I can't believe you have tattoos! What were you thinking? 😂
My background is very much different than yours. I was shooting by age 6 and got my first motorcycle at 13.
I don't shoot so much anymore. I'm 68 and do ANYTHING near as much. Except maybe ride...
I don't engage in the debate either. I get suddenly irritated when somebody that has never owned or even shot a gun pronounces that they must go. So I stay completely away from it.
Yes or no is a purely individual choice to me. It's really not anyone's business whether I do or do not own guns and I'll neither apologize nor grovel.
Well said mate, I agree with all of it. I guess people feel entitled to comment despite any real clue.
A while back I took a vegan culling. (I cull feral pests on a big cattle farm). She wanted to see what I did, understand it. She was with me for a few hours, watched me shoot several kangaroos...Told me she could never do it herself, but was respectful of the manner in which I did my job (side-gig). Now, that's a person I respect. She took the time to understand it. I posted about it at the time.
The tattoos...Was 30 when I got my first...Got more later. Went to see my mum, had a tank top on...She licked her thumb and tried to rubbed it off! 😂 Poor thing.
Yeah, I respect that. My mother was my biggest supporter of my love for motorcycles. She worried, but fully respected my choice. She took a ride on most every bike I ever owned until I rolled up to her house with a Ducati. She took one look and announced that her riding career was done at age 85.
I always said I'd get a tattoo when I was old enough. Maybe for my 70th birthday?
Lol 85?! Good on her! I took my mum on my TRX850 12 months almost to the day before she died of cancer. She hated bikes, but figured why not. She was petrified but she did it and I'm glad I have that memory. She was 58 at the time.