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Subj: LOVE THIS COUNTRY ,MY GOD AND MY GUN. 
Date: 12/1/01 10:42:45 PM Pacific Standard Time
From: KB0VOY@mn.rr.com (Greg Douglas)
To: harrywelty@snowbizz.com

WE LOVE THIS COUNTRY DON'T WE. EVERY THING SWINGS RIGHT AND ALL THE WAY PAST LEFT. NOT STOPPING IN THE MIDRANGE FOR LONG. PASSING NEW ANTI GUN LAWS THAT DON'T GET ENFORCED DON'T DO A THING. I MUST HAVE GOTTEN THE WRONG IDEA GROWING UP ON A FARM IN IOWA. I RESPECT THE LAW AND RESPECT GUNS. THEY ARE TOOLS THAT HAVE TO BE USED SAFELY AND WITH RESPECT. I STILL HUNT AND FISH BUT MOST OF MY SHOTS ARE AT PAPER NOW DAYS. EVER CHANCE I HAVE TO TEACH GUN SAFETY I DO. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IN THE USA TODAY IS NO RESPECT FOR THE LAWS AND OTHER PEOPLE. I DON'T LIVE IN THE BEST PART OF MINNEAPOLIS BUT DO KEEP MOST OF MY GUNS LOCKED UP TIGHT. AFTER 24 YEARS IN THE SLUMS IM NOT GOING TO BE ROBED ANY MORE WITH OUT A FIGHT. I HAVE WORKED TO HARD AND TOO LONG TO LET SOME PUNK OR PAPER PUSHER TAKE IT ALL AWAY FROM ME AGAIN. ALL THE GOVERNMENT WANT'S IS ALL I MAKE, NO MATTER HOW MANY JOBS I WORK. THEN GIVE IT TO THE ONES THAT DON'T WANT TO WORK. THERE WASN'T ANY SCHOOL HOUSE KILLING WHEN I WAS A KID. THE THREE R's WHERE TAUGHT IN SCHOOL THEN. THAT WAS BEFORE UNION TEACHERS, R-V-WAID, AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WAS SAID EVERY MORNING. DO YOU JUST THINK IT'S NOT JUST GUNS BUT THE PLAIN IMMORALITY OF THIS COUNTRY THAT IS THE BIG PROBLEM. NOTHING IS MY FAULT AND WHO WILL TAKE CARE OF MY KIDS, I DON'T HAVE TIME OR WANT TO. EVERY ONE WANTS GOVERNMENT DAY CARE. IF THEY WANT KIDS TAKE CARE OF THEM. IT'S NOT MY JOB. I HAVE LOST GOOD FRIENDS TO JOB ACCIDENTS . IT WAS FROM BAD HANDLING OF TOOLS, CHAIN SAWS, EQUIPMENT AND THE LIKE. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SE THE LOAD PUT ON THE RIGHT SHOULDERS AND NOT ON ME. I THINK I HAVE SAID IT ALL. THIS WILL NOT CHANGE YOUR THOUGHTS BUT YOU MIGHT NOW HAVE ANOTHER SPIN ON THE EVIL GUN NOW.
THANKS LETTING ME VENT.
GREG

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