Double post
In Liberal, Anti and Media language
Acting concerned = Admission of guilt
Taking disadvantage kids shooting = Training and indoctrination of criminal and violent behavour
Quit trying to make excuses and apologies for us and our hobby.
That is extremely counterproductive.
The LGBTQ community was smart enough not to suggest activities for kids etc and things like that until the acceptance level
was high enough to prevent their opponents and the media from picking low hanging fruit.
We have to be very concerned not only with the optics as we see them but how they can be perverted and twisted against us.
Last edited by Milanczar; 04-12-2019 at 12:45 PM.
The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run.
- Moby Dick, Herman Melville
Mental illness does not necessarily lead to gun violence or any other form of acting out. I accept that.
The conundrum is that everyone who commits an act of gun violence is, by definition, mentally ill on some level. Normal, well adjusted, socialized individuals with good anger management skills do not do harm to others unless provoked beyond the tolerance level of a "reasonable person".
That is borne out by the fact that courts at times find perps "not criminally responsible" because their mental state has gone so far the wrong way that they didn't even realize that they were doing bad things.
Therefore I support mental health issues screening and provision for self reporting with robust legal protection which exist today but are buried in legalese. Time to get it out in the open, clearly codified and educational material embedded in our training programs for (R)PAL.
Let's follow the USA example: https://project2025.afsp.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Toolkit_Safe_Firearm_Storage_CLEARED_508_2-24-20.pdf
Let's follow the USA example: https://project2025.afsp.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Toolkit_Safe_Firearm_Storage_CLEARED_508_2-24-20.pdf
The report proper if you want to read it:
https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/r...crm-dlg-en.pdf
And the juicy chart that gives us all a bit of hope that perhaps, just perhaps, on this one day, common sense might play a role on this issue:
Grammar is like personal hygiene - you can ignore it if you like, but don't be surprised when people make assumptions about you.
We are at a crossroads.
It's either this ht tps://afsp.org/nssf-afsp-partnership/ and the USA is tree years ahead of us on it.
Or this h ttp://www.cufoa.ca revitalize this dormant organization, donate like heck and swamp them with membership applications.
Let's follow the USA example: https://project2025.afsp.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Toolkit_Safe_Firearm_Storage_CLEARED_508_2-24-20.pdf
Amazing that with 81% opposed the MSM is spinning this as if the country is divided on the issue.
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