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Posted on Jun 12, 2016
Gun Facts | Gun Control and Crime in non-US Countries
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Let's stop blaming the tool used and start placing the blame where it belong... the shooter.
Gun Facts | Gun Control and Crime in non-US Countries
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SSG Pete Fleming
Great read but the gun grabbers won't believe these facts, since they don't agree with their beliefs!
Great read but the gun grabbers won't believe these facts, since they don't agree with their beliefs!
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SSG Pete Fleming
Check out the Occupy Democrats FB page. It's scary what those people believe!
Check out the Occupy Democrats FB page. It's scary what those people believe!
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SSG Pete Fleming for those who believe no amount of proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no amount of proof is convincing.
Sadly it is all about perspective. This is going to take a little explaining, so please bear with me.
When I met my wife, she had four kids from her previous marriage, and a fear of guns. I have always enjoyed shooting as a form of stress relief. Not a good combination. I started work in security when we moved in together. I had a firearm that I kept under lock and key where the only person in the house who knew where it was stored was me. When I left that job, I got rid of the pistol I carried out of respect for my wife's wishes.
Fast forward to last year. My youngest daughter entered her senior year of high school, and I told my wife that with the kids being grown up, I was going to go back to shooting. I purchased two pistols one for CC and one so I could teach my daughter to shoot (.22 Cal. Walther PPK). Things were fine until last week.
My daughter realized that her boyfriend was being controlling, and that she was in a bad relationship. She decided to break up with him. The following night, he shot himself in the chest, while she was on the phone with him. Now he and his family are trying to contact my daughter in regards to the statement she gave to the police. We have changed my daughter's phone number, and blocked him and his family both from calling, and on all social media outlets. We were told that when he was physically healed that he would be held by the state for a mental evaluation.
My wife travels for work so she is on the road today. This morning I received a call from her. She asked me to train my daughter to shoot to the point it becomes second nature. My wife's perspective has changed. Her maternal instinct to protect our daughter, and give our daughter the ability to protect herself has overpowered her personal view on guns. She now is full on board with my point of view that one responsibly armed citizen can be the difference between life and death. It was not statistics, politics, or any lofty ideals that changed her mind. It was a mother's desire to protect her child from harm.
Sadly it is all about perspective. This is going to take a little explaining, so please bear with me.
When I met my wife, she had four kids from her previous marriage, and a fear of guns. I have always enjoyed shooting as a form of stress relief. Not a good combination. I started work in security when we moved in together. I had a firearm that I kept under lock and key where the only person in the house who knew where it was stored was me. When I left that job, I got rid of the pistol I carried out of respect for my wife's wishes.
Fast forward to last year. My youngest daughter entered her senior year of high school, and I told my wife that with the kids being grown up, I was going to go back to shooting. I purchased two pistols one for CC and one so I could teach my daughter to shoot (.22 Cal. Walther PPK). Things were fine until last week.
My daughter realized that her boyfriend was being controlling, and that she was in a bad relationship. She decided to break up with him. The following night, he shot himself in the chest, while she was on the phone with him. Now he and his family are trying to contact my daughter in regards to the statement she gave to the police. We have changed my daughter's phone number, and blocked him and his family both from calling, and on all social media outlets. We were told that when he was physically healed that he would be held by the state for a mental evaluation.
My wife travels for work so she is on the road today. This morning I received a call from her. She asked me to train my daughter to shoot to the point it becomes second nature. My wife's perspective has changed. Her maternal instinct to protect our daughter, and give our daughter the ability to protect herself has overpowered her personal view on guns. She now is full on board with my point of view that one responsibly armed citizen can be the difference between life and death. It was not statistics, politics, or any lofty ideals that changed her mind. It was a mother's desire to protect her child from harm.
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SSG Pete Fleming
I am sorry for what your family has gone through... I do not support gun control. I am a supporter of the 2nd.
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SSgt Christopher Brose
I was married for a short time. I think it was in 2008, someone beheaded someone on a bus in Canada. When my wife heard that news, she absolutely freaked out and was practically inconsolable. If that could happen on a bus in Canada, it could happen anywhere, and she totally panicked.
In one of the rare moments of success as a husband, I went out and got her a S&W .22 revolver. Once she had it in her hands, she felt a sense of control over her situation, a feeling that had completely evaporated when she'd heard the news. I showed her how to use it, and she regained a sense of normality. She wasn't anti-gun before, but her perspective changed very rapidly. Your story reminded me of that.
In one of the rare moments of success as a husband, I went out and got her a S&W .22 revolver. Once she had it in her hands, she felt a sense of control over her situation, a feeling that had completely evaporated when she'd heard the news. I showed her how to use it, and she regained a sense of normality. She wasn't anti-gun before, but her perspective changed very rapidly. Your story reminded me of that.
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