Re: O/T Who NEEDS guns

Posted by Billy NY on November 23, 2008 at 09:32:05 from (64.12.117.74):

In Reply to: O/T Who NEEDS guns posted by wallacedw on November 23, 2008 at 08:17:30:

There is no doubt as to the utilitarian value of a firearm, and anyone who has grown up on a farm, land or similar, would know that, personally, I can't see there being no firearms secured at ones homestead or wherever if you have a farm or some land. We've had to put animals down, unfortunate but true, accidents and or mortal injuries have occurred, necessitating the use of a firearm at our farm, years ago, but something you do not forget.

We also have to consider varmints, another area where, amongst other methods of mitigating ground dwelling and predatory animals, both require the use of firearms, it's that simple.

All of us hunt for food around here, it's more of a luxury, but then again, you have a big family, live away from metropolitan or suburban areas, it does help put food on the table, lot of people still hunt to supplement their stock of food, and kids still grow up with venison as part of their diets.

In this area, a lot of people, from nearby cities and suburbia hunt or try to find places to hunt, like where I am and in the immediate area, to them it may be more of sport etc,. but even amongst those people, you have those who came from rural or semi-rural areas, having grown up hunting, so it never leaves them, hunting is traditional. Inexperienced or poorly educated hunters come from both cities and the rural areas, a lot of them end up on state land, and is why I don't hunt anyplace except our own. On that note, most of the land around here is occupied by hunters during the season, it is competitive to find new hunting areas, even old but still existing farms have changed drastically, my friends dad came up to hunt from Tennessee,(grew up and is from here) he hunted this farm near his home with permission for nearly 60 years, they ran him off, owner passed on, family don't remember him now, lots of stands built and people hunting. He also hunts our place, was good to see him this year. A lot has changed over the years, you could hunt most farms, but as time has progressed, that simply is not the case anymore, one has to have a high appreciation to have the privilige to hunt someone's farm or even your own land.

Home defense, well that is what it is, it is a "peace of mind" to know you have a firearm available for the purpose, however, you still have to keep it secured, yet be able to retrieve and load it on short notice, in today's society one has to think in a "secure manner" always be aware of your surroundings and discipline yourself to be attentive, and have a plan to execute if a situation ever did arise, again that privilige afforded to us citizens in the 2nd amendment should allow all responsible people to have the right to own what they deem necessary, within reason obviously, don't matter where you live for home defense. Simply understood, any firearm can be dangerous, and it's the poorly trained people who most often make mistakes with them, and the criminals who don't respect the law or rights of others that ruin it for responsible people, it's that simple, people make it complicated, you know what a firearm does and what it's potential is, it's up to you how you handle them and what you do with them, period.

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