit — the one calling for less mess, better behaviour and safe, sensible use of firearms.

The bullet-riddled result is the closure of a popular Kananaskis rifle-and-shotgun range, after the non-profit group running the public site near Hwy. 68 declared too many shooters as irresponsible and a safety risk to others.

“Our concern is that this not just a few bad apples anymore,” said Bob Richards, president of the Alberta Provincial Rifle Association, which manages the Homestead Range at Sibbald Flats.

“Twenty-five-years ago, it might have been a few bad apples, but this is now a common level of behaviour and it falls below the acceptable level of safety.”

http://www.calgarysun.com/2015/11/01/irresponsible-alberta-gun-nuts-shoot-down-privileges-at-public-shooting-range
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I know what he means HassleCat Nov 2015 #1
Guns are the tools of the feeble-minded and the military, mainly. Fred Sanders Nov 2015 #2
Post removed Post removed Nov 2015 #3
Amazing how being able to haul an 80-pound rucksack 12 miles magically... krispos42 Nov 2015 #6
Obviously my meaning and reasoning was more along these lines: Fred Sanders Nov 2015 #7
"Meaning and reasoning" Well there's your oxymoron for the week folks DonP Nov 2015 #9
I don't see any uniformed service members in that comic. krispos42 Nov 2015 #13
You've a negative, disparaging attitude toward the "feeble-minded," and toward our soldiers. Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #15
"Trumped up" is a good phrase to use for what gun lovers bring to the table in debate about Fred Sanders Nov 2015 #17
So, you never heard of that expression before the Donald gave the go-ahead? Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #18
typical red-neck human behavior saturnsring Nov 2015 #4
I had to share the "free range" with probably 30 other people a few weekends ago. ileus Nov 2015 #5
I went in with 46 other people and bought 43 acres of land FLson Nov 2015 #8
I used be in on a nice hunting lease of 2000 acres. ileus Nov 2015 #14
The gun nuts who caused this shooting range to close down Snobblevitch Nov 2015 #10
You mean Canadian gun culture? gejohnston Nov 2015 #11
Was my sarcasm too subtle? Snobblevitch Nov 2015 #12
Some would say: "Close enuff for gubmint work." Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #16
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