allthumbs Posted May 22, 2003 Posted May 22, 2003 Field reports from Iraq reveal such miserable gunhandling that we must ask ourselves about what amounts to social degeneration. Throughout the 20th century we Americans have had occasion to handle literally millions of smallarms, and we did so largely without mishaps. The only case I ran across in my entire service was judged by a court of inquiry to be a self-inflicted wound, rather than a negligent discharge. Now we find ourselves confronted with huge numbers of young men who do not seem to be able to keep finger off trigger, or to keep firearms properly pointed. Can television be the cause of this, or is it the deliberate, intentional gelding of the young American male? A boy should be taught proper gunhandling by his father. If he has no father, this is difficult. Possibly in a two-income family there is no time for fathers properly to educate sons. Education is what you get at home - what you get, or should get, at school is training. What seems to have developed is a culture in which the fathers have no fathers, and this is a tough one to remedy - tougher in the face of urbanized hoplophobia. This is no cause for despair. Annoyance possibly, but not despair. The soul of the American outdoorsman has not been lost, and it should be consciously cherished. Consider the example of our icon, TR the Great. When he rode through the night to assume the mantle of the presidency, as his predecessor slowly died, his most memorable remark was his opinion that if it had been he who had been shot, rather than McKinley, he, Roosevelt, would have killed his assailant before losing combat capability. That was some time ago, but we should not accept the idea that there are no more Americans like that. They are there - it is just that they get a bad press. -coop Quote
JoshK Posted May 22, 2003 Posted May 22, 2003 Hmm, I think I'm just fine for my father not having taught me how to handle a gun. He taught me many more things I would consider about 10 million times for valuable. Quote
erik Posted May 22, 2003 Posted May 22, 2003 JoshK said: Hmm, I think I'm just fine for my father not having taught me how to handle a gun. He taught me many more things I would consider about 10 million times for valuable. i didnt need my dad to teach me to play with myself tho......... Quote
allthumbs Posted May 22, 2003 Author Posted May 22, 2003 No beefs with that, Josh. I just think it's important for fathers to be fathers (regardless of the format), that's all. oh, erik, the sistas tell me you're real good at playin' wityoself. bwahahaha Quote
Mr._Natural Posted May 22, 2003 Posted May 22, 2003 i didnt need my dad to teach me to play with myself tho......... did mommy "handle it" Quote
JoshK Posted May 22, 2003 Posted May 22, 2003 True. There are a lot of fathers these days that offer their sons no guidance in any way. If a kid is out there teaching his kid how to hunt, fish, etc. I think that's great. It's not my cup of tea, but at least the kid is getting fatherly guidance, unlike most of the hoodrats these days. Quote
allthumbs Posted May 22, 2003 Author Posted May 22, 2003 erik said: NOPE SELF TAUGHT(I KNEW THAT WAS A BAD POST!!!) speakin' of yo momma, she's so fat that the National Weather Agency had to name her farts Quote
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