Posted on 10/01/2014 11:21:33 AM PDT by marktwain
Don Hosmer |
I opened by mouth and said "I like your hat." He turned around and we started talking.
He had just come up from Chicago, he said. So had I, I remarked. He had attended a conference. So had I. He sat in the back row of the GRPC. I sat in the front row.
By now, we were friends. We traded cards and experiences. He had come to Chicago through Indiana, and stowed his carry gun at the last rest stop before the Illinois border. He said that he saw several cars that were stopped and doing the same thing; holsters coming off, guns being unloaded and stowed to be sure of compliance with the law.
I had followed the Illinois fight to restore rights closely, and I had read the law. If you could carry legally elsewhere, you dd not have to unload as you travel through Illinois. Gun culture members are careful and law abiding, and they know that there can be a difference between the law on the books and how it is interpreted on the street. The law is still fairly new, so it makes sense to be cautious. Don is a great guy, and I hope to see him again.
The old media has worked hard to convince the gun culture that we are marginalized and isolated. We sometimes worry enough about harassment to avoid putting on a bumper sticker or wearing a pin. From Don's picture, you can see that he is not shy about his views. In my defense, I was openly carrying. Everyone has to evaluate their own situation.
I have found that we are not isolated, we are not alone, our views are mainstream, not out of date and dying. There are friends and allies all around us. Sometimes you find them in unexpected places. Don struck me as the kind of man you could trust at your back. Maybe a Gadsden flag pin, or a second amendment bumper sticker is something I should try.
The more I look for friends and allies, the more I find. I have decided not to let those who want to destroy the gun culture decide who is mainstream, and who is not.
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Bttt
Bing in the gun culture allows one to meet many interesting people.
Maybe a Gadsden flag pin, or a second amendment bumper sticker is something I should try.
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I was NEVER so proud of a member of my family than I was yesterday when my daughter was driving my oldest Grandson’s vehicle (He is 20).
On his ‘new’ 4 door Jeep, he had license plates that read
(SOX NAT) she said - “That doesn’t mean Nationals, it means Red Sox Nation).
I told here that message meant ‘little’ to me, I was more interested in the camo colored plate with the RATTLESNAKE separating SOX NATION and the all to familiar “Don’t tread on me” message on the plate.
I never really ‘worried’ about that side of the family and this ‘kid’ has worked since 15 and paid for and owned his own vehicles so I knew he had a good head on his shoulders.
But displaying the GADSDEN plate really made my day.
I asked my daughter what she felt of the tag and she just shrugged and said ‘People will think it is for Nationals’ and I said - no “you are ‘scared’ of snakes” and she said “Maybe but that one is fine”.
Ah, to sit back and admire your own work is good.....and be glad your children followed your example NOT your ‘idiot’ ex wifes.....<: <: <:
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