bbfreeburn
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This is from a radio interview. Mike Leach (Washington State football coach) talks about guns. I think he's spot on.
"I think there’s an incredible number of people who don’t know how guns work to begin with. We need a way to enforce the gun laws that exist now.
Whether it’s a car or boat or motorcycle, it’s a dangerous item, so you have to show a level of competence and get a license before you’re allowed to operate something that’s dangerous. Guns are dangerous but you don’t have to get a license to operate guns. I think in order to operate a gun, you should have a license that means ‘I know the difference between a pistol and a revolver, a shotgun and rifle, I can load and unload one and shoot it with some level of competency at what I’m aiming at.’ And until you can do that, you’re not allowed to operate a gun.
I’ve had players and stuff, they see some video on TV and they go to Walmart and buy a gun. Well they don’t know how to load it, they shoot it sideways. That’s absurd. That’s insane. So because of this failure to teach and educate, there’s accidental shootings.”
Lest you think he’s a gun-hating guy who’s ready to repeal the second amendment, think again. Leach, after all, grew up in Cody, Wyoming. There’s a cowboy side to the Pirate, and he talked also about how he’s been shooting guns since he was 10 years old.
''When I was between 10 to 12 – and this probably isn’t a good idea — my dad would toss me the keys to the gun cabinet and say, ‘Go shoot and practice but I don’t want you to use the .03-06 (big gun) because that goes a long way and I don’t want you to hit the house.’ And I’d go outside and shoot cans and bottles."
Also, Leach keeps a viking axe by his bed.
Yes. You read that right.
"I keep my guns on one part of the house totally locked up, and I keep the ammunition in another part of the house. Because if you think about it carefully, statistically, you’re more likely to shoot yourself, a loved one or a relative. There’s this (absurd) notion of ‘if you come in my house I’ll shoot ya.’ I do have a Viking axe by the bed if I need to whack someone. … My wife bought me a Viking axe – the axe side curls down so you can grab the adversary around the neck and you can use it to climb walls, as a grappling hook.’"
"I think there’s an incredible number of people who don’t know how guns work to begin with. We need a way to enforce the gun laws that exist now.
Whether it’s a car or boat or motorcycle, it’s a dangerous item, so you have to show a level of competence and get a license before you’re allowed to operate something that’s dangerous. Guns are dangerous but you don’t have to get a license to operate guns. I think in order to operate a gun, you should have a license that means ‘I know the difference between a pistol and a revolver, a shotgun and rifle, I can load and unload one and shoot it with some level of competency at what I’m aiming at.’ And until you can do that, you’re not allowed to operate a gun.
I’ve had players and stuff, they see some video on TV and they go to Walmart and buy a gun. Well they don’t know how to load it, they shoot it sideways. That’s absurd. That’s insane. So because of this failure to teach and educate, there’s accidental shootings.”
Lest you think he’s a gun-hating guy who’s ready to repeal the second amendment, think again. Leach, after all, grew up in Cody, Wyoming. There’s a cowboy side to the Pirate, and he talked also about how he’s been shooting guns since he was 10 years old.
''When I was between 10 to 12 – and this probably isn’t a good idea — my dad would toss me the keys to the gun cabinet and say, ‘Go shoot and practice but I don’t want you to use the .03-06 (big gun) because that goes a long way and I don’t want you to hit the house.’ And I’d go outside and shoot cans and bottles."
Also, Leach keeps a viking axe by his bed.
Yes. You read that right.
"I keep my guns on one part of the house totally locked up, and I keep the ammunition in another part of the house. Because if you think about it carefully, statistically, you’re more likely to shoot yourself, a loved one or a relative. There’s this (absurd) notion of ‘if you come in my house I’ll shoot ya.’ I do have a Viking axe by the bed if I need to whack someone. … My wife bought me a Viking axe – the axe side curls down so you can grab the adversary around the neck and you can use it to climb walls, as a grappling hook.’"
