rcawdor57
Campaign Veteran
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Initially I thought nothing of this but after a while it started bothering me so I thought I would share a few things that occurred yesterday during and after the garage sale.
1st and probably most important: An older gentlemen spoke with me about guns, swords, etc...I spoke with him about Wisconsin Carry and he said he knew everything he needed to know about the laws of Wisconsin and.....that he would carry a firearm concealed if he wanted to. I suggested he NOT do that and instead carry openly within the limits of the law. He said he would carry a cheap gun that he won't mind losing to confiscation if he ever got caught and that why should he worry about the law? "It is only a misdemeanor". I told him he could get a year in jail and a $10,000 fine for that "misdemeanor". He wasn't swayed. There was no talking any sense to him at all about this.
Another gentlemen thought he knew how to legally transport a handgun in his vehicle. He told me "I just put it on the seat next to me with the magazine out". OK.....I explained that the firearm had to be "encased and unloaded" and out of reach would be a good idea too. He told me I was wrong. I suggested he please look up the law(s) and see for himself what is legal and what isn't. No go.
Both of these gents were at least 10 to 15 years older than me and I am getting up there myself at 52. Do we really get into such a mental mindset as we get older that we never doubt ourselves? Shouldn't we all perform a reality check every once in a while?
And last but not least this occurred an hour or two after putting everything away: Took my dogs on a long walk around the block and as I was entering my garage with the dogs my next door neighbor's kids (both boys, ages 6 and 9) were in my driveway playing with my 10 year old. The 9 year old says something to the effect that I wear a gun because I am a policeman. What? I tried to explain to him that I was NOT a policeman but a normal citizen who can wear a firearm because EVERYBODY who is 18 and able (legally) can also wear a firearm as I was doing. Now I know he is only 9 and I had to use words that he could grasp but he couldn't get it. He kept saying "Only policemen can have guns" every time I said to him "Anyone 18 and up can wear a gun (Obviously I couldn't get into all the limited persons or laws with a 9 y.o.)". So it finally dawns on my addled brain that he has been completely brainwashed and that his parents must have explained to him that I wear a firearm because "He is a policeman". I remember a post Hubert (IIRC) made about one reason he always carry's....something to the effect that parents will have to explain to their kids why that person is wearing a firearm and that in itself should help remove the irrational fear of an inanimate object. Before this happened it never occurred to me that parents will just lie to their kids to keep them from ever getting interested in firearms or the rights that we have.
These kids are always around my house as well as half a dozen other neighbors kids playing with my 10 year old. All of these kids as well as their parents KNOW I carry openly. I don't hide it. Just the other day I pulled a "Brad Krause" and planted an evergreen tree in my yard while open carrying. I cut the grass, do yard work, I even wash my car while carrying. The only time I disarm is when I know I have to walk into the GFSZ's here.
Indoctrination of the kids really does start young. To do this to your children is wrong in so many ways.
Those were the only sad things that I ran into yesterday. "Old and set in their ways" and "Young and brainwashed".
Sorry for such a long post but I had to get these things off my mind. Have a wonderful Sunday everyone!
Initially I thought nothing of this but after a while it started bothering me so I thought I would share a few things that occurred yesterday during and after the garage sale.
1st and probably most important: An older gentlemen spoke with me about guns, swords, etc...I spoke with him about Wisconsin Carry and he said he knew everything he needed to know about the laws of Wisconsin and.....that he would carry a firearm concealed if he wanted to. I suggested he NOT do that and instead carry openly within the limits of the law. He said he would carry a cheap gun that he won't mind losing to confiscation if he ever got caught and that why should he worry about the law? "It is only a misdemeanor". I told him he could get a year in jail and a $10,000 fine for that "misdemeanor". He wasn't swayed. There was no talking any sense to him at all about this.
Another gentlemen thought he knew how to legally transport a handgun in his vehicle. He told me "I just put it on the seat next to me with the magazine out". OK.....I explained that the firearm had to be "encased and unloaded" and out of reach would be a good idea too. He told me I was wrong. I suggested he please look up the law(s) and see for himself what is legal and what isn't. No go.
Both of these gents were at least 10 to 15 years older than me and I am getting up there myself at 52. Do we really get into such a mental mindset as we get older that we never doubt ourselves? Shouldn't we all perform a reality check every once in a while?
And last but not least this occurred an hour or two after putting everything away: Took my dogs on a long walk around the block and as I was entering my garage with the dogs my next door neighbor's kids (both boys, ages 6 and 9) were in my driveway playing with my 10 year old. The 9 year old says something to the effect that I wear a gun because I am a policeman. What? I tried to explain to him that I was NOT a policeman but a normal citizen who can wear a firearm because EVERYBODY who is 18 and able (legally) can also wear a firearm as I was doing. Now I know he is only 9 and I had to use words that he could grasp but he couldn't get it. He kept saying "Only policemen can have guns" every time I said to him "Anyone 18 and up can wear a gun (Obviously I couldn't get into all the limited persons or laws with a 9 y.o.)". So it finally dawns on my addled brain that he has been completely brainwashed and that his parents must have explained to him that I wear a firearm because "He is a policeman". I remember a post Hubert (IIRC) made about one reason he always carry's....something to the effect that parents will have to explain to their kids why that person is wearing a firearm and that in itself should help remove the irrational fear of an inanimate object. Before this happened it never occurred to me that parents will just lie to their kids to keep them from ever getting interested in firearms or the rights that we have.
These kids are always around my house as well as half a dozen other neighbors kids playing with my 10 year old. All of these kids as well as their parents KNOW I carry openly. I don't hide it. Just the other day I pulled a "Brad Krause" and planted an evergreen tree in my yard while open carrying. I cut the grass, do yard work, I even wash my car while carrying. The only time I disarm is when I know I have to walk into the GFSZ's here.
Indoctrination of the kids really does start young. To do this to your children is wrong in so many ways.
Those were the only sad things that I ran into yesterday. "Old and set in their ways" and "Young and brainwashed".
Sorry for such a long post but I had to get these things off my mind. Have a wonderful Sunday everyone!