I made a S&W-type deal of my own . . . . .

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Don Gwinn

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Well, folks, I think I've got a deal made. A friend recently sent me one of those stupid email things where you fill out a survey and send it back to the originator . . . supposed to teach you about your friends. Well, I learned all right! After "Ban guns?" she wrote "Umm . .. ban them."

Needless to say, I responded to this, politely inquiring what she thought I had done to deserve having my guns stolen from me and from whence she thought she derived the right to do it. She responded with an offer for compromise, as follows:

1. All guns in the U.S. are banned. Sorry about this part, folks, she drives a hard bargain.
2. I and all my descendents are exempt from the ban, now and forever (she's one of those "well, I don't think YOU would do anything bad" kind of antis.)

Now, I realize that this looks bad, but you have to understand that I'm facing liquidation as a gun owner and I'm going to make the deal I have to make. The right thing is not always popular.

On the other hand, if any of you have any firearms you'd rather not see destroyed, well, I just had my birthday and in my hands they'd be safe. Who knows, I might even loan one out to one of you non-gun-owning peasants sometimes, though we'd have to be careful about that because there's going to be a regulatory commission to make sure I don't sell my guns . . . . .
Anyway, let me know what you think. I'm going to tell her yes today so she can start lobbying now, because I'd like her bill to be voted on by the time Hell freezes over.
 
Seems like you got the fun emails Don! I always get those stupid ones "what is your favorite salad dressing"......I want the gun email!
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All my descendants now and forever?

Cool, a few generations of inter-marraige with the anti's and we'll have it legal for everyone again.
 
Hey, I didn't even think of the mathematical possibilities. Of course, I'll need a lot of kids to spread the seeds of freedom far and wide, as it were. Melissa will be delighted . . . . .
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Lets see... Yup Law Dog is Don's adopted son,
Miss Demeanors is his adopted Daughter, her Daughter thus a grandchild... (I didn't know Don was old enough to be a grand pop, wonder if Melissa is ready to be a granny...)

Hmmmm... I bet this lady you made the deal with didn't know your descendants already number almost 5000, and is growing daily...
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Gfrey
P.S. are all TFL'ers automatically in or do I have to beg to be adopted too????

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Up higher on the same personal survey, I listed y'all in the question about "Who is your second family?"
So I guess you're all in. She's going to love this . . . . .
 
Don Gwinn Why do so many "friends" say nobody should own guns but "you are ok" Don't they realize there are billions of people that are "ok" to own/carry firearms??? There is a local instructor that feels no one should have semi "or full" auto firearms. "firearms safety for kids mainly" But when I want to take him to task he says. "For you they are ok because you know how to handle/shoot them." Guess what I have never been in the military "bad car accident rods/pins/etc" I learned on my own. "Parents owned a single shot 16guage"
BTW you are my uncle??? "just in case"
 
Don, perhaps converting to Mormonism is in your future. (No slight intended, my nephew is one).

And thanks for letting me be a part of you 2nd family!
 
Don Gwinn, I've gotten "into it" on concealed-carry laws with the antis. They usually stipulate that it's alright for the police to carry a handgun. I point out that a general provision to most CHL systems is a background check for any criminal record--in Texas, it's the same as for a prospective police officer. Therefore, a CHL person is equal in "goodness" to any police officer.

This tends to create confusion, of course.

I then get totally evil by pointing out that in justifiable-shooting situations, statistics show that the police tend to accidentally kill 10 times as many innocents as do private citizens. (In a recent year, it was roughly 30 to 3, respectively.)

Statistically, then, our society would be safer if police did not carry guns, but all people of "good repute" did.
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("Good repute" comes from discussions in such as the Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers as to who should or should not possess arms.) After all, the antis only want a safer society, right?

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Art-- Excellent point! Where, BTW, did you get that stat? I'd like to use it, but I always cite my sources.

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Don, don't write any checks you can't cash, bud. Remember that your answers now can (and will) be used against you in about 20 years, in a "court" of marriage.
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[Going into a relationship with the expectation that the other change is, at best, foolish...]
 
Don't worry Matt, this isn't the fiance we're talking about, that's Melissa. The young lady we're discussing here is just an acquaintance from a class. I just tend to be an optimist about such things and so end up debating the issue with a wide variety of friends and acquaintances.

Melissa has made her change and the pattern is set. Shooting is fun, but all guns look alike and are quite uninteresting. Basically, she has no problem with owning guns or shooting as long as I buy the guns, clean the guns, repair the guns, make the arrangements to go shooting, and clean the guns again. Her part in the process is to pull the trigger of the gun she's been handed and make fun of my marksmanship. It's working beautifully so far.
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I'd like it if she were a tad more interested in guns but "boring" is better than "evil" any day.
 
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