PS, Thank your son for his service to our country.
I do, all the time.. I served, and most of my family did as well. On my mothers side, going back to WW1.. On my fathers side.. My great grandfather came to this country when he was 6 years old. One of his fondest memories, was standing at the rail of the ship, and seeing the statue of liberty materialize out of the fog as they came into the harbor. He talked about that until the day he died. It is one of the few stories I remember him telling. His father fought in WW1, on the wrong side, his son, my grandfather spoke fluent German, but was a gunner in a liberator. When they sent his crew to Brit, they pulled my Grandfather off of his plane, and grilled him for over an hour about his loyalties.. They eventually decided to put him back on his plane, which is what he wanted... two months later his plane was shot down over Hamburg.. Our German uncles and cousins delivered all but the co pilot into the hands of the French, who returned them all to allied care... Four months later, the same thing happened again, and only three of them survived, my grandfather being one of them.
My Grandfather on my mothers side was in the Navy when WW2 arrived, and when the war ended came back to this little bitty town to live out his life.. thankfully...
My Grandfathers hunted, and enjoyed shooting sports, and just shooting in general.. That is where I got my love for shooting.. My father.. well, he enjoyed riding around in the truck looking for a rabbit... So I usually went hunting by myself or with my buddies.. small town school.. about 12 kids per class.. we had NRA classes in the gym, with bullet traps for the .22's spiral snail looking things you put a target on the front of.. so, we carried our .22's to school, put them in our locker, and put the box of shells on the shelf.. Many times we did this, not because we had NRA classes, but because we were going squirrel hunting after school... carry a gun into a school today and see what happens...
Why is that? WHY is everyone punished, for the misdeeds of a few? I always understood, that Prior restraint was illegal?
My son once got kicked out of his school.. Using the words GUN or KILL was not allowed... He got a new .22 and I took him hunting.. (I was the one that gave him his hunter safety course) He got two squirrels, which I grilled for us to share.. he told his friends this at school, and was quickly expelled...
I was beyond angry, and I hired a lawyer, charges were raised, and the school system very quickly backed down. If my son had told someone he was going to bring his gun to school and kill them, I could have understood....
What my grandfathers have fought for, my family, myself, my son, cousins, uncles etc.... Is NOT what this country is becoming. The sad part of it is, those screaming the loudest, havent the slightest clue what it is they are doing, the lifestyle they are destroying, for no better reason, than to lay the blame for the worlds problems on inanimate objects, rather than blame and punish the people who use them for illegitimate purposes.