Reply #50: My experiences: [View All]

Here're my experiences:

1. I grew up all over the country. I was born in Maryland at Andrew's Air Force Base. I lived in Tennessee, Michigan, Oklahoma, Texas, and Ohio (both Cleveland and Cincinnati) as a child. I lived in Massachussetts and North Carolina for college and law school. My wife and I moved back to Cincinnati after law school. Other than my time in college, I've always had firearms around.

2. I was raised around rifles, and spent many summers staying with my grandmother in rural Texas. I had a BB gun at an early age and would shoot at the white birds that hung around the cows. They were too big for the BBs to really injure them, but the would squawk and fly a few feet away when hit.

3. I never owned or shot a handgun gun until a few years ago. Now I own several and shoot competively. Both for fun and for self-defense, handguns are now my favorite tools.

4. I have never been hunting, nor -- with the exception of the BB gun and the poor cow birds -- have I ever shot a living creature.

5. I do not personally know anyone who has been shot outside of police or military duty.