http://studiodk.org/Blog/2007/12/03/in-the-woods-skytop/ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:18:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://studiodk.org/Blog/2007/12/03/in-the-woods-skytop/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Janet Nickell Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:23:04 +0000 http://studiodk.org/Blog/2007/12/03/in-the-woods-skytop/#comment-76 Hear! Hear! For Second Amendment Rights! And utterly lovely pictures. I grew up in the rural South. If a boy didn't have a 22 when he was 12, there was something wrong with the boy or the family. My father didn't hunt because my mother's father died in a hunting accident. (His own fault.) My mother asked him not to hunt and Daddy always said it was no big problem because he didn't like to be cold and wet at the crack of dawn. No kid ever thought about playing with a firearm. Daddy had a 38 and I knew that I wouldn't sit down for two weeks if I messed with it. My husband is in law enforcement. When I realized we would have a hand gun in the house, I insisted that it should always be loaded because one should always assume that a firearm is loaded and dangerous. In addition, I had my husband take our 12 year old out and shoot that 9mm until the world looked level and then clean it. That ensured she would have no curiosity about it. When it was time to do the shotgun, she begged not to be forced to go to the range with it. As an adult she target shoots with her own weapon,as does her fiance who is a hunter. Of course, we unload it when we know we will have children in the house who may not have been taught firearms safety or respect. Hear! Hear! For Second Amendment Rights! And utterly lovely pictures. I grew up in the rural South. If a boy didn’t have a 22 when he was 12, there was something wrong with the boy or the family. My father didn’t hunt because my mother’s father died in a hunting accident. (His own fault.) My mother asked him not to hunt and Daddy always said it was no big problem because he didn’t like to be cold and wet at the crack of dawn. No kid ever thought about playing with a firearm. Daddy had a 38 and I knew that I wouldn’t sit down for two weeks if I messed with it. My husband is in law enforcement. When I realized we would have a hand gun in the house, I insisted that it should always be loaded because one should always assume that a firearm is loaded and dangerous. In addition, I had my husband take our 12 year old out and shoot that 9mm until the world looked level and then clean it. That ensured she would have no curiosity about it. When it was time to do the shotgun, she begged not to be forced to go to the range with it. As an adult she target shoots with her own weapon,as does her fiance who is a hunter. Of course, we unload it when we know we will have children in the house who may not have been taught firearms safety or respect.

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