Posted on 01/13/2010 4:06:39 AM PST by marktwain
There are people today who are shocked to discover that gun manufacturers advertise their products in magazines displayed on grocery store shelves.
Gun ads? In a grocery store? What if the children see those ads?
As shocking as it might be to some people, there was a time not so long ago when guns were not only advertised in dedicated "gun" magazines, they were routinely advertised in popular publications of all kinds.
Guns used to be a normal and acceptable part of American life. Guns were accepted as necessary tools and respectable recreational equipment ... even for children.
A boy learned to shoot before the training wheels came off his bike. He could even carry his rifle to school for shooting practice without causing a panic that resulted in a S.W.A.T. team locking down the school.
Sometime in the later half of the 20th century, that began to change. Slowly, the idea that people are responsible for their own actions faded away and was replaced by the notion that society's ills can be controlled by regulating objects such as guns.
People are no better or worse now than they were in days gone by. There have always been murders. There have always been bad people. What's missing now is common sense. And along the way, we've lost a big part of the American character.
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There was a local K-Mart that kept everything gun related locked up behind the counter. Even such dangerous items as cleaning patches and paper targets.
Must keep dangerous paper and flannel out of the hands of children.
Thinking back, I can remember my father and grandfather beginning to teach me the basics of manhood from very early on. I remember, from when I was about 4, my daddy telling me, in a low voice, "straighten up, walk like a man". It's all about a code of behavior and honor and it's out of style now. Metrosexual is in, and it seems that you can't trust them. They have no shame, no real pride, just flaming unearned egos. They will always be children.
I was in a 3 way partnership to buy and feed a Boyes antitank rifle. It made a .50BMG round look a little weak. We would take it way out in the boonies and shoot down small trees. The muzzle blast would throw a bucket of dirt in your face with every shot. The Boyes was banned in 68 unless converted to .50BMG. I think the one we had ended up in Castro’s hands after the Bay of Pigs.
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