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(2,734 posts)Require big boy rules. What my old man used to say.
Having spent my life in rural Oklahoma and in rural Texas, the answer to a conflict in these places is a gun. Its the culture. Ive lived it
Ive been on this planet for 51 years. Never had a single iota of gun saftey training in the schools i attended. No lessons on how to resolve a conflict with out violence. Ive had a revolver put to my face over a complete misunderstanding that didnt amount to a fucking hill of beans.
Lost a lot of friends in these towns due to bullshit involving a gun.
Gun saftey was taught by my dad; a man who fought in the Tet Offensive in '68. Stories of what a gun does to a human in combat. A gun was a last fucking resort if you honestly knew you were going to die. I still live by that rule.
Make guns easy to get with no oversight and you got a bonafide shit show on your hands...