I GREW UP AROUND GUNS.  MY FATHER HAD A SHOTGUN AND A 32 CALIBER PISTOL.  MY UNCLES WERE HUNTERS. WHEN I WANTED A BB GUN, IT WAS "NO WAY."  FINALLY WHEN I WAS FOURTEEN, MY DAD'S BOSS, BROUGHT ME A BUZZ BARTON BB GUN. HE CAUTIONED ME WITH, "NEVER AIM AT SOMETHING YOU DON'T WANT TO KILL."  

ABOUT A YEAR LATER, MY DAD WENT WITH ME TO THE LOCAL GAMBLE STORE AND BOUGHT A 22 CALIBER SINGLE SHOT RIFLE.  PRICE $4.49.  MY FRIEND AND I HAD A LOT OF FUN TARGET SHOOTING WITH THE PRICE OF 50 SHORTS AT $.17.  MOST OF THE TARGETS WERE TIN CANS.  LATER THE ARMY ALLOWED ME TO SHOOT A SPRINGFIELD AND THE GARAND 30 CALIBER RIFLE.  ALSO THE THOMPSON SUB-MACNINE GUN, THE .30 CALIBER AIR COOLED AND WATER COOLED 3O CALIBER MACHINE GUN AND THE BAZOOKA.  THE THOUGHT WAS ALWAYS WITH ME.  "DON'T AIM AT ANYTHING YOU DON'T WANT TO KILL."

WHEN I GOT BACK THE OLD SINGLE SHOT AWAITED ME.  I ADDED TO MY ARSENAL WITH A 22 CALIBER PISTOL.  LATER WHEN MY KIDS CAME ALONG, AND THEY WERE OF AGE, I TAUGHT THEM HOW TO USE THE WEAPONS ALWAY WITH THE REMINDER NOT TO AIM AT ANYTHING THEY DID NOT WANT TO KILL.  MY SONS AND GRANDSONS NOW HAVE THEIR OWN FIREARM COLLECTIONS SOME HAVE A PERMIT TO CARRY.  ONE SON STILL HAS THE 22 SINGLE SHOT THAT I STARTED WITH.  OCCASIONALLY WE DO A BIT OF TAGET PRACTICE.  

WATCH YOUR LINE OF FIRE AND SQUEEZE THE TRIGGER.  

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