'Why should you care'? 'You worry too Much?'

[sterling180]

'Why should you care' and 'You Worry too much' left a bitter aftertaste in my parched-mouth,not to mention,making me more annoyed,after a female friend of mine,said this.I said to her that 'these politically-correct' morons in power and in the ACPO(A Police Cheifs Country Club,or Associationare ruining shooting sports in the UK& they are unfairly using violent crime,committed by idiots,who don't work-as justifications,for their use of legislation.Even against their own kind,fellow MPs or Senators,if you like,who like using guns,as a hobby.

Well Gemma,I said, 'I do care' and would you like the chance to try clay,shooting.She thought it was about killing live prey& I said,'no its about blasting a discuss-object,by using a shotgun.Yes,Id try that.I felt as if I was in taht film Logans Run,where everyones on mind control drugs,or in the original film:The Time Machine,with Rod Taylor.

The fact is,that I will always care& I will always fight my corner,no matter how hopeless the odds are,against me.I will also fight for the rights of those,in Japan or in Taiwan,where gun ownership,is a worse regime,than here,in the UK.I view toffs& all those blue-blood aristocrats,or in the USA,'elitists'who only look out for themselves-traitors to the shooting sports,way of life.All guns for all& not just some exemptions.Antis in my opinion,should be either completely anti or just not at all.Why want everything banned,except for single-shot shotguns&rifles? The double-standards of the British Gun Control Network.

My mother admitted that Thomas Hamilton committed his evil acts in Dunblane,as he went unchecked,by the Central Scottish Police Force.I told her that there was a cover-up& that Hamilton was let-off,as he was a fellow free-mason,in the same lodge,as Central's police cheif-and she agreed that this was true&that cops can't be trusted,at all.But on tv in 1997,she&I witnessed a policeman,racking back the slide of a Browning Hi-Power 9mm,to check that it wasn't loaded,before putting it into a box.She said'they should ban all guns and all these farmers,should have a special,special license.I said no more,after that.
She and Gemma both willingly would give up their rights,along with my dad,who after watching the Hungerford Massacre documentary,on CSI,said they banned handguns later on.
This folks,is the typical attitudes that is common-place in the UK,today.Talk about being caught between a rock and a hard place.

As for the American NRA,whom I respect,the comments made by my mom were' a bunch of rednecks,etc,etc.The same with the Aussie associations too.Her father,my grandad,was a gun-owner in his native India&held a German Luger too.Anglo-Indians were gun-owners,in British India&they could defend themselves,during the civil wars,after the British left.An example was,when the Hindus wanted to kill the muslims&my uncle,who was a boy in 1948,threatened a Hindu terrorist,with a loaded rifle,because the Hindus wanted to kill their servants.I told my mom,that I wanted to continue this tradition&she didn't like it.But she said,join a gun-club then.His guns were given away to a cun-collector,as I wasn't born when,they were handed away-or I would have saved them myself-for future generations.It was good to know that they went to a good home.

Acceptable in the past,but not in the future? Madness of todays pc bridage.I rest my case.

 

[EddieNFL]

Well Gemma,I said, 'I do care' and would you like the chance to try clay,shooting.She thought it was about killing live prey& I said,'no its about blasting a discuss-object,by using a shotgun.Yes,Id try that.

Ignorance.

I was on the range this AM and a young fellow was shooting an M4. A few stations away a lady and her husband were shooting handguns. I overheard her ask her husband what the M4 was. He explained and she commented, "That looks dangerous, scary. Why is it so big?"

 

[Officers'Wife]

Hmmm, Because Gemma, an injustice, no matter how small, far away or well intentioned is still an injustice and all people are effected by it.

 

[Driftertank]

Thank you for the bit of perspective, Sterling. I love English culture, particularly the nationally dry and dark sense of humor, but I love America.

I grew up in the "Kommunist Republik of California," yet even there I had the privelidge of growing up in an old fashioned, non-PC manner. I played in the woods as a child, and my parents never worried about me. I learned to shoot at age 4, before I could ride a bicycle, got my first Daisy Red Ryder at the age of 6, my first .22 bolt-action at the age of 13. My dad taught us gun safety from the earliest; we weren't even allowed to point TOY guns at each other (with the exception of squirt guns and the like), and real guns were ALWAYS treated as loaded. I was taught to always be careful where it was pointed, and the few times I lapsed in my caution on this matter, I was promptly, and none too gently, disciplined. Fingers off the trigger at all times unless shooting, never play with guns without parents around, etc. I was even taught the essentials of good marskmanship; trigger pull, sight picture, stance and support, and these principals were only reinforced by my first real gun being a single-shot .22; I learned to hit what I was aiming for with the first shot.

I grew up comfortable with guns. They are tools, whether for sport and recreation, or for self-defense. They are not a means of enforcing your will on others. They are not inherently evil or dangerous; the actions of the person controlling them make them that way.

I carry a semi-automatic .45 caliber pistol on a regular basis. Since I have carried, I have never had to fire, aim, or even draw it against another human being, but experiences I have had in the past, prompted me to get the license to carry a pistol concealed. I have no desire to impress or intimidate others in my day-to-day activities.

I currently own several different firearms of different types and for different purposes. I have introduced several people to the joys of recreational shooting. I do not consider myself a redneck, I don't even own a 4-wheel-drive vehicle. I'm not a "gang-banger." I live in a metropolitan area in a fairly nice home. I am a mechanic for a living. I Even actually have some rather liberal views on many subjects. I like to think I am fairly representative of a typical, reasonable, leagally gun-owning American.

I'm sorry that many people in the world do not enjoy the standard of living that we Americans enjoy, and that, of those who do, many do not enjoy the same freedoms most Americans take for granted. People complain about our government and the direction the country is headed. But, for all the fearmongering on both sides of the big issues, I really do think this country is the best place to live. No offense to anyone living anywhere else, of course.