Claim: Questioned about the wisdom of teaching Boy Scouts to use firearms,
a US General points out the difference between being equipped to do
something and doing it.
Status: False.
Example: [Collected on the Internet, 1999]
This is an extract of an National Public Radio (NPR) interview between a
female broadcaster and US Army Lieutenant General Reinwald about sponsoring
a Boy Scout Troop on his military installation.
Interviewer: "So, LTG Reinwald, what are you going to do with these young
boys on their adventure holiday?"
LTG Reinwald: "We're going to teach them climbing, canoeing, archery, and
shooting."
Interviewer: "Shooting! That's a bit irresponsible, isn't it?"
LTG Reinwald: "I don't see why, they'll be properly supervised on the
range."
Interviewer: "Don't you admit that this is a terribly dangerous activity to
be teaching children?"
LTG Reinwald: "I don't see how, we will be teaching them proper range
discipline before they even touch a firearm."
Interviewer: "But you're equipping them to become violent killers."
LTG Reinwald: "Well, you're equipped to be a prostitute, but you're not one,
are you?"
End of the interview
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