I'm 75 years old, i've never owned a gun in my life. Not a handgun, not a long gun, not an AK-47. I've never felt the gravitational pull for or to them. I don't begrudge anyone owning them. I've shot them over the years; hunting with my dad or in our high school. It was a Catholic military school with a riffle range and we were taught to…
I'm 75 years old, i've never owned a gun in my life. Not a handgun, not a long gun, not an AK-47. I've never felt the gravitational pull for or to them. I don't begrudge anyone owning them. I've shot them over the years; hunting with my dad or in our high school. It was a Catholic military school with a riffle range and we were taught to field strip an M-!. Oddly, in the cafeteria.
Of late, after reading some of the Bulwark's doom and gloom and more so, the comments from far too many calling for us all to become more maga-like, i question; Is 2024 the year i buy my first gun(s)?
The mere suggestion we become them is both terrifying and depressing. When i read stories how millions upon millions lust after videos of pure unadulterated bullshit; i ask myself why would i want to do that? Why would i want to abandon the principles and tenets i grew up believing in and on, with the premise if i/we do so, we can too become winners?
I'm 75 years old and i've never owned a gun. My hope is i never feel the need to own one. Because, if i do, it means they've won and we've lost. Ideas should always be more powerful than the threats of violence. The very existence of our nation continuing should never depend on those who have the most bullets, but those who have principles and a belief in right and wrong.
The more I read about the history of this nation, it appears "who has the most bullets" as been the deciding factor since the countrys birth,unfortunately.
But still it's worth keeping up the fight to make space for principles and ideas..do not go gently into the good night!
I'm 75 years old, i've never owned a gun in my life. Not a handgun, not a long gun, not an AK-47. I've never felt the gravitational pull for or to them. I don't begrudge anyone owning them. I've shot them over the years; hunting with my dad or in our high school. It was a Catholic military school with a riffle range and we were taught to field strip an M-!. Oddly, in the cafeteria.
Of late, after reading some of the Bulwark's doom and gloom and more so, the comments from far too many calling for us all to become more maga-like, i question; Is 2024 the year i buy my first gun(s)?
The mere suggestion we become them is both terrifying and depressing. When i read stories how millions upon millions lust after videos of pure unadulterated bullshit; i ask myself why would i want to do that? Why would i want to abandon the principles and tenets i grew up believing in and on, with the premise if i/we do so, we can too become winners?
I'm 75 years old and i've never owned a gun. My hope is i never feel the need to own one. Because, if i do, it means they've won and we've lost. Ideas should always be more powerful than the threats of violence. The very existence of our nation continuing should never depend on those who have the most bullets, but those who have principles and a belief in right and wrong.
The more I read about the history of this nation, it appears "who has the most bullets" as been the deciding factor since the countrys birth,unfortunately.
But still it's worth keeping up the fight to make space for principles and ideas..do not go gently into the good night!
100% this. I will never possess a gun, and I know that I’ll be safer for it.