A Friend of my Parents was a Nassau County NY Detective.
He and his Wife were visiting us in CA and my Older Brother wanted to show the Husband a new Ruger Revolver he had just purchased.
When my Brother walked into the Room holding the Pistol, the Friend’s Wife went ballistic. She started screaming at her Husband, get that Gun out of here. She was acting completely insane running around the room and everyone was taken aback, even her Husband.
Her Husband carried a .38 for Years as a Detective, but he never took in inside their House. He always left it in the Garage on his way in from Work. Now we know why.
The Wife of a Cop and she was having a Mental Breakdown over the mere sight of a Firearm. I was a Kid at the time and remember the surreal image like it was yesterday.
I wonder how some People could survive if the SHTF.
They won’t.
You have it exactly right. How would they survive. My grandparents homesteaded in the west, granddad a cowboy and grandmom a school teacher. Granddad was often away on trail drives,buying supplies, etc. and grandmother would shoot prairie chickens for the children’s food. She was a crack shot with rifle, shotgun, or pistol. Granddad wore a .45 on each hip. All five children were brought up with guns and all hunted. My favorite picture of my mother was taken by my dad shortly after they were married. She is “posing” in the duck boat with her twelve gauge. I grew up hunting and fishing. Three out of four siblings followed suit. My three children are all shooters and my grandchildren (6) are all “into” firearms. Personally, the happiest times of my life have been associated with hunting or competition with arms. I have fabulous memories nobody can take away from me. These silly idiots so afraid of firearms have no idea what they are missing.
The ballistic wife had been brainwashed somewhere along the way. Such irrational fear is a mental condition. Sad, but preventable. Schoolteachers and government officials are doing their very best to alienate children from the love of firearms. I get in their face, big time.