Hi Lon,
Same here in southern Kalifornia, I wasn't allowed to own a BB gun,
but at nine I was allowed to buy a Remington 22 caliber bolt action
single shot, to use at the 4H club's target range. Where the rules of
owning a firearm were drilled into me by Marine Corps Drill Instructor.
Everyone learned to shoot, it was our duty, at the start of the
communist dominos effect starting in Korea, and the cold war. I believe
firearm safety should be a requirement, just like it was in the fifties,
then maybe the bleeding heart liberals won't be so hysterical, and know
a firearm is simply a tool, and can't kill anyone, it's the criminal
that does.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Lon wrote:
>
> Yeah, I think the total anti-gun is missing something. I grew up with a
> former firing instructor dad, and we were never allowed to have "toy"
> guns of any variety. We were also trained really early that you never
> never never ever point anything looking like a gun at anyone for any
> reason unless you are willing to risk parental wrath or really
> unfriendly reaction from the pointee. Most of the kids around the area
> grew up in similar environments, so there weren't a lot of toy guns
> sold. Most of use learned to shoot accurately before entering first
> grade. We might be allowed a BB gun, but we were trained early to give
> it exactly the same respect as a firearm. Some demonstrations of how
> destructive they could be were done, yes, but to a young kid, without
> that never-ending discipline of "not a plaything, WHACK!!!" remember
> that young kids often think it is fun to blow stuff up..

 

Hi Lon,
Same here in southern Kalifornia, I wasn't allowed to own a BB gun,
but at nine I was allowed to buy a Remington 22 caliber bolt action
single shot, to use at the 4H club's target range. Where the rules of
owning a firearm were drilled into me by Marine Corps Drill Instructor.
Everyone learned to shoot, it was our duty, at the start of the
communist dominos effect starting in Korea, and the cold war. I believe
firearm safety should be a requirement, just like it was in the fifties,
then maybe the bleeding heart liberals won't be so hysterical, and know
a firearm is simply a tool, and can't kill anyone, it's the criminal
that does.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Lon wrote:
>
> Yeah, I think the total anti-gun is missing something. I grew up with a
> former firing instructor dad, and we were never allowed to have "toy"
> guns of any variety. We were also trained really early that you never
> never never ever point anything looking like a gun at anyone for any
> reason unless you are willing to risk parental wrath or really
> unfriendly reaction from the pointee. Most of the kids around the area
> grew up in similar environments, so there weren't a lot of toy guns
> sold. Most of use learned to shoot accurately before entering first
> grade. We might be allowed a BB gun, but we were trained early to give
> it exactly the same respect as a firearm. Some demonstrations of how
> destructive they could be were done, yes, but to a young kid, without
> that never-ending discipline of "not a plaything, WHACK!!!" remember
> that young kids often think it is fun to blow stuff up..

 

No one tried to outlaw automobiles when Teddy Kennedy killed that girl in
'69 in his Oldsmobile

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"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:4370F630.D4F05346@***.net...
> Hi Lon,
> Same here in southern Kalifornia, I wasn't allowed to own a BB gun,
> but at nine I was allowed to buy a Remington 22 caliber bolt action
> single shot, to use at the 4H club's target range. Where the rules of
> owning a firearm were drilled into me by Marine Corps Drill Instructor.
> Everyone learned to shoot, it was our duty, at the start of the
> communist dominos effect starting in Korea, and the cold war. I believe
> firearm safety should be a requirement, just like it was in the fifties,
> then maybe the bleeding heart liberals won't be so hysterical, and know
> a firearm is simply a tool, and can't kill anyone, it's the criminal
> that does.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Lon wrote:
>>
>> Yeah, I think the total anti-gun is missing something. I grew up with a
>> former firing instructor dad, and we were never allowed to have "toy"
>> guns of any variety. We were also trained really early that you never
>> never never ever point anything looking like a gun at anyone for any
>> reason unless you are willing to risk parental wrath or really
>> unfriendly reaction from the pointee. Most of the kids around the area
>> grew up in similar environments, so there weren't a lot of toy guns
>> sold. Most of use learned to shoot accurately before entering first
>> grade. We might be allowed a BB gun, but we were trained early to give
>> it exactly the same respect as a firearm. Some demonstrations of how
>> destructive they could be were done, yes, but to a young kid, without
>> that never-ending discipline of "not a plaything, WHACK!!!" remember
>> that young kids often think it is fun to blow stuff up..

