Posted on 06/17/2009 4:38:08 AM PDT by marktwain
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Give some thought to becoming an Appleseed Project instructor.
www.appleseedinfo.org
My CCW class was just wonderful. As I keep nagging, everyone who isn’t completely familiar with firearms should take one, and this WOT course would be perfect as well. Go do it! It’s great.
If every one of us is educated about guns and gun safety, then we will be able to 86 the “licensing” laws.
[TheOldLady wanders off, realising that she is an idealist, but can dream]
Get your womenfolk to an Appleseed Project event: www.appleseedinfo.org
Times change...:)
It’s *best* to teach them as young as possible.
Even younger than that, I watched my dad and uncles shoot cows or pigs every butchering day and I KNEW what the “results” of being shot were and understood them completely.
I never “played” with guns or handled them recklessly *because* I understood the grave consequences of doing so.
Kids aren’t stupid.
They can easily understand the concepts of cause/effect and alive/dead.
To this day, I have the utmost respect for firearms and still believe, as my dad taught me, that “an unloaded gun is just as deadly as a loaded one”.
I never take ~any~ chances when handling firearms.
I didn’t have firearms until my kids were grown. Now, I figure, once kids understand what a real spanking is, then it is wise to educate them as you said.
There were times when I had to carry my hand gun just to the mail box.
My wife just completed her required course to carry a firearm. Things I had told her for years about self defense and the 2A were coming from the mouth of a police officer and she finally saw what I have been talking about.
Good article! FYI: There is no NEED for the Supremes to consider 2nd Amendment “Incorporation”! FACT: The 2nd Amendment is SELF-incorporated to all government entities at every level. It is MORE ABSOLUTE than the 1st Amendment, or any of the others, because the wording forbids not only CONGRESS, but ANYONE from infringing on it. The 1st says “Congress shall make no law...”. The 2nd say “shall NOT be infringed!” Period! End of debate!
“Whatever happened to the liberal solution of don’t resist?”
There was a thread on that exact topic this week, in fact:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2271841/posts
In other words, reality knocked it out of the park.
Although a lot of men may hate to admit it, women are often better natural shots. I think a lot of it has to do with greater patience and fine motor skills. I, for one, have never felt bad by being out-shot by a female. Just glad to have them out there with me.
Who knows?
(the more shooters the better, I say)......;)
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