[speaker001:] uh so where do you stand on gun control
[speaker002:] where do I stand well if uh if ten means absolutely no control I don't think I'd buy that but I guess I'd be maybe a six I think that we probably should have a right to own guns if we're responsible uh I myself own one I shoot nothing but paper targets but I don't think anybody has the right to tell me I can't possess one I don't think uh if I'm responsible my kids can't get a hold of them and I certainly wouldn't use them for a crime I think the people who do use them for crime aren't the people who bother to get a a license
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] uh what are your feelings
[speaker001:] I'm I'm more in favor of of uh restricting them but um as far as getting a number it's a little hard but
[speaker002:] yeah I it it is a uh just picking it out of a hat um but do you feel that no one should be able to own any
[speaker001:] no no no cause people like to hunt and and some you know in some cases I think it's it's a good um I mean it's a valid reason to have one for defense although you know the statistics about uh accidents uh it's kind of uh worrisome I mean I wouldn't I know I don't like the idea of having guns around a lot because they're mostly used I mean to they cause a lot of accidents they there are a lot of accidents because of them being so handy
[speaker002:] okay well I don't know what the laws are in your state uh in order to get a license I was uh thoroughly checked out it took over seven months to get myself approved
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] um you need all kinds of references you need they check your criminal record and all this other stuff uh they restrict
[speaker001:] I'm not sure
[speaker002:] um when you can carry it you can just take it to a range and back home again if you want to hunt you need a special hunting license
[speaker001:] hm
[speaker002:] um I myself am no fool I didn't want to hurt myself why would anybody want to take a chance it is a dangerous thing I took a uh National Rifle Association course on
[speaker001:] no
[speaker002:] how to uh handle one I keep it locked I keep the bullets somewhere else um I personally feel that if someone came into my house I'd be too much of a nervous wreck to shoot them accurately and I wouldn't want to hit my kids in case they were wandering around so I really have no
[speaker001:] hm
[speaker002:] no thought to use it for protection I you know I'm more more of the notion that a bad guy is meaner than I am and would use it against me
[speaker001:] um
[speaker002:] um I think the guns that are out there hurting people are held by irresponsible people um I don't believe that there should be that you should be able to walk into your local supermarket and buy one I mean any bozo could get one then and then it would be indeed scary
[speaker001:] no
[speaker002:] uh I you know I just like the sport of shooting at a target it's the kind it's sort of like weight lifting it's something that you can judge yourself against yourself
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and uh I I I agree that the thought of actually putting a bullet into flesh is really revolting I mean I personally can't even see hunting you know I have no use for Bambi there
[speaker001:] yeah it's it's kind of brutal
[speaker002:] right but I mean we we get hamburger in a package and then we end up we forget it came from an animal but I choose to forget I'm a hypocrite myself
[speaker001:] oh yeah
[speaker002:] uh what what would you think of the notion of you know just taking up a gun for target practice if you were trained does does that revolt you in any way
[speaker001:] no I've I've actually done that with a friend of mine with his gun
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] uh and he
[speaker002:] did you feel unsafe
[speaker001:] no no the uh the thing is if when if I have one handy though then if I'm or I can imagine somebody being outraged at something and saying uh I just I want to go for the gun I know where it is it's easy and then
[speaker002:] then it's too late
[speaker001:] pulling the trigger is so easy that uh well
[speaker002:] well you know it I think it's it it I think uh you talk to someone else they say yeah I think everybody should have a gun I should have a gun and nobody else should because I know I would act responsibly but you you never know about the other guy and I think that's part of the reason why people are are so fearful
[speaker001:] right right uh-huh
[speaker002:] because it's true someone might get drunk and not think um
[speaker001:] right right
[speaker002:] you know I don't believe in no laws I think that would be a scary kind of thing but well that's how I feel
[speaker001:] so uh in Massachusetts they uh they have uh uh