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Back Mountain Chamber completes investigation into event posting

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Their view: Emerging truths about a national emergency

<p>Well, once again someone who wasn&#8217;t licensed to carry a handgun shot himself. Sure it was an accident, it could have happened to anyone.</p><p>The thing is guns are dangerous. Anyone using a gun and especially a handgun needs proper training. Even a holstered handgun can be dangerous as it was to this gentleman.</p><p>Now something new needs to be taught in gun safety. We need to have safe placement of holsters explained. After all, we don&#8217;t want more people shooting themselves.</p><p>Was it the holster&#8217;s fault, the gun&#8217;s fault or was this the case of a duffus with a gun. Seriously, gun safety is far more important than our government allows. As soon as the word &#8220;gun&#8221; is mentioned, out comes the big guns &#8211; the NRA and an assortment of second amendment kooks.</p><p>How can any of these groups actually have a complaint against requiring a person to have some gun safety training before they can purchase the type of firearm they trained on? After all, the safety in using a flintlock is somewhat different than, say a semi-automatic handgun or a semi-automatic assault rifle.</p><p>The point is, gun safety can affect us all. So let&#8217;s require gun safety training for anyone that has thoughts of owning a gun.</p><p>Ed Cole</p><p>Clarks Summit</p><style>
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Your view: Safety training an important part of owning a gun