Thanks for the kind words.
My perception is, society has changed how society chooses to deal with life's situations.
I am 52 years old. I grew up with guns, and knives as being a part of my life, starting at a very very young age.
These were just tools, with skill sets learned , passed forward to me, as they were to all of boys and girls, and quality practice continuing.
Now understand, Wars had been fought, and more conflicts would come to be , whether abroad, or at home , such as Civil Unrests. Guns and knives and other Hardware (tools) were a part of all this, just not THE only tool.
Stategies & Tactics included, locking the doors on the house when the Chain Gangs came around to do work. Or Inmate had escaped so keep eyes peeled and report any suspicious activity.
Heck, we rarely locked our doors.
Vehicles often had the ignition set to "on" meaning a key was not needed to start, that or keys left in the vehicle.
Common sense said to set ignition to "off" (required a key to do this) and taking the keys out of vehicle.
This way, inmates would not just come on in on us, or take the vehicle. WE did not need anyone telling us this, and we did not sit around inside with guns in laps.
We lived life, not just existing . No 911, and even calling the "Law" would take some time.
Made sense to us, to avoid trouble in the first place, leave when it showed up, and if matters got bad, deal with it.
We knew how to deal with stuff.
This might sound stupid, still with no modern Central HVAC, meaning folks used window fans, raised windows - a Peeping Tom, getting a face full of dirty mop water, through the window screen, probably with Ammonia in it, will make Peeping Tom quit peeping in.
Hey stepping outside, and around with a garden hoe, and "Git!" would work too.
Granted most folks carried concealed that I was around, point being, the gun was not the first thing they thought off for every situation.
Water Moccasins around the farm pond, creek, and other places we kids went, often fell victim to a Garden Hoe, not being shot.
Folks had seen enough killing, injuring, blindness, and all, we had Vets in Society with amputations, and worst.
WE did not want to get shot,knifed, stabbed, cut, we were told how that bullet/ or bayonet/knife did all that damage, and the amputation was needed.
We did not look for an excuse to use force, force of any kind- though we practiced using force, and with whatever gun one had.
It was NOT the gun, instead the person using a gun- the mindset, and all that made this all work.
Single shot shotgun, .22 rifle, Lever action rifle, revolver - it did not matter what one had, just be one with the thing.
Plus how to avoid not getting to that point...those amputations, missing eyes, nasty scars and all - sorta kept one reminded how Real all this was.
I get concerned about todays Society. Folks are not being raised around guns, or anything else as I and other were.
These folks are either so misinformed about Realities of Society, or they have some John Wayne/GIJoe Macho idea, they are going to actually be Matriculated into a Firearm community/ Knife community/ MMA community by spouting , parroting, and boasting in Society, and Internet as they do.
They want "it" so bad, they cannot sit still and listen. Maybe pride and ego gets in the way, who knows?
Let me share, you can replay all you want about your perfect gunfight, but it ain't gonna happen that way.
Looking for opportunities will get one dead.
Pulling some of the boasted stuff, will put one in jail, and you do not get to keep your guns in jail.
I've said it before, go attend a jury trial, and pay attention.
Jury of one's Peers...well...not everyone on that Jury is going to be just like you.
This all costs money, time and wears one down emotionally, physically, mentally, and financially.
Just might be a good idea to think a bit, mull it over, and get brutally honest with self.
Evil is going to do what Evil is going to do.
No need to go looking for Evil, or making Evil for one's self.
Dead Serious. I have seen folks, that liked to shoot, have guns, hunt and all.
Evil come looking for them/theirs and they were Lucky, they totally flubbed up themselves , how handled and guns, but survived.
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Some were not so lucky, and /or saw others get hurt, raped, or dead.
They got rid of all guns. It ate them up inside. Some get it together, get it all sorta out, and get to keeping a gun around, maybe even shoot one again...just never like they once were.
Some never do. They put way too much stock in "things" , that gun, and they failed.
No Software, only Hardware, and it does not always work out very good this way.
Software, not Hardware does.
One of the impromptu lessons we did, was use play money and "buy what you need" for serious matters. Just stuff on a table...Social Experiment for me and others...
Folks bought guns and knives.
Set-Up was a fire in the house. Not a damn one had bought a fire extinguisher.
I've already changed Batteries in the Smoke Alarms, being Daylight Savings Time - how about you?
I will put in fresh batteries when we go off of DST as well....
Quite few things I do when this time change occurs, twice a year...
How are your windshield wipers? Ready for winter? Easier to spot trouble before it reaches you in a car...easier to evade if you can see through the windshield.
DST goes off, my wipers will be replaced again ready for summer...inspected and maintained often through the year besides replacement.
Some stuff firearms can't do.
No guarantee my smoke alarms , fire extinguishers, wiper blades...etc are going to work when called upon either.
I have backups, spare set of blades in the truck...double up on smoke alarms, fire extinguishers...still no guarantee .
Software, not hardware.