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We've always taken the education/permission route when dealing with guns and our kids. Don't touch any gun without our permission, but I'll let you look at them and handle them as much as you want, whenever you want...all you have to do is ask. And anytime Daddy is shooting, you're all invited.
This week my two oldest boys are in a junior police academy in our little town. Today they were shown some gear and guns and even allowed to handle some of them.
The cop running that part of the program is a family friend that we go to church with and who they've known for their entire lives. When he called the boys over to see the guns they politely refused to touch it...."No thanks, Dad didn't say we could." So he sent my wife a text and when they read that they had permission they joined in the fun.
A man they've known their entire lives, who is like family to us, couldn't convince them it was OK to touch a gun.
Sound parenting and a sound plan for dealing with guns (along with great kids) can make a home safe, no matter what's in it.
your flippant remarks which you so adeptly sling
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America needs to understand that our troops are not 'disposable'. Each represents a family; Fathers, Mothers, Sons, Daughters, Cousins, Uncles, Aunts... Our Citizens are our most valuable treasure; we waste far too many.
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Founder
Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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Good job there, Mr. Blue. 
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Does not surprise my at all. But then I have some idea how you are raising them.
The first time I shot myself in the head...
Meniere's Sucks Big Time!!!
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Impressive.....well done!
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hats off to you Eric!
gives me hope for the next generation.
the consolidation of the states into one vast republic, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of that ruin which has overwhelmed all those that have preceded. Robert E Lee
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grandfather & retired LE here to say, "Well done, Sir!".
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Good on your boys, your bride and you, Eric! So....how you gonna show your appreciation for them doing what is right?  Ed
"Not in an open forum, where truth has less value than opinions, where all opinions are equally welcome regardless of their origins, rationale, inanity, or truth, where opinions are neither of equal value nor decisive." Ken Howell
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Well Done, and you are correct....Sound parenting is the key.
Paul
"I'd rather see a sermon than hear a sermon".... D.A.D.
Trump Won!, Sandmann Won!, Rittenhouse Won!, Suck it Liberal Fuuktards.
molɔ̀ːn labé skýla
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Great parents usually beget great children. I had the same rule in my house until they finally got their own. I asked my 10 year old daughter several months back if she was scared or nervous being home alone after dark while I was picking up her brother from football practice. She said "nope, I have your shotgun and my shotgun (in our tv room) right here so I'm good." Confidence and a firearm is the great equalizer. Good for you Blue for raising good kids.
�Politicians are the lowest form of life on earth. Liberal Democrats are the lowest form of politician.� �General George S. Patton, Jr.
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"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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Good job there, Mr. Blue. +1!
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
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Good job there, Mr. Blue. +1! +2
and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6:8) d.v. Musings on TDS
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The Karma bus always has an empty seat when it comes around.- High Brass
There's battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
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George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
Old cat turd!
"Some men just need killing." ~ Clay Allison.
I am too old to fight but I can still pull a trigger. ~ Me
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wheres that damn like button
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damn I almost quoted the old farmer in Babe
but then I recalled you're LEO
so I'll just add well done!
not much greater satisfaction in this world than to raise kids you can be proud of.
happy for all of you.
I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.
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