possum
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good story, and just to think those kids that called here a liar will probally never mess with here again since they saw the photos! now you need to teach her brazilian ju-jitsu!
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PennsyPlinker
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Good for you scurtis! Keep up the good work, and I would also encourage you to use this opportunity to educate the teachers and admin if you can.
We homeschooled all three of our daughters, and "gun control" was a big part of their learning. Last year our youngest did a dramatic presentation for our local homeschool group, and with her teacher's permission, used my Winchester Model 94 lever action .44 magnum rifle as one of her props in her presentation of Annie Oakley. No one in the group of a hundred or so people present complained about a real live rifle being toted about.
She just finished a short part as a police officer, using a Sig Sauer airsoft as one of her props, and no one complained about that either. In fact, she bragged to some of her friends that her Dad had a real Sig, which seemed to impress everyone properly.
We homeschooled all three of our daughters, and "gun control" was a big part of their learning. Last year our youngest did a dramatic presentation for our local homeschool group, and with her teacher's permission, used my Winchester Model 94 lever action .44 magnum rifle as one of her props in her presentation of Annie Oakley. No one in the group of a hundred or so people present complained about a real live rifle being toted about.
She just finished a short part as a police officer, using a Sig Sauer airsoft as one of her props, and no one complained about that either. In fact, she bragged to some of her friends that her Dad had a real Sig, which seemed to impress everyone properly.
bogie
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I _love_ it when these folks post after they've had a beer or three, or a really good bong hit...
You may now return to the democratic underground.
You may now return to the democratic underground.
deltacharlie
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THAT is AWESOME!!
if teachers truly cared about education, they'd be as willing to teach firearms safety (like they used to back in the day) as they are sex education or "timmy has two daddys". but since they are more concerned with their union contract than they are the well-rounded education of our young, well...you be the judge.
Keep up the good work, dad(s)
if teachers truly cared about education, they'd be as willing to teach firearms safety (like they used to back in the day) as they are sex education or "timmy has two daddys". but since they are more concerned with their union contract than they are the well-rounded education of our young, well...you be the judge.
Keep up the good work, dad(s)
grampster
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My experience with firearms began as a young lad. My father had a 20 gauge double barrel shotgun and a Remington bolt action, tube feed, target rifle. He taught me how to shoot and how to be safe with firearms. My dad was an NRA member prior to WWII. When he'd returned from WWII, he no longer hunted, but he had a small range set up in our basement to shoot the .22 with shorts.
My point is that the earlier kids are familiarized with, trained up in the use of firearms, taught the joy of firearm sports, the safer they will be around them. Those that overreact to firearms don't realize that their position is irrational and actually causes more harm. Kids are curious. If that curiosity can be sated in a safe way; Eddie Eagle, gun clubs, concerned parents etc., there would be less problems with accidents with firearms.
The insane, sociopathic kids will do what they will do in spite of our best efforts. The disfunctional kids are a result of disfunctional parents and a disfunctional education system. The main problem as I see it, is the tendency for elitists to paint all with the same brush. Rather than looking at each individual and giving them credit for having a mind that is able to be expanded by the injection of common sense and reality, everyone is thrown into the same sack and sweeping generalities become the order of the day. This is a sad time in that regard. Our country's future rests upon the foundation that is poured.
My point is that the earlier kids are familiarized with, trained up in the use of firearms, taught the joy of firearm sports, the safer they will be around them. Those that overreact to firearms don't realize that their position is irrational and actually causes more harm. Kids are curious. If that curiosity can be sated in a safe way; Eddie Eagle, gun clubs, concerned parents etc., there would be less problems with accidents with firearms.
The insane, sociopathic kids will do what they will do in spite of our best efforts. The disfunctional kids are a result of disfunctional parents and a disfunctional education system. The main problem as I see it, is the tendency for elitists to paint all with the same brush. Rather than looking at each individual and giving them credit for having a mind that is able to be expanded by the injection of common sense and reality, everyone is thrown into the same sack and sweeping generalities become the order of the day. This is a sad time in that regard. Our country's future rests upon the foundation that is poured.
Rich K
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You are a good daddy, sir. Great pics and keep up the good work. She looks happier than a sheep in high grass.
Carl N. Brown
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My dad took me shooting when I was six.
I have taken all my kids shooting.
My grandson wants to know when we can go again.
I teach my kids responsible gun handling.
I got the impression the parents of the Columbine
kids were just not there in their kids life.
Ban guns so you can ignore your kids in safety.
Now Littleton is going loony over a proposed
statue of a military hero which includes a gun.
1KPerDay
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Yep. Universally recognized as "I told you so."
Awesome. Cute kid!
Keep up the good work.PennsyPlinker
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whited said:
Unusual, but it could save some fighting and other problems later on. When I was a little boy, somewhere around kindergarten or first grade age, I found an old army cap in my father's room. When I asked him about it, he told me that was his hat from when he was a general in the army.
I could not wait to get to school and tell all my friends that my dad was a general in the army. Of course, they all told me I was a liar and so was my father, at which point several other little boys hit the ground - hard. I got in a lot of trouble for that, but not as much as my father did with my mother when she found out about the whole thing.
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I would polititely and diplomaticly..........
Tell them to stick it. Essex
Tell them to stick it. Essex
ilcylic
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Ha, sweet!
Also, excellent trigger discipline!
