"A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined..."
- George Washington, First Annual Address, to both houses of Congress, January 8, 1790
It's sad to say that DISCIPLINE is the piece we are missing today. When I was a sub-teen, whenever firearms were out, for target shooting or hunting, their safe handling was always carefully demonstrated by not only my father but most other adult males in my extended family. At Boy Scout camp, the target range was run like a military operation. If you didn't show proper respect and safety consciousness, you didn't get to shoot. The range master at Camp Meriweather in those days was an ex-Marine. Somewhere along the way, we have really gone off the rails in educating our children! Unfortunately for the undisciplined of today, I think that discipline is often something that, if not imposed by the self, will often eventually be imposed in a less welcome manner by circumstances!
"A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined..."
- George Washington, First Annual Address, to both houses of Congress, January 8, 1790
It's sad to say that DISCIPLINE is the piece we are missing today. When I was a sub-teen, whenever firearms were out, for target shooting or hunting, their safe handling was always carefully demonstrated by not only my father but most other adult males in my extended family. At Boy Scout camp, the target range was run like a military operation. If you didn't show proper respect and safety consciousness, you didn't get to shoot. The range master at Camp Meriweather in those days was an ex-Marine. Somewhere along the way, we have really gone off the rails in educating our children! Unfortunately for the undisciplined of today, I think that discipline is often something that, if not imposed by the self, will often eventually be imposed in a less welcome manner by circumstances!