Nightwing
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My mom asked me what I would like in my stocking this year. I told he to go drop 8 bucks at walmart and get me some .22 ammo for plinking.
She says... "I'm not buying you bullets! That's evil". I was amazed! haha
I was like "Why is that evil?".
She's like "well... what do you think about the shootings in the news"?
I said "they're horrible. What did you think of the lady that killed the gunman, becasue she was carrying a weapon in the church?"
She says "Well... she's qualified. she was a trained member of their security staff". (slap forehead)
I explain to her the fact that she was a private gun owner that volunteered her serviced to the pastor, JUST INCASE there was a copycat shooting becasue of the shooting earlier in the day.
Mom says "WOW. That's not what the news said"!
NO kidding.
So she says "If I get you bullets for christmas you have to promise that you aren't going to let your son near them"
I say "Now mom... why would I let him near them, and second of all what are they going to do to him without a gun to shoot them in?"
She says "I don't know! I jsut don't know"
I tell her "Mom. all my guns are unloaded, and in a gun safe that has a VERY GOOD 3 point locking system. I have the only key to it and that key is never within reach to the kid"
She says "That's good! Do you have trigger latches for them all"?
???????????
Me "What's that mom?"
Her" You know.... little thingies that keep them from touching the triggers. They lock them up"
ME "OH! Trigger locks? Yes! I have them, but don't keep them on the guns, becasue they're unloaded in the safe. I DO lock them if I have them out of the safe and cleaning them. Not because I'm afraid of my son with an unloaded gun, but I'm avoiding any chance of that gun being made accessible to an unexpected criminal or any other person that has no business touching the gun....and that does include the kid".
She says "Oh that's so good to hear. I jsut don't like guns, and don't want you to have them around me."
ME "Mom... that's fine. But I've had guns in my car many times when you've riden with me"
Her "You have!?!?!?!?!? I had no idea"
Me "That's becasue it's not a big deal. I wasn't announcing it. They're just tools mom. I don't tell you when I have a screwdriver in my car."
HEr "Oh... I guess that's a good point"
ME: "BEsides mom.... if I was carrying a gun one day, and we were approached by someone else with a gun... wouldn't you want that sort of protection available? Atleast something that gives us a chance?"
Her :Yes I suppose that makes sense for you, and I'm glad that you're responsible in that way, but it just doesn't apply to me"
Me: Why not mom?
Her "Well...I believe that God wouldn't let the bullets hit me."
Me "What"?
Her "I just believe that my Faith in God is strong enough that I can speak my safety into existance, and not have to worry about Bulletts"
Me :Ok mom... even if that is true, Doesn't the bible talk about us taking care of ourselves and doing the best we can to preserve our bodies becasue we are gods temple"?
Her "Yes.... but God will protect me"
Man.... this is the weird religious thinking I've tried to get away from.
I believe a lot of things, and I have strong faith, but I am not willing to believe that GOD is going to stop 2 people with free will from interacting. And... this isn't the MATRIX!!!!!!
BUt...it was good to have a talk with my mom, and even though it was wacky, she even said at the end, that I had calmed some of her worries about me being a gun owner, and she is so proud of how responsible I was with my "toys".
Man....what a weird day! hahaha
She says... "I'm not buying you bullets! That's evil". I was amazed! haha
I was like "Why is that evil?".
She's like "well... what do you think about the shootings in the news"?
I said "they're horrible. What did you think of the lady that killed the gunman, becasue she was carrying a weapon in the church?"
She says "Well... she's qualified. she was a trained member of their security staff". (slap forehead)
I explain to her the fact that she was a private gun owner that volunteered her serviced to the pastor, JUST INCASE there was a copycat shooting becasue of the shooting earlier in the day.
Mom says "WOW. That's not what the news said"!
NO kidding.
So she says "If I get you bullets for christmas you have to promise that you aren't going to let your son near them"
I say "Now mom... why would I let him near them, and second of all what are they going to do to him without a gun to shoot them in?"
She says "I don't know! I jsut don't know"
I tell her "Mom. all my guns are unloaded, and in a gun safe that has a VERY GOOD 3 point locking system. I have the only key to it and that key is never within reach to the kid"
She says "That's good! Do you have trigger latches for them all"?
???????????
Me "What's that mom?"
Her" You know.... little thingies that keep them from touching the triggers. They lock them up"
ME "OH! Trigger locks? Yes! I have them, but don't keep them on the guns, becasue they're unloaded in the safe. I DO lock them if I have them out of the safe and cleaning them. Not because I'm afraid of my son with an unloaded gun, but I'm avoiding any chance of that gun being made accessible to an unexpected criminal or any other person that has no business touching the gun....and that does include the kid".
She says "Oh that's so good to hear. I jsut don't like guns, and don't want you to have them around me."
ME "Mom... that's fine. But I've had guns in my car many times when you've riden with me"
Her "You have!?!?!?!?!? I had no idea"
Me "That's becasue it's not a big deal. I wasn't announcing it. They're just tools mom. I don't tell you when I have a screwdriver in my car."
HEr "Oh... I guess that's a good point"
ME: "BEsides mom.... if I was carrying a gun one day, and we were approached by someone else with a gun... wouldn't you want that sort of protection available? Atleast something that gives us a chance?"
Her :Yes I suppose that makes sense for you, and I'm glad that you're responsible in that way, but it just doesn't apply to me"
Me: Why not mom?
Her "Well...I believe that God wouldn't let the bullets hit me."
Me "What"?
Her "I just believe that my Faith in God is strong enough that I can speak my safety into existance, and not have to worry about Bulletts"
Me :Ok mom... even if that is true, Doesn't the bible talk about us taking care of ourselves and doing the best we can to preserve our bodies becasue we are gods temple"?
Her "Yes.... but God will protect me"
Man.... this is the weird religious thinking I've tried to get away from.
I believe a lot of things, and I have strong faith, but I am not willing to believe that GOD is going to stop 2 people with free will from interacting. And... this isn't the MATRIX!!!!!!
BUt...it was good to have a talk with my mom, and even though it was wacky, she even said at the end, that I had calmed some of her worries about me being a gun owner, and she is so proud of how responsible I was with my "toys".
Man....what a weird day! hahaha