01-20-2013, 04:14 PM
My kids are all in their early and mid twenties, and students or middle management in small companies or small shops of big companies.
One son in law is a recently naturalized citizen, who takes his Second Amendment rights seriously. He and my oldest daughter are very serious about their rights, as someone who has faced bigotry due to his race. My youngest daughter wrote a paper in college about the rights in the 2nd Amendment and the laws regarding concealed carry in Washington State. Her professor gave her an A+, then told her that he had purchased his first handgun and gotten his concealed permit after reading her paper and listening to her verbal defense in class. Her husband comes from a family where no one owned a firearm, and was uncomfortable initially, but is now looking for his first short arm. (They've been married 9 months.) He is a great young man, just had no real firearms experience.
My two boys have attended Boomershoot and helped with the Precision Rifle Clinic. They both have considered military service, but with young families decided to finish school and then make that decision.
None of them had joined the NRA simply because of the financial concerns, but they all are very aware of the situation and the risks. All of them laughed when I told them what I had done. They understand the principle that what you get free is seldom as valuable as something you sacrifice for and they all ponied up.
Now to move on to the Second Amendment Foundation!
One son in law is a recently naturalized citizen, who takes his Second Amendment rights seriously. He and my oldest daughter are very serious about their rights, as someone who has faced bigotry due to his race. My youngest daughter wrote a paper in college about the rights in the 2nd Amendment and the laws regarding concealed carry in Washington State. Her professor gave her an A+, then told her that he had purchased his first handgun and gotten his concealed permit after reading her paper and listening to her verbal defense in class. Her husband comes from a family where no one owned a firearm, and was uncomfortable initially, but is now looking for his first short arm. (They've been married 9 months.) He is a great young man, just had no real firearms experience.
My two boys have attended Boomershoot and helped with the Precision Rifle Clinic. They both have considered military service, but with young families decided to finish school and then make that decision.
None of them had joined the NRA simply because of the financial concerns, but they all are very aware of the situation and the risks. All of them laughed when I told them what I had done. They understand the principle that what you get free is seldom as valuable as something you sacrifice for and they all ponied up.
Now to move on to the Second Amendment Foundation!
You seek escape from pain. We seek the achievement of happiness. You exist for the sake of avoiding punishment. We exist for the sake of earning rewards. Threats will not make us function; fear is not our incentive. It is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live. - John Galt