Kids and Guns

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  1. GA Anderson profile image83
    GA Andersonposted 6 years ago

    Relax folks, it's a joke - maybe.

    Weekly Political Joke
    August 10, 2009 by Dan Mitchell

    According to rumor, this is a transcript of an actual interview between a female broadcaster and an Army General who was about to sponsor a Boy Scout Troop visiting his military installation. I assume it is just an urban legend, but one certainly can imagine such an interview taking place.

    INTERVIEWER: “ So, General Reinwald, what things are you going to teach these young boys when they visit your base?”

    GENERAL REINWALD: ‘We’re going to teach them climbing, canoeing, archery, and shooting.”

    INTERVIEWER: “Shooting! That’s a bit irresponsible, isn’t it?”

    GENERAL REINWALD: “I don’t see why, they’ll be properly supervised on the rifle range.”

    INTERVIEWER: “Don’t you admit that this is a terribly dangerous activity to be teaching children?”

    GENERAL REINWALD: “I don’t see how. We will be teaching them proper rifle range discipline before they even touch a firearm.”

    INTERVIEWER: “ But you’re equipping them to become violent killers.”

    GENERAL REINWALD: “Well, you’re equipped to be a prostitute, but you’re not one, are you?”

    The radio went silent and the interview ended.

    GA

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    1. crankalicious profile image82
      crankaliciousposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      I'm for gun control, but also advocate anything that appropriately trains people to handle guns responsibly. I'm sure many gun control folks get worked up about even the thought of people touching guns, but if that's the case, they should get equally worked up about violent video games, which teach a lot more irresponsibility than training somebody with a real firearm. People who really know guns tend to be pretty frank about the dangers associated with them.

      That said, keeping insane people away from guns does not seem to be irresponsible either.

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      1. gmwilliams profile image85
        gmwilliamsposted 6 years agoin reply to this

        +100000000000000000000000000000000000

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  2. wilderness profile image75
    wildernessposted 6 years ago

    lol  Got a laugh out of me, but at the same time it does make a point, and a very good one.

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    1. GA Anderson profile image83
      GA Andersonposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Glad it made you chuckle. Both aspects of your comment also occurred to me when I saw it.

      GA

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