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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 534: Types of Guns and Weapons.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 534. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.

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This episode is called “Types of Guns and Weapons,” somewhat of an unusual topic for us. It’s going to be a dialogue between Bobbie, who is a woman in this dialogue, and Emmanuel. Let’s get started.

Bobbie: I’ve always pegged you as the non-violent type. What’s with your fascination with guns and that sort of thing?

Emmanuel: I come from a long line of military officers and I grew up with all of it. Believe it or not, I learned how to fire pistols and rifles before I was 10 years old, and by the time I was 14, I was a pretty good shot.

Bobbie: I hope you fired at targets and not at people.