From the National Rifle Association at www.nra.org:
"In a fly-around tour across Missouri today, the National Rifle Association's (NRA) chief lobbyist Chris W. Cox joined Governor Matt Blunt at bill-signing ceremonies . . ."
The "Castle Doctrine" law allows Missourians to shoot, without fear of prosecution or lawsuit, any unidentified person on their property without permission.
QT recalls spending time with a Cook County sheriff's police officer who taught, on his own time, a course on gun safety.
He started teaching the course after a number of incidents including this one:
A woman called his headquarters late at night, said she heard a noise downstairs, and asked if she should shoot through the floor in the direction of the noise.
The NRA and Missouri say, hey, why not?
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Sunday, July 08, 2007
More fun with the Castle Doctrine
Chicago Sun-Times reporter Zay N. Smith in the newspaper's QT column takes note of Missouri's Castle Doctrine bill, which was signed into law last week by Governor Matt Blunt:
An excellent example of the freedom which antigun reporters take with the truth. I'm an NRA-certified handgun, Missouri hunter education, and 4-H shooting sports rifle instructor. I first learned about firearms some 45 years ago from NRA-certified Division of Civilian Marksmanship instructors. I teach, just as they taught then and every other NRA instructor teaches that one of the fundamental rules of firearms safety is to know your target and what is immediately beyond it. That teaching is diametrically opposed to the irresponsible, lying statement made by that reporter. That you would accept it as truth speaks poorly of your own journalistic integrity.
ReplyDeleteLighten up! I provided the link to show what is being written about a Missouri issue out of state, something I do from time to time with many stories, not just the Castle Doctrine. If I come across an article in an out-of-state newspaper that speaks highly of the law, I will most likely link to that story, as well.
ReplyDeletemeissen-an unfortunate example of an uber aggressive gun boy. All your ilk like to do is collectively throw them on the table and see how long they are. Disgusting.
ReplyDeleteGod help Missouri's Halloween trick-or-treaters and the Girl Scout cookie sales!
(sigh)... The reporter was being facetious. Its pretty obvious that he was ridiculing the NRA, not stating that the NRA thought it was all right to shoot through the floor. You need to read more.
ReplyDeleteAnd actually you don't want to know what is immediately beyond your target. You want to know what is well beyond your target and what is on both sides as well. Depending on how far apart you and the target are, the bullet can carry a long way past the target.
I'm the child of a hunter who was quite strict about gun safety. Based on your statement, my father might not have allowed you to hunt on his property. You wouldn't be the first person he banned from carrying a gun on the property. Come to think of it, I don't think he had a particularly high opinion of the NRA either...