Idiots at my school think I'm a murderer.
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armoredman
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Guys, go look at the vegetarian section - there IS "meat" that is manufactured. It looks like meat, smells like meat, and I am told, (nope, haven't tried it), tastes like meat, so yes, you CAN buy a "meat" at the store that IS manufactured. usually hotdogs and hamburger patties.
We had an air rifle team in my JROTC unit, that was 26 years ago. I wasn't good enough.
I took a Walther P-38 to school to show a teacher, (now deceased, rest in peace), and we discussed the history of it for a while during lunch.
My child just went shooting, his first ever time, left him with a grin bigger than the Grand Canyon, and I had to tell him NOT to tell his little buddies at school. I don't want him to get suspended for gun related stuff, nor do I want his little buddies mentioning it to their big brothers who may just be in the mood to aquire something new sans payment.
We had an air rifle team in my JROTC unit, that was 26 years ago. I wasn't good enough.
I took a Walther P-38 to school to show a teacher, (now deceased, rest in peace), and we discussed the history of it for a while during lunch.
My child just went shooting, his first ever time, left him with a grin bigger than the Grand Canyon, and I had to tell him NOT to tell his little buddies at school. I don't want him to get suspended for gun related stuff, nor do I want his little buddies mentioning it to their big brothers who may just be in the mood to aquire something new sans payment.
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Geckgo
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that "manufactured" meat is produced by the slaughter of millions of innnocent soy bean plants while they are pregnant! Who is the REAL murderer?
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what our schools have become in recent years is a shame. I never learned anything from k-12, just how to interact with other people. Aparently we are teaching our kids that the way to interact is to freak out and irrationally respond in fear to anything we don't understand. I took a class that was required for education majors in college. I was the only person there that had any interest in the class, and it surprised me to hear future teachers complaining about having to take a worthless class from which they would gain nothing valuable. Sorry, one of them besides me didn't complain, an older fellow who I immediately became friends with. There are a lot of things "wrong" with the world, but in the end, the only thing we can control are our own actions and words. Lead by example and demonstrate to others through actions how proper people are supposed to act. What is really interesting is when you start to see other people or younger people begin to mimic your good deeds because they respect you.
Sorry, couldn't resist
what our schools have become in recent years is a shame. I never learned anything from k-12, just how to interact with other people. Aparently we are teaching our kids that the way to interact is to freak out and irrationally respond in fear to anything we don't understand. I took a class that was required for education majors in college. I was the only person there that had any interest in the class, and it surprised me to hear future teachers complaining about having to take a worthless class from which they would gain nothing valuable. Sorry, one of them besides me didn't complain, an older fellow who I immediately became friends with. There are a lot of things "wrong" with the world, but in the end, the only thing we can control are our own actions and words. Lead by example and demonstrate to others through actions how proper people are supposed to act. What is really interesting is when you start to see other people or younger people begin to mimic your good deeds because they respect you.
ol' scratch
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Geno, I wish I had you for a boss. I'll bet you were a heck of a principal. If nothing else, you sound like you have enough common sense to understand that holding a gun doesn't make you any more prone to shoot someone than some one holding a screw driver makes them more prone to work on a car.
I slipped up at a parent teacher meeting once. Had a kid who was troubled and a couple of parents working two jobs to support the kid while she ran wild. I gave my cell phone number and my wife's cell number because as I told them, I have been known to drop a phone in the drink while duck hunting. The male component of the relationship asked "Oh you hunt? That surprises me." I asked why. He responded "Because you are in the humanities. Most people in the humanities don't kill things." I then told him how Hemingway, Steinbeck and London (to name a few) all loved to hunt. I even told him I want to get into competitive shooting. He seemed surprised and said "I guess I never thought about that, but you're right."
My principal right now likes to shoot. He was kind of skittish to say the least before he told me. I brought up a hunting trip and we started talking shop. I hope to take him to the range soon.
As far as a neighbor, the only one I really had trouble with was my grandfather's neighbor. We did some hunting on his pond and shot a few ducks. The guy waited for us to get in the boat and paddle out to the pond before he started screaming "Big men, need to kill ducks to feel like big men!" He has a CWP too. He stands on his porch and screams at us while we target shoot. He calls us every name in the book as we blast away.
I slipped up at a parent teacher meeting once. Had a kid who was troubled and a couple of parents working two jobs to support the kid while she ran wild. I gave my cell phone number and my wife's cell number because as I told them, I have been known to drop a phone in the drink while duck hunting. The male component of the relationship asked "Oh you hunt? That surprises me." I asked why. He responded "Because you are in the humanities. Most people in the humanities don't kill things." I then told him how Hemingway, Steinbeck and London (to name a few) all loved to hunt. I even told him I want to get into competitive shooting. He seemed surprised and said "I guess I never thought about that, but you're right."
My principal right now likes to shoot. He was kind of skittish to say the least before he told me. I brought up a hunting trip and we started talking shop. I hope to take him to the range soon.
As far as a neighbor, the only one I really had trouble with was my grandfather's neighbor. We did some hunting on his pond and shot a few ducks. The guy waited for us to get in the boat and paddle out to the pond before he started screaming "Big men, need to kill ducks to feel like big men!" He has a CWP too. He stands on his porch and screams at us while we target shoot. He calls us every name in the book as we blast away.
ol' scratch
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Not trying to hijack the thread, but Freedom of Speech is limited in schools. Look up Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier and Morse v. Frederick.
I am surprised more public school teachers don't use Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier in particular when newspapers print information about them because they are 'State Employees.'
Deanimator
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You have to stand up to bullies.
I'm 53 years old. Not ONCE have I seen a bully EVER stop being a bully when he could get what he wanted by BEING a bully.
