tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577008135895208329.post727002616784164415..comments2023-12-27T22:27:56.989-08:00Comments on A Girl and Her Gun: The Sudcutive Allure To Letting Our Fantasies Control Usagirlandhergunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08369419666474343639noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577008135895208329.post-72384724412325107652012-01-10T12:58:33.414-08:002012-01-10T12:58:33.414-08:00reformedmusings, thank you for all of your comment...reformedmusings, thank you for all of your comments of support and tips(you made on other posts).<br /><br />It has been a while since I have read some of these posts and it has been fun for me to go back and retread some of these posts.<br /><br />I was a little all over the place...lol. One day an emotional mess and the next a crazed mad woman.<br /><br />Took a few months to even me out.<br /><br />I truly do appreciate your comments.agirlandhergunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369419666474343639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577008135895208329.post-69200872604049430082012-01-09T15:32:12.213-08:002012-01-09T15:32:12.213-08:00Outstanding post! The ability to fight back and su...Outstanding post! The ability to fight back and survive starts with the will. In survival school we were taught that people with excellent equipment and training did not survive in situations when they surely could have done so, yet others survive horrendous emergencies with no training or equipment. The difference is that the former simply gave up and the latter would not - they had the will to survive.<br /><br />Mr. Goddard is hailed by the antis as a hero, but is exactly the opposite. When Cho entered the classroom where Goddard was, Goddard cowered behind his desk waiting to be killed. A real hero that day was a young ROTC cadet named Matthew La Porte who charged Cho and was shot 8 times but almost got Cho. Had just one other student had the courage to charge with La Porte, they probably could have subdued Cho. Instead, all the rest just "hid" behind their desks and waited to be killed. Truly cowards die a thousand deaths but the brave just one.<br /><br />At VT with rooms full of physically fit young adults, but even at Columbine, students and teachers could have thrown books, chairs, desks, cell phones, whatever while others rushed the shooters. It's pretty difficult to aim at anything when you being pelted by books and furniture. But we've taught our citizens to cower and die quietly.<br /><br />Hopefully our real heroes returning from the wars will provide some momentum in the other direction. Someone may one day take my life, but Lord willing they will pay a heavy price in the process. I will not, however, simply give up my life to a vicious, predatory animal. I'm neither big nor young, but I will fight with all that I have and then some. <br /><br />A TV character once said that if someone tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back. That's the spirit that made America great and helped liberate the free world from a host of dictatorial scourges. I fear that we have now atrophied into a nation of helpless sheep waiting for someone else to feed us and save us. I sincerely pray that average Americans will once again grow spines.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577008135895208329.post-86460541356769781932011-08-25T12:30:59.760-07:002011-08-25T12:30:59.760-07:00Missy, thank you!!!Missy, thank you!!!agirlandhergunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369419666474343639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577008135895208329.post-46907427998332112062011-08-24T12:07:56.521-07:002011-08-24T12:07:56.521-07:00Awesome post, really makes you think! "If th...Awesome post, really makes you think! "If that is Mr. Goddard's choice, so be it, but I have news for him. His life, while extremely valuable, is not more valuable than mine. Simply because he isn't comfortable fighting for his life, does not mean I shouldn't be allowed to fight for mine." Love that quote!Missy~https://www.blogger.com/profile/10665845169018209414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577008135895208329.post-29456010525359719072011-08-11T07:07:52.057-07:002011-08-11T07:07:52.057-07:00poniegirl004, Very well said. I love your passion...poniegirl004, Very well said. I love your passion and conviction!! I love when you said... <br /><br />I REFUSE to tell my sons "sorry Mommy didn't want to be prepared so you can't eat until the government rescues us"! I refuse to be a victim!! <br /><br />I have had person after person tell me "well if I get attacked or murdered then I guess it is my time to go." and I think, what about your kids?? What if they don't want it to be your time? What if they want you to fight for your life? What if the bad guys wants your children, how are you gonna stop him?