When I was growing up, in the 60’s, my Dad had a Remington 550-1 in the bedroom closet. I learned to use it picking off ground hogs (wood chucks) nibbling the soya bean sprouts in the field behind our house. After I got married, my wife’s bolt action .22 took up residence in our bedroom closet. Just like my parents, it seemed like a good thing to have a gun available, just in case. None of us ever had the occasion to use a gun for self-defense.
In January 2017 my wife and I visited a local gun shop, and purchased two handguns, and obtained licenses to carry. (Carry licenses are no longer needed in Indiana.) We had been shaken by the 2016 election and before that, the idiocy of the Heller decision.
Now, when I inspect my river bottom ground, or take a drive into our local, what I call “Deliverance country”, I take my 1911 with me. Sixty years ago I could not have dreamed it would come to this.
My 19 year old grandson who lives with me told me yesterday he planned to legally obtain a handgun for personal protection. I told him I understood, and apologized to him for the America we boomers have left him.
colinmac2 7 months ago
And the Right is already calling it a false flag.
moosemin 7 months ago
“MAINE: The Way Life Should Be!” (State motto)
Dwight Schmiddlapp 7 months ago
Perhaps someone should be enforcing Maine’s red flag laws. Whoever allowed a mental patient to keep his guns should be charged with malfeasance.
wildthing 7 months ago
We’re coming for your fascist assault rifles……….!
pamela welch Premium Member 7 months ago
Heartbreaking :-(
Radish the wordsmith 7 months ago
No good guys with guns at the last republican sponsored mass murder.
Al Fresco 7 months ago
Was the nut job killer in Maine a NRA member? Inquiring minds want to know.
PlatudimusAtom Premium Member 7 months ago
A powerful, visually eloquent cartoon.
charliekane 7 months ago
When I was growing up, in the 60’s, my Dad had a Remington 550-1 in the bedroom closet. I learned to use it picking off ground hogs (wood chucks) nibbling the soya bean sprouts in the field behind our house. After I got married, my wife’s bolt action .22 took up residence in our bedroom closet. Just like my parents, it seemed like a good thing to have a gun available, just in case. None of us ever had the occasion to use a gun for self-defense.
In January 2017 my wife and I visited a local gun shop, and purchased two handguns, and obtained licenses to carry. (Carry licenses are no longer needed in Indiana.) We had been shaken by the 2016 election and before that, the idiocy of the Heller decision.
Now, when I inspect my river bottom ground, or take a drive into our local, what I call “Deliverance country”, I take my 1911 with me. Sixty years ago I could not have dreamed it would come to this.
My 19 year old grandson who lives with me told me yesterday he planned to legally obtain a handgun for personal protection. I told him I understood, and apologized to him for the America we boomers have left him.