As proposed here there are two many openings for interpretation by anti-gun DAs and politicians! Any proposal should be vetted with the NRA, hunting groups and other gun rights groups. We do not want to follow the lead of the liberals in MD, CT, NY and CO that passed knee jerk gun laws which hurt law abiding citizens!

I think Mrs. Bowlsbey is right– firearm education is better than more regulations. Laws are not going to stop some guy who’s been drinking from shooting a firearm in the air on July 4th or New Years. I know the death of that little girl is tragic, but you’re falling into the same trap that Owe Malley led us into.

The problem I see as a new gun owner is there’s no place locally that teaches gun safety. The only gun ranges that have instruction are 35 miles away in either direction.

The volunteer fire companies in this county are complaining of a lack of volunteers and funding. Why don’t the Volunteer fire companies in this county offer firearm safety instruction? They could have classroom instruction at a firehouse and maybe they could work a deal with DNR to have live fire training at the range in Northeast. The fire companies could get some extra income and use the onsite training to recruit new members.

I didn’t want to be long winded here so if you would like to discuss this further call me. Remember that punishing the responsible gun owner won’t stop this kind of thing from happening.

There is nothing in this bill that is restrictive to people with common sense. I support Alan McCarthy on this bill and stress that all liberty-minded people out there should do the same. It’s just the right thing to do.