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Hoppes wrote:

Will938 wrote:

Hoppes wrote:

Will938 wrote:

One young fellow, about 12, saw me carrying around a book I was going to buy. It was a Gun Digest Book authored by Massad Ayoob, owner of Lethal Force Institute, entitled "Combat Handgunnery". there were ilustrations of handguns on the front and back cover of the paperback book. When the 12 year old saw the book with the handgun illustrations, he freaked out. I told him he should read about guns and learn about them because Harry Potter was not going to be able to protect him in real life.

H PPES

I remember when I was a kid a gun visible in public made me very nervous as well. Not on a book, but on a cop's side. Plain clothed was even worse. Now a days I look to see what they carry, doesn't bother me at all. I don't think the Aussies advanced out of that mindset.

IMO, many people across the world have been educated out of the mindset that guns are useful tools for a lot of reasons. Many kids are now told that guns are just "bad". The story told is often monocular or one-sided. History is often edited to insure that only "socially acceptable" information is passed on. I don't know of too many things today that doesn't have a spin on it in some way. I don't like the bad, but I want to hear it so I'll have an idea of what I need to do to help me be a good change agent to debunk bad information. People and businesses make bad decisions in this world because of an incomplete flow of information. More relevant information = better decisions.

I was never scared of guns because my dad taught me about them and how to respect them. I never had an urge to go pick up his hand guns because he extinguished my curiosity with instruction on them. I thank him for that today. He could have just told me, "Guns are bad. Never pick one up." Instead, he taught me how they were good and bad at the appropriate time of my life.

I remember the best Christmas present I ever received - a Ted Williams Single Shot .410 Caliber Shotgun. I spent many weekends with my dad, brother, and friends hunting dove, quail and squirrel. A kid remembers fellowship for life. Much longer than giving someone a CD or DVD today. Will they remember a CD or DVD twenty years late? Probably not.

HOPPES