“If someone has a strong opinion about something, and plans to have that opinion affect law, I want that opinion to be informed,” Jones said. “I don’t care if you walk away from the day with a stronger hatred of guns, or if it makes you a gun-sling ing, cowboy-action-com peting, second-amendment-quoting gun-nut. I just want you to know what you are talking about when there is a discourse about firearms in the U.S.”
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In an effort to both combat stereotypical
mentalities as sociated with guns and teach people how to properly use
them, a group of students are hosting a gun education event Saturday.
“The purpose is to give people with little to no
expe rience with firearms a chance to handle firearms in a safe and
secure atmosphere,” said David Jones, a senior in phys ics and the host
of the event.
Participants will meet on campus for a
safety lecture and then carpool to a range to practice shooting.
Jones
said the type of firearms they will use will vary and depend on the
range but they will mostly handle handguns.
However, though the first half of the event is on cam pus, it is not a school-spon sored event.
“It’s not an NCSU event, so I’m not
seeking NCSU autho rization,” Jones said. “It’s an event that I’m
opening the doors to everyone to join in on through the Wolfpack
Students Facebook page, so that along with the fact that I’m an NCSU
student is the only affiliation to NCSU there is.”
Jones said that anyone is eligible to participate but that inappropriate behavior will not be tolerated.
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