Marine Corp’s General Reinwald was interviewed on the radio the other day and you have to read his reply to the lady who interviewed him concerning guns and children. Regardless of how you feel about gun laws you gotta love this!!!! This is one of the best comeback lines of all time. It is a portion of National Public Radio (NPR) interview between a female broadcaster and US Marine Corps General Reinwald who was about to sponsor a Boy Scout Troop visiting his military installation.
FEMALE INTERVIEWER: So, General Reinwald, what things are you going to teach these young boys when they visit your base?
GENERAL REINWALD: We’re going to teach them climbing, canoeing, archery, and shooting.
FEMALE INTERVIEWER: Shooting! That’s a bit irresponsible, isn’t it?
GENERAL REINWALD: I don’t see why, they’ll be properly supervised on the rifle range.
FEMALE INTERVIEWER: Don’t you admit that this is a terribly dangerous activity to be teaching children?
GENERAL REINWALD: I don’t see how. We will be teaching them proper rifle discipline before they even touch a firearm.
FEMALE INTERVIEWER: But you’re equipping them to become violent killers.
GENERAL REINWALD: Well, you’re equipped to be a prostitute, but you’re not one, … are you?
The radio went silent and the interview ended.
You’ve gotta love the Marines !!!
EDIT by matthew: formatting, break added.
HA!!
Kev, I’m so glad youre on the board.
for the record
That one’s some years old. The interview in question did not happen “the other day”.
Of course, this inhibits its validity and its funniness not one bit.
Double Ha!
That rules.
The woman part of me want to
The woman part of me want to argue argue and argue with the whole idea behind this. But there is a bigger part of me that just has to laugh and say how do you argue with that. LOL
Good answer!
Now come on — I’m against guns, but that was a stupid line of questioning. I learned how to shoot in camp – tons of people did. Shooting at a bullseye attached to a tree is not exactly training someone to be a violent killer.
— Ben Schuman Mad, Mad Tenor
bogus story
Urban legend. See http://www.snopes.com/military/reinwald.htm
HOAX http://www.npr.org/about
HOAX
http://www.npr.org/about/urbanmyth.reinwald.html
DUPE
It would be nice if posters would look to see if they’re providing redundant information or not.
Locking thread.
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Matthew P. Barnson