MitchF150 wrote:
It is amazing how sensitive this whole gun thing is these days.. I grew up around guns and knew how to respect them from a very young age (5)...
Anyway, it's not that way now, so I do understand that.. :)
It's just ashame how society has changed and common sense has "left the room".. ;)
Mitch
I totally agree with you. I was a city kid in Dallas in the '50s but grew up around guns used for hunting. I got my first gun at about 8. When I was around 12 I got a gun cabinet for my birthday. There was an old 32-20 Colt pistol, a couple of shotguns including mine and a couple of deer rifles in it. I was in charge of the key and kept it in a hiding place in my room.
One of the first things I was taught was never point a gun at anything you don't intend to kill. In the 1980s, I interviewed for a police job. I totally blew the interview except when I used that line. Everybody nodded.
I taught my girlfriend, now my wife of 41 years, to shoot and respect firearms. We quit shooting and hunting for 30 years. Then we decide it would be smart to consider personal protection. We both have CC permits. I carry in situations where I think I need to.
I just can't understand the culture where idiots carry guns and have no respect for life. They seem to shoot people for sport. Sad comment on our society. Unfortunately, we can't put the Jeanie back in the bottle.