Yep, I'm sure of it. It's called "Anytown USA"mbw wrote:GaryAdrian-
Nice post. We must have grown up in the same town at the same time.
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- Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:18 am
- Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
- Topic: What Have I lost?
- Replies: 21
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Re: What Have I lost?
- Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:43 pm
- Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
- Topic: What Have I lost?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3442
What Have I lost?
I have been reading a lot of gun forums lately and I am amazed heart felt post on our rights to bear arms. Who was it that said, we never what we had until we lose it. I think that is the case here.
What rights have I lost from my childhood? Not just laws passed, but the respect and understanding of gun owners here in Texas.
When I was young, every other pickup truck had a gun rack in the back window. Did it cause fear and loathing? I don't think so. Today, I don't see any gun racks in any vehicles except police cars.
When I was young, it was nothing to put my Marlin .22 rifle on my shoulder and walk down the street to the woods near by and hunt birds or rabbit. Do that today and see what happins. The Police will be stopping you and may charge you for Disturbing the Peace.
When I was young, I could give a class report on my hunting trip with my dad and tell of the first deer I ever got and my gun I got for Christmas. . Now teachers call the police on the student as they did in Central Connecticut State University by a professor who reported one of her students to the police after he gave a class presentation on why students and teachers should be allowed to carry concealed weapons on campus. Now, free speech activists say the professor’s actions are what really need to be investigated.
Why do I feel today that I have to be careful on who I tell that I am a gun owner? If I own a gun, does that make me a nut or a criminal? Don't I trust the Police to protect me? Do guns have a place in our modern world?
I will argue that is does today more than ever. To lose a right is easy. Do nothing. To get it back may take a revolution. It's just not about guns, it about all of our Constitutional Rights and Freedoms we enjoy today because of our Founders and the Men and Women who gave all to defend those rights.
I don't care if you carry Open or Concealed, in your car or in your home, or not at all. You should have the rights that we were granted and those right should never be taken away by a select few.
Our world is full of fear and that fear is dictating actions that have been the downfall of many nations.
And I am afraid.
Afraid of losing the America that I love so much and all the freedoms she grants me.
I don't want to be bitter, but I will hang on to my guns and my faith. I will use the most powerful weapon I have to keep my America Free and For The People.
I VOTE!
What rights have I lost from my childhood? Not just laws passed, but the respect and understanding of gun owners here in Texas.
When I was young, every other pickup truck had a gun rack in the back window. Did it cause fear and loathing? I don't think so. Today, I don't see any gun racks in any vehicles except police cars.
When I was young, it was nothing to put my Marlin .22 rifle on my shoulder and walk down the street to the woods near by and hunt birds or rabbit. Do that today and see what happins. The Police will be stopping you and may charge you for Disturbing the Peace.
When I was young, I could give a class report on my hunting trip with my dad and tell of the first deer I ever got and my gun I got for Christmas. . Now teachers call the police on the student as they did in Central Connecticut State University by a professor who reported one of her students to the police after he gave a class presentation on why students and teachers should be allowed to carry concealed weapons on campus. Now, free speech activists say the professor’s actions are what really need to be investigated.
Why do I feel today that I have to be careful on who I tell that I am a gun owner? If I own a gun, does that make me a nut or a criminal? Don't I trust the Police to protect me? Do guns have a place in our modern world?
I will argue that is does today more than ever. To lose a right is easy. Do nothing. To get it back may take a revolution. It's just not about guns, it about all of our Constitutional Rights and Freedoms we enjoy today because of our Founders and the Men and Women who gave all to defend those rights.
I don't care if you carry Open or Concealed, in your car or in your home, or not at all. You should have the rights that we were granted and those right should never be taken away by a select few.
Our world is full of fear and that fear is dictating actions that have been the downfall of many nations.
And I am afraid.
Afraid of losing the America that I love so much and all the freedoms she grants me.
I don't want to be bitter, but I will hang on to my guns and my faith. I will use the most powerful weapon I have to keep my America Free and For The People.
I VOTE!