Should human-shaped targets be banned?

[Suzanimal]

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania representative is angering gun supporters with his bill to ban human silhouette targets at shooting ranges across the state.

According to WHTM, Rep. Thaddeus Kirkland argues the person-shaped targets encourage violence.

“All we are trying to do here is making sure that folks realize that life is precious...And to place up on a wall a silhouette of a human being...it is a really bad practice,” Kirkland told WHTM. “Why not use a deer, why not use an animal that folks are hunting and not a human silhouette?”

Kirkland says he has already racked up nearly 10 co-sponsors for the bill, but opponents say his concerns are unfounded. They argue the silhouettes encourage self-defense, not unnecessary violence.

“We have a right to defend ourselves, and if we have a perpetrator who is another person and you are going to practice self-defense, it would make sense to practice on a silhouette target,” Pennsylvania gun shop owner Joseph Staudt told WHTM.

Kirland will represent the bill as the new legislative session begins.

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[tod evans]

Should human-shaped targets be banned?

No.

"Banning" means more legislation which in turn empowers legislators and their enforcement arm the "Just-Us" department.

The only activity I'm comfortable permitting legislators to undertake is repealing current legislation and cutting funding.

[pcosmar]

http://www.cnn.com/videos/justice/20...s-mugshots.cnn


http://www.americantargetcompany.com/AUR_2_target.asp

Put your thugs on a leash first.

[Ronin Truth]

It's important to be conditioned and to desensitize the instant reactions of the shooters.

[CaptUSA]

Should human-shaped targets be banned?

I think banana-shaped humans should be targets. (sorry, Occam)

[Occam's Banana]

I think banana-shaped humans should be targets. (sorry, Occam)

But ONLY for chimp-shaped shooters ...

[fisharmor]

Well real people are human-shaped targets for police, so legally, we would be banning looking like a person.
Which is handy, because the cover-up can use the fact that the person wasn't allowed to look like a person, so the shooting was justified.
/coplogic

[heavenlyboy34]

“All we are trying to do here is making sure that folks realize that life is precious...And to place up on a wall a silhouette of a human being...it is a really bad practice,” Kirkland told WHTM. “Why not use a deer, why not use an animal that folks are hunting and not a human silhouette?”

Prolly 'cuz a person who actually wants to kill game doesn't use a handgun to do it. Just...SMFH...

[TomKat]

Should human-shaped targets be banned?

Human shaped? No.

Human pics? yes

Edit: And by yes I mean practice being stopped not a law created