A Mother, a Gun Enthusiast and the First Victim (Nancy Lanza)

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8. I'm not sure about your point...

You asked about whether there were any moms who shoot with their kids. I responded by saying that there are quite a few that I am aware of, don't know if they are Dems Or Reps... In fact, my father taught me to shoot at the tender age of five and I was a very accurate shot well into my thirties when I realized that there were too many whack jobs running around with guns, that being in the early 70s. I have worked in a field where guns were the norm though I chose not to carry one, I figured I could use my brains instead and did quite well thank you very much. Even though I was very accurate and was trained to use military level fire arms I chose not to have them, personally or on the job since I had a choice.

I live in a rural setting where there are many subsistence hunters and sport hunters. I don't care for the latter but we all live here and I have no place to tell the others how to live or raise their kids. What they do is legal and for the most part I also know there are safety classes that these folks attend and many are formerly military. Perhaps some are a little off but I am not aware of it.

Protective services plays a very different role out here in the wild lands where there's a low population and miles to the nearest town. Not that heinous crimes don't happen here, it's just not my place to interfere when I don't know the details of these folks' daily lives and not present for whatever crimes might take place. I don't have to agree with everything my neighbors do on their ranches.

I don't have a gun lust nor am I willing to confront those who engage in legal activity with their kids, it's what they do whether I object or not.

Sorry your anger has put you in a frame of mind that judges everyone else's choices. I am horrified by what happened in CT yesterday and I have cried about it quite a bit. Apparently that mom didn't use appropriate discretion regarding her firearms and I'm sorry that her mistake cost so many so much. But you can't paint everyone with guns with a broad brush and call everyone who isn't you "the bad guys" because they have guns and maybe think they should teach their kids to hunt. I don't like hunting but it's what people do out here.

All that being said, I, personally, am in favor of gun legislation that bans assault rifles and other rapid fire guns that hold too many bullets... I feel that there is no need for civilians to have access to antipersonnel weaponry.

Sorry if that upset you. I would welcome some changes in policy but I am not going to tell my neighbors how to raise their kids... I'd be run off with pitchforks and guns and worse. I like it here and I feel safe, the only thing I have to worry about here are the cougars, bears and the weather and I like it that way... the "get in yer face" kind of lifestyle doesn't work out here.