If you can’t tell, I love guns. I have a thing for snipers, you can read about it here. I grew up with them. In fact, I have ditched the pursuit of fine perfumes for a little Hoppes No. 9 cleaning solvent right behind the ear. Besides Wranglers by the bed, is a turn on to Ben.
I have a few guns of my own. Ben bought my first shotgun while I was on my back in the hospital with early contractions when I was pregnant with W. I was trying to breath through the contractions while trying to listened to his sales pitch…
“It’s brand new….on clearance…half the price of a new one…”
He left me at the hospital to go buy it…and that was okay with me. It’s a fine gun.
I name all my guns sexy, manly names like Samson (one of my big pistols) or Elvis, a flashy six shooter. I haven’t looked up their skirts, but I’m sure their guys. I would never hold a woman that way. Ben name’s his guns too. From sexy to silly, they all have a girls names. I call them his harem. The other woman in his life seems to understand too and doesn’t say much.
It’s just easier to say, “Honey, grap Shamacka, quick! There’s a opossum on the porch…” Instead of…”Honey grab my .22 pistol…” That would just leave me confused on which one. See, around here it’s all about simplifying.
I married a guy who loves guns (and banjos). He studies both. I love this t-shirt he found. It’s so him.
We’ve gone to bed with a Guns and Ammo every night for almost 15 years now. In the process, I’ve learned a few things. I haven’t memorized the ballistic trajectory charts (how the bullet travels over distance) or learned the technical nomenclature of all their parts. But, I can talk intelligently different guns and shoot almost any basic gun lying around.
We are raising our kids to respect guns too. When they are old enough, they will have to take the hunters safety course just like ever other shooter has to. We go to church as a family, play as a family, go fishing as a family and hunt as a family, just like our families before us. Everyone needs a passion, right? Dub-ya is a great shot and Deputy Barney’s skills are coming along. Of course, like everything else in raising kids, it has it’s days. It’s all about using the teachable moments, isn’t it? Talking to your kids about guns, money, sex, and drugs is real life stuff they have to learn.
So where does that leave me on gun control? I’m all for it. I think you should always know what direction your gun is pointed and how far the bullet will go when you pull the trigger.
Seriously, my stance on gun control is probably just to the right of Teddy Roosevelt’s. Teddy Roosevelt said, “unbridled government leads to corruption…” Our forefathers wrote the second amendment, the right to bear arms, to control an out of control government. “A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed. …” Is how it reads.
I think all law-abiding, noncriminal, hard working, tax paying U. S. Citizens should be allowed to carry a concealed weapon if they want to. (That narrows the field quite a bit, doesn’t it?) Law enforcement officers have to treat everyone like they are packing heat, anyway. Let’s arm the good guys.
Here’s just one of many reasons why. This lady lost both parents to an insane gun-toting maniac in a Luby’s Cafeteria in Texas.
Teddy Roosevelt also said, “Speak softly, but carry a big stick.”
I believe I will. Only, mine will be stick that throws a lot of lead.
Bully, good ol’ chap. Bully good.
Sandhill Sis
If you agree with this post and aren’t a National Rifle Association (NRA) member. It doesn’t cost much, and they need all the help they can get battling this gun control issue. You can check out their website for more info… http://home.nra.org/#/home
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I know police officers that were involved with restaurant stand off and more than one of the customers there did have a gun, they were to scared to think to use it. Just because someone has a gun doesn’t mean they will use it.
I forgot to add I think it is every Americans right to have a gun. I just don’t think it is the answer that everyone thinks it is.
Bobby–thanks for your comments, I love to discuss this and see what others think. You’re right, just because they have a gun, doesn’t mean they will use it. However, put yourself in the criminal’s shoes…if you knew others were packing heat…wouldn’t that have some bearing on if you were going to rob a place. It would for me.
Yes, it is everyone’s right to have a gun (not to an education or healthcare, though.) The constitution was written for moral people. We need to keep this fundamental right for the moral, law abiding TAX PAYERS .
Again. Thanks so much for your comments. Very thoughtful. Have a great day. Sis
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