RE: Why More Americans Want to Own Guns
February 10, 2016 at 10:10 am
(This post was last modified: February 10, 2016 at 10:11 am by Gawdzilla.)
You're sensible drfuzzy. My cousins are Oath Keepers, Kluxers, "militia." They claim they'll fight if "The Man" comes for their guns.
Myself, I was taught to respect firearms by a one-legged retired Marine Gunnery Sergeant, back in 1965. I came to call him "Gunny Myagi" after "The Karate Kid" came out. I worked for three months, the whole summer, before being allowed to fire a long gun for the first time. I trained with him for four years, then joined the USN and put my training to work.
I collected guns with a historical connection to the USN. When I couldn't face buying another gun safe I donated the lot to the Smithsonian on a "pass along" basis. (They could keep what they wanted, and trade the rest to other equivalent organizations to fill holes in their collections.) I had a collector's license and I kept one gun, a .50 cal. Browning that had seen service in Vietnam.
Myself, I was taught to respect firearms by a one-legged retired Marine Gunnery Sergeant, back in 1965. I came to call him "Gunny Myagi" after "The Karate Kid" came out. I worked for three months, the whole summer, before being allowed to fire a long gun for the first time. I trained with him for four years, then joined the USN and put my training to work.
I collected guns with a historical connection to the USN. When I couldn't face buying another gun safe I donated the lot to the Smithsonian on a "pass along" basis. (They could keep what they wanted, and trade the rest to other equivalent organizations to fill holes in their collections.) I had a collector's license and I kept one gun, a .50 cal. Browning that had seen service in Vietnam.
