Introduction

A major subject in today's news is the battle for gun rights. Hopefully this blog will help educate some of the less informed and answer the questions of the curious. If there are any questions, feel free to comment and I will answer them as soon as possible! This blog addresses things like self defense, the pro-gun lobby, shooting sports, firearms educations, and much more. Enjoy!

Firearm Education at a Young Age

Ever since I was young, Guns have been a part of my life. With my father being a collector we have always had guns in the house, so naturally he instilled proper gun safety in me at a young age. Through that, I learned how to respectfully and safely handle firearms. A major problem you see in todays youth is that they have been raised with a fear of guns instead of a respect. Think about how kids work, if you tell them they cannot do something, theyre just going to want to do it more. And without proper education on firearms, that can be a deadly combination. So buy a .22, set up some cans, and teach your kids safety, first and foremost.

One of The Most Informative Firearms Slideshows Created

http://www.assaultweapon.info

This website really shows many of the truths in the war on "Black Guns". I suggest that anybody interested in politics watch it.

Hunting and It's Connection With Nature

Being from the south, I've grown up in the woods. From rabbit hunting with my father to deer driving with my grandfather, hunting as always been not only a big part of my life, but my family's heritage. One of my favorite types of hunting is duck hunting. Most people would look at duck hunting and think it sounds like the worst thing in the world. Waking up at 3:30 in the morning just to go stand out  in the freezing cold and shoot at birds. But when you get out there, it's like nothing else in the world. To watch the sun come up over the water and hear the whistle of wings above your head followed by the boom of a shotgun, its an odd kind of beauty, but it is just that- beauty. If guns were regulated, this would no longer be the same. Sure, I could wake up at 3:30 and go bird watching, but without the pursuit of game, the hunt is no longer the hunt.

The Wide World of Shooting Sports

Shooting Sports are one of the less bleak sides of Gun Rights, forget the talk of tyranny, self defense, and things of the sort, let's talk about one of the most fun aspects of being a firearms enthusiast. Shooting sports encompasses everything from knocking over cans with a .22 to intricate IPSC 3-Gun matches. Theres nothing like going outside, setting up some targets and testing your skills against your buddies or heading to the Sporting Clays course for a little friendly competition. Shooting sports are also one of the best ways to encourage the education of young shooters, as we discussed earlier. As this blog continues, we will get in to some of the more serious issues of Gun Rights, but remember, we can have a safe, good time with our firearms as well.

Tyranny!

The Anti-Gun campaign loves the statement "you don't need an assault rifle (we'll go over my hatred of that word later) to kill a deer!" Well, they're right. If I was going deer hunting, I wouldn't grab my AR and head out to the stand, I'd grab my Remington 700 which is a bolt action rifle with a capacity of 4 rounds. But that doesn't mean we don't need our ARs and AKs. The 2nd amendment wasn't established for people to go deer hunting, it was established in order to keep a well regulated militia to prevent tyranny. So yea, maybe I don't need my assault rifle to kill a deer, but that definitely doesn't mean I shouldn't have it.

A major controversy among both the pro and anti gun advocates is the use of firearms for personal defense. In reality, having a firearm on your person at the time of a defense situation may be the difference between life or death. One major part of this controversy is the concealed carrying of firearms on college campuses. Being a college student, this is a topic that I have put quite a bit of thought into. A story related to this topic that made major headlines is the story of Amanda Collins. Collins was a student at University of Nevada. She had noticed a man following her back to her car one night one night and began to get worried. Being a Concealed Carry Permit holder, she usually had her Glock 19 in her purse, but being on her college campus, she did not have it with her tonight. The man ended up following her to a dark parking lot and raping her, and the unanimous conception was that if she would have had her weapon on her that night, she would have been able to prevent the rape. Many colleges have responded to this situation, including my own, by putting in “blue light stations”, which are direct call boxes to the local police departments. Seems like a great idea, push a button- get a cop. In reality, however, Collins would not have been any better off with a blue light station, because most likely by the time she was aware her follower was a threat and pressed the button on the blue light station, it would have been to late.