tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post3135536186414516358..comments2024-03-27T08:30:30.519-04:00Comments on Not of this World: A Comment I Made at Brigid'sEd Bonderenkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-25650496693695119572015-07-16T18:34:06.120-04:002015-07-16T18:34:06.120-04:00Only cure is a heart change.Only cure is a heart change.Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-63258162196564464122015-07-16T16:39:05.207-04:002015-07-16T16:39:05.207-04:00"Liberalism is a mental illness. "
Inde..."Liberalism is a mental illness. "<br /><br />Indeed.Rev. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588179227576383679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-35341089979998592582015-07-16T10:57:53.625-04:002015-07-16T10:57:53.625-04:00I carry (and Scherie does also) a pistol with me e...I carry (and Scherie does also) a pistol with me everywhere but work.<br />A number of us carry at church. Practically everyone might be an exaggeration, but about half.<br />I carry to church because it can, but probably won't be, as dangerous a place to be as anywhere else, given the Charleston shootings and many others that are underreported.<br />It's a tool. Sometimes I forget it's there, like my pocketknife.<br />This is true of many carry people.<br />I am not a fan of "open carry" as that frightens people.<br />I was sitting in a diner with Scherie and another couple was in the booth next to us talking about guns.<br />We struck a conversation and found that they always carry.<br />You would never have known.<br />A guy in town owns a gas station. He went to a neighboring city to the bank. While he was in line, someone ahead of him was holding up the teller, quietly.<br />He figured it out, walked up behind the guy and disarmed him.<br />The police hailed him as a hero.<br />Would not have happened had he not had his own gun.Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-3722976289378901152015-07-15T22:55:35.184-04:002015-07-15T22:55:35.184-04:00I'm sorry it was an ultimatum and she couldn&#...I'm sorry it was an ultimatum and she couldn't tell you why and what could happen for her to rethink her position, IF she even might.<br /><br />That must be the lovely woman who you've told me about; this is sad.<br />I think people still think that gun owners aren't safe gun owners.<br /><br />I can't imagine bringing a gun into a church, personally. Or anywhere else, for that matter; You say practically everyone carries a gun there?Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-28069646750813700522015-07-15T06:34:50.864-04:002015-07-15T06:34:50.864-04:00It's sad.It's sad.Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-11658049857358591182015-07-15T05:26:54.366-04:002015-07-15T05:26:54.366-04:00Ed, It appears you understand the liberal's po...Ed, It appears you understand the liberal's position perfectly. Shake her dust off your sandals. DaBladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16160781062081889980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-83165955963546718262015-07-14T18:36:14.700-04:002015-07-14T18:36:14.700-04:00Or the data.Or the data.Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-5525708917403560322015-07-14T18:35:40.769-04:002015-07-14T18:35:40.769-04:00She and I have talked about so many issues.
I'...She and I have talked about so many issues.<br />I've talked with her driving her to doctor appointments or at gatherings.<br />But we've never really discussed guns.<br />Her ultimatum caught my wife and I by surprise.<br />There is no rationale to her position on this.<br />She couldn't give one when asked (which I suppose answers your question).<br />It wasn't snark.<br />It is her liberal beliefs which fuel this aberrant behavior.Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-21974559789916483222015-07-14T16:30:48.795-04:002015-07-14T16:30:48.795-04:00At any time did you ask her why she objected?
Oth...At any time did you ask her why she objected?<br /><br />Other than snark with the "liberalism is a mental disease" (I could say something similar about gun humpers) did you attempt to understand her position? <br />Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-58355037094034463292015-07-13T21:29:40.820-04:002015-07-13T21:29:40.820-04:00How appropriate. How appropriate. Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-61931151995151729142015-07-13T21:14:43.170-04:002015-07-13T21:14:43.170-04:00That is truly sad, and I'm reminded of Jeremia...That is truly sad, and I'm reminded of Jeremiah 5:21- ‘Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-56605030013716149072015-07-13T20:49:43.076-04:002015-07-13T20:49:43.076-04:00Exactly. And that was the way to do it.
Mom's ...Exactly. And that was the way to do it.<br />Mom's are always better at guilt tripping than the kids. :)Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-58405937024063192002015-07-13T20:46:13.104-04:002015-07-13T20:46:13.104-04:00I ran into similar problems with some of my adult ...I ran into similar problems with some of my adult children when I told them I planned to arm myself, which in my opinion is a sensible thing for a sixty-five plus year old widow who lives alone to do. The guilt trips were interesting. Some said I would hurt myself. Others said that an intruder would just take a gun from me and use it against me. From there the arguments just got silly. What stopped the guilt trips was when I asked which of them wanted to be the one who found my dead, battered body. Who wanted to try to identify my remains because I had nothing with which to defend myself. No takers. Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409645438732452330noreply@blogger.com