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Mojorabbit

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6. I am almost 60 and grew up with guns
Fri Jul 20, 2012, 08:25 PM
Jul 2012

It was never a big deal at all. My pop taught all us girls and my brother how to shoot at a young age. Because of this it feels weird to me to see the reactions people have to guns.
I own them, I really enjoy target shooting, but in general I don't think much about them at all. They do not rank anywhere near any of the other things in my life in importance. I think it may
be a difference in exposure to them growing up compared to someone who may never have been around them at all. Different perceptions.
I find a satisfaction in hitting a target but it has never made me feel larger in any way. I can't speak to anyone else's experience though.

I have been really sad lately. So many things I am reading in the news are making me feel sort of hopeless, ie climate change articles. I am trying to spend some time
outdoors watching my bees or trying to tame my garden weeds but it is so very hot and I am not getting as much satisfaction outdoors due to the heat. I am hoping
it is just the new moon energy making me more emotional and that I will perk up as that energy wanes.

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I think thta this gun thing is somehow Tumbulu Jul 2012 #1
Sadly Ricochet21 Jul 2012 #2
I hate guns. kimmerspixelated Jul 2012 #3
I am almost 60 and grew up with guns Mojorabbit Jul 2012 #6
I sort of relate to this Celebration Jul 2012 #17
Apparently their mothers had no say in the choice of "gift". mother earth Jul 2012 #4
Exactly. Those games today kimmerspixelated Jul 2012 #5
I can't understand why people need so many cars, electronic gadgets or clothes. TalkingDog Jul 2012 #7
Yes. A tool is about right. davsand Jul 2012 #10
Reasonable, sane levels of gun control do not exist in this country marions ghost Aug 2012 #21
A gun is a tool meant for killing marions ghost Aug 2012 #20
Yes. Sometimes things need to die. It's a fact of life. A butcher's knife TalkingDog Aug 2012 #22
who are you, the boss? Ricochet21 Aug 2012 #23
We certainly don't need any of these semi/or automatic weapons. southerncrone Jul 2012 #8
Rick, I agree with you 100% findrskeep Jul 2012 #9
a gun is for killing NJCher Jul 2012 #11
That is a point kentauros Jul 2012 #13
I get it, FirstLight Jul 2012 #12
David Sylvian "The Boy With The Gun" MagickMuffin Jul 2012 #14
I've always liked David Sylvian's music kentauros Jul 2012 #15
I've never gotten the "gun culture" get the red out Jul 2012 #16
I'e never liked guns. PinkTiger Jul 2012 #18
I'm not a gun fan, but I loved my BB gun as a kid. Still Blue in PDX Jul 2012 #19
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