Dave McCracken
Moderator In Memoriam
Autumn has faded into Winter, and as the seasons march on maybe a look back and forward is in order.
Some of us made meat with our shotguns, some just busted clays, tin cans or steel plates.
Some of us sat ready as Mallards lowered into the dekes, or thrilled as a 12 pointer moved in to slug range.
Some of us thumbed shells into hot autoloaders as we moved through a fast, tricky COF.
Some of us dropped shells into sleek doubles and cussed at fake rabbits and supersonic teal..
Some of us held shotguns as things went bump in the night secure in the fact that said things would go thud if they threatened us, our families and communities.
ALL of us will get to vote on our "Leaders" again next fall, and whether our children and their children will get to enjoy the benefits of liberty depends on our choices.
The Second Amendment to our Constitution provides a litmus test for the pols.
Either they regard all of us as barely controllable, violent and unbalanced proles who must be driven,controlled and directed or as responsible citizens fully capable of being accountable for the defense of our families, homes and ourselves.
Voting is not a privilege, it's an important duty. Voting for the politicians with a proper regard for an armed citizenry assumes the gravity of a Sacred Trust.
And, regardless of whether our favorite shotgun is a bespoke Purdey or a PGO ChiCom clone pumpgun, there's folks bent on us not having these.
Or any guns at all.
Ask the ghosts of Auschwitz how well depending on the government to defend you can work.,
Or those of Virginia Tech, where a risk free zone for wackos was created by bureaucrats.
Anyway, go vote every chance you have and vote the IId Amendment.
And have a Happy New Year also....
Some of us made meat with our shotguns, some just busted clays, tin cans or steel plates.
Some of us sat ready as Mallards lowered into the dekes, or thrilled as a 12 pointer moved in to slug range.
Some of us thumbed shells into hot autoloaders as we moved through a fast, tricky COF.
Some of us dropped shells into sleek doubles and cussed at fake rabbits and supersonic teal..
Some of us held shotguns as things went bump in the night secure in the fact that said things would go thud if they threatened us, our families and communities.
ALL of us will get to vote on our "Leaders" again next fall, and whether our children and their children will get to enjoy the benefits of liberty depends on our choices.
The Second Amendment to our Constitution provides a litmus test for the pols.
Either they regard all of us as barely controllable, violent and unbalanced proles who must be driven,controlled and directed or as responsible citizens fully capable of being accountable for the defense of our families, homes and ourselves.
Voting is not a privilege, it's an important duty. Voting for the politicians with a proper regard for an armed citizenry assumes the gravity of a Sacred Trust.
And, regardless of whether our favorite shotgun is a bespoke Purdey or a PGO ChiCom clone pumpgun, there's folks bent on us not having these.
Or any guns at all.
Ask the ghosts of Auschwitz how well depending on the government to defend you can work.,
Or those of Virginia Tech, where a risk free zone for wackos was created by bureaucrats.
Anyway, go vote every chance you have and vote the IId Amendment.
And have a Happy New Year also....