I love my son

[jamz]

Picture this: Thursday evening, about two hours ago, seven o'clock in the evening. I am downstairs with my 4 year old son, cleaning a rifle. We live in an upper crusty, ultra-Massachusetts town*. The doorbell rings at the front door, which is just a screen door.

I hear Mrs Jamz rushing downstairs to get the door. I hear a young female voice say, "Hi I'm with the Sierra Club! Are you familiar with our organization? Bla bla bla bla etc etc...."

I am contemplating joining Mrs. Jamz at the door, holding my rifle, and trying to talk to this girl for as long as I can, when my boy jumps up to see who is at the door. He goes up the stairs, and just as Mrs. Jamz says" Not interested", my son shouts out, "Hi! My dad and I are downstairs, and we're cleaning the gun!!!"

I collapse in laughter as (according to Mrs Jamz) the girl got this wierd look on her face, stammered something and backed slowly away.

My son said "Bye!" and came downstairs to join me again. Mrs Jamz and I just can't speak anymore because we are laughing so hard, and the boy keeps looking at us like, "What? What's so funny?".

I love my son.

-James












* How upper-crusty you ask? They fought hard for the 01776 zip code. Ironic.

 

[krusty311]

I bet it made your day.
krusty

 

[Third_Rail]

Sudbury... I've been through there. In fact, I stopped at one of the more expensive grocery stores I could find (Sudbury Farms) to buy food.

Then I made and ate a sandwich in the car, just because I do that sometimes.

I swear, the looks I got, you'd think I were eating live mice.

It's funny how people will look at me strange for eating different from them in Sudbury, but how in Billerica I hardly get a second glance.

 

[RAY WOODROW 3RD]

Funny.............

My 5 and 3 year old "help Dad" clean his guns all the time and are so proud of it that they tell others about it.

They even have guns they picked out as "theirs" when they are old enough to shoot.

In Pre-K and Kindergarden they were asked what they like to do the most. They both talked about and drew pictures of all of us going to the woods to shoot with their Dad at the cabin and hunt deer. The teachers thought they were making it up until I told them it was the truth.

Glad to see I'm not the only one trying to "pass down" the tradition of guns and gun ownership to their youths BEFORE the school system gets ahold of them!

RW3

 

[4v50 Gary]

Kids. Gotta love them.

 

[Standing Wolf]

Good for you and your lad both!

 

[Viking6]

Great kid! But for me; my rule with my son since he was a little boy (he's fifteen now) is that we never talk about our guns to others including his friends. The first rule of Fight Club is you don't talk about Fight Club. And HE doesn't even know that I have a Bushmaster Shorty. Having said all this, he being a teenager, I'm not sure how closely he follows the rule

 

[Brian Williams]

And HE doesn't even know that I have a Bushmaster Shorty. Having said all this, he being a teenager, I'm not sure how closely he follows the rule

You will have a lot of explaining to do. If I had a Bushy and did not tell my son he would try to beat me severly about the Head and Shoulders when he found out. I talk to everyone about guns. Why hide? Besides Fight club was and is wrong. Guns do nothing wrong and THAT MUST be brought back to the masses.

First rule about Gun club is to follow the four laws of gun safety
Second rule about Gun club is Share it, its fun and informative, etc.

 

[mondocomputerman]

That's pretty funny!

 

[Jick42]

My daughters are 3 & 2 and they both are always there helping daddy clean his guns. I tell them something knew about the guns everytime we sit down with them. I let them look through the scopes and just look and touch them in general. They love it and i have even taken them to the range with me. They both have their own ear muffs and they take there little sunglasses for there eye protection. When i shoot my .22 my oldest wants to sit on my lap and squeeze the trigger for me. She always says im a big girl Daddy. I see nothing wrong with teaching them because guns will always be a part of their life.

Nick

 

[whm1974]

You will have a lot of explaining to do. If I had a Bushy and did not tell my son he would try to beat me severly about the Head and Shoulders when he found out. I talk to everyone about guns. Why hide? Besides Fight club was and is wrong. Guns do nothing wrong and THAT MUST be brought back to the masses.

First rule about Gun club is to follow the four laws of gun safety
Second rule about Gun club is Share it, its fun and informative, etc.

In a way I agree with you. However you don't know who is a thief or who is evesdropping on you in a public place. Or even if someone is casing your nebriorhood.

