Webster, N.Y., sniper's ex-neighbor charged with buying him guns

[Ghost in the Machine]

106. Well excuse me for not jumping when you snap your fingers! It's not llke I would, anyways,..........

..... but I digress. Where to begin??? Let us try here:

thucythucy (725 posts)
84. You owned a gun when you were six years old?

"...as a person who has been a law-abiding gun owner for 43 out of soon to be 50 years on this planet..."

Now that's just plain scary. What the hell were your parents thinking?

Yes, I got my first air rifle at 6, did a lot of practicing, plus had tons of safety drilled into my head by my dad and uncle, both who had just gotten out of the Navy, and another uncle who was still active Air Force. After a year of using the air rifle with no accidents or incidences, I got my first .22 rifle. Living in Miami, it stayed locked in a gun cabinet in my dads room, until we had the chance to spend a day, on the weekend, out in the Everglades where there were places to shoot. Every time we went shooting, I had safety drilled into my head.

When I was 13, we moved to Tennessee, and had a place with some acreage.. I was allowed to use my .22 much more often, usually under supervision of a parent, until they KNEW that I had listened to all their safety talks, plus I had taken the Hunters Safety course offered at my school. Yes, we had a local Game Warden who came to the school every year, twice a year, to teach Hunters Safety *and* Boaters Safety. I got my first deer rifle, for xmas, when I was 15. I got my first shotgun for my 16th birthday.

What is so scarey about that?? As for what my parents were thinking, you would have to ask them, but I would venture to guess they were thinking they were raising a well adjusted kid who knew how to pay attention and wasn't a psycho nut.

Is there anything else I can help you with??

Peace,

Ghost