What If We Made Gun Culture Uncool Like We Did Cigarettes?

[Eleanors38]

137. Lead is already illegal in CA for big game..

and illegal in all 50 states for waterfowl. On the range, it is mined periodically out of the berms, and poses little threat to the environment. But if an affordable substitute is developed, then it lead may go the way of other substances. On gun-love, I heard someone (Tom Robbins?) say 80% of sex is odor.

Not interested in golf; airguns are of passing interest. I do like hunting, however, and most my shots are below 180 yds (my limit, not the rifle).

Enjoyed your family history. My Mom's folks are old Florida Crackers who came to the state just before the Civil War (most folks saw what was going to happen, and if you didn't want to get caught up in anything, you cut out to Florida. Same as it ever was. They farmed their own place, my Mom and Aunt picked strawberries for $1/day during the Depression, and the uncles worked in saw mills and trucking. He t they had a used Model T and gas lighting and a pump well in the kitchen; i.e., the house was built around the well. When things got rough, Pappy would hire out to the state, and drive a mule-drawn wagon to prospect for the State (lime, phosphate, and other minerals), camping in the sticks for a week or two at a time. But he preferred farming, and did not hunt.

In the 50s he would visit our family in G'ville where we had the usual modern conveniences. But he would disappear into the woods after the big family meal. Once my brother trailed him, only to discover that he had taken a dump. He asked Pappy why he did that when we had a full bathroom and running well water, and he answered that he brought up not to crap where you got fresh water. Heh. Maybe due to his mining experience, he had less faith in limestone and clay filtration.

Lots of tales from that time; some good, some bad. He died in '56 and was eulogized as a pioneer in the Bartow area. Mamma died at 99 yoa. My Mom will be 96 next mo.

Peace.