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We wanted the OROG "community" to be proud of their curmudgeon who eats the No Doze and drinks the Air Wick for you all. We made observations and remarks concerning certain statements made by the Patriarch of the Duck Dynasty people. He declared during an interview with a popular culture magazine that, "What we need is not gun control. What we need is Sin Control!" This resulted in a vigorous round of commentary by those who have little else to do, and a lot of time on their hands. Your commentator weighed in and received a fairly good approval rating of 35 to 1 that finally wound up being 43 to 1 by the time the article moved on to browner pastures. It was on a screed that normally is somewhat "moderate".
In 1964, anyone visiting the McAllen High School in McAllen, Texas would have walked through a parking lot with about 600 autos and pickups. They were driven mainly by spoiled extreme upper-middle class and well-to-do students, ethnically it was almost all white, with a split of 2 parts Anglo and 1 part Latin. Of the 4,000 enrollees, there were about six of black African ancestry.
In the parking lot, of the 600 vehicles, every other one had a rifle, shotgun, and/or a pistol. They also had ammunition. The rifles were frequently hung in a rifle rack at the level of the rear window. I had a Kharmann Ghia Volkswagen. In the driver's door pocket, I had a .22 9 shot revolver, with a 6" barrel. It was a fun target pistol, but it made up for lack of punch with a lot of chances to make a head shot if necessary.
There was never a firearm incident on the McAllen campus. From 1911 until that time there was never an incident. Everyone had a catechism. Protestant, Roman Catholic, Hebrew...Anglican....We all had an understanding of moral obligation and we all pretty much yielded to authority. But we never abused the considerable amount of firepower as 14 - 18 year old spoiled punks, brats, preppies, Dean and Brando types, even Mexican-American neighbourhood gangs back when the gangs were more social than violent...and almost everyone had two parents of different sexes.
Catechism, instruction, and a sense that there is something bigger than one's self.
Thank each and every one of you all for your time and interest.