-Bill

 

[sturmruger]

I don't know who would be more fun the Sierra CLub or Democrats when they come to my house. Probably the Sierra Club I do know a few Dems who were pro RKBA. Here in WI we have a terrible deer problem. I like to ask them what they propose we do with all of the millions of deer that we have in this state. They would probably respond that they would like to reintroduce predators into the state. Just what we need 100K timber wolves running around eating everything they can.


You guys handled that one great!! I don't think it would have gone any better if you planned it.

 

[Gunsnrovers]

My little buddy Cameron just turned 3. He's my trusty sidekick in home repairs, auto maintenance, and gun cleaning.

For some reason, even though he knows the words pistol and rifle, all my firearms are "daddy's tools". He is allowed to look, but not touch. He hands me cleaning rods, patches, etc. Drives my wife nuts when he runs around the house with .45 casings on his finger tips.

For Fathers Day, I was in bed (I have been laid up for over a week with 3 bulged discs in my back). He came in running with a wrapped gift under his arm. "Here daddy! Open present" as he jumped up on the bed. Helping me tear open the wrapping paper, we discovered a white cardboard box marked "CZ". Opening the box and the blue plastic case revealed a CZ75B Tactical. "It's beautiful!" he exclaimed and clapped his hands. I laughed so hard I hurt myself. My wife just rolled her eyes.

I can't wait until he's old enough and mature enough to take to the range. I've got a .22 gallery gun with his name on it!

 

[Freedomv]

Sturm ruger.... Why introduce more preditors to the state when you could issue more licenses to the exsisting preditors. That would surprise them.

I have three girls Two adults and a 9 year old. All like to shoot and one loves to hunt. The older ones husbands both like to shoot, too.
We must pass on our heritage.
Vern

 

[Viking6]

Brian Williams, Philosophically, I agree with you. But practically, I just don't trust the other fellows in the teenage grapevine. I know some of his friends know that we have some guns and that we go to the Gun Club about a mile from the house, but not the extent of my collection. I guess I'm sort of a private person.

 

[aguyindallas]

Kids say the darndest things!

 

[Chipperman]

"Drives my wife nuts when he runs around the house with .45 casings on his finger tips."

Not to flame you, but I hope those are clean cases. Lead residue on the fingers of a 3 year old is not a good thing.

 

[Frohickey]

sturmruger

They would probably respond that they would like to reintroduce predators into the state. Just what we need 100K timber wolves running around eating everything they can.

Lets see..
Reintroduce predators at a cost of $10million dollars for the reintroduction program, and the rangers and biologists to oversea it...
Or.
Issue more deer tags and hunting licenses at $50 a pop, and get revenue instead

 

[Gunsnrovers]

Chipperman,

I hadn't given that much thought. We make a big deal about "clean up" afterwards when we put everthing away and wash our hands. I assumed that was sufficient, but I would hate to think I was wrong.

 

[buy guns]

Brian Williams, Philosophically, I agree with you. But practically, I just don't trust the other fellows in the teenage grapevine. I know some of his friends know that we have some guns and that we go to the Gun Club about a mile from the house, but not the extent of my collection. I guess I'm sort of a private person.

normally i would diagree about keeping your guns a secret but in this case i think you are doing the right thing, if there is a "right" thing to do.

 

[malada]

My daughter was in Jr. High and they were talking about guns in one of her classes. The teacher stated that since we were in a rual area most households probably had a gun in the house.

How many have a gun in the house raise your hand. Most hands up. How many have more than three guns. A few less hands. How many have more than 5 guns. A few less hands. How many have more than 10 guns. Only a few left. How many have more than 15 guns in the house. My daughter said she didn't want to be embaressed by being the only one to raise her hand, but we won.

 

[BluesBear]

Proverbs 22:6 says;

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Sounds like y'all got off to a running start.

 

[BlkHawk73]

Ahhh, from the mouths of babes...

 

[jamz]

Good times, good times.

This place is so expensive that we actually have to sell it within the year. Probably going to move to NH or ME. It won't be as much fun to tweak Seirra club people up there, but I will at least have a lot more gun freedom than I do here.

-James

 

[winstonsmith]

Sounds awesome! I wish my dad was more into shooting.

Reminds me of the time (about a year ago) I was at my synagogue and the rabbi was holding a discussion with about 100 congregants about the 10 plagues. He asked if any of the kids knew some of the plagues. One kid came up, said "Boils." Another said "Locusts."

The Rabbi said "Yeah, good job. What other plagues were there? Remember, plagues are evil, hurtful things that make people feel bad."

Than this cute little guy with a buzzcut and glasses came up and said:

"Saddam Hussein"