HuntingNut
HuntingNut
   Login or Register
HomeCommunity ForumsPhoto AlbumsRegister
     
 

User Info

Welcome Anonymous


Membership:
Latest: RichardZ
New Today: 0
New Yesterday: 0
Overall: 13126

People Online:
Members: 0
Visitors: 395
BOT: 0
Total: 395
Who Is Where:
 Visitors:
01: Forums
02: Forums
03: Forums
04: Forums
05: Photo Albums
06: Forums
07: Forums
08: Home
09: Your Account
10: Forums
11: Your Account
12: Photo Albums
13: Photo Albums
14: Forums
15: Photo Albums
16: Forums
17: Forums
18: Your Account
19: Forums
20: Forums
21: Forums
22: Forums
23: Forums
24: Forums
25: Forums
26: Home
27: Forums
28: Home
29: Home
30: Forums
31: Forums
32: Forums
33: Forums
34: Forums
35: Forums
36: Forums
37: Forums
38: Photo Albums
39: Home
40: Forums
41: Your Account
42: Forums
43: Forums
44: Your Account
45: Forums
46: Home
47: Forums
48: Your Account
49: Forums
50: Home
51: Forums
52: Forums
53: Photo Albums
54: Forums
55: Home
56: Forums
57: Forums
58: Your Account
59: Home
60: Forums
61: Forums
62: Home
63: Forums
64: Photo Albums
65: Forums
66: Forums
67: Home
68: Forums
69: Forums
70: Your Account
71: Forums
72: Forums
73: Home
74: Forums
75: Forums
76: Forums
77: Your Account
78: Forums
79: Forums
80: Forums
81: Forums
82: Forums
83: Forums
84: Forums
85: Forums
86: Forums
87: Photo Albums
88: Forums
89: Forums
90: Forums
91: Forums
92: Photo Albums
93: Forums
94: Forums
95: Your Account
96: Forums
97: Forums
98: Forums
99: Forums
100: Home
101: Forums
102: Your Account
103: Home
104: Forums
105: Forums
106: Forums
107: Forums
108: Photo Albums
109: Forums
110: Forums
111: Forums
112: Home
113: Forums
114: Forums
115: Home
116: Forums
117: Forums
118: Forums
119: Forums
120: Forums
121: Forums
122: Your Account
123: Forums
124: Photo Albums
125: Forums
126: Home
127: Forums
128: Forums
129: Forums
130: Forums
131: Forums
132: Home
133: Forums
134: Forums
135: Your Account
136: Photo Albums
137: Forums
138: Forums
139: Forums
140: Your Account
141: Forums
142: Home
143: Home
144: Forums
145: Forums
146: Forums
147: Forums
148: Forums
149: Forums
150: News
151: Forums
152: Forums
153: Home
154: Forums
155: Home
156: Forums
157: Forums
158: Forums
159: Photo Albums
160: Forums
161: Forums
162: Forums
163: Your Account
164: Forums
165: Forums
166: Forums
167: Forums
168: Forums
169: Forums
170: Forums
171: Forums
172: Home
173: Forums
174: Home
175: Home
176: Forums
177: Photo Albums
178: Your Account
179: Forums
180: Forums
181: Forums
182: Home
183: Photo Albums
184: Home
185: Forums
186: Forums
187: Your Account
188: Forums
189: Forums
190: Forums
191: Forums
192: Forums
193: Forums
194: Your Account
195: Forums
196: Home
197: Home
198: Forums
199: Your Account
200: Forums
201: Forums
202: Home
203: Forums
204: Forums
205: Forums
206: Forums
207: Forums
208: Forums
209: Forums
210: Forums
211: Forums
212: Forums
213: Home
214: Forums
215: Forums
216: Forums
217: Forums
218: Forums
219: Home
220: Home
221: Forums
222: Forums
223: Forums
224: Home
225: Home
226: Your Account
227: Forums
228: Photo Albums
229: Photo Albums
230: Photo Albums
231: Home
232: Forums
233: Forums
234: Forums
235: Forums
236: Forums
237: Your Account
238: Forums
239: Forums
240: Forums
241: Forums
242: Home
243: Forums
244: Your Account
245: Forums
246: Forums
247: Forums
248: Photo Albums
249: Forums
250: Forums
251: Forums
252: Forums
253: Home
254: Your Account
255: Home
256: Your Account
257: Your Account
258: Forums
259: Home
260: Forums
261: Forums
262: Forums
263: Forums
264: Home
265: Your Account
266: Forums
267: Forums
268: Forums
269: Forums
270: Forums
271: Forums
272: Forums
273: Photo Albums
274: Forums
275: Photo Albums
276: Home
277: Your Account
278: Home
279: Forums
280: Forums
281: Statistics
282: Forums
283: Forums
284: Forums
285: Forums
286: Forums
287: Forums
288: Forums
289: Your Account
290: Forums
291: Forums
292: Home
293: Forums
294: Forums
295: Photo Albums
296: Forums
297: Forums
298: Forums
299: Photo Albums
300: Forums
301: Photo Albums
302: Forums
303: Photo Albums
304: Forums
305: Forums
306: Your Account
307: Forums
308: Forums
309: Home
310: Forums
311: Forums
312: Forums
313: Forums
314: Forums
315: Forums
316: Forums
317: Home
318: Forums
319: Home
320: Forums
321: Photo Albums
322: Photo Albums
323: Forums
324: Forums
325: Forums
326: Home
327: Forums
328: Forums
329: Forums
330: Forums
331: Forums
332: Forums
333: Forums
334: Forums
335: Forums
336: Forums
337: Forums
338: Forums
339: Forums
340: Photo Albums
341: Your Account
342: Photo Albums
343: Photo Albums
344: Forums
345: Home
346: Home
347: Forums
348: Forums
349: Forums
350: Home
351: Forums
352: Forums
353: Your Account
354: Forums
355: Forums
356: Forums
357: Forums
358: Forums
359: Home
360: Forums
361: Forums
362: Forums
363: Forums
364: Forums
365: Forums
366: Your Account
367: Forums
368: Your Account
369: Photo Albums
370: Forums
371: Forums
372: Forums
373: Forums
374: Forums
375: Forums
376: Home
377: Forums
378: Home
379: Forums
380: Forums
381: Forums
382: Forums
383: Forums
384: Forums
385: Photo Albums
386: Your Account
387: Your Account
388: Forums
389: Your Account
390: Home
391: Forums
392: Forums
393: Forums
394: Forums
395: Forums

