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Lessons From a Lamp Post: Why the numbers don't add up. Part 1 of 4

 

Until I joined the Navy I had never carried a hand gun, but while I was there I became comfortable with my semi-automatic side arm. After the Navy my first gun was a used single-action revolver my brother gave me. I shot it a lot, mostly on camping trips where I wore it out so I put it away. After quite a few years I purchased a new semi-automatic pistol and started shooting again. Now my options to own and use a firearm are being threatened by the Government that is supposed to be protecting my Constitutional Rights, and that makes me uneasy.

 

My relationship to firearms might have ended after the Navy if I was not convinced of their necessity. It hasn't happened overnight, but over time and especially in the last few years my Western liberal sensibilities while intact on other issues have shifted strongly in favor of firearm ownership and preparedness. I lived for years with a simple pump shotgun, with very little fear of the unknown intruder, but now I recognize other less obvious threats.

 

One concern is the days of à la carte politics seem to be over, if they ever existed, because of the growing divide in our Government. Any parent will tell you that children are rarely able to compromise, and this is exemplified by the far right with their unrealistic pronouncements arguing with the far left about their unsustainable goals. These are the children currently debating the solution to firearm violence in America and the Constitutional Rights of all Americans.