Webmaster - 17 May 2008 06:43 PM

Yesterday, there was a story of a guy who had an itch on his back, so he reached around and scratched it with.....yes, his handgun! You can guess what happened next!
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/051408dnmetitch.f81a31c3.html

Last night Leno said it was a good thing the guy didn’t have jock itch.

Webmaster - 17 May 2008 06:43 PM

I have a 14 lb dog, no handgun and a 30 year old Stihl, so my weapons are somewhat limited.

I have been bit by dogs at least three times, but never shot or held up. Never hurt with a chain saw, either.

I think the honest answer is this: It all works somewhat by the hour, and also based on your experience and safety measures. Use any tool long enough, and stupid enough (like the avatar one member has of a friend cutting in sandals), and you will be hurting.

Yesterday, there was a story of a guy who had an itch on his back, so he reached around and scratched it with.....yes, his handgun! You can guess what happened next!
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/051408dnmetitch.f81a31c3.html

One good thing about youth firearms training...I was six years old when I was taught all the basics, and at that age it actually soaks in. I think the camps had to be extra careful with all of us toddlers shooting on the rifle range....and while we didn’t fear death (at that age), we did respect adults, authority and teachers.

the men in my family all get together for a week at hunting camp every year. we have a semi trailer made into a very nice camp that we move 8 miles back from “civilization”, and have been going to the same area since the early sixties. the younger generation all are invited to come when they are in the 6 year old range and older. the wealth of information those kids get from that week would be worth 4 weeks at school. firearms training. nature. alternative energy. survival. but its getting harder to do things like that due to the misconceptions about hunters. it seems that we arent very popular with the politically correct crowd.
during the ice storm a few years back, our hunting crew fared pretty well at their homes due to the fact that we all knew how to survive without modern conveniences. (at least for a short time)

ugenetoo - 18 May 2008 06:44 AM

but its getting harder to do things like that due to the misconceptions about hunters. it seems that we arent very popular with the politically correct crowd.

Funny, I see just the opposite.
I know a lot of PC people, and never hear a word about hunters or fishermen, etc.
It seems as if a coalition of sorts has been forged between environmentalists and sportsmen...in general....and while you won’t find me skinning a deer, at the same time I have more respect for someone who knows what goes into their meat than I do for someone who has to have others do the butchering.

In our neck of the woods - admittedly one of the most liberal and PC bastions in the country - we see virtually no backlash against hunters or even firearms in general. It’s more live and let live. The “native” population tend to be hunters, fishermen and gun owners and the recent transplants (from Boston, NYC, etc.) tend to be PC, but there is no gap between them when it comes to leaving each other be.

Being from the original early “hippie” (boomer) generation, I was always taught “It’s your thing, do what you wanna do” and “I can’t tell you, who to sock it to”.....in general, at least.

I think there is a back room deal going on - we won’t complain about gay marriage and you don’t complain about our hunting.