Staff Online:

No staff members are online!
 

Coppermine Stats
Photo Albums
 Albums: 308
 Pictures: 2451
  · Views: 820725
  · Votes: 1316
  · Comments: 86
 

A MUST READ - FORGIVE ME FOR I HAVE SINNED
Discussion that doesnt fit other Topics
Post new topic   Reply to topic   Printer Friendly Page    Forum Index » General

View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
KYGunner
Member
Member


Joined: Dec 08, 2007
Posts: 99
Location: Elizabethtown, KY

PostPosted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:47 am    Post subject: A MUST READ - FORGIVE ME FOR I HAVE SINNED Reply with quote

Forgive me, for I have sinned.
An About Face After Being Saved by a Gun Owner


A LETTER TO THE EDITOR
mailed to
WWW.KEEPANDBEARARMS.COM
I am one of those people who you loathe. One of those invisible people who come into your living room without asking your permission. One of those people who follow you while you shop, and make it harder for you to make legal purchases. One of those people who try and tell you how to raise your children, as if you don't know how. One of those who gives ratings to stations that promote our demise as a free nation. I am your enemy. Or at least I was.

I followed it all, all of the propaganda, all of the hoopla. Believed it too. Believed that leaving my house was more dangerous than being in a war. At any given moment one of you evil gun owners would open fire on me. I saw the NRA stickers, the Gun owners of America stickers on the cars that passed, and I thought you were all fools. I did everything in my power financially to try and help more laws pass that would prevent you from owning guns. I wholeheartedly believed that only the Police, and Military should have guns. Every time I heard of a gang shooting, or other criminal act committed with a gun, I honestly believed that if we could curtail the legal sale of guns, we could make a difference.

