Originally posted by thisguyrighthere

For the greater part of this countrys history children did do just that. They hunted before and after school and schools had rifle teams.

It was pretty much the same here in outback Australia, maybe a hundred years ago.
Every kid learned how to to ride a horse, fish, and shoot.

But today, someone living in a high rise inner city apartment, may find it rather difficult to justify owning a dozen assorted very high power hand guns, and assault rifles, on the basis that he may decide to shoot some game for supper while travelling a few blocks to work.


[edit on 5/3/2010 by Silver Shadow]

Yes I agree.

Here in Australia there is still no problem at all owning a basic long barrel weapon if you have a farm or some rural property, (as long as you have no criminal convictions).

It is the hand guns and the automatic weapons in the city and suburbs, owned by inappropriate people, that cause all the problems.

There are even moves here now to ban certain types of fighting dogs such as Pit Bulls.
Too many children have been savaged and even killed by these monsters.
These dogs are invariably owned and bread by antisocial people that have psychological problems.

you can buy all the guns you want, any war on american soil will be a nuclear one.

I'm actually pretty curious what percentage of ATS members are gun owners, and what percentage of that percentage are multiple gun owners.

I own a slingshot with pebbles from my rock garden as ammo. That's all.