Women are NOT well Represented by the Gun Control Crowd
Barbara Henderson
It was a normal day on a farm in
1910. Grampaw was plowing the
field. Grammaw was tending to the
livestock around the house. That meant she
was in charge of the chickens. Chickens
were pretty important to a farm family at that time. They provided eggs. They provided fresh meat in a time when meat
was not preserved through freezing or refrigeration. A little known fact is that the chickens were
also a traditional approach to the bug exterminator. Chickens eat bugs. I don’t like to think about the fact that
chickens who provide eggs and chicken nuggets may have a diet that partially
consists of bugs, but that is the truth.
So, in southern climates chickens took care of the horror of ticks in
the yard. (I am serious. Ticks in the south are NOT a laughing matter.)
Anyway, on this day the chickens were in
danger. First a pesky chicken hawk
zeroed in on Grammaw’s best layer.
Grammaw promptly blew its head off with her twelve gauge shotgun. Grammaw was a crack shot. Then no sooner had she got back to churning
butter than she heard yet another ruckus in the chicken house. A murderous chicken snake was attacking a
nest of eggs that were nearly ready to hatch.
Once again Grammaw came to the rescue.
She used a rake to get the snake out of the nest and then promptly blew
the snakes head off with her shotgun.
Grammaw had a handgun, but she saved that for critters that she planned
to eat. A bullet to the head did not
mess up the meat like a shotgun. And
that was just how Grammaw lived. She
fought varmints like her life and the life of her family depended on it.
Now, Grampaw was as chivalrous as they
come. If he had been home he would have
personally shot the chicken hawk and the snake.
Or Grammaw could have run to the field and got Grampaw to run back to
the house to take care of the chicken hawk and the snake. Of course if she had done that Grampaw would
have come a running – but he would have obviously been too late to be of any use. He could have taken note of what happened and
given Grammaw sympathy and emotional support, but he couldn’t have changed what
happened. Grammaw had to be self
sufficient in this matter. Way to go
Grammaw!
Grammaw number two who lived down the
valley about one mile was not happy with Grammaw’s ability to handle guns. She felt that it was unfair to other women
who might not want to have guns in the house.
She felt sorry for the chicken hawks and chicken snakes. She set out to get the sheriff to restrict
Grammaw number one’s right to even have a gun.
‘Just call the sheriff when those wild varmints come around. He will take care of them for you. And the entire neighborhood will be a safer
place without women running around shooting any chicken hawk or snake that
attacks their chickens. Silly chickens have a very limited life anyway. What difference does it make if the chicken
provides a meal for a family or for a snake?’
Grammaw number one’s family always had
eggs for breakfast. They had a chicken
for Sunday dinner every Sunday after church.
Grammaw number two’s family often went hungry. Grammaw number two found this very
unfair. So she petitioned the government
to legislate that Grammaw number one would have half her chickens and eggs
confiscated and given to the less fortunate in the neighborhood. After all, Grammaw number two should not have
to suffer because she loved animals and stood up for their right to eat chicken
whenever they wanted to.
Do you find this story
ridiculous? I know I do. Unfortunately, if you change a few words and
move forward in time until the current year you would find silly women who don’t
care to manage their own lives objecting to others who do manage their
lives. They find it offensive that since
they choose to remain ignorant regarding the use of guns that everyone else
should have to go along with their ignorant ideas. They aren’t really afraid of law abiding
citizens so that is who they target in their ‘get rid of guns’ campaign. They expect someone else to defend them from
all problems. A policeman will appear
out of thin air to take care of the present day ‘chicken hawks’. The government will provide a check for their
every day needs and some luxuries as well.
Fortunately for civilization there are
many women who realize that the government and law enforcement, no matter how
well intentioned and efficient, cannot provide immediate protection when needed
or proper food and shelter.
Personally I am sick of ignorant
women’s groups getting all sorts of media attention. (The exception being Mother’s Against Drunk
Driving.) The truth is that women need
guns. We carry for self protection. We carry to protect family members. We carry because we simply feel safer with a
gun. Women have feelings – right? It is ok for women who carry handguns to have
feelings even if they aren’t the same as the feminist crowd isn’t it?
Thinking women also understand that
guns in the hands of law abiding citizens make the world a safer place in
general. A disarmed population is
obviously going to be much more easily controlled by both the government and
armed terrorists. How many people around
the world who have been slaughtered by ISIS would have been able to defend
themselves and their families if they and their neighbors had been armed? Since Ronald Reagan is no longer president
ISIS is not WAS-WAS. People still need
to be able to protect themselves.
And regardless of self-defense, just
exactly who are a bunch if silly women to tell normal people that they
shouldn’t have guns? I would be happy to
tell them that they really aren’t even competent to have a blow dryer. Electrical gadgets of any kind may be too
much for them. I don’t actually think
that, but I could pick out any number of items that could be used to harm
people and get on my high horse trying to have them banned. Have you ever cut yourself peeling potatoes?
Should anyone be allowed to have a knife then?
Has anyone ever been stabbed with a knife?
Have people you know been harmed or
murdered by drunk drivers? Should we ban
cars for everyone? The absolute idiocy
of taking guns from average people is not even on the chart for its level of
absurdity.
Right now the food police want to ban
our right to cheesecake. There is no level of control that is beyond the
ideology of the control freaks. A good
place to take a stand against these puppets is gun control. Look ladies – I am for bladder control. Beyond that, get your nose out of my
business.
It appears that women who carry are
not receiving equal representation from the press. Women who don’t want anyone to carry get all
the media coverage. So ladies, if you
like your guns tell the world. If you
want to keep your guns tell the world.
If you respect the constitution and its guarantee of our right to guns
tell the world. The constitution is not
just for men. Women have as much right to speak out as men do. Women have as
much right to speak out against gun control as women do. Women have as much right as anyone on
anything guaranteed by the constitution. Conservative women have as much right
to speak out and demand equality as liberals.
To all my conservative gun-toting counterparts – use your vocal chords
and roar. Gun control is not going to
happen.
Also, please like my new facebook
group ‘Moms Who Carry’ (guns of course)
And you are invited to join the group
