08-29-2014, 07:23 PM
(08-29-2014, 10:22 AM)F.U. Dont ask again Wrote: Glad to know you at least knew they were around as a child. Sorry to hear you were not taught about them, or let enjoy them. If you had Ben your attitude about them may be quite different.
Answering your question. No, I don't believe I had to correct my grandson for that. He knows what papa says is law. If he goes against me all the quads, motorcycles, bows, guns, games, etc will stop. Plus he hates it when he disappoints me.
Now, has my daughter had different experiences with him? I would bet on it.
This may be a stupid question but, I have never asked you or paid enough attention to your posts to know where you live. So where do you hang your hat?
We are heading out now, I willcatch up with you when I return.
What makes you think I wasn't taught about them?
I was. It was just a very different lesson to the one that you teach. I was taught that they are an instrument that is made for the primary purpose of killing things. I was taught they are extremely dangerous; in the right and wrong hands. I was taught that they should only be used for necessities i.e. Slaughtering a beast, putting down a sick animal, controlling vermin. I was taught that there was no room for complacency.
In my later life I had a lot to do with guns. I held a licence and was a allocated a quota to shoot kangaroos (that should give you a big enough hint as to where I'm from) for pet food, and later on, human consumption. I still don't eat kangaroo today because of it. Makes my stomach turn. I still have that rifle. Twenty years ago, on a still day, I could of put a hole in a 4" circle at a thousand yards. Probably take me twenty shots to hit garbage can at that range nowadays. That rifle has been wrapped in oilcloth and locked in a gun safe for I don't know how long. Why? I don't have any vermin on my couple of acres. I don't slaughter my own meat. I don't have any livestock that I may need to put down and I don't live where there's a fucking ridiculous gun culture, where people think because other people gave a weapon, if I get one I'll be safe. If teach my six year old all about guns, he'll be safe too.