why is it always me?

[Bazooka Joe71]

That is quite a crazy story...Good on you for being a good guy and not leaving that girl out there for someone to harm her while the cops arrived...A lot of people wouldn't.

Sorry about your carpet though...Next time(sounds to me it's a trend and it's going to happen again) meet the cops on the front porch when they arrive.


2 karma points for misfire(actually, I guess it'd be 4).

 

[Macmac]

As to kids.. My Dad kept his guns loose in his closet. I knew better than to even open that closet door.

This feature seems to be missing with the current crop of kids, but I don't know why.

I raised my son this same way, and took him shooting. Now he has many more guns than I do, and is currently serving in the Military.

When he was a young lad, I never worried once about him and my guns.

Like me, when he turned 6 he was given a bolt action .22 long gun as a single shot. He still has it.

I also collect switchblades for kicks, but I think I do because my mother made all knives tabboo.. I find these handy to open bills.

 

[silverlance]

I used to help out girls a lot. But damn, it is a full time job! Unlike the movie heroes, the story doesnt end when the BG goes away. Then you gotta teach her how to use guns, how to avoid strangers, counsel her on her bad boyfriend, answer the phone at odd hours for long periods of time, help her build up her self-esteem...

good lord it's a job in and of itself, and the pay sucks. and, if you truly trying to be a good man, you can't exactly abuse the fringe benefits either if you know what I mean.

so.. these days.. I just teach. I figure I might be able to prevent them getting to that point in life.

 

[CountGlockula]

You're a hero my friend or a guardian angel to those girls.

 

[ArfinGreebly]

Current Crop

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This feature seems to be missing with the current crop of kids, but I don't know why.

*Holds Up Hand*

I know! I know! Pick Me!

I just went through the "raising kids past high school graduation" exercise.

The "respect for elders -- especially parents -- attribute" is being redacted by privileged system processes.

It's in the "system" configuration. You need root access to the school system "registry settings" in order to fix it.

Alternative is schooling outside the system.

It's not the kids themselves, and it's not the wishes of the parent. It's system indoctrination in "kids' rights" taking precedence over family unit protocols.​

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[robmkivseries70]

Hi All,
An excellent discussion!
Best,
Rob

 

[bigbadgun]

Macmac I grew up the same way, Dad had a closet full also and if we even looked at the closet door we got tanned good.( not that bad but you get the idea) I was about 8 when I got my first .22rifle. It was givin to me for rabbit hunting and target shooting. Then when I was 10 or so I was givin a 410 for quail. My boys now 16 and 17 years old went thru the same steps I did there has always been a loaded gun or 2 in my house always well be. The trick is educate educate educate. Dad was a firm believer that guns are like tools you got to have the right one to do the job you want done. And the words Dad used the most are

dont point it anything you dont aim to kill

So there you have it, it seems Dad did know a few things after all.

 

[Legionnaire]

Good thread. Misfire99, you said

But as I write this I wonder if I couldn't put together some sort of gun safety course for the other home schoolers. I think that might go over fairly well. My wife does classes where they dissect owl pellets why not gun safety.

Been there and done that. As a former homeschool dad, I taught not only my own kids but all their friends the four rules of gun safety, showed them the safe way to handle guns, took them shooting, taught several to hunt, etc. Only rarely did I set up a "class," though. Mostly it was whenever the opportunity presented itself. We've relocated since then, and my kids are older and have new friends. I still trust my kids completely. Before we moved, I trusted their frriends as well ... trusted them because they were my friends, too, and I trained them! So I say, go for it!