Guns

[Tom Warner]

I gave up carrying both handguns and rifles/shotguns some 25 years
ago. Gave them away to people that knew how to use them, the last one
to my son who spent 12 years on an Army special forces A team. I made
this decision just after a very close long time friend committed
suicide by blowing his head off with a shotgun while his State
Trooper son ( I grew up with him) watched helplessly a few feet
away. He could not get to his father in time, having chased him in
his troop car for some miles. His father had taken the shotgun from a
friends pick up truck earlier unnoticed.

I shudder when these kind of conversations come up on the internet
because what we are really talking here, as someone else pointed out
is USING that weapon if a situation comes up that warrants it. The
real problem is knowing when you can legally and morally use deadly
force. Its a decision that I never want to make.

If there are any law enforcement officers on this forum then you will
appreciate what I am about to say. Even among trained, experienced
law enforcement officers, the use of deadly force is an extremely
stressful, uncertain event. You fire that weapon and you better be
right and follow the book down to the last letter. When your weapon
is used in a situation where your weapon is discharged and someone is
injured or killed, your weapon is immediately seized, inspected and
analyzed, statements taken, and you are immediately put on
administrative leave, and possibly depending on the circumstances,
brought before a grand jury for indictment. The sad fact is that law
enforcement officers are under the microscope today like they never
have been before. I admire them immensely for the duty they do for us.
My point is very simple. If someone in law enforcement has to be
extremely careful how and when he uses his weapon, knowing that given
the right situation he could be indicted and sent to prison why would
someone without this training want to carry a handgun or a shotgun in
a motorhome? You are just leaving yourself open to possible violence
you can neither control or stop.

Tom Warner
1982 FC35
Vernon Center,NY


At 08:31 PM 2/26/2006, you wrote:
>I carry a gun in my Bird (and everywhere else it is legal, for that
>matter) at all times. But I am also properly licensed for firearms
>and have been through extensive training in how to use it. I am a
>big advocate for a person's right to defend themselves, but ONLY when
>they do it right. Make sure you have the proper permits for your
>state and proper training in how to use your weapon of choice,
>especially if you choose a handgun. A gun in the hands of an
>utrained owner is as dangerous as the man your are trying to protect
>yourself against.
>
>That's my $.02, anyway.
>
>Scott Forman
>82 FC35RB
>Memphis
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> > My wife is getting a little paranoid about traveling to unknown
> > spaces. Do any of you have an opinion about traveling with a gun or
> > rifle?
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> > Dick & Sandy Friedkin
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> >
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