Re: was Dogs now peeping tom scum

Jesse,
When I taught riflery at a YMCA camp, we used to shoot oranges for demonstration. We had the kids feel the orange and note that it was very similar to human flesh (being able to press it with fingers).
We'd splat those oranges all over the place. We never, ever had a kid run for his target before the all-clear was given, and they were very careful to check to make sure that all cartridges had ejected before they moved from prone position. We also never had a kid aim even an empty and double-checked 22 at anyone else, even though we taught kids as young as 8 (and an occasional precocious 7 year old).
My brother had rifles when I was growing up, and I never would have considered playing with a gun. I had more respect for guns than I had for cars, even though I saw my sister forget to check that the car was out of gear when she started it, and sent it through the garage door (and nearly out the other side of the garage) when I was about 5. I wouldn't have considered touching either one. I think my brother took me skeet shooting when I was 8 - not older than 9 because we moved then.
I haven't checked into the cost of hand guns in a long time. What do they run now? I've been contemplating getting one- the neighborhood is changing. My immediate neighbors are fine, but there are a lot of renters down the road, and there is gang sign on the main road about a mile away. I don't think I can handle a big dog anymore. If I get another dog, it will have to be closer to Beagle sized, maybe smaller. 

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----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesse Bell" <justjess01@gmail.com> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] was Dogs now peeping tom scum



Any child who thinks a gun is a toy, was not brought up properly by their
parents. They should be taught to respect a gun and what it can do. I was taught how to shoot at age six...and my father shot a pumpkin, and I watched 
it explode everywhere, and my dad said, "don't play with a
gun...EVER...because that's what will happen if you hit somebody...always
respect a gun, and never aim it at a person unless you intend to have them
look like that (and pointed to the pumpkin). I never, EVER, messed with my 
dad's guns, but I knew where every single one of them were kept.  And they
were loaded.  My dad was Navy, and he was on a ship for long periods at a
time, and my mother was out in the country, on a farm, with three
daughters...and pregnant with my brother. He wanted to make sure my mother 
knew how to use them, and that we had some way to protect ourselves if we
needed to.  I think growing up on a farm, and in the country, and being
military makes a difference.


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