I am in a horrible state of shock as is most of the globe and I pity the people who this loss has not nor ever will effect.
To use a trite analogy, there has been a great disturbance in the force.
Innocence has been slaughtered.
There were children with bright eyes who don't even know what evil was and have vanished due to its presence.
I am not smart enough to know what lays beyond our final breath but I am smart enough to recognize that when the big bang happened, something made it happen. All the complexities boil down to a big old question mark. I'll put all my chips on the pass line when it comes to a devine being, why not?
Back to the diary title.
I own guns. I shoot guns. I enjoy shooting guns.
My penis is of adequate size. That has never been an issue, ever.
I own numerous hand guns and rifles and want the federal government to be as tough legislatively as possible when it comes to ownership of such weapons. My guns are trigger locked and I am of sound mind.
Question:
1) Take all firearms
Answer: I sold mine, go away. (a private citizen can sell a gun to anyone without paperwork)
That ends that discussion.
To get a hunting liscense in many states one must show that thay have gone through a Hunters Safety Program, that is a good first step.
The Yellow Sheet is the federal form one fills out to buy a firearm from a liscensed dealer. I know retailers who stop the transanction there and blame a refused Yellow Sheet as an excuse not to sell a questionable customer. The gun dealers entire existence is contingent to not f*cking up, they will err on the side of caution.
So here's my deal.
I shoot 2-3 times a year in a county that has 1,000 people in it. We have 8 sections of land, each acre has 640 acres, use topo maps on where to shoot (there is no one there anyways). When we go to "Gun Camp" twice a year or so there are all types of weapons imginable.
No booze until the last shot is fired.
If the government comes looking for my guns then I'll tell them that I lost/sold them.
So.
What do we do? There are non-crazy fuckers in the world who enjoy shooting.
I am in your side, what can we do?
3:04 AM PT:
This may be bad form but I am updating this post with this comment:
I was 13 when involved in a school shooting
I was in the 7th grade when the son of LBJ's Press Secretary decided to kill his teacher with a .22.
I was in the class right across the hall. It happened in the 1st period and they didn't even cancel school. I broke down crying during lunch but made it through the school day.
We heard shots and thought they were putting on a play, we all laughed at the drama, but the teacher was getting blown away 10 feet away from me.
I know the power of guns and I learned it early.
by citizenx on Sun Dec 16, 2012 at 04:27:28 AM CST>/"
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