I grew up on the family farm, was shooting Grand pa's old 410 at 12 years of age. The real shooters and hunters will know it. A 303 on steroids, it has a sibling in the 20 gauge smooth bore, that used to be derided as the "Ladies Gun"
Hunted all my life, never ever pulled a trigger unless I knew I had a clean true shot.
Never ever taken more than mother could put in the pot that night.
Have been in situations when I have been forced to fire or perish.
But, I can't imagine the kind of mind, that can come up with some of the things, I have seen over the years. These are machines that are designed for one single purpose, and that is to make it easier, for humans to kill things.
Yes, I like hunting and fishing.
YES, the access to these machines must be controlled, and strictly.
Oh, and people have to learn to control their brainless temper tantrums.
Me too. I can spit the dummy in the world championship class.
But, to take another life, like happened in those schools, it's unthinkable. Make the mistake of walking on the wrong side of the street, and get shot for it, unstable people and the ease of access to fire arms. Crazy.
And yet, so much of the world claims right to "self-defence", and America, in this respect, is a tiny part of the mix.
Europe, at least, the Eastern part, lots of angry people with guns.
The Middle East, seems like every second person has an AK 47.
Then we add in the joking rewrites of the Commandments, and people begin to actually believe they can justify this thinking.
Remember "Do unto others before they do unto you?".
Or, they project their personality onto others, "but, every body does it".
How about the ultra cop out, "it's not my fault, I didn't have any guidance".
Here's a thought, I know every body my age was taught the things I was.
Do you think the liberal thinkers, who forced all these changes to the way we do things, just may have been wrong all along? I sure do.
Shorty.
