Comments on: NFL Gun Policy http://www.nrahab.com/2008/05/08/nfl-gun-policy/ Shoot the hostage. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:54:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Caleb http://www.nrahab.com/2008/05/08/nfl-gun-policy/#comment-16630 Caleb Thu, 08 May 2008 20:29:24 +0000 http://www.nrahab.com/2008/05/08/nfl-gun-policy/#comment-16630 Yes, a player for the Washington Redskins was murdered in his own house. Yes, a player for the Washington Redskins was murdered in his own house.

]]> By: JJR http://www.nrahab.com/2008/05/08/nfl-gun-policy/#comment-16628 JJR Thu, 08 May 2008 20:03:57 +0000 http://www.nrahab.com/2008/05/08/nfl-gun-policy/#comment-16628 Wasn't there a major league player who suffered a home invasion recently? I mean, a lot of these guys are quite wealthy--and it only makes sense for them to be able to defend their property and possessions, or protect themselves from potential kidnapping/ransom schemes, which because of their high profile lives, they're more likely to be victims of than the average joe. The hoplophobia is palpable, and stupid. At least stadiums have security, and not infrequently armed police to direct traffic and otherwise maintain good public order. Wasn’t there a major league player who suffered a home invasion recently?

I mean, a lot of these guys are quite wealthy–and it only makes sense for them to be able to defend their property and possessions, or protect themselves from potential kidnapping/ransom schemes, which because of their high profile lives, they’re more likely to be victims of than the average joe.

The hoplophobia is palpable, and stupid.

At least stadiums have security, and not infrequently armed police to direct traffic and otherwise maintain good public order.

]]> By: Weer'd Beard http://www.nrahab.com/2008/05/08/nfl-gun-policy/#comment-16606 Weer'd Beard Thu, 08 May 2008 13:19:18 +0000 http://www.nrahab.com/2008/05/08/nfl-gun-policy/#comment-16606 My Cousins are HUGE sports people. Football, Basketball, Soccer, Feild Hockey, you name it, if its in season, they're playing it....they have also almost always are in a cast, a splint, or a bandage. Fast-forward to my Father, who walked with a cane in his 40s, spend a summer with both legs in casts from a corrective surgury, and now has one artifical knee, one artificial hip, and one real knee that gives him a lot of pain and trouble. All this from ONE basketball injury he suffered in Highschool. I'm also curious at the aches, pains, and physical limetations are felt from retired athelets (who are usally in their eary 40s or younger). Now look at all the shooters I know. The only "injuries" I know of besides the occational blood blister or cut from working with an all-metal machine, is a friend who has severe tendonitis (not sure if it was caused by her shooting, but it was exaserbated by it for sure) and she had to take calcium durring her pregnancy because of an elevated lead level in her blood. All these factors in, as a gun owner I know things will be safer in my home if my children know how to shoot, as the only person who is dangerous with a gun, is one who doesn't know how to handle it safely. But I'm contemplating if they take an interest in upper-level sports, if I should discourage it. Scolarships and exercise and all that are great, but is it worth them possibly having severe arthritis, or limps when they aren't even middle age yet? Just somthing to add prospective. Great post! My Cousins are HUGE sports people. Football, Basketball, Soccer, Feild Hockey, you name it, if its in season, they’re playing it….they have also almost always are in a cast, a splint, or a bandage. Fast-forward to my Father, who walked with a cane in his 40s, spend a summer with both legs in casts from a corrective surgury, and now has one artifical knee, one artificial hip, and one real knee that gives him a lot of pain and trouble. All this from ONE basketball injury he suffered in Highschool.

I’m also curious at the aches, pains, and physical limetations are felt from retired athelets (who are usally in their eary 40s or younger).

Now look at all the shooters I know. The only “injuries” I know of besides the occational blood blister or cut from working with an all-metal machine, is a friend who has severe tendonitis (not sure if it was caused by her shooting, but it was exaserbated by it for sure) and she had to take calcium durring her pregnancy because of an elevated lead level in her blood.

All these factors in, as a gun owner I know things will be safer in my home if my children know how to shoot, as the only person who is dangerous with a gun, is one who doesn’t know how to handle it safely. But I’m contemplating if they take an interest in upper-level sports, if I should discourage it.

Scolarships and exercise and all that are great, but is it worth them possibly having severe arthritis, or limps when they aren’t even middle age yet?

Just somthing to add prospective.

Great post!

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