Almost fell over when I found this

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Ok so this was my first actual gun book give to me by my dad. It was purchased at a gun show sometime long forgotten. He made me read it cover to cover before I was allowed to even touch a firearm without him present. The part that floors me is it was in a elementary school library prior to my dad picking it up.

I reread it this afternoon. Now that I have a better understanding of the topic then when I was first given the book I found myself chuckling and shaking my head at the things that I learned the hard way. Now I understand why my dad would get frustrated when I did or said something dumb. I had the information sitting on a shelf the whole time.

The pages smell just like they did when I was a kid. What a great read and trip down memory lane. 20231226_235141.jpg

Its dated 1968 but the information is still good.
 
I never got the books, just a firm understanding of the how's and whys of firearms and handloading. My pop was a REAL stickler for details, and not having to repeat himself...:oops:

I remember him walking by his work table and in some distinct tone asking where this that or the other tool was, he knew exactly where he left it. Nowadays I have my grandsons living with me, 15, 17, and 22, and I understand his frustration. Seems every time I turn around I am looking for something I had put somewhere, and it has been moved, used and not returned, or disappeared completely all on it's lonesome because NOBODY has used it or even been in that room, around that table, or tool box.

The firearms and such they have been raised around and things have been instilled since they were babes. They all leave well enough alone and understand the purpose and uses for them, and when and how to work with them.
 
41 Mag said:
I remember him walking by his work table and in some distinct tone asking where this that or the other tool was, he knew exactly where he left it. Nowadays I have my grandsons living with me, 15, 17, and 22, and I understand his frustration. Seems every time I turn around I am looking for something I had put somewhere, and it has been moved, used and not returned, or disappeared completely all on it's lonesome because NOBODY has used it or even been in that room, around that table, or tool box.
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I dealt with that starting with my son and then grandsons. I finally got the point across and my tools are put up nice and clean. Trouble is some times they are in a different place and I still have to hunt for them. At least I don't find any of them laying on top of a corner post getting rusty where my son left a wrench and pair of pliers once. I chewed on him hard enough he got the point and never did it again although it took a while to convince him "in the tooolbox" wasn't good enough. Now he is like me and everything has it's place in a certain drawer. My grandsons continue to misplace things though but at least they are not on a workbench or floor.
 
Times have definitely changed - and that book's a great reminder of how far we've come from the days when an after school shooting club was a reasonable idea - and wide spread..

A close friend is a retired high school shop teacher (may have been the last one in the Miami area school system). He's said on more than one occasion that he had students take his class (fortunately not many...) - that didn't know how to use a screwdriver or hammer at all....
 
My dad was never a big gun guy, most likely because his cousin shot him in the leg rabbit hunting.
I was always interested in guns from a very young age and read every thing I could get my hands on.
Years later I became a LEO and attended the FBI and NRA MOI course.
When I moved from WV to the current location, I had to down size my book collection by over half, it seemed that the current generation is not interested in books. I ended up taking them to a local GS and giving them away for nothing asking only for a donation to a 2A organization.
I am now retired and living the good life.
 
Since the first time I shot a gun, there has always been a form of an adrenaline rush whenever I pull the trigger. Didn't matter if it was my first BB gun or the firearms I shoot regularly now. Don't know if it's biological or a mental thing, but I know it's there. Over the years is has almost diminished, only to reappear to levels even higher than those previously experienced. Doubt if it will ever completely be gone, and pray it never happens. If it does, odds are I'll be 6 feet deep and my kids/grandkids will be getting the same rush from the guns I passed down.
 
this is what we get when we let book banning get started in the first place. Censorship and gleeful book bans have become a hobby and a crusade for some- who might otherwise be aligned with many of our views- and here we are.

if you want to yearn for better days, fine, then I’d say push for intellectual freedom in academia and public libraries.
 
