Sweet Headboard!

[Plane]

You could stuff a bazooka up in there as well.

   Weapons should be chosen with a lot of thought given to the appropriateness against the expected target and the safety in the environment.

  Bazookas and RPGs need clear space behind the shooter , and a target that is distant enough for the blast to be safe for the shooter.

    A Bazooka or a RPG is an appropriate weapon when the venue is outdoors and the target is a truck or lightly armed vehicle.

[Xavier_Onassis]

Who knows when they might be attacked in their beds by some evildoer driving a Toyota HiLux pickup?

[Plane]

Who knows when they might be attacked in their beds by some evildoer driving a Toyota HiLux pickup?

  Even in that case a bazooka would be a poor choice.

[sirs]

Absolutely.....horrid choice.....not to mention already illegal.  The NON-assault semi-automatic Bushmaster AR-14 would be an excellent recommendation however.  Easy to aim, multiple rounds, and they're even legal

[Xavier_Onassis]

Yeah, pulling a rifle out of a headboard and swinging it around to aim at someone threatening one would be so easy. I really doubt tjat it would be of any use at all unless the person did extensive training preparing for such an event.

[sirs]

Now you're changing the scenario.   This latest one would really only need a good semi-auto pistol or revolver.   But having actually shot such NON assault rifles in the past, I assure you they can be aimed lightning fast as well.   

[Xavier_Onassis]

CAN be is one thing. Would be is another.  My guess is that seventeen generations would pass before this headboard comes close to saving anyone's life. It is like all that survival food people will no doubt dig up in buried caches in 2072, to be photographed and featured in the media with articles about what a total nutjob Glenn Beck was.

I am reminded of the bomb shelter that my hometown Western Auto dealer built under his garage, discovered when the last of his kids died and the house was sold.

[sirs]

CAN be is one thing. Would be is another.  My guess is that seventeen generations would pass before this headboard comes close to saving anyone's life.

Which is fine.  The hope is NEVER having to.  But as it's been clearly referenced before, better to have the tools and not need them, than needing them and not having them...or in the case you push, making it illegal to have them.  Far cry from a nuclear bomb shelter BTW, but cudos on yet another deflection effort

[Plane]

Yeah, pulling a rifle out of a headboard and swinging it around to aim at someone threatening one would be so easy. I really doubt tjat it would be of any use at all unless the person did extensive training preparing for such an event.

  That sounds like a good idea.

[sirs]

Something the NRA and other IDPA-like organizations have always pushed for   

[Xavier_Onassis]

Yeah, like food companies claim they want you to lose weight.  If the NRA were actually concerned with people being RESPONSIBLE gun owners, it would require gun safety classes with tests that had to be passed to join.

[sirs]

That's not what the 2nd amendment is about.  Your ignorance of the NRA is met only by your ignorance of politics in general, and the Constitution specifically.  The NRA consistently & continuously advocates safe firearm handling/usage, providing multiple opportunities & classes, both directly & indirectly, to help in such training.  It's then up to people themselves to CHOOSE (it's that damn Freedom thing again) to become more responsible.  And most law abiding gun owners do just that.  Their desire for a safe and Freedom fulfilled country, per the Constitution, is what the NRA wants in their members

[Xavier_Onassis]

So why doesn't the NRA require people to take training with every gun they own before joining?

What the NRA is all about is advertising guns for the industry and turning people into paranoids so they will buy more of the damned things.

[sirs]

Do grocery stores require that your fat intake be x amount of calories, before entering the store.  Does the NAACP require you to pass a background check to confirm your black?  Are Girl Scouts required to demonstrate proficient cookie baking skills, before becoming a member??   

It's an organization that focuses on FREEDOM, for crying out loud!!   They don't have to, but they do STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF GUN SAFETY, and have even taken steps to provide, both directly and indirectly opportunities to enahance responsible gun handling & training.

its ludicrous to think they should require some mandated training, just to be a member.

[Plane]

So why doesn't the NRA require people to take training with every gun they own before joining?

What the NRA is all about is advertising guns for the industry and turning people into paranoids so they will buy more of the damned things.

   What can an organization like that require?

    They don't require certain things from their membership , how would that work?

      What they do is encourage and educate , it is their original purpose.

        Are you aware of any other agency that does nearly as much to promote gun safety and training?

          No , I don't count  any organizations that think that gun absence is gun safety , or that push for the repeal of the bill of rights.