12-10-2017, 07:04 AM
"So if almost no guns deaths were caused by citizens protecting themselves, what again is the reason to own a gun in Puna? Other than hunting boar?"
The same reason as any place else. Self defense. Target shooting. Bullseye matches. In my case 100 meter and 200 meter NRA Hunter Pistol, and IHMSA matches. I have fired many thousands of rounds in those competitions, AND used a pistol in self defense, and never shot or killed anyone. If no deaths are caused by home owners protecting themselves, we should be ecstatic of those results. In my case it was a home invasion late at night on my 22nd birthday. That would put it November 1st 1976 at a rental I lived in just south of Seatac Airport.
Just because some may think handgun matches are the devils work or some such blather, that doesn't give anyone else the right to tell me I can't do these things. We need a target shooting range right here in East Hawaii that is run in a well organized manner with someone that boot your butt out for unsafe acts or being a slob. Shooters need a legal place to shoot. Maybe random shooting at night in HPP (assuming they aren't all fireworks) might just cease if we had a well run LEGAL place to target shoot, sight in firearms, test hand loads, and God help us, maybe have some fun bowling pin matches (which I also enjoy) for our citizens.
Jon in Keaau/HPP
The same reason as any place else. Self defense. Target shooting. Bullseye matches. In my case 100 meter and 200 meter NRA Hunter Pistol, and IHMSA matches. I have fired many thousands of rounds in those competitions, AND used a pistol in self defense, and never shot or killed anyone. If no deaths are caused by home owners protecting themselves, we should be ecstatic of those results. In my case it was a home invasion late at night on my 22nd birthday. That would put it November 1st 1976 at a rental I lived in just south of Seatac Airport.
Just because some may think handgun matches are the devils work or some such blather, that doesn't give anyone else the right to tell me I can't do these things. We need a target shooting range right here in East Hawaii that is run in a well organized manner with someone that boot your butt out for unsafe acts or being a slob. Shooters need a legal place to shoot. Maybe random shooting at night in HPP (assuming they aren't all fireworks) might just cease if we had a well run LEGAL place to target shoot, sight in firearms, test hand loads, and God help us, maybe have some fun bowling pin matches (which I also enjoy) for our citizens.
Jon in Keaau/HPP
Jon in Keaau/HPP