So what's wrong with home security systems?

[The Straight Story]

102. Here the thing

Obviously a few people here thought I made it all up. I chose The Straight Story as my name for two reasons. One is I love the movie, one of the really interesting ones from David Lynch.

Other reason is I am open about myself, my life, and I don't need to make up things (I have lived a pretty crazy life).

Educating the public, especially in school, would be a plus. My dad used to have archery and gun club at school. They took their own guns, arrows, etc to school.

Everyone back in Byesville, Ohio (where my parents mostly grew up) had guns, kept rabbits, chickens, etc and so on. My grandfather was mayor and police chief of the town - in a quaint little police dept like you might see in twilight zone episodes - big desk with two round lights on it.

Gun crimes were not a problem. Domestic disputes, drinking, speeding, running stop signs (Grandpa gave mom, his own daughter, a ticket for running a stop sign once. That had to be an interesting dinner conversation that night).

Pretty much everyone had some form of gun or other at home and were educated about it's use and dangers because they were such a part of life.

As more people moved to cities less people needed them in daily life. Folks out in the sticks use and respect them.

People have changed, education has changed. Guns are not the problem, people are. And those issues are harder to correct. Trying to ban guns isn't going to fix it.