nom=de=plume wrote:
"lil abner" wrote in message
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jps wrote:
On Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:51:01 -0500, lil abner wrote:

Don White wrote:
I was surfing my High Def channels before packing it in tonight and
caught a program called 'Lock & Load'.
It was about a family owned gun shop in Colorado and all the cusomers
who came in to try out & buy shootin' irons.
Couldn't believe it...I bet about 40% of the customers brought their
small children in...mostly toddlers. Some of the older (8-10 ) kids
were passed what looked like auto assault weapons to play with.
Man...talk about a gun culture...a lot of the customers already owned
numerous weapons.
Up here the cops and a local camera store are giving away Sony point &
shoot cameras for each handgun/rifle passed in. After the turned in
guns are examined and checked for any history, they are destroyed.

I wa brought up with firearms. I didn't handle or fire one until it was
determined I was safe with them.
My own kids went one, at a time, with me at 6. They hunted, with a gun,
while, I attended at about 7.
At ten they hunted squirrels alone behind the house.
Some kids, today, know nothing but tv. It depends on who raised them,
the tv, or parents, and where they live etc.
At 5 I was killing chickens, by wringing their necks and chores that
most Teenagers would whine and cry and not do.
I'm not sure what you saw. I won't accuse you of being socialist.
We frequently hear hand wringing and the sky is falling from the
socialist camp.
Do you live in historical Russia? Not being in favor of the
proliferation of handguns and their
availablity to nutcases does not a socialist make.

I endorse your interest in shooting small defenseless animals if
that's what floats your boat, or hunting for food. I even endorse
your ability to have firearms to defend your life and property.

What I don't endorse is no check sales of firearms at uncontrolled
gun shows and lax gun shops.

What I don't endorse is all the money the NRA has spread around
Washington to promote laws that hinder our ability to wrestle with
this out-of-control problem. Maybe it's fine for you to watch as
people get killed in bunches, I'm not immune to the taking of innocent
lives.

4 cops, two of them trainers in SWAT. Armed, trained, getting ready
to go on duty, shot dead in cold blood by one asshole.

Normally, some dunderhead would be arguing that if ONE of those four
people had a gun, the gunman couldn't have killed all four.

Guess what? It's a ****ing specious argument that just got proven
wrong.

The cat is long out of the bag on this problem and I have not a clue
what to do. The NRA has pushed the availability so far beyond reason
that we're doomed to have to live with the consequences for years to
come.

Humans can be so ****ing short sighted. I'm not among that lot.
Firearms are tools. It is our right. We told government hands off in our
Constitution.
You want to make it a privilege dictated on your terms.
By the way, it will surprise you to know that meat doesn't come from the
supermarket. The animal was killed a lot less humanely than a Hunter
would.
The NRA hasn't pushed anything. S--t happens. Life is uncertain. The
society is full of criminals. You cannot depend on society or Law
Enforcement to be at your side to protect you when a predator comes for
you. Even if you have the means to protect yourself it is not a 100%
guaranteed you will be the victor.
If you don't want to take responsibility for your own existence that's
fine. Put a big 911 button on your phone. Go whine and cower in your
corner. The predators will come for the ones offering the least resistance
first. No one elected to give up their rights and let you be emperor.
Leave normal Citizens alone.


The NRA is a huge lobby. What do you mean they haven't pushed anything? It's
just dumb to say that...

http://www.gunownersalliance.com/GOP-1.htm

That reminds me. I've been meaning to fire them off a big check. I'll
get it in the mail today.

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always, have a nice, simple-minded day.