Boy was I wrong.

I have children, three actually, and to me the only thing more important than raising them properly, was seeing that they aren't hurt in anyway. I wanted to ban guns, save my children, save all children. No child should have to be part of any kind of death, especially the kind that involves being shot. I gave money to all of the anti gun organizations I could think of, went to the "Million" Mom March, even looked at Rosie when she spoke, and actually admire her. Brought the kids as well, and even yelled some not so nice things to those other marchers. I'm sure some of you know who I refer to.

I was on my way back from the march, on my way back to Connecticut, when I stopped off of the highway at a rest stop by one of those McDonalds they have off I-95. By this time I had dropped off two of my kids with their father, and only had my little one with me. I went into the restroom with her, and on my way out noticed two men hanging out by my car. There were only two other cars in the lot at the time that were anywhere near my vehicle. I immediately felt threatened by their demeanor, but continued on to my car. The smaller of the two approached me with a knife as I was about to open the door to put my child in her car seat. He yelled at me to get in the back of the car, they were taking me for a little ride. I obviously told them to just take my keys, they could have the car, but they insisted I get in the back. I then heard a man yelling something I don't quite recall, and saw him running towards me with a gun in his hand. The two men vanished into their car, and sped away. I stood there frozen in time, and by the time the gentleman with the gun got to me I just broke down and cried.

To make a long story short, you were all right, and I'm sorry. This man with a gun saved me, and I just keep thinking if I had gotten my wish and guns were banned, there is no telling where I'd be, and what would've happened to my daughter. The only regret I have is not getting the man's phone number who saved my life. I thanked him over and over again, and told him that he saved me, but he calmly said to me something I'd never forget. He said "That's what people like me are here for Ms., and I'm happy to have been able to help."

"That's what people like me are here for," those words keep on running through my head everyday. Maybe this gentleman by some chance is part of your group, and will read my message. If he does I would just like to say something to him, and to everyone else reading this note.

Thank you for saving my life, and to the rest of you thank you for fighting for this man's right to protect me and my child. Tell him for me that I will no longer be part of the group who invades his home, and tries to tell him how to store his guns. Tell him I will never be part of any group who tries to make it impossible for him to buy his tool he used to save me. And tell him I will never again tell him how to raise his children properly, because obviously I was oblivious to the fact that responsible people such as him know how to raise their children better than I do. I did rectify that situation the other day; I bought a shotgun for home protection, and am in the process of getting my concealed permit. Next time I will be ready to defend myself, or others for that matter. Some of my friends think I'm crazy, but they try their best to understand. I just tell them that as soon as their child's life is put in jeopardy by some criminal with a weapon that they will understand, but until then don't tell me how to live my life. I've lost some friends, but surprisingly most of them understand. If not for this man I could very easily have been killed or raped, and my child could've been taken from me, so once more I need to say thanks for saving me, and with all sincerity to the rest of you, forgive me, for I have sinned.

_________________
KYGunner
"You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence"
-Abe Lincoln
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail
Bushmaster
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Jun 12, 2005
Posts: 11390
Location: Ava, Missouri

PostPosted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:00 am    Post subject: Re: A MUST READ - FORGIVE ME FOR I HAVE SINNED Reply with quote

There are no words that can be said.....What could anyone say to add to this...?? It's too bad that she had to go through all that to find out what we already know...

_________________
I have one nerve left and yer standin' on it...

DEMOCRACY Two wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for lunch...
LIBERTY A well armed sheep contesting the outcome of the vote...
Back to top
View user's profile
KYGunner
Member
Member


Joined: Dec 08, 2007
Posts: 99
Location: Elizabethtown, KY

PostPosted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:06 am    Post subject: Re: A MUST READ - FORGIVE ME FOR I HAVE SINNED Reply with quote

I have to admit. When I was reading this before posting it, I got a little chill. I mean, why can you not see. Law abiding, responsible gun owners are NOT the ones involved in the gun whealding violent acts of crime that ravage our planet. And those involved are not going to care what the governments laws are!