Also, excellent trigger discipline!
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Thats foolishness.
Hello Fatsgalore...
OK FattsG, since you hate it so much....
I WILL NOT scan the picture I have of me, standing next to the Christmas tree at 6 years old, with my shiny new Remington single-shot .22...looking pleased as punch.
I WILL NOT scan the picture of me carrying a toy gun, which I carried IN THE FIELD FOR TWO HUNTING SEASONS, to earn the right to carry the 22 when I was 7.
I WILL NOT scan and post all of my report cards, with excellent marks, which I earned in order to keep earning the privilege of taking a week off school each fall, to go hunting with my father.
I WILL NOT scan the picture from my high school yearbook, where I was voted "Most Likely to Succeed" in my graduating class.
I WILL NOT post any of the cards and letters from friends and family members, thanking me for helping them through tough times, and acknowledging that I have become the defacto family member that everyone looks to for guidance.
I WILL NOT do those things, FattsGalore, because the sense of responsibility and maturity I learned very early, based on my desire to shoot and hunt, could not have been a factor in how I turned out.
THANKS, Mom and Dad - for trusting that kids can be responsible, if they want to.
GREAT POST, Scurtis....you and your daughter should be very proud of each other!
Michael
OK FattsG, since you hate it so much....
I WILL NOT scan the picture I have of me, standing next to the Christmas tree at 6 years old, with my shiny new Remington single-shot .22...looking pleased as punch.
I WILL NOT scan the picture of me carrying a toy gun, which I carried IN THE FIELD FOR TWO HUNTING SEASONS, to earn the right to carry the 22 when I was 7.
I WILL NOT scan and post all of my report cards, with excellent marks, which I earned in order to keep earning the privilege of taking a week off school each fall, to go hunting with my father.
I WILL NOT scan the picture from my high school yearbook, where I was voted "Most Likely to Succeed" in my graduating class.
I WILL NOT post any of the cards and letters from friends and family members, thanking me for helping them through tough times, and acknowledging that I have become the defacto family member that everyone looks to for guidance.
I WILL NOT do those things, FattsGalore, because the sense of responsibility and maturity I learned very early, based on my desire to shoot and hunt, could not have been a factor in how I turned out.
THANKS, Mom and Dad - for trusting that kids can be responsible, if they want to.
GREAT POST, Scurtis....you and your daughter should be very proud of each other!
Michael
TexasRifleman, Nice paint job on this Air rifle. Daisy isn't it?
I won the Southern California Boy Scout Air Rifle Championship with one similar back in, I think, 1986 or 87 can't remember was so long ago. But after winning that I went to the National Finals Match at the USAF Academy in Co where after the competition (Placed 25th), they offered up the Anschutz rifles we used for half price...$1400 Olympic match rifle for $700, needless to say I (Dad) picked one up. Sold it to a competitive shooting group in SD for $600 back in 94.
I started shooting when I was 12. I also worked as Range Safety/Instructor at a Boy Scout camp for three years all before the age of 18. During those three years I won the Boy Scout Small Bore postal match two years consecutively, and placed third my final year before joining the Military in 1988.
I won the Southern California Boy Scout Air Rifle Championship with one similar back in, I think, 1986 or 87 can't remember was so long ago. But after winning that I went to the National Finals Match at the USAF Academy in Co where after the competition (Placed 25th), they offered up the Anschutz rifles we used for half price...$1400 Olympic match rifle for $700, needless to say I (Dad) picked one up. Sold it to a competitive shooting group in SD for $600 back in 94.
I started shooting when I was 12. I also worked as Range Safety/Instructor at a Boy Scout camp for three years all before the age of 18. During those three years I won the Boy Scout Small Bore postal match two years consecutively, and placed third my final year before joining the Military in 1988.
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Neocode
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I guess if teaching your kids to shoot makes you a bad parent, then I am a bad parent. I have taught my 13 yr old stepson to shoot, and he has shot various guns a friend of mine has. AK's, AR's, SKS's, and a .308. He has also shot a .22 rifle we bought in a .22 league at our local range, and took first place in a 13 - 17 yr old age range. He's also shot my .45 with no problem. He's a big kid!
My 7 yr old likes to shoot our .22 rifle, and a .22 pistol we rent from the range. He has tried my .45 and my 9mm, and realizes it's too much for him, so he chooses not to shoot it. He helps me clean the guns, whether or not he shoots.
I have taught them both how to clear the weapons, and they know not to touch without supervision. I do however, satisfy my 7 yr old's curiousity, when he asks to see it.
My 7 yr old likes to shoot our .22 rifle, and a .22 pistol we rent from the range. He has tried my .45 and my 9mm, and realizes it's too much for him, so he chooses not to shoot it. He helps me clean the guns, whether or not he shoots.
I have taught them both how to clear the weapons, and they know not to touch without supervision. I do however, satisfy my 7 yr old's curiousity, when he asks to see it.
TimboKhan
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Migoi, not only do you have a sweet viking beard, but your are a teacher as well? You and I are like brothers that have never met and look nothing like each other. I too work in a small public school, the difference being that my school is small enough and rural enough that no one particularly cares about guns/knives. They are not allowed in the school, but it's not all that uncommon to see one in some kids farm truck.
TargetTerror
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I'm from Lexington and pass this statue daily. With the gun laws in my state, I'm actually surprise they haven't arrested him yet
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