Remo223 i have the rubbers and now i just need a gun for the ultimate protection package! haha! i think you are right though. getting forgiveness is easier than permission. i just hope she finally sees that it is not something to be scared of. yeah, i will admit when i was younger in middle school i used to get in rumbles ditch class and screw around back then, but that was when i was young and stupid. now i am older, not impulsive, and more responsible. i can keep my cool in situations that years ago i would scream and have a cow. sometimes i feel as though she thinks i AM impulsive. it's like she thinks that if someone were to hand me some LSD and say "here, this is trippy" i would take it. i am no fool. i use good judgment. now if i were a father and my son was smoking pot, hanging out with bad people, drinking, fighting, sneaking out, etc. i would not want him to have a gun because it could cause quite some trouble.