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0 pointsbdunbar13y ago0 comments

> We don't allow people on the roads without a licence

I'm not convinced by this argument. Firearms are not used in public spaces, but in private land, or on club-owned property.

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Zimahl13y ago

Actually, most hunting is done on public land - typically state or federal. There are private game ranches, but those aren't the standard.

bdunbarOP13y ago

Point! I was thinking 'shooting range', not hunting.

Which is silly - where I live half the office is gone during deer season.

Maxious13y ago

> NEWTOWN, Connecticut: People in the rural, hilly areas around Newtown are used to gunfire. [...]

> But in the last couple of years, residents began noticing loud, repeated gunfire, and even explosions [from propane gas tanks used as targets], coming from new places. Near a trailer park. By a boat launch. Next to well-appointed houses.

> [...] ''We're growing,'' [Council Ordinance Committee Chairwoman, Mary Ann Jacob] said on Saturday, describing a town where hikers and mountain bikers competed with gun owners for use of trails and forested areas.

http://www.smh.com.au/world/guns-are-why-were-free-8230-peop...

bdunbarOP13y ago

Your point - do you have one?

justincormack13y ago

Firearms are never used in public? Ever?

hga13y ago

Both Clayton Cramer and the US Government Accountability Office ("Investigative arm of Congress charged with examining matters relating to the receipt and payment of public funds.") this summer estimated there are outstanding around 8 million licenses to carry concealed.

I can't speak for others, but I can say that almost every time I walk outside I've carrying a M1911 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1911_pistol).

bdunbarOP13y ago

The only occasion I can think of where a private citizen would use a firearm in a public area is a city-owned gun range, or hunting on public land.

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Zimahl13y ago

Actually, most hunting is done on public land - typically state or federal. There are private game ranches, but those aren't the standard.

bdunbarOP13y ago

Point! I was thinking 'shooting range', not hunting.

Which is silly - where I live half the office is gone during deer season.

Maxious13y ago

> NEWTOWN, Connecticut: People in the rural, hilly areas around Newtown are used to gunfire. [...]

http://www.smh.com.au/world/guns-are-why-were-free-8230-peop...

bdunbarOP13y ago

Your point - do you have one?

justincormack13y ago

Firearms are never used in public? Ever?

hga13y ago

I can't speak for others, but I can say that almost every time I walk outside I've carrying a M1911 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1911_pistol).

bdunbarOP13y ago

The only occasion I can think of where a private citizen would use a firearm in a public area is a city-owned gun range, or hunting on public land.

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