Hello, I hope it's okay to post this thread in this section. The title of this says it all. I'm a writer and I would like to do some research about guns for my young adult novel. Trouble is, there's just so much information out there that I'm having trouble deciding where to even begin.
I think my first question is what type of guns should I research? The novel takes place in the future where overpopulation has destroyed society, so a population control organization is built. Basically this organization recruits officers to hunt down and take people into custody who are then put to death. My main character is a 17 year old girl who works for the organization. What kind of gun would she carry? What kinds of guns should I look into?
Also, obviously this question doesn't have a direct answer: but how well trained with a gun should she be? Allow me to explain: the officers aren't the ones to kill the people that they take in. They arrest the people, who are then taken to a place where they are killed by lethal injection. However, my characters are given guns for protection. My first thought was, of course she's well trained with a gun because she needs it. However, I just read an article about guns that says even though cops carry guns they are a bit clueless on how to use them (!!!!).
Anyway, to sum it up my two basic questions are what kind of guns would this organization give to my character and other officers who are in the 17-29 ish age group, and how well trained could I expect them to be? Is it true that thing I read about the cops?
Any help you can provide would be great. I've checked out some books, but I like hearing from direct sources. I really dislike research :banghead:, so thanks in advance for any info you can give.
I think my first question is what type of guns should I research? The novel takes place in the future where overpopulation has destroyed society, so a population control organization is built. Basically this organization recruits officers to hunt down and take people into custody who are then put to death. My main character is a 17 year old girl who works for the organization. What kind of gun would she carry? What kinds of guns should I look into?
Also, obviously this question doesn't have a direct answer: but how well trained with a gun should she be? Allow me to explain: the officers aren't the ones to kill the people that they take in. They arrest the people, who are then taken to a place where they are killed by lethal injection. However, my characters are given guns for protection. My first thought was, of course she's well trained with a gun because she needs it. However, I just read an article about guns that says even though cops carry guns they are a bit clueless on how to use them (!!!!).
Anyway, to sum it up my two basic questions are what kind of guns would this organization give to my character and other officers who are in the 17-29 ish age group, and how well trained could I expect them to be? Is it true that thing I read about the cops?
Any help you can provide would be great. I've checked out some books, but I like hearing from direct sources. I really dislike research :banghead:, so thanks in advance for any info you can give.
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