Posted on 01/30/2009 1:33:39 PM PST by 2nd amendment mama
....assume that all are capable to defend themselves from harm in ANY way as required and rightfully so. ; )
I think too many of you are starting to get on the case of the judge about this statement:
“There should be a law that law abiding citizens with no felony convictions should own a gun,”
I think what he is means is that he sarcastically believes there should be a law that makes it illegal for a law abiding citizen to NOT have a gun.
We need more judges like this!
Bow hunting brings back a lot of memories all the way back to when I was almost crawling. My dad and some friends in the Knoxville area used to gather around and make their own arrows. They were among the first legal bow hunters in the state and formed one of the areas first archery clubs. Dad started me out on a Rew Wing hunter 50 pounder if I remember right.
The judge is what we need more of in our court rooms. I've heard some god old fashioned country judges in our neck of the woods and you can bet they carry themselves.
Rew = Red
There should be a law?????????
Hello.
>>The Second Amendment comes to mind, your Honor.<<
Read what he said again.
He meant a law requiring people to own a gun, not allowing them to have a gun.
How are you cva? Been a long time since we talked.
One of the state’s largest outdoor organizations used to meet in Knoxville, was a collection of small archery, ‘coon, bear, boar hunting clubs.
I used to attend the meetings back in the 1990s when I edited an outdoor magazine. They’d have a wild game banquet every year. I remember standing in the buffet line, getting samples of all sorts of cooked critters, when a TWRA regional manager (now retired) said “I wouldn’t eat that racoon if I was you.”
He told me about all the parasites ‘coons carry.
I wouldn’t be surprised if your Dad belonged to that organization. It was the small groups across the state banding together to form the Tennessee Conservation League that led to the legendary changes in the way the state’s wildlife were managed.
Judge Moon was one of the early bow hunting enthusiasts. Former state Rep. H.E. Bittle (Knoxville) gave me my first bow shooting lessons, on the UT campus (Ag Dept.) after a meeting I attended of the east Tennessee Sportsman’s Association.
Those were the days. I actually got to meet some of the oldtimers in the state’s conservation movement, and they were all hunters. One of these oldtimers took me to an old hunting camp where these men used to hunt/camp. He told me stories about how, in those days, it was rare to see a deer track, and unheard of to harvest one.
The place was full of deer, but I didn’t get one that day. I did, however, publish an article about how those men must have felt, used the names of the early leaders in the league who hunted the very spot I did. The man who took me there was present with them at the hunting camp, in the 1940s, ‘50s, when they dreamed of restoring species like whitetail deer and wild turkey.
I tip my hat to your Dad. He was probably one of those visionaries who watched Fred Bear and dreamed of someday harvesting big game with a bow.
God bless and keep you in the face of danger, while you fight for our right to be free! Godspeed, and know, we will continue to fight here at home, where the danger grows as well. {{{xoxoxo}}}
Just applied for my CCW in FL.......
Your right. Initially the deer herds in East Tennessee were pathetic and that's being charitable. Most dogs weighed more. Now I have to watch going out of my driveway or I'll hit a good sized one. I've got plenty of Turkeys also. I remember when they were real rare to see.
A real weird one though. We were driving to Knoxville on I-75 south. On the southbound side almost at Merchants Road a herd of deer was browsing a field. They were behind the motels and between there and the interstate.
I was real fortunate. I got to know a lot of my dads friends and went on quite a few hunts. One guy he knew it was never a dull moment with him. Ever see a grown man try and catch a half grown live coon? LOL I have :>} Man there was yelling and squirming. And the coons response about it wasn't too happy neither.
Amen to that.
At least ONE judge has a grasp on reality.
Probably to care for the bodies of those Ann lays to waste in an argument.
Business owner shoots would-be robber
WJRT | 21 January, 2009 | Kristen Abraham
Posted on 01/29/2009 7:39:42 PM PST by marktwain
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2174708/posts
>>not allowing them to have a gun.<<
IIRC, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights guarantee the rights of the citizens, and place limits on those things government is allowed to do.
Original caption:Debbie and Bob Moon, Joe Decosimo and the mother of Judge Moon
From a story that begins "Court Watch Partners selected General Sessions Court Judge Bob Moon as Judge of the Year at a luncheon at the Mountain City Club on Tuesday. "
We need to clone these two and send them across the country.
Gracias for ping. (That's Southwestern speak) ;)
You are exactly right. I stand corrected. Thanks, FRiend.
“There should be a law?????????
Hello.
The Second Amendment comes to mind, your Honor.”
<<<Makes me wonder how many judges consider the Constitution. That said, You Go Judge!
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