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"The "kids around" arguement always makes me respond by saying, "You're right, there are kids around. Good thing I can protect them, huh?"
Okay, whoever said that... +5. I can think of no better response!
Tattoos are becoming more and more aceptable nowadays. There was a time when Tattoos were seen by the Sheep in very similar ways that OC and guns are seen today. This past weekend, I went to a carshow with my sister. She has many tattoos, all of which could be considered "tasteful". She was complimented about 6 times on one in particular: a tattoo'd rendering of my our Grandparents' wedding picture. I have a Mustang Running Horse emblem tattooed in plain view on my left bicep. I get compliments all the time. I've even been asked if I was a Broncos fan... I think to myself " Broncos?!?! No..... Ford Mustang!!!" I am in Colorado after all. My point here is that tattoos ARE becoming acceptable. the Sheep are learning that all tattooed people are not freaks, ingrates, criminals, rebels, etc. If this can happen in BOULDER, Colorado (A suburb of California in CO), then it just further reinforces the fact that if more and more people OC, more and more sheep will become acustomed to it. Some will educate themselves. The rest will just follow the others' lead in thinking " if they don't care, neither do I".
I heard something once that said " Zero tolerance equals Zero Common Sense." The young lady that was suspended for leaving a painted wooden ROTC practice rifle was here in Colorado. It was all over the news for weeks. They covered the story as though she went on a rampage. They slammed her, they cried Zero Tolerance and they (the media and the education board) decided to use this young woman as an "example". Oh, how my blood was boiling. Even after a near Decade since "Columbine", Coloradoans in general get very emotional when it comes to guns. I guess they "don't mess around". It's sad to see and when I tell people I own/carry guns, they instantly start acusing me of being part of "the problem. They also start spewing this garbage that the media spoon-feeds them, and the throw around the insults like you wouldn't believe. I even thought of some of these people as my friends. One went as far as forbidding me to even leave my loaded weapon in my truck parked in the street infront of his house. "Leave it at home, or don't come over." This guy is a friend no longer. He really crapped his pants at last years Halloween party at another friend's house. I went as Neo from the matrix, without the trench coat. I had a thigh-rig (forget what they're called), and my cocked-and-locked 1911 strapped in. The part host had no problem with it. The other dude spent the whole night feeling "uncomfortable" and talked about it constantly. Since my ownership of guns, and carrying of guns, I have been given a strong dose of how ignorant and uneducated society really is. Zero tolerance really does mean Zero Common Sense today.
Sorry for the rant, I just couldn't resist to comment to some of the posts here.
