So something I have noticed down here is the question of if I am armed when hiking/camping. When I say no, the reaction is that I'm some sort of crazy (2 people even jokingly called me Daniel Boone).
That being said, an interesting hypothesis came to mind: What if the NRA guys aren't really afraid of defending themselves against bad guys or a dictatorship, maybe they just live in areas that have animals that they are afraid of... The flip side is that city slickers that live in places that have tough gun laws, just come up with and follow evasive strategies like hanging their food in a bear can, having a cooking, sleeping, and food storage triangle of 100 yards each, and wearing a bear bell (or making your dog wear one in my case).
At no time during my prep did I feel I had to bring (or even wanted to bring) a gun. But guys down here seem to think otherwise. Are they chickens or are they right?
(Mom, you aren't allowed to comment cause I already know what you think, thanks!)
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I hate discussing gun control but I love that feeling of culture shock you get when you travel. Wikipedia has a surprisingly good page about it. In a few weeks you'll be listening to talk radio and cursing our commie president.
ReplyDeleteStage 1: The feeling of excitement and eagerness. This stage occurs before leaving to go to the new culture.
Stage 2: The feeling that everything in the new culture is great. This stage occurs upon arrival to the new culture.
Stage 3: The feeling of everything in the new culture is terrible.
Stage 4: The feeling of adjustment. The stage where the visitor begins to feel comfortable and takes steps to become more familiar with the culture.
Stage 5: The feeling that everything is fine. The stage where the visitor has adapted to the culture and in some ways is embracing it as their own.
Well I went from being pretty pro-gun control to now being a gun owner. And let me tell you; when you have a hammer everything begins to look like a nail. My cousin hikes up in bear country in Alaska and would never carry a gun. I think it's mostly about personal preference. I also think if you are pro-hunting than carrying a gun along for self defense against animals will seem more intuitive. Are these guys all hiking around with rifles and shotguns? Because I'm not sure a handgun would stop a charging bear, which would probably be your issue if you actually had to use the gun.
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