Turkey Creek
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For some time now I have read and sometimes contributed to various threads concerning the imminent election- at first I was angry at the possibility of a Kerry election- after some passage of time, my anger changed to a fearful concern, as it appears to me that this country is in fact, dumb enough to elect Kerry- I have finally reached a stage of calm determination that manifests itself with the freedom of mind and spirit where, although I hope for a Bush victory, a Kerry election does not fill me with dread- this is how it came about- my dearest friend and wife of 36 years is somewhat of a pollyanna when it comes to my concerns regarding the RKBA- she does not shoot and has no interest in my "other love"- she has a somewhat simplistic attitude concerning my firearms- she sees it as a hobby that she tolerates because she loves me, and she just "can't believe that anyone is going to take away your guns"- in all our discussions regarding this issue over the years, the only time she said that something finally made sense to her, was when I told her that I couldn't understand why anyone would want to take away from me, as an honest citizen, the same tool to defend my family that the bad guys use to threaten it- just two days ago, my wife reminded me that her mother and one of her sisters were coming for a weeked visit, and asked that I not get into any political discussions- no biggie because I really enjoy her family, but it suddenly dawned on me that I was no longer in the angry or fearful state I once was- I had over time decided that it really didn't make a great deal of difference to me if Kerry and his trial lawyer "Batboy" did pull off the unthinkable- I had quietly made up my mind that no one was going to remove my guns while I had breath in my lungs- somewhere in the cosmos of my brain, I had made the determintation that if the line was finally drawn in the sand, I would rather go standing than kissing some liberals ass on my knees- this was much different than times in the past when this thought would enter the void of my brain in the heat of passion- one of the most important lessions I have learned through the years is to never make a decision in the heat of battle- cold calm rational decisions are best- thus I am no longer concerned as to the outcome of the election- and my response to my wifes request that I not get into a political discussion with my inlaw relatives?- I quietly told here that I had no interest in getting involved in such a discussion- but I added that if worse came to worse following the November decision, if the Feds ever showed up at the front door, her first duty to me was to quietly slip out the back door and not look back-