Posted by
GunsInTexas on Tuesday, July 03, 2007 11:43:21 PM
If you haven't got anything planned, or even if you do, the 4th of July would be a wonderful day to get the kids and the wife and head to the range and exercise YOUR Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
Maybe you go a couple of times a week, or maybe it has been a couple of years since you have been, but taking the family out and making them more comfortable and capable with firearms will be a fun and educational experience. I took my 14 year old daughter out a couple of weeks ago and she just enjoyed the heck out of it.
If you have never taken them, it is an even better time. You can discuss the reasons why our Founding Fathers felt this was a vital part of their own freedom, and why it remains so today.
Heck, you may never have been yourself. Well, it will never get any cheaper nor more important than 4 July, 2007. There will be lots of stores open that would be glad to sell you ammo or even a shiny new gun for you, your wife or even the kids. I very much support the local stores in your own neighborhood, but often even Walmart stocks guns. If you have never bought a gun before, you can't go wrong with a new Marlin Model 60 22 rifle or maybe a Ruger Model 10/22. I recommend the stainless for ease of maintenance, but the blue guns are sweet, also.
Don't think about it, just get up and do it.
And let me ask you to do something else. Post something similar on a couple of other websites. Or maybe even a link to this one. It would be great for the country if the turnout was so big you had to spend a few minutes chatting with your neighbor at the range before you and your son or daughter got a chance to punch a few holes.
Remember that the 2nd Amendment is an individual right, and one you could lose if you don't exercise it and remember it when you next vote.