I went on a rant in another thread due to what I perceive as anti-gun rhetoric creeping into our vocabulary. It leaves me wondering if I'm alone in noticing this, if I'm the one who's paranoid or if others have seen the same thing. Maybe it's my age and approaching geezer-ism sneaking up on me.
I have recently noticed some anti-gun rhetoric sneaking into the culture and even into this forum. Just look at some of the questions that people ask and some of the responses. Am I alone? Is selling a gun to an individual at a gun show insane? What about letting a friend shoot my reloads? What about breathing the air while I cast bullets? Am I not being careful enough or are other people taking it too far?
When I was young, we drove stupid-fast cars with terrible handling and bad brakes on leaded gas. We put gasoline in milk jugs for our lawnmower. We shot .22s at squirrels in the trees and thought nothing of where the bullets were landing. We cleaned our guns with bare hands and I've crimped on more than a few lead sinkers with my molars.
I wear my seat belt and take reasonable precautions but I don't worry about getting lead poisoning from eating wild game! Yeesh!
/rant
I have recently noticed some anti-gun rhetoric sneaking into the culture and even into this forum. Just look at some of the questions that people ask and some of the responses. Am I alone? Is selling a gun to an individual at a gun show insane? What about letting a friend shoot my reloads? What about breathing the air while I cast bullets? Am I not being careful enough or are other people taking it too far?
When I was young, we drove stupid-fast cars with terrible handling and bad brakes on leaded gas. We put gasoline in milk jugs for our lawnmower. We shot .22s at squirrels in the trees and thought nothing of where the bullets were landing. We cleaned our guns with bare hands and I've crimped on more than a few lead sinkers with my molars.
I wear my seat belt and take reasonable precautions but I don't worry about getting lead poisoning from eating wild game! Yeesh!
/rant