 

No one tried to outlaw automobiles when Teddy Kennedy killed that girl in
'69 in his Oldsmobile

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"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:4370F630.D4F05346@***.net...
> Hi Lon,
> Same here in southern Kalifornia, I wasn't allowed to own a BB gun,
> but at nine I was allowed to buy a Remington 22 caliber bolt action
> single shot, to use at the 4H club's target range. Where the rules of
> owning a firearm were drilled into me by Marine Corps Drill Instructor.
> Everyone learned to shoot, it was our duty, at the start of the
> communist dominos effect starting in Korea, and the cold war. I believe
> firearm safety should be a requirement, just like it was in the fifties,
> then maybe the bleeding heart liberals won't be so hysterical, and know
> a firearm is simply a tool, and can't kill anyone, it's the criminal
> that does.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Lon wrote:
>>
>> Yeah, I think the total anti-gun is missing something. I grew up with a
>> former firing instructor dad, and we were never allowed to have "toy"
>> guns of any variety. We were also trained really early that you never
>> never never ever point anything looking like a gun at anyone for any
>> reason unless you are willing to risk parental wrath or really
>> unfriendly reaction from the pointee. Most of the kids around the area
>> grew up in similar environments, so there weren't a lot of toy guns
>> sold. Most of use learned to shoot accurately before entering first
>> grade. We might be allowed a BB gun, but we were trained early to give
>> it exactly the same respect as a firearm. Some demonstrations of how
>> destructive they could be were done, yes, but to a young kid, without
>> that never-ending discipline of "not a plaything, WHACK!!!" remember
>> that young kids often think it is fun to blow stuff up..

 

No one tried to outlaw automobiles when Teddy Kennedy killed that girl in
'69 in his Oldsmobile

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"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:4370F630.D4F05346@***.net...
> Hi Lon,
> Same here in southern Kalifornia, I wasn't allowed to own a BB gun,
> but at nine I was allowed to buy a Remington 22 caliber bolt action
> single shot, to use at the 4H club's target range. Where the rules of
> owning a firearm were drilled into me by Marine Corps Drill Instructor.
> Everyone learned to shoot, it was our duty, at the start of the
> communist dominos effect starting in Korea, and the cold war. I believe
> firearm safety should be a requirement, just like it was in the fifties,
> then maybe the bleeding heart liberals won't be so hysterical, and know
> a firearm is simply a tool, and can't kill anyone, it's the criminal
> that does.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Lon wrote:
>>
>> Yeah, I think the total anti-gun is missing something. I grew up with a
>> former firing instructor dad, and we were never allowed to have "toy"
>> guns of any variety. We were also trained really early that you never
>> never never ever point anything looking like a gun at anyone for any
>> reason unless you are willing to risk parental wrath or really
>> unfriendly reaction from the pointee. Most of the kids around the area
>> grew up in similar environments, so there weren't a lot of toy guns
>> sold. Most of use learned to shoot accurately before entering first
>> grade. We might be allowed a BB gun, but we were trained early to give
>> it exactly the same respect as a firearm. Some demonstrations of how
>> destructive they could be were done, yes, but to a young kid, without
>> that never-ending discipline of "not a plaything, WHACK!!!" remember
>> that young kids often think it is fun to blow stuff up..

 

Yes but , in that case it was the driver that LOADED:-)

I kill myself...:-)

Billy Ray wrote:
> No one tried to outlaw automobiles when Teddy Kennedy killed that girl in
> '69 in his Oldsmobile
>

 

Yes but , in that case it was the driver that LOADED:-)

I kill myself...:-)

Billy Ray wrote:
> No one tried to outlaw automobiles when Teddy Kennedy killed that girl in
> '69 in his Oldsmobile
>

 

Yes but , in that case it was the driver that LOADED:-)

I kill myself...:-)

Billy Ray wrote:
> No one tried to outlaw automobiles when Teddy Kennedy killed that girl in
> '69 in his Oldsmobile
>

 

"PoBoy" <poboy@poorhouse.ca> wrote in message
news:Um8cf.7318$EK.212616@news20.bellglobal.com...
> Yes but , in that case it was the driver that LOADED:-)
>
> I kill myself...:-)
>
> Billy Ray wrote:
>> No one tried to outlaw automobiles when Teddy Kennedy killed that girl in
>> '69 in his Oldsmobile

No, but GM did kill the Olds, although that incident probably didn't do it.
The last TV ads (with the Presley girls) said, "It's not your father's
Oldsmobile." But I could not help thinking, "no, it's your grandfather's."
and maybe, subconsciously, people looked at the car and thought, "Geez,
that's something that could be driven by Ted Kennedy."

 

"PoBoy" <poboy@poorhouse.ca> wrote in message
news:Um8cf.7318$EK.212616@news20.bellglobal.com...
> Yes but , in that case it was the driver that LOADED:-)
>
> I kill myself...:-)
>
> Billy Ray wrote:
>> No one tried to outlaw automobiles when Teddy Kennedy killed that girl in
>> '69 in his Oldsmobile

No, but GM did kill the Olds, although that incident probably didn't do it.
The last TV ads (with the Presley girls) said, "It's not your father's
Oldsmobile." But I could not help thinking, "no, it's your grandfather's."
and maybe, subconsciously, people looked at the car and thought, "Geez,
that's something that could be driven by Ted Kennedy."