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Up In Arms?
By Mona Lease
Hi, all!! The following is a lot of information in a short space. With
the rampant heroin usage - why are all firearms for sale and owned not
under lock and key? Given the right circumstances - a BB can kill. It's
not the ammunition - it,so the power behind the ammunition that causes
the problem. And - just like a pool game - the angle is everything. A
Daisy BB gun - no pump action - exit end of the barrel flush on the
metal casing of the outside mirror on my car drove a metal Bob into the
metal a 1/4 of an inch! Yes - I tried it to prove a point to my son -
any firearm is dangerous... even deadly.
My firearm training - from a Viet Nam Vet (Thanks much!) - was intense.
Firing the guns was last. There is a mental side to this. Violence is
always the last option. Walking away from a "problem" is always
the first choice. There are no "attitudes" allowed. The firearm is for
protection - when there is no other choice - or for the arena - target
shooting. The same mental consciousness app,is to hunting. A good
hunter will aim to kill - with the first shot. He/She will not leave a
wounded animal to suffer - unable to defend itself against it's weakest
enemy.
You pick up a gun to kill. If you can not do that - do not pick up the
gun. It is that moment of hesitation that will get you killed - usually
with your own gun. You aim the gun to kill - if you can not pull the
trigger - do not pick up the gun. Also - people shouting obscenities
and the like at you are "goading" you into an action. Don't fall for
the "bait" - doing so really says more about you and your management of
your emotions...which is from my karate training - the mental part of
it. In karate - the idea is to stay away from "explosive" situations.
And - again - to not be "goaded" into an action. Karate means empty
hand - by the way.
Both trainers taught me you always maintain control of yourself.
If you lose your cool easily after drinking or illicit drugs - then you
need to make a choice - alcohol/drugs or the firearm. The two will not
mix. Do not be deceived. And most importantly - always assume the gun
is loaded - no matter how many times you "empty" it. Losing your head
on either end of the gun can and usually does have ugly results.
I googled Ohio Revised Code for the gun laws and I am troubled. It goes
in circles and reflects our Constitution in the right to keep and bear
arms and little else. You do not need a permit to buy a firearm!
Shouldn't there be some sort of mandatory training in the schools? I'm
not talking about firing guns - I'm talking about maintaining control
over ourselves and our emotions. After all - isn't that what gets it
all started? An officer yells for goj to drop your weapon and you do
not do it. Wouldn't it be some sort of attitude that made you hang on
to the gun?
Remember the kiddies and our service people. Take good care of the
furry and feathered ones out there. Be safe and healthy. See ya next
time. Ever Toodles!! MONA
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