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.
My Dad is the perfect example of why I support gun control now.
When I was a kid, growing up. My Dad had a lot of guns. I rarely ever saw them unless we were shooting, camping, or hunting.
As my family became more extreme, they were on display. They were carried in public, and even to rallies.
My Dad used to have serious respect for the gun and what it is. Now he wields them like toys for show.
That terrifies me.
He shouldn't have them, period.
@quinnsentialOne My dad was not radicalized, but had many guns living on a farm. He kept one under his bed in case there were wolves or other predators. One day a family with 2 young children came to visit when one of them snooped in my dads room and found the gun and shot it. Ended up hitting his sister with a bullet. She was fine in the end, but it shows how even the most innocent things can turn deadly.
@djsammm I lived on a farm too.
The guns for sport were always locked up tight.
The guns for hunting were kept out of sight and out of reach.
The thought of "defending the property" from trespassers was never a thing either.
We lived on a farm. Nobody was driving miles out to nowhere to rob a farm house where every animal alarm clock would go off at once.
Especially the guineas. The guineas, those things would go off at a gust of wind. 😂
@Ironworker229 This was the case for my family.
Now half my family are the gun nuts, and the other half don't see a problem with it.
@quinnsentialOne Such a can of worms. I have an observation to share. I also grew up with guns and am still an owner. We hunted as a family and regularly with Dad's friends, occasionally shot trap & skeet, plinked with a .22's. We did not amass large collections with no purpose. We did not contemplate civil war. If we had encountered a modern-style "enthusiast", he would have been side-eyed and not invited back by Dad and his friends. The gun-kooks have been nurtured and encouraged for decades.