Comments on: Birth of a gun nut

By: Lyle

Lyle — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:06:25 +0000

I’d say, “She’s a good writer” but somehow that doesn’t do it justice. Good writing is a technical skill, which she has, but her writing is much more than that.

By: straightarrow

straightarrow — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:16:33 +0000

Shit! me too. oh, wait, maybe I just got something in my eye.

By: DirtCrashr

DirtCrashr — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:54:00 +0000

*sniff* yes indeed Lucy is a gunchick.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:37:26 +0000

Thank you Uncle for the kind words and the link. I really appreciate it!

By: RAH

RAH — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:25:54 +0000

Where did you find that piece? I did tear up. It was beautifully written and showed the emotional attachment to guns our parents owned.

I was luckier, after my brothers left for college; I expressed an interest in getting a gun to learn how to shoot. He got me at age 13 an S&W model 41 22-caliber target gun. My son loves to shoot that gun now. A year later my father got for him and me two Remington 1100 shotguns for skeet. Mine was 20 gauge and his was 12 gauge. Twice a week during high school we went and shot skeet winter, spring, summer and fall. I reloaded 1000 shells twice a week. When my father went into a hobby he went whole hog.

I enjoyed many years shooting with him. He did get my older brothers shotguns too, after I got mine, and was the girl in the family. I got handguns earlier than my older brothers simply because I expressed an interest.

Now my father is gone, but I have his service Colt 1911A which my son likes to shoot beyond all the handguns.

By: Kevin Baker

Kevin Baker — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:43:35 +0000

That was beautiful. Thanks for pointing it out.

By: trainer

trainer — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:19:43 +0000

Much the same story in our family. The Luger is a 1940 DMW police rebuild. My dad brought it home from the war. He gave it to me when I was 14.

Later when he and mom retired to Florida and he got tired of bashing snakes with a shovel, I got him a .38 to use with snake loads.

The .38 has gone to my daughter, but no matter what happens, no matter what I need to sell, the Luger stays in the family.

…and it does bite.