I get really angry when I hear the anti-gun nuts come out of the closet spouting their illogical rhetoric! My children were introduced to weapons when they were (GASP!) 6 and 8 years old. They learned safety, the seriousness of the item in their hands, the common sense uses, the dire results of carelessness with same, and yes, even shooting just for fun! We have NEVER had an accident with a weapon in our family and all of my children are marksmen/women. Actually, I have one daughter who is an “expert”. Her weapon of choice is a 38 S&W. It has served her well. When her son was a toddler and we were camping at a commercial campground a big rattler came crawling through the campground. People were yelling for anyone that had a hoe, a shovel, or anything else. Sharon whipped out her 38 and blew it away with one shot. Result? A couple thanked her, one asked where the heck she learned to shoot like that (she was a cop, by the way) but we also got the “OMG, she’s got a GUN!” Yeah! She had a gun! Nobody was hurt, nobody was shot, and she possibly save a camper from getting bit! That’s insanity; the attitude of people that were there.

There was a man stabbed to death over in Buncombe county last week. There was a person beat to death with a bat down in SC. Gosh! Perhaps we should ban knives and ball bats. How about the young lady found a few days ago hanging from a balcony. Shouldn’t we also ban ropes?

How is the government going to take care of us with all these weapons around? Well, they should NOT strive to take care of us, the assumption being that we don’t have sense enough to take care of ourselves. They need to leave “We the People” to hell ALONE! I submit that a small group of us have more common sense than our congress and the president and his cabinet all put together.

There is a lot of truth to the bumper sticker that used to be around. It said, “When guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns”! True.

Kunoichi, you’re right; it’s a personal choice. My weapon of choice is a handgun. I can outshoot Steve with a handgun, but he can outshoot me with a rifle. I guess he can shoot the game for the freezer and I can protect the premises around here from thugs and intruders.

Have any of you ever read the Communist Manifesto? You can see it unfolding right here in our nation, rapidly! I call on all of those too timid to speak out to remember that this is YOUR nation. It does NOT belong to Obama or the other politicians. It is ours, and only we can save it! If it’s not worth you fighting for it with words and deeds, what the heck are you doing here? Wake up, stand up, SPEAK UP, before it’s tooo late!

Like they say: You don’t need a gun until you need a gun and then you REALLY need a gun!

Cheers

I over heard an American say, when asked why he carried a concealed gun: “Son, with my heart, carrying a cop is too heavy!”

As you can imagine, in Canada things are a little different. We don’t have the right to bare arms in our constitution. We do, however, have a gun culture, no matter how much our liberal media and their fan base would like to pretend otherwise. After the massacre of 14 women in Quebec years ago, a long gun registry was brought in. It accomplished nothing other than make people with no understanding of guns feel better and waste billions of dollars. Our current federal government has just announced that they are scrapping the registry this fall. To those on the left, this is the equivalent of the end of the earth (but then, so was electing a majority conservative government, and we’re still here).

As a farm girl, I grew up with guns. No farmer was without at least 1 rifle. Usually, people had at least 3. A 22, a shotgun and hunting rifle powerful enough for deer, moose, elk or whatever they preferred. My BIL, an avid hunter, has been able to extend his hunting season by 4 weeks by including a muzzle loader and compound bow in his collection of hunting paraphenalia. I was given a rifle as a wedding gift – a WWII Polish sniper rifle. *sigh* That thing had quite the kick! When the laws changed, however, we ended up passing it on to someone else to avoid the new hassles of owning it.

I admit, I view handguns differently. I see little use or need for them, other than in very specific circumstances. People can buy them here in Canada, but they have greater restrictions than long guns. Unlike many of my fellow Canadians, however, I have nothing against citizenry legally owning and carrying hand guns.

My husband never touched a gun until he joined the military. As an officer, he had to be a sharpshooter with a 9mm handgun. Both of us like guns and consider knowing how to safely handle one to be very important. We’ve always wanted to make sure our girls knew how. Unfortunately, with city living, we don’t have much opportunity. The best we’ve been able to do is get my husband to take them to the range for their birthdays. The range is in a local mall and only has handguns available. The cost of rental plus bullets is prohibitive, so we haven’t been able to afford to take me yet. *sniff* The girls loved it, though. My younger daughter (now 15) proudly keeps her target sheet on her bedroom wall. She did pretty darn good for her first time shooting!