I went all the way to Indiana and all I got was this 9 mm semi-automatic assault rifle
I spent the long Native American Day (as Columbus Day is known in South Dakota) weekend visiting my friends Christina and Christoph in Indiana. I know, they live in Germany, but Christina's from Indiana originally and is back there visiting her family and I decided to descend upon all of them and take over her brother's bedroom and hog the bathroom for five days. They loved me.
We did a lot of fun stuff, shopping, hiking, she threw a huge yard party with a bonfire, we did some baking (well, she did, and I broke some eggs into a bowl), we even made sushi. Something rather surreal happened on the day of the yard party, however.
Christina's brother brought out his gun.
I was fascinated and weirded out as he and his friends proceeded to shoot said gun at some cardboard boxes in the yard during the yard party. I had never seen anything like it. "Well," said his girlfriend Tanya, "I think you better shoot it so you're not scared of it. Marty Jo! Ginger wants to shoot your rifle!" Who was I to argue?
Ready, aim, fire! (Side note: my hair looks great!)
I shot off a round from his rifle, ahem, Assault rifle (yikes). Boom boom boom boom. It wasn't a machine gun because you had to pull the trigger for each bullet, but wow, it was still scarily easy to shoot. Seriously scarily easy to shoot.
Oh that? That was nothing!
It was also scarily exhilirating and kind of fun. I wouldn't want to shoot an animal (I've obviously never been hunting), but I can see why people enjoy target practice. And then you start to get used to it, and it doesn't seem so weird to be carrying the gun around.
OK, this pose is a little bit freaky.
Everyone there is VERY aware of their right to bear arms, and it is very important to them. When I expressed surprise, they were surprised and said, "Ginger, it's our right, and it's your right."
They also informed me that I could get my own assault rifle for about $190 new, or $110 used. And that the store would probably knock the price down to about $170 apiece if I bought two at once.
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I offered to take you shooting at the gun club when you were home, remember? Now my feelings are hurt. But I reckon I'll get over it, and we can go the next time you're home! PS- my assault rifle is set to full auto- just pull the trigger and hang on. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
This post makes me think of an old All in the Family episode where the daughter, Gloria tells Archie that so many Americans are killed by guns each year, and Archie's reply was, "Would you feel better if they was pushed out of windows?"
What in the world would you do with an assault rifle in your apartment in VA?
Don't be silly, of course I didn't buy one! I don't even trust myself with sharp knives.
That is scary. Oh by the way, Vegas sounds great. First I have to win the Powerball tonight.
hi ginger this is grandma i willwrite more later.
When I put in the first message I had your Dad on the phone walking me through the ordeal to put in a comment. I am so stupid with this animal but I keep trying and if I would do it often enough just maybe it will click. Anyway we enjoy keeping in touch this way. I've been trying to find out the weather in Zambia but haven't mastered that yet. I'm sure it is hot as Trudy looked on her globe and said it is not far from the equator. Hello to Allie, I'm going to try and put a note on hers now and see if I can do it. Love ya--Grandma