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bionicarm http:///t/391871/makes-me-wonder/20#post_3477616
- My brother owned a gun shop and was a licensed gunsmith. We'd spend afternoon's spewing a couple hundred rounds into useless targets with Colt .45's, AR-15's. Uzi's, .44 Mags, .357's,, and just about any other gun you see on a shelf at the local gun shop. We loaded our own, so it didn't cost as much. I think after paying for brass, powder, and lead, we spent maybe 10 cents per shell back in the 70's, if that. It's amazing how many rounnds you can waste with a modified lower receiver of an AR-15.
I just find it pointless now to sit around on a weekend, blowing $50 shooting innocent targets sitting out in a field that provides maybe 20 minutes of entertainment if you are blowing it through a semi-auto weapon. I owned my AR-15 for a purpose - hunting deer. When I quit deer hunting, I got rid of my AR-15. I have a couple of buddies that own one now, and I'll go with them on occasion to watch them shoot (yea, I pull off a few rounds), but I don't see the logic of owning one any longer because it's not a logical weapon for home or personal defense. I still have my Remington 1100 because it was my father's gun that he handed down to me. I went dove hunting just last year with it to bring back some old memories. My wife knows how to load and shoot it, because I figured that's the best kind of protection for her when I'm out traveling. "Just point it in the general direction and pull the trigger dear. Chances are the intruder will get sprayed with some of the BB's."
You didn't answer the gun range question so I will assume the answer is no. Gun ranges have very strict rules. The idea of kids "Popping off like Rambo" is absurd to any of us who have actually been to one.