And you had the sense to realize you are the problem, not the gun. It is
refreshing to see that there are still people out there that will bear the
responsibility for their own actions and make amends to correct things,i.e. no
longer own a gun. In America, (Daniel, what about the UK?) it is SOOOOOOOOOO
common for folks to sit back and cry about how THEY are the victim, of their
environment, upbringing, lack of this or that, but never ever at any point are
they willing to accept the responsibility for any wrongdoing. This is not just a
gun issue, this is anything. IT MAKES ME SICK!!
On the news in Dallas three weeks ago, I will try for names if you want them, a
Hispanic mother is driving her car at night, with the windows down, and her 3
year
old daughter falls out the window and is killed by 2 cars behind her that run
over
her in the heavy traffic. CPS has taken the other 2 siblings away from the
mother,
and the mother sits in the courtroom crying about how, and I quote " it isn't my
fault, the car makes all kinds of noises and I didn't see her, hear her fall out
and on and on and on..........." But the child was in the front seat!!! And the
child was NOT in a child seat (Texas law requires ages 4 and under in a child
seat). And this is NOT her fault?!?
Sorry Drew, and list, got carried away here. Drew, thanks for having a voice of
reason in a world of whiners, I only wish there were more who would act likewise
in this situation. Brad (the troublemaking one)
drewzer@postoffice.pacbell.net wrote:
> Well first started to I learned how dangerous guns were when I was in Jr. High
> School in the city... No joke!
> A friend of mine and I where going to try to make some fire-crackers out of 22
> snake shot shells, we figured we could get the gun powder from the cartridges,
> what little there is in a 22. We were smart enough to take a big nail and
> drive it into the compressed end of the shell first, to open it up and spill
> out all the snake shot. So with the shot removed my buddy proceeded to cut the
> cartridge in half with a hack saw with the cartridge in a vice. Well, after he
> had a couple of good cuts into the cartridge... it went off and the "Hot" wad
> hit him smack in the middle of his ear and raised a blister, after bouncing
> off the wall. We figured this was not the right thing to do... so we moved on
> to actylene balloons. And yes I did survive my inquisitive younger years.
> And then when I was about 25 years I bought a Beretta 9mm short, 380. I had it
> for about a year and then popped a hole through the bedroom wall into the
> bathroom, where my live-in girlfriend was on the thrown. Luckily it missed
> her by about five feet. I sold that gun the next day and haven't owned one
> since... but I've shot many. I'm still still a member of NHRA for principle
> reasons only. I figure that some people aren't meant to own guns and I'm one
> of them. After all... three strikes and you're out, and I figure I've had two
> already... no joke!
> -Drew
>
> Brad Fornal wrote:
>
> > How many were shot trying it out??
> >
> > WFO Herb wrote:
> >
> > > I made 'zip' guns in machine shop in HS. Early 60's.
> > > Herb
> > >
> > > Brad Pace wrote:
> > >
> > > > Fred,
> > > > When I was in high school I recall a couple of fellows bringing guns
> > > > to shop class for some work and nobody ever said diddly to them.
> > > >
> > > > Ah those where the days, Brad
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: <busyrider@springmail.com>
> > > > To: "Brad Pace" <britclas@WorldShare.net>
> > > > Cc: "WFO Herb" <froggi@cdsnet.net>; "Spridgeteers"
> > > > <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> > > > Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 6:52 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: Re: Quote
> > > >
> > > > Possibly, but this has also been used by the pro-gun lobby as part of
> > > > their propaganda campaign to aid in their casuse to convince others
> > > > that automatic weapons and handguns are needed for sporting purposes,
> > > > and also by high school students for use between classes.
> > > >
> > > > Fred Criswell
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, 27 Oct 2000 18:30:45 -0700 Brad Pace <britclas@WorldShare.net>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > My thinking is it was Nazi Germany.
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "WFO Herb" <froggi@cdsnet.net>
> > > > To: "Spridgeteers" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> > > > Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 10:24 AM
> > > > Subject: Quote
> > > >
> > > > Know who said this?
> > > >
> > > > "This year will go down in history. For the first time, a civilized
> > > > nation has full gun control registration. Our streets will be safer,
> > > > our
> > > > police more efficient, and the world will follow our lead into the
> > > > future!"
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