Pellet Guns A Collectors Opinion

There are many arguments for and against gunwe should be looking at. This is where we should be
control in this country and with so many misusingattacking the problem because as I've stated before,
firearms it's not hard to understand the position ofeven if we were to ban every single non-living object
those in favor of more control or banning and thosein the world, those with the ability to harm, maim, or
who wish to see the owning of guns remain a choiceeven kill would still have feet and fists. As a society
that individuals make and not the government. Iwe should attempt to determine what motivates a
generally consider myself a fairly liberal person andperson to commit such heinous acts and find ways
while I believe there are always stronger ways toof stopping this. I'm also a realist however and am
keep guns out of the hands of people who wouldwell aware that there will likely never be a way to
use them improperly and to do other harm, I alsocompletely or even largely eradicate this type of
believe that removing guns from society all togetherbehavior but we have a responsibility to try.
will only force immoral individuals to find anotherRecently I have had neighbors frown on me for
weapon with which to threaten us with.allowing my teenage son to shoot pellet rifles in our
In addition to traditional firearms, there has been a lotback yard. Comments such as "how can you allow a
of attention of other types of non lethal guns suchchild to shoot a gun" and "that's irresponsible"
as a href= guns. As a long time collector and admirerreverberate throughout my front yard on a nearly
of pellet rifles and air soft guns I find it unfortunatedaily basis. Sadly the majority of these people hold
that there are individuals who make use of blankthis position only because of what they see on the
guns and other type of bb and pellet guns tonews or read in the paper. When it comes to guns,
threaten and even harm innocent people. Some ofeven air soft guns, it's a case of a few bad apples
these guns look like actual firearms and in someruining the barrel. I grew up shooting pellet guns with
cases are designed be an exact replica of their moremy dad and I like once did with me, have instilled
deadly cousins. I think it unfair to lay blame on theseresponsibility and safety in my son before anything
guns or any type of gun, lethal in force or notelse. I grew up shooting and have not one time ever
because it's not the gun that hurt anyone, it's thethought of using any of my guns for anything but
person who pulled the trigger. Though any type oftarget practice in my back yard or out in the
gun can be dangerous in the hands of irresponsible,mountains. I'm a well adjusted adult and I believe my
angry, or immature persons, to remove firearms andson will one day be as well.
even pellet guns is akin to placing a band-aid on topThe bottom line with any type of gun is this. There
of a gaping wound. It solves nothing and those whoare those of us who enjoy collecting and shooting
used guns to do harm in the past will only find a newfor recreation. We are responsible, level headed
weapon of choice to use against innocents.people who know right from wrong and would never
It is all too common a practice these days for peopleharm anyone or anything using any type of weapon.
to look for and find a scapegoat and/or a quickThere are also those who will attempt to harm
solution. We as human beings should look at theothers out of frustration, immaturity, fear, revenge,
tragedies caused by those with guns and realize thatetc. Sadly these people will find a way to do harm
this is a human problem and not lay blame on anwhether guns of any type exist or not. We can
inanimate object. There are many physiologicalreduce the number of injuries though through
factors that contribute to a person being able toeducation and responsibility and playing it safe can
harm another human being and those are the thingsmake shooting a lot of fun.