SHMIV wrote:The actual Boy Scouts (and I refer to my Daddy's Boy Scouts; not what passes for scouting, now) had some good guidelines, one of which was "Be Prepared". While on may not foresee an immediate need for a rifle while grocery shopping, that does not mean that the need for it won't arise. If you feel so compelled to be prepared for such a thing, go for it, I say.
As far as carrying to make a statement goes, that is not my primary purpose. However, if I am already going to carry, I may as well present a positive image of gun owners. Doing so makes a statement; just not an agressive one.
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HMMM...,. Remember those ads in the back of every Boy's Life magazine? Like this:
http://todaysinspiration.blogspot.com/2 ... -life.html
According to them, a feller never knew when he's need his Winchester .22.
I also seem to remember some full-color comic-strip-type features (I don't think they were ads) that ran in every issue where the good scout always had to make a head shot on a poisonous snake with his trusty rifle that he was allways carrying loaded to rescue a younger child. Remember that? Yessir, in those days the notion that guns saved lives and property was enforced each and every month to Boy Scouts (and other readers of the magazine) everywhere. These days, I guess that's a book that would be "banned in Boston", huh?
I understand Boy's Life is still around. What do they do in those ads now? Call Animal Control or 911?
"The Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference." -Thomas Jefferson
Gun-crazy? Me? I'd say the gun-crazy ones are the ones that don’t HAVE one.
