[Vision2020] Handgun Clinic
Wayne Price
bear at moscow.com
Sun Jun 24 13:24:59 PDT 2012
And the last time I checked, there isn't a CONSTITUTIONAL right to
drive a car, drunk or otherwise, but there is to keep and bear arms.
Wayne
On Jun 24, 2012, at 1:13 PM, Joe Campbell wrote:
> Bad analogy. Cars like guns are dangerous. Should we teach people to
> drive safely? Yes. Regardless of one's views about the morality or
> immorality of driving. IF you're going to drive, know what you're
> doing and do it safely. Hard to debate that.
>
>
>
> On Jun 24, 2012, at 3:58 PM, Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com
> > wrote:
>
>> I think we should also teach people how to drive safely while
>> intoxicated. That way drunk drivers won't be so dangerous.
>>
>> Donovan J. Arnold
>>
>> From: Joe Campbell <philosopher.joe at gmail.com>
>> To: Janesta <janesta at gmail.com>
>> Cc: Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 10:29 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Handgun Clinic
>>
>> Thanks Janesta.
>>
>> I don't own a gun nor do I plan to either. But I've been taking gun
>> safety and shooting lessons with my son for a few months now. My
>> son overnighted as at a friend's house and ended up shooting guns
>> with my approval. So I thought it would be good if he knew what he
>> was doing and a friend offered to help.
>>
>> Actually I enjoy the sport of shooting now and not just because it
>> gives something for my son and I to do together. I doubt I'll ever
>> get a gun since statistics clearly indicate that you are far more
>> likely to be harmed by a gun than to be helped.
>>
>> But I agree with Janesta that if folks are going to have guns
>> better that they know how to use them. Nothing wrong with gun
>> safety lessons.
>>
>> On the other hand, I agree with Tom and others that carrying guns
>> for safety reasons and the general paranoia associated with events
>> like this are a bit disturbing. Moscow is one of the safest
>> communities in the country.
>>
>> Joe
>>
>>
>> On Jun 24, 2012, at 11:55 AM, Janesta <janesta at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Vera stated in her column, Larry wanted to remind members of a
>>> handgun clinic. A "reminder" tells me this is not the original
>>> information, which I assume was given at an earlier date
>>>
>>> Had The Inkster done her homework... say google Larry Cernik's
>>> name, her article would have been informative. Curious, I googled.
>>>
>>> As Paul Harvey coined.. here is "The Rest of the Story"
>>>
>>> *laughing*
>>>
>>> Perhaps, not 100% the rest of the story, but, you all get my drift.
>>>
>>> Larry Cernik is the Idaho state coordinator for Project Appleseed,
>>> a nationwide shooting and history program administered by the
>>> Revolutionary War Veterans Association.
>>>
>>> Instructor link-
>>> http://www.appleseedinfo.org/instructors_compare.html
>>>
>>> Pricing link- $50.00 for a day session
>>> http://www.appleseedinfo.org/pricing.html
>>>
>>> Women in Appleseed-
>>> http://www.appleseedinfo.org/ladyseed.php
>>> http://www.appleseedinfo.org/women.html
>>>
>>> It appears to me, more people are buying handguns for protection.
>>> Gun owners need to be educated on how to keep a gun safe in the
>>> home, and the use of a gun under emotional pressure, among other
>>> important issues. When having conversations with police officers
>>> in the past. Every one of them told me, if my life were at
>>> immediate risk, I should shoot to kill. A shot in the arm or leg,
>>> will not stop a meth head (or the like) from continuing their
>>> quest to kill you. A wounded animal is a crazed animal.
>>>
>>> Fish and Game offer gun safety classes, as do The Pink Pistols...
>>>
>>> http://www.joehuffman.org/PalousePinkPistols.htm
>>>
>>> Guns are not going away in the near future, I'd rather gun owners
>>> were educated, than not.
>>>
>>> No, I don't own a gun, nor do I plan on purchasing one.
>>>
>>> Janesta
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 7:35 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> "'This course is designed to bring you up to speed with the basic
>>> principles of employing a handgun in self-defense,' Cernik wrote."
>>>
>>> Get EFFING real! Armed self-defense in Moscow, Idaho???
>>>
>>> Has paranoia toward our neighbors developed such a stranglehold
>>> here in Moscow that afternoon family conversation has degenerated
>>> to . . .
>>>
>>> "Honey, I'm going to the mailbox to get the mail. Cover me!"
>>>
>>> Or is it that Doug Wilson and Christ Church have found themselves
>>> so deep in the fiscal red zone that a money-making bonanza such as
>>> a series of self-run, multiple-level, uncertified self-defense gun
>>> clinics was the easiest way out ("Participants had to register in
>>> advance for the Level 1 Basic Handgun Clinic, which cost $50 per
>>> person.").
>>>
>>> I'm guessin' that the first couple hours of the Level 1 "clinic"
>>> will consist of the boyz gatherin' 'round the beer cooler
>>> comparin' guns, seeking the answer to that age-old question, "Who
>>> has the biggest one?", much like the Trinity Fest and its self-
>>> indulgent truck rally that can only be best summed up in song . . .
>>>
>>> http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Hummer.mp3
>>>
>>> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>>>
>>> Tom Hansen
>>> Moscow, Idaho
>>>
>>> "If not us, who?
>>> If not now, when?"
>>>
>>> - Unknown
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jun 23, 2012, at 8:28, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> "This course is designed to bring you up to speed with the basic
>>>> principles of employing a handgun in self-defense," Cernik wrote
>>>
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