I was once a proud member of the NRA.
True story.
When I was 12 and had just started hunting, we had
subscriptions to "Outdoor Life,""Field and Stream" and Fur, Fish and Game." Thinking that shooting
things was cool, and having the newfound ability to do so, I sent away for a free membership when I saw the ads in the magazine.
I got a spiffy membership card and decal for putting on my
dad’s bumper, which he did not allow me to do as nothing went on his car
bumpers. So I think I put it on my bedroom window.
Now, many view the NRA as crazy, or at least out of touch
with reality.
But it seems as thought just as many view the NRA as vitally vigilant in fighting for our 2nd Amendment rights in a Obama-wants-to-take-our-guns- away world.
As much as I could easily side with the latter (given my heritage and background), I tend to fall in the former camp. I see no need for pistols, automatic weapons and other things just are just designed to kill other people. It should be harder to get a gun than to register to vote. Much, much harder.
Go ahead, tell me I am brainwashed and how naive I am, but the last straw was when some on the Right claimed the Sandy Hook school shooting was staged as part of a campaign for more gun control.
The message I receive from these gun nuts and the NRA is that mass shootings are an accepted bit of collateral damage in the fight to preserve their rights.
How sad is that.
I quit hunting deer when I was 13 and small game when I was 16, but I hold no real grudges against those who continue to hunt. In fact, I still sort of miss those Saturdays with my Dad walking though fields in Huntersville, PA (ironic, eh?) in search of rabbits and ringnecks. But I think that is more about long-gone familial bonds that cannot be recaptured than a thirst to kill small animals.
But as for you concealed carriers and those who leave your pistols unattended for kids to get at, keep telling yourself that a well-regulated militia is needed to protect your home and yourselves against the government.
Yeah, simplistic. Maybe
But also sane, at least in my world.
But it seems as thought just as many view the NRA as vitally vigilant in fighting for our 2nd Amendment rights in a Obama-wants-to-take-our-guns- away world.
As much as I could easily side with the latter (given my heritage and background), I tend to fall in the former camp. I see no need for pistols, automatic weapons and other things just are just designed to kill other people. It should be harder to get a gun than to register to vote. Much, much harder.
Go ahead, tell me I am brainwashed and how naive I am, but the last straw was when some on the Right claimed the Sandy Hook school shooting was staged as part of a campaign for more gun control.
The message I receive from these gun nuts and the NRA is that mass shootings are an accepted bit of collateral damage in the fight to preserve their rights.
How sad is that.
I quit hunting deer when I was 13 and small game when I was 16, but I hold no real grudges against those who continue to hunt. In fact, I still sort of miss those Saturdays with my Dad walking though fields in Huntersville, PA (ironic, eh?) in search of rabbits and ringnecks. But I think that is more about long-gone familial bonds that cannot be recaptured than a thirst to kill small animals.
But as for you concealed carriers and those who leave your pistols unattended for kids to get at, keep telling yourself that a well-regulated militia is needed to protect your home and yourselves against the government.
Yeah, simplistic. Maybe
But also sane, at least in my world.
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