_________________
KYGunner
"You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence"
-Abe Lincoln
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail
Handloader
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Aug 22, 2005
Posts: 1032
Location: Phoenix, Arizona

PostPosted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:34 am    Post subject: Re: A MUST READ - FORGIVE ME FOR I HAVE SINNED Reply with quote

Two mid thirties gals were chatting in the booth next to me at a restaurant this past Tuesday. One was making the case for never having a firearm and was obviously anti-gun when it came to everyone else as well. Her point was that as a culture and a race, our progress is interwoven with the kharma and good will we feel toward all others. The diatribe continued until finally I got up and approached the two.

I reminded them that 50 million+ were killed by Mao -- his own countrymen. Stalin extinguished 22 million of his own. Hitler was a piker in comparison with the blood of 6.5 million innocents on his hands. What they had in common was confiscation of privatel held firearms. What would those numbers of dead have been if they did'nt?

I told them the incident which involved my daughter and my grandson (approached at a stopliight by a would be car jacker, she pointed the SIG at the perp and he "went away") and a few personal encounters. I doubt I convinced either one, nor do I believe they will be anything but dismissive of my viewpoints.

Our conversation was civil, but, a tad bit above normal conversational tones. I bid the two "best wishes" and headed for the cash register to pay and leave. Four others in the room had overheard the exchange -- they all clapped. Maybe, they were glad I was leaving. Or?

That's the attitude in that little town in Arizona. And, if you are ever traveling through Heber, stop at the Rim Cafe. Good food, friendly folks.
Back to top
View user's profile
SwampFox
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Jul 15, 2005
Posts: 1040
Location: Destin, Florida

PostPosted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:57 am    Post subject: Re: A MUST READ - FORGIVE ME FOR I HAVE SINNED Reply with quote

The politics of gun ownership has always amazed me. Folks who understand free speech, free press, free religion and protection from unlawful search and seizure, just cannot seem to grasp the relationship between our freedom and the right to bear arms. I have come to realize that some folks think the right to be free comes from the government not from the governed. This is of course a major fallacy at least within the US system of law and the US Constitution.

It is rare that a person whom has a view of the all-powerful government as a giver of freedom has an epiphany. It is also rare that such a person realizes that their very idea of and the actual practice of and the purpose of the all powerful government is in direct conflict with the actual working of an all powerful government, to start with. Freedom is not born of an all-powerful government; it is choked to death by that government.

I hope the article is true and reflects the recounting of an actual event. Converted folks always make a powerful ally in any battle.
Ed

_________________
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.
-Winston Churchill
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
d_hoffman
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Feb 13, 2007
Posts: 696
Location: Chillicothe, Ohio

PostPosted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:14 am    Post subject: Re: A MUST READ - FORGIVE ME FOR I HAVE SINNED Reply with quote

AMEN TO THAT Swampy!!! Freedom is a God given right, not the government.

_________________
The best form of gun control...aim straight!!!
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail Yahoo Messenger Photo Gallery
Morax
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Dec 18, 2006
Posts: 618
Location: Pittsburgh Pa

PostPosted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 7:48 pm    Post subject: Re: A MUST READ - FORGIVE ME FOR I HAVE SINNED Reply with quote

i know this has been in print and reprint for awhile but just so ya all dont forget and new news for others. hitler didnt just kill 6 million jews. how about the 20 mil cathics, or hows about the 17 mil russians he put down?
Back to top
View user's profile
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic   Printer Friendly Page    Forum Index » General
Page 1 of 1
All times are GMT - 7 Hours



Jump to:  


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum


Valid CSS! Valid HTML 4.01!
Click to check if this page is realy HTML 4.01 compliant for speed :)

All logos and trademarks in this site are property of HuntingNut.com.
The comments are property of their posters, all the rest © 2011 by HuntingNut.com
Interactive software released under GNU GPL, Code Credits, Privacy Policy

.: Upgraded to DragonFly 9.2 by *Dizfunkshunal* :.