Seeing posts about guns. I mentioned that my Dad taught me how to shoot. And there were a lot of guns around when I grew up.
I love guns, love to shoot, own several, and a big supporter of the 2nd Amendment. It gives us the right to protect the liberty of the free state.
But It doesn't give us the right to to terrorize our neighbors, or shoot our neighbor's kids.
People have forgotten how to respect the gun, and it can't stay that way, so I support gun control with licensing and training.
@quinnsentialOne - my partner and I often bring up how when we were teens in the 70s, there were quite a few students, boys usually, who had a gun rack in the back window of their truck, which may or may not have been locked, and it was NEVER even a thought that it would be brought out to settle a score. No one worried that it was there. It was for sport shooting, food, defense against wild animals. And those gun owners knew the OLD advice from the once-decent NRA.
Totally different world.
@SisterArtemis Yup, this too.
The thought of ever using a gun outside of shooting or hunting was never even on the table.
If I had ever brought out a gun to show off to my friends, my Dad would have slapped my ass black and blue for it and never let me touch one again.
It's sad to see where he is now.