Snowman
Well-Known Member
Followup to the previous post. There is never yet...or has never been yet...a good time to reveal this bit of personal history. But for whatever reason this is probably the night.
One of my two younger brothers (they were twins, although quite different) put the wrong end of a "Thirty-Aught-six" (a large caliber rifle) into the wrong end of his mouth and pulled the trigger. This was around the early eighties, so he's been dead now longer than he ever was alive.
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I'm going to be very clear and explicit about this this so that no one thinks they will offend me or disturb me or twist me somehow. Don't worry about it. If you feel a need to address it, you won't offend me--I just told you I can take it.
My brother pulled the trigger and blew the back half of his head all over the wall he was living in.
I can deal with it, and even accept it almost casually now. So if you mention it, don't worry. I can always handle it.
But, and that said, I guess it still guts me, even today. Which is why, maybe, the adult beverage(s).
Just FWIW. In case anyone wonders why I yammer on too much, for one thing. I guess I've always wanted to burst loose and sob over all of it...but there hasn't been the place or time...or even the place and time together.
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And all that said, and even though I have (as far as I remember) never even touched a firearm, I FULLY support the Second Amendment: The right to bear arms. 100%, no qualifications. 100%.
So there you have it. My own REAL background.
Meh.
One of my two younger brothers (they were twins, although quite different) put the wrong end of a "Thirty-Aught-six" (a large caliber rifle) into the wrong end of his mouth and pulled the trigger. This was around the early eighties, so he's been dead now longer than he ever was alive.
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I'm going to be very clear and explicit about this this so that no one thinks they will offend me or disturb me or twist me somehow. Don't worry about it. If you feel a need to address it, you won't offend me--I just told you I can take it.
My brother pulled the trigger and blew the back half of his head all over the wall he was living in.
I can deal with it, and even accept it almost casually now. So if you mention it, don't worry. I can always handle it.
But, and that said, I guess it still guts me, even today. Which is why, maybe, the adult beverage(s).
Just FWIW. In case anyone wonders why I yammer on too much, for one thing. I guess I've always wanted to burst loose and sob over all of it...but there hasn't been the place or time...or even the place and time together.
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And all that said, and even though I have (as far as I remember) never even touched a firearm, I FULLY support the Second Amendment: The right to bear arms. 100%, no qualifications. 100%.
So there you have it. My own REAL background.
Meh.
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