tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29899699.post5282386252815046268..comments2023-12-25T01:11:07.457-05:00Comments on Ridiculously inconsistent trickle of consciousness: Here we gun againAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886503955676399289noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29899699.post-1082156418626422102014-08-27T14:10:18.398-04:002014-08-27T14:10:18.398-04:00Not long after I began my career as a Tampa Cop I ...Not long after I began my career as a Tampa Cop I decided to bring my daughters (aged 9 and 12) to the range that T.P.D. used. To let them see, touch, and even fire a gun. They had never shown any interest in guns, but my thinking was that I would like them to get over any curiosity they might have about guns. I let them see my guns, touch them, and watch me fire them. I gave them each a chance to fire one if they wanted to. They were very naturally frightened of them, and were extremely careful with them and only did exactly what I told them to do. They understood at all times that these things could kill you, and that they were designed to do just that. My goal was entirely to satisfy that natural curiosity, so that it would be unlikely to ever be acted upon in my home, when I wasn’t there to pay attention. It worked. Guns were never my hobby, or my interest, and when I left the department, I sold all my guns to other cops. Guns really have only one purpose, and they are very effective at it. Guns have no intentions, they just work. They shoot chunks of metal at lethal velocities wherever they happen to be pointed when they are allowed to operate. Nothing “good” comes from that.P.W. Fentonhttp://pwfenton.comnoreply@blogger.com