uh so where do you stand on gun control
where do i stand well if uh if ten means absolutely no control i don't think i'd buy that but i guess i'd be maybe a six
i think that we probably should have a right to own guns if we're responsible
uh
i myself own one i shoot nothing but paper targets
but i don't think anybody has the right to tell me i can't possess one i don't think
uh if i'm responsible my kids can't get a hold of them
and i certainly wouldn't use them for a crime i think the people who do use them for crime aren't the people who bother to get a a license
yeah
uh what are your feelings
i'm i'm more in favor of of uh restricting them but um as far as getting a number it's a little hard but
yeah i it it is a uh
just picking it out of a hat um
but do you feel that no one should be able to own any
no no no cause people like to hunt and
and some you know in some cases i think it's it's a good um i mean it's a valid reason to have one for defense
although you know the statistics about
uh accidents
uh it's kind of
uh worrisome i mean i wouldn't
i know i don't like the idea of having guns around a lot because
they're mostly used i mean to they cause a lot of accidents they there are a lot of accidents because of them being so handy
okay well i don't know what the laws are in your state uh in order to get a license
i was uh thoroughly checked out it took over seven months to get myself approved
um-hum
um you need all kinds of references you need they check your criminal record and all this other stuff uh they restrict
i'm not sure
um when you can carry it you can just take it to a range and back home again if you want to hunt you need a special hunting license
hm
um i myself am no fool i didn't want to hurt myself why would anybody want to take a chance it is a dangerous thing i took a uh National Rifle Association course on
no
how to uh handle one i keep it locked i keep the bullets somewhere else
um i personally feel that if someone came into my house i'd be too much of a nervous wreck to shoot them accurately and i wouldn't want to hit my kids in case they were wandering around so i really have no
hm
no thought to use it for protection i you know i'm more more of the notion that a bad guy is meaner than i am and would use it against me
um
um i think the guns that are out there hurting people are held by irresponsible people um i don't believe that there should be
that you should be able to walk into your local supermarket and buy one i mean any bozo could get one then and then it would be indeed scary
no
uh
i you know i just like the sport of shooting at a target it's the kind it's sort of like weight lifting it's something that you can judge yourself against yourself
uh-huh
and uh
i i i agree that the thought of actually putting a bullet into flesh is really revolting i mean i personally can't even see hunting you know i have no use for Bambi there
yeah it's it's kind of brutal
right but i mean we we get hamburger in a package and then we end up we forget it came from an animal but i choose to forget i'm a hypocrite myself
oh yeah
uh
what what would you think of the notion of you know just taking up a gun for target practice if you were trained does does that revolt you in any way
no i've i've actually done that with a friend of mine with his gun
uh-huh
uh and he
did you feel unsafe
no no the uh
the thing is if when if i have one handy though then
if i'm
or i can imagine somebody being outraged at something and saying uh i just i want to go for the gun i know where it is it's easy and then
then it's too late
pulling the trigger is so easy that uh
well
well you know it i think it's it it i think
uh you talk to someone else they say yeah i think everybody should have a gun i should have a gun and nobody else should because i know i would act responsibly but you you never know about the other guy and i think that's part of the reason why people are are so fearful
right
right uh-huh
because it's true someone might get drunk and not think
um
right right
you know i don't believe in no laws i think that would be a scary kind of thing
but well that's how i feel
so
uh in Massachusetts
they uh they have uh
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