>
> My current positions is that guns are no big deal out in the country, where
> it is sparsely populated and perhaps you find a legitimate use for one
> (i.e., putting a horse with a broken leg out of its misery or something, or
> perhaps hunting on your time off) every so often. You can even blow off
> steam harmlessly by firing one off at the nearest mountain.
Of course, there are the nobler sports such as skeet shooting of yachts and cruise Liners. Or trap shooting at the country club. Fox hunting, too.
Emma Chissitt