Texas

[mandaleigh1981]

You really are bad!!!

And bad is good!

 

[uglychickens]

I'm sitting here feeling my baby push on my ribs for the first time!

 

[uglychickens]

As emotional as I am at this time it's making me cry lol

 

[mandaleigh1981]

To know about American gun culture and then to experience it first hand are two very different things. Owning guns on a farm to protect your livestock or near a border where drug/human traffickers cross is not the same as a neighbor having an AR 15 or two in a subdivision.

I have always owned an AR-15 or two, and an AK 47 and an SKS everywhere we have lived, both in San Antonio and out here in the middle of nowhere. Evil people are everywhere, not just in the middle of nowhere; ugly things are done to people in big cities more than in rural areas. Also, I use my AR 15s to hunt, so of course I had them wherever we lived. I truly believe that if people are taught about firearms and safely keeping them they would not fear them as much.

 

[bnjrob]

I remember when I had a pen pal from Singapore. She was convinced that I owned a horse that I rode everywhere whilst wearing cowboy boots and a ten gallon hat. It was hilarious to hear how disappointed she was when I told her my mom drove an SUV, haha!

And in defense of gun culture shock, I can kinda understand. I grew up here and it took me years to understand that guns might be something that we need. Don't get me wrong, I always figured cops needed them and I didn't think that was odd. But when I heard about people owning them, I was worried all the time. It seemed so strange that people would need guns. Nowadays, I'm all for guns so long as they are used responsibly. In high school, I was a total hippie (without the fringe and feathers because this big girl couldn't pull it off). Now, I'm just a homesteader...without the yuppy attitude.

Ha ha - she probably would have loved a picture of you wearing at least the hat.

Society/media has made people think they should be afraid of guns and people with guns and people should feel guilty for having them. My grandfather was a working cowboy when he was young and my great-grand parents were country people too. But my mother was terrified of guns so I didn't grow up with them. Hubby and I have reverted back to our roots though, and like you, we are more homestead-y people now. To us, guns are useful tools. It has surprised me the number of people embracing guns as tools and a way of life in a way that I had never seen as a kid. Met a lady at local Home Depot and started talking about decent shooting ranges in the area etc. Go to a gun show and it's normal every day people there. I think the news wants everyone to think that people with guns are all psychos.

It's a good thing to see more people getting "back to the land" so to speak, even city dwellers with backyard chicken pets and a few tomatoes plants. Gotta start somewhere.

 

[bnjrob]

Soooooooo, I just started selling eggs, cause the hens finally started putting out a decent size. And I just sold 10 dozen in 2 days. HOLY COW!! I had no idea, and here I was drowning in eggs, and I could have been making money!

At least you know now!

 

[TexasLisa]

To know about American gun culture and then to experience it first hand are two very different things. Owning guns on a farm to protect your livestock or near a border where drug/human traffickers cross is not the same as a neighbor having an AR 15 or two in a subdivision.

Do you have a fire extinguisher? If so, why? Same reason we own guns.

I'm sitting here feeling my baby push on my ribs for the first time!

That is wonderful!!!!! Is this your first?

Lisa

 

[mandaleigh1981]

My youngest son with one of the chickens when they were teeny still. He was 4 here, he just started school this year and it makes me sad. Now its just me, DH and baby girl.

 

[uglychickens]

Ha ha - she probably would have loved a picture of you wearing at least the hat.

Society/media has made people think they should be afraid of guns and people with guns and people should feel guilty for having them.  My grandfather was a working cowboy when he was young and my great-grand parents were country people too.  But my mother was terrified of guns so I didn't grow up with them.  Hubby and I have reverted back to our roots though, and like you, we are more homestead-y people now.  To us, guns are useful tools.  It has surprised me the number of people embracing guns as tools and a way of life in a way that I had never seen as a kid.  Met a lady at local Home Depot and started talking about decent shooting ranges in the area etc.  Go to a gun show and it's normal every day people there.  I think the news wants everyone to think that people with guns are all psychos.

It's a good thing to see more people getting "back to the land" so to speak, even city dwellers with backyard chicken pets and a few tomatoes plants. Gotta start somewhere.

The only thing I've seen that ticks me off with guns is as soon as lowlife has one their ten feet tall and bullet proof! It's annoying to say the least! It lows people into a false sense of security. It's like they think just because you have a gun you can do and shoot anything you want!
Reminds me of a story I read some time ago...
A deranged man walks into a eatery waving a gun and shooting... A grandma in the corner table doesn't even flinch, she pulls out a smith and Wesson and blows him away saving everyone's lives! Guess where that was? Texas now if that was to happen in any other state like pa or New York they'd all be dead or taken hostage before the police arrived. Funny thing was she went rite back to eating her meal like nothing happened! Go grandma!!!

 

[RachaelS]

My youngest son with one of the chickens when they were teeny still. He was 4 here, he just started school this year and it makes me sad. Now its just me, DH and baby girl.

What a cutie!!!!! It is hard when the first one goes to school, but they seem to love it so much, it helps with the pain

When my youngest (DD) went to school that I almost thought I was going to lose it. Now she is in 1st grade and DS is already wishing he was in Middle School (just started 4th). The time, it does fly!