This is foonay.

[GmanJoe]

http://blog.borgnet.us/2006/01/24/national-public-radio-npr-interview-between-a-female-broadcaster-and-us-marine-corps

This is a portion of a National Public Radio (NPR) interview between a female broadcaster and US Marine Corps General Reinwald who was about to sponsor a Boy Scout Troop on his military installation.

    FEMALE INTERVIEWER: So, General Reinwald, what things are you going to teach these young boys when they visit your base?
    GENERAL REINWALD: We’re going to teach them climbing, canoeing, archery and shooting.
    FEMALE INTERVIEWER: Shooting! That’s a bit irresponsible, isn’t it?
    GENERAL REINWALD: I don’t see why. They’ll be properly supervised on the rifle range.
    FEMALE INTERVIEWER: Don’t you admit that this is a terribly dangerous activity to be teaching children?
    GENERAL REINWALD: I don’t see how. We will be teaching them proper rifle discipline before they even touch a firearm.
    FEMALE INTERVIEWER: But you’re equipping them to become violent killers.
    GENERAL REINWALD: Well, Ma’am,you’re equipped to be a prostitute, but you’re not one, are you?

The radio went silent and the interview ended.


Man.....I hope this isn\'t Snoped!

Told her.

+1

[videoholic]

That would be fucking awesome.

Logan has a BB gun.  We shoot it every once and a while.  Jus tone more way of teaching responsibility.  He knows he can\'t shoot it without glasses and without someone there.

I\'ve done a ton of things over the past couple of years for Logan to teach him responsibility and I feel that it has made him a much better person.

Gotta love Scott\'s blog.

[Paul2]

Quite possibly one of the best threads I read yet...

[Paul2]

This snope\'s version from the linked is even more funnier.

A couple went on vacation to a fishing resort up north. The husband liked to fish at the crack of dawn. The wife liked to read.

One morning the husband returned after several hours of fishing and decided to take a short nap. Although she wasn\'t familiar with the lake, the wife decided to take the boat out.

She rowed out a short distance, anchored, and returned to reading her book. Along came the sheriff in his boat. He pulled up alongside her and said, "Good morning, Ma\'am. What are you doing?"

"Reading my book" she replies as she thinks to herself, "Isn\'t it obvious?"

"You\'re in a restricted fishing area," he informed her.

"But officer, I\'m not fishing. Can\'t you see that?"

"Yes, but you have all the equipment. I\'ll have to take you in and write you up."

"If you do that, I\'ll have to charge you with rape," snapped the irate woman.

"But, I haven\'t even touched you," groused the sheriff.

"Yes, that\'s true," she replied, "but you do have all the equipment."

MORAL: Never argue with a woman who knows how to read.

So funny, and I thought the interviewed between the general and the female was real.

[Titan]

Heh, that\'s awesome. That guy showed that interviewer. Teaching a child firearm safety does teach responsibility. I had a BB gun when I was young and I always shot it with glasses on and always at a target. I became a very responsible user who respected what these things could do. Now, I hope to buy a rifle one day and go hunting (which I love to stick to the animals rights people I know. They get so pissed when I tell them I want to go hunting. I get a speech about how its inhumane then I tell them I\'m just doing my part to control the population ).

[Living-In-Clip]

Off topic, but I have no desire for my kids to ever hold a gun or learn how to use one. I know some say that it is smarter to teach them, but I disagree. Then again, I have never held one and have no desire to.

[videoholic]

It\'s not the idea of shooting a gun.  It\'s the idea of teaching responsibility.  Like making your child feed the dog, or feed fish, or pick up his room.  All of which teach responsibility.  But only if you are strict and determined.  

I wouldn\'t let Logan shoot a real gun until he\'s at least in high school.  A pump b-b gun can\'t do much at all.

[Paul2]

good things i have no desire use a gun either.  I agree about teaching responsibility when you teach someone how to use a gun and how to shoot.

But what if say your child grow up into adolescent and somehow fall into severe depression for some reasons.  I might fear he/she might take his/her life by shooting himself/herself.

Or what if someone in school or in real life pisses off or did something awfully wrong to that kid.  I fear he might use the gun for homicide to get even.

There are a billion other & better ways to teach kids responsibility, than fire arms training.

If a kid does want to learn shooting, he\'d best wait until he\'s old enough to join a shooting range club (which is age 16 or 18 in EU if I am not mistaken)

or

join the army where learning to shoot fire arms is just a mere aspect of military responsibility ; there, it is IN CONTEXT.

Just teaching kids under 16 or 18 the skill of fire arms handling without proper legal context is dangerous imho.

Very funny interview text though

[videoholic]

you kids are silly.


Paul2...  Do you really think that by my son shooting a bb gun, he is now trained to shoot himself when he gets depressed?  I don\'t have to teach him how to pull the trigger.  I have to teach him how to aim.  He can learn to pull the trigger just by watching freaking TV.  

Knotter..  You are entitled to your opinion no matter how wrong it is.  


BTW, would a bb gun be considered a firearm?  It works on air pressure.  Enough power to kill a gnat from 10 paces.

A \'wrong\' opinion ? * sigh *

I\'m just saying that proper fire arms training belongs with the professional
occupation/job which legally require
handling of fire arms when absolutely
needed ;

- soldiers
- police officers
- security
- and maybe some other professions
don\'t recall atm.

These ppl serve a righteous purpose ; to serve the safety of civilians. If this safety is threatened by evil force, these professionals are allowed to use lethal force by means of fire arms.

Imho, it\'s crossing a dangerous line when you bring that fire arms training to the civilians side. Yes, even if it\'s an air pop gun.

The only civvy thing i can think of which uses fire arms training is the hobby of shooting range. The fire arms always stay on the shooting range club as they should.

This is in line with the European laws regarding fire arms and training of fire arms. It is also my personal opinion. Some of you guys just speak up yours a little louder

[clips]

as far as bb guns are considered...i just seen a news report where these three young kids tried to rob this girl with a bb gun...they shot her right in her eye....completely shattered it. I also feel that kids shouldn\'t be taught how to hold such weapons. Me personally i don\'t feel anybody needs to be walkin\' around with a gun on them cept for the authorities. I know that there will always be people who can get a gun off the black market....but still..there are other ways to teach a child responsibility.....as always this is my opinion of course...

there was also another story where a seven yr old brought a gun to a day care ctr,..where the gun went off and it shot another child in the arm. Most likely the parent\'s fault, but still that child most likely brought that gun to school to show it off and something tragic like that happens....for me, i just have to leave the guns alone altogether...