<br /><br />I lived in the same dream world...bad things don't happen that often and what are the odds and God is looking out for me, but guess what, the bad guy found me and not in some seedy part of town. God is looking out for us, but he expects us to take responsibility to care for what he has entrusted to us, to include our lives and those we bring into our family. That is why we lock our doors, and look both ways before we cross the street and it's why we go to the doctor etc.<br /><br />It seems to me all these people judging me for carrying a gun and acting like I am paranoid for doing so, are the ones afraid. They are so afraid of taking responsibility or even the idea of a gun, they are willing to risk the lives of their children. That seems like some very powerful fear and control to me.agirlandhergunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369419666474343639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577008135895208329.post-46309649045234906072011-08-10T13:52:00.024-07:002011-08-10T13:52:00.024-07:00I understand fear. I understand letting your imagi...I understand fear. I understand letting your imagination run rampant. I have lived in fear and have also let my imagination and my "what ifs" run me ragged. Often this has been to my detriment and slightly self destructive. I am a planner - good, bad or ugly that is what I am. <br />Which leads me to the the crux of the matter here and what I think you so elequently pointed out - WE are responsible for our actions. Bad things happen -that is a fact. Just look at the news on any given day. We cannot however allow our emotions rule us (I sometimes wish I could be a Vulcan from Star Trek - no emotion just rational thoughts). <br />I think I carry a pistol not because I am afraid - but because it is my duty to protect my family. As I mentioned earlier in this comment I am a planner -which plays into mindset. I plan escape routes, I mentally rehearse over and over again - what would I do "if" - if something happend to my husband, if (or as I really think) when we have another 9/11 type action against the US, if/when the economy collapses.... I have a lot going on in my little mind! This has not only lead me to believe not only that it is my responsibility to be armed as allowed in the 2nd Amendment but also to be prepared for other emergencies - i.e., food storage, emergency preparedness, and self reliance for survival. I live in tornado alley - we see disasters all the time - look at Katrina and the lenght of time it took first responders to get there. I REFUSE to tell my sons "sorry Mommy didn't want to be prepared so you can't eat until the government rescues us"! I refuse to be a victim!! <br />I think people who strike out against anything, as Mr. Goddard does, with such vehemence are willfully choosing remaining ignorant of facts or just choosing to remain in a victim role. This is a hard role to get out of - this I know from experience. Moving out of the victim role requires a concious effort - it takes work. <br />Unfortunantly the cards are stacked against those of us who take responsibility for ourselves, who obey the laws, and mostly against those of us who support the US Constitution. The old saying "the squeeky wheel gets the oil" has never been truer than in this situation. <br />It is the random violence - especially gun violence that makes the evening news. Raerly do you hear about a single Mom who defended her toddlers when the armed robber broke into their suburban home at midnight in Main Street, USA, or the truck driver who warded off a highjacker (yes this does still occur) and defended not only his life but the truck load of groceries he was delivering, or the military man - just back from active tour overseas that defended his wife and small children from the street mugger while they out shopping. <br />Instead you see thugs (who by the way didn't obtain their guns through legal means) shooting up buses of passengers because one passenger was upset over what another rider said (http://video.foxnews.com/v/1095594440001/dramatic-video-of-gunfight-on-public-bus/), or you see one mentally disturbed man sit in ambush outside a county court house and wait for employees to come out to take shots at them.<br />I believe our job , no our duty as law abiding citizens is to try to educate those who are against our rights, understanding that there are many who will never be convinced that their beliefs are incorrect. Whether we do this by attending rallies, signing petitions or just quietly speaking to our neighbors is up to personal choice.poniegirl004https://www.blogger.com/profile/17787913693652895161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577008135895208329.post-41213756929253176982011-08-09T20:09:57.562-07:002011-08-09T20:09:57.562-07:00Wow, what a great post. It's incredibly insig...Wow, what a great post. It's incredibly insightful. Thank you!Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03789004679231213602noreply@blogger.com