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1. ALL GUNS ARE ALWAYS LOADED.

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3. KEEP YOUR FINGER OFF THE TRIGGER UNTIL YOUR SIGHTS ARE ON THE TARGET AND YOU ARE READY TO SHOOT.

4. KNOW YOUR TARGET AND WHAT'S BEYOND.

Winston Churchill said
"A GENTLEMAN, SELDOM, IF EVER, NEEDS A GUN.
BUT WHEN HE DOES, HE NEEDS IT VERY BADLY!"
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Monday, August 13, 2012

Some people just piss me off

The Grandkids are here for a few days, so Saturday morning we went fishing. It is one of the true joys to take the boys to the lake. Even if they don't catch anything, we still have fun and they get little tidbits of information that I hope will stick with them.

We got to the lake and each of the boys got their rods and tackle boxes. They each have to have their own. We had out bucket to put fish in and in the empty bucket was a bag. We always take a bag with us so we don't leave any trash behind. Part of the whole good steward thing. We got to our spot and the amount of trash just left was disgusting. After I got the boys settled in I started policing the area. There were bait containers, paper towels and even broken bobbers. By the time I was done the bag was over half full. This is the standard Wal-Mart bag.

I was raised to appreciate the outdoors for both it's ability to feed me and for the natural beauty of it all. Why some people would want to spoil it by trashing the area just leaves me dumbfounded. I've seen this at a lot of public ranges too. People leaving targets and even small appliances just laying around after they shoot them full of holes. I belong to the Izaak Walton League in Warren county so our range is private. Yet there are still people leaving their crap laying around. Not as much, but it still happens.

Sometimes I wonder if these trash leaving people live like they leave their area. Do they just throw trash out in the middle of their living room floor? Do they trash up their yard? I bet not. they know what they are doing, they just don't care. And that's what pisses me off.











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3 comments:

eiaftinfo said...

Yep, our nation has raised a bunch of slobs.

When we take our scouts out camping at regional parks, we always do a "FOD" walk - form a line, walk the site, pickup what we see. The amount of crap we pick up is always amazing. A couple years ago during a late winter campout we walked the around a very small lake we were camped next to. 3 trash bags full - in winter! Heavy sigh.

You are teaching them well Robert!

August 13, 2012 at 10:32 AM
Kent McManigal said...

I pick up trash everywhere I go. I also observe who it is that leaves the trash behind. In this town, those who play basketball are the absolute worst. And, yes, it angers me somewhat, too.

But, I just understand that not everyone sees things the way I do. I see litter/pollution and government to be the same thing: people leaving their filth behind because they won't take responsibility. Sometimes people come up to me and thank me for picking up trash. I want to tell them (and once, I did) that I pick up trash because I am an anarchist; if I want to make the world better I know it is no one else's responsibility- I will do what I can myself without threatening or coercing anyone else.

August 13, 2012 at 10:34 AM
Larry said...

"Sometimes people come up to me and thank me for picking up trash."

And when they do I ask them if they saw it there, and when they say they did I ask them why they didn't pick it up.

I haven't gotten an answer yet, just a sheepish look as they walk away, but I like to think that next time maybe - just maybe - they will pick it up.

But then again, I am an optimist.

August 17, 2012 at 3:46 PM

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