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valnar said:
It would be fun to have about 20 copies of that book and insert into all the libraries in the area.
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Have you gone to your local school library and seen what they have on their shelves or are you going by the propaganda you read on forums like this? Have you ever heard about the NRA "Eddie Eagle" programs that distributes gun safety books to local schools. day care facilities and libraries? Our local HS library has copies of many gun themed books like Gun Digest and the Standard Catalog of Firearms. There is more of a issue with books being banned from school libraries because of perceived sexual content and those that wish to keep kids from knowing the real history of this country, than those books about guns and violence.
 
buck460XVR said:
Have you gone to your local school library and seen what they have on their shelves or are you going by the propaganda you read on forums like this? Have you ever heard about the NRA "Eddie Eagle" programs that distributes gun safety books to local schools. day care facilities and libraries? Our local HS library has copies of many gun themed books like Gun Digest and the Standard Catalog of Firearms. There is more of a issue with books being banned from school libraries because of perceived sexual content and those that wish to keep kids from knowing the real history of this country, than those books about guns and violence.
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Where did I say anything about any of that?
 
Necessary_Nutrient said:
this is what we get when we let book banning get started in the first place. Censorship and gleeful book bans have become a hobby and a crusade for some- who might otherwise be aligned with many of our views- and here we are.

if you want to yearn for better days, fine, then I’d say push for intellectual freedom in academia and public libraries.
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I agree, and learning when to use capitol letters is also needed. ;)
 
@Ks5shooter, due to where we live and the area that my sons go to school a day off is given deer opener. When my eldest boy was in first grade his teacher had an illustration of her sitting in a deer stand with a rifle. Crazy I know right. Maybe I should see if their library would like the book.
 
When my daughter decided to home school her kids (four of then at last count...) I thought it was a bad idea, believing that a good portion of the socialization kids receive in school is important... After what we learned about our current "educational system" during the Covid period- I changed my mind. She was absolutely right ! I'm hoping that the vast majority of places that are rural haven't gone down the path that our big cities seem to have gone down... That would be a pleasant surprise (and not just about things gun related...).
 
lemaymiami said:
When my daughter decided to home school her kids (four of then at last count...) I thought it was a bad idea, believing that a good portion of the socialization kids receive in school is important... After what we learned about our current "educational system" during the Covid period- I changed my mind. She was absolutely right ! I'm hoping that the vast majority of places that are rural haven't gone down the path that our big cities seem to have gone down... That would be a pleasant surprise (and not just about things gun related...).
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I sub at my kids' schools. I had worked at the schools before the kids were born (and before my business was born.) I missed it, and started going back occasionally. The kids decided they like me, so I now try to get over there 2-3 times per week.

I can assure you that this rural school is still very conservative. In fact, I used to write my pronouns on the board -- as a joke to see who was paying attention! -- and turns out an angry parent called the principal. Luckily, he understood what I was trying to do. I still decided to knock it off if folks were going to take it seriously.

They also have voluntary staff prayer meetings in the library before school.

There are a lot of farmers' kids, and hunting season is a thing freely discussed and participated in.

It's a really awesome school district. Were it not for wanting to hold on to my business, I'd be there full time.
 
lemaymiami said:
that didn't know how to use a screwdriver or hammer at all
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I don't doubt this a bit. Several years ago my son returned to college and got a BA in fine art. I asked why as it is a pretty much useless degree. He said he just wanted to know the methods uses to do various things. He was an old guy among just out of HS kids and when a project came up that required a square he brought a regular framing square to class. Most of the kids had no idea how to use or even read the measurements on one. He was assigned to teach them how a square worked and to read fractions. Over my lifetime I have heard many complaints about how hard it is to use fractions. I suppose some people's minds just can't grasp the concept although I always considered them simple and easy.
 
drk1 said:
Today, you'd probably get arrested for trying to give that book to a library. That's what happened to me when I tried to give the local library a subscription to Amer. Rifleman.
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Sad, considering the perverse trash found in some school libraries.
 
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