Ignition Override
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Several hotels have these b.s. filters in the business center computers.
Somehow they link porn to gun websites. There seem to be different levels of filters. A desk clerk had the theory that it is because of liability. Maybe this is a trend among hotels?
At the Little Rock Doubletree last week, the only alternative (not having a laptop) is to read Wikipedia's gun topics, or Google Garand, Enfield and a few names which are not linked to evil people.
Had a 'team member' working with us for a day. As we were leaving, she heard me tell an associate that I have 3,000 rds. of surplus 8mm ammo.
She is black (just a coincidence?), and her only question was calm and matter-of-fact: "Who are you gonna shoot"?
She left, and days later it occurred to me to ask whether she has a driver's license (who do you plan to run over?). Have not seen her in since then.
Somehow they link porn to gun websites. There seem to be different levels of filters. A desk clerk had the theory that it is because of liability. Maybe this is a trend among hotels?
At the Little Rock Doubletree last week, the only alternative (not having a laptop) is to read Wikipedia's gun topics, or Google Garand, Enfield and a few names which are not linked to evil people.
Had a 'team member' working with us for a day. As we were leaving, she heard me tell an associate that I have 3,000 rds. of surplus 8mm ammo.
She is black (just a coincidence?), and her only question was calm and matter-of-fact: "Who are you gonna shoot"?
She left, and days later it occurred to me to ask whether she has a driver's license (who do you plan to run over?). Have not seen her in since then.
xcgates
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I've had that happen, but normally what happens is people ask if you need help disposing of so much extra ammo. After all, isn't it a pain having to store it?
It is kind of like what happens when your fridge is full of beer...:banghead:
It is kind of like what happens when your fridge is full of beer...:banghead:
The-Reaver
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I met my wife in the 9th grade.... She asked what I was reading... I told her " A sidearms magazine " ahhahaaah
Brass Rain
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I sketched a few handguns when I was in school, doing pretty okay if I remember right. Didn't really think of it while drawing them, but it could have been bad if the wrong person saw. I was the "quiet" kind that people always think are the ones that will bring a gun and shoot up the place.
Wonder if I still have those drawing somewhere... I know one was a Ruger GP-100 back when they had the old square grips with wood inserts, and the other was some type of single-action Army clone.
I work in a grocery store and always pick a gun magazine off our racks to read when I close and there aren't people coming through as much. Sometimes coworkers comment on it, but it's usually neutral or positive (the south is good for some things!) and whenever it's negative I tend to point out that shooting is an Olympic sport, which has more of an effect than one might think.
Wonder if I still have those drawing somewhere... I know one was a Ruger GP-100 back when they had the old square grips with wood inserts, and the other was some type of single-action Army clone.
I work in a grocery store and always pick a gun magazine off our racks to read when I close and there aren't people coming through as much. Sometimes coworkers comment on it, but it's usually neutral or positive (the south is good for some things!) and whenever it's negative I tend to point out that shooting is an Olympic sport, which has more of an effect than one might think.
I guess things have most definately changed. In '78 I mustered out of the NAV and went to a private school in Santa Barbara.
Up on Camino Cielo, there was a dump that bordered President Reagan's ranch.
Every few weeks myself and some other shooters who were not natives would assemble and shoot-up that dump. We got pretty good at busting half-pint liquor bottles on the fly, shot nickles at about 50 yards or so with our rifles, just regular fun on an unregulated range.
During one of these sessions, I called a "cease-fire" as I noticed two well dressed gents exiting the rocks/scrub, wearing large frame Ray-Bans and wired for comms, which they were using, one actively speaking into a small mic hung on his suitcoat.
Turns out, they were secret service, and, as President Reagan was at the ranch, rightfully wanted to know what all the shooting was about.
Well, no prob!
I shot a stick and a half with one of their mini-uzi's, and that agent fell in love with my .357Blackhawk after I clued him to the trick of consistently killing tossed half-pint bottles.
No harm, no foul, just shooters doin' what shooters do.
I imagine opportunities like that are just fond memories in today's "Golden State".
since when do federal law enforcement officers allow some unknown Joe Citizen they encounter, to handle and shoot their service weapons?
Up on Camino Cielo, there was a dump that bordered President Reagan's ranch.
Every few weeks myself and some other shooters who were not natives would assemble and shoot-up that dump. We got pretty good at busting half-pint liquor bottles on the fly, shot nickles at about 50 yards or so with our rifles, just regular fun on an unregulated range.
During one of these sessions, I called a "cease-fire" as I noticed two well dressed gents exiting the rocks/scrub, wearing large frame Ray-Bans and wired for comms, which they were using, one actively speaking into a small mic hung on his suitcoat.
Turns out, they were secret service, and, as President Reagan was at the ranch, rightfully wanted to know what all the shooting was about.
Well, no prob!
I shot a stick and a half with one of their mini-uzi's, and that agent fell in love with my .357Blackhawk after I clued him to the trick of consistently killing tossed half-pint bottles.
No harm, no foul, just shooters doin' what shooters do.
I imagine opportunities like that are just fond memories in today's "Golden State".
since when do federal law enforcement officers allow some unknown Joe Citizen they encounter, to handle and shoot their service weapons?
Blackrock
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I can remember way back in 1964 when our school posted a firearms safety poster on the main bulletin board. This was after a local boy was killed in a hunting accident.
This one should have been put down a long time ago. Unfortunately, any time someone posts a thread about attitude change, quite a few members feel the need to post rambling diatribes about what's wrong with the US/schools/kids/California.
Instead of focusing on the real core issue at THR, our firearms freedoms.
John
Instead of focusing on the real core issue at THR, our firearms freedoms.
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