"Guns, Knives and Self Reliance"

[T.WOLFE]

Growing up in Oklahoma, a boy was usually given his first gun around 7 or 8 years old.We were
taught what they would do, and the responsibility that came with it.I would roam the woods
and fields, hunting rabbits and squirrels..they always found their way into the cooking pot.
Naturally, you had to carry a good knife to skin them with..Every boy carried a good pocket
knife to school, as we would play mumbly-peg at recess.No one would dream of pulling one on
somebody, as they would be labeled a coward and get their butt kicked big-time.
.Recently, a neighbor's grandson had a finger-nail clipper taken from him at school, and received a stern lecture on how improper it was to bring such a thing to a classroom.I realize
that the "new way of thinking" has many old timers like me wondering "just how bad is it going
to get?" When will enough become "too much?" Just glad folks didn't think like this when our
country was founded....