“Before I was sent out to use it, I had to prove an intimate familiarity with my weapon — how it worked, its maximum effective range in meters, how to load and unload it safely, how to disassemble and reassemble it, how to clean it, clear jams, sight it and fire it accurately. So it’s hard for me to fathom how easy it is for almost any civilian to walk out of a gun retailer carrying a new weapon without a clue about so many of these standards.” – Michael E. Diamond in The Texas school shooting reminds America what vets already know: civilian gun culture is a dysfunctional mess [via nbcnews.com]
The Dysfunctional Mess That Is America’s Gun Culture – Quote of the Day
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