Regret it everyday of my life that I did not complete my service project to obtain the rank of Eagle Scout (ask my wife, she can tell you this). They spoke so much about the reget men have in not obtaining it, and I am one who openly admitts it.
I was a cub scout from the very day I was eligible, Weblo, attended the 75th Anniversary National Jamboree by EARNING my way, and obtained the rank of Life scout with only 3 merit badges and a service project to complete. I lived life through scouting and it is a part of me that will never leave me. Then things went south as a teenager, new scoutmaster, a got a Z28, and stupidity set in.
I still to this day can recite the Oath, Promise, and tell you what the two stars on the first class badge represent (truth and knowledge btw, find a scout that knows that!). I'm am not your typical leadership type, but because of the lessons I learned through scouting, I have been able to lead men and women in business, and in moments of emergencies just by reacting and not thinking (heart attacks/CPR, unconcenious car victims, fractures in the middle of no where, and much worse that I pray never to have to deal with again).
There are two organizations that my wife knows that I will ALWAYS support and if we were to hit the lottery, I'd dump LOTS of money into, and one being the BSA. The concept of walking into a troop meeting in some unknowing town/troop and handing a check for a huge amount of money to buy gear and stuff with, makes me giddy just thinking about.
As for guns, yeah, I shoot .22 targets, shotguns with skeet, and went hunting with the scouts. We were taught laws, the 4 rules by the Game Warden of my area, and passed the state rifle cert. program back then.
