The Age Of The Pistol Is Over, The Day Of The Rifle Is Upon Us
BY PGF
2 years, 3 months ago
The Author used to comment here from time to time. Haven’t seen him around in a while.
It is interesting to look at American history based on the firearms owned by civilians. Americans, and of course I mean the people who built this country and not those that showed up in the last generation or two, have always had a love affair with our guns. The right of the people to keep and bear arms is paired with the right to free speech and religion in the Bill Of Rights.
In much of the first half of the 20th century, a man who was a “sportsman” wasn’t a guy in multiple fantasy football leagues. A sportsman was a guy that hunted and fished. Men hunted and fished, it was what they did. For certain, many of these hunting trips were just an excuse to get away from their wives for a week, eat like crap, drink beer and be slovenly. Guys that didn’t hunt or fish were considered to be a little soft and effeminate. Back in those days you could order a gun from the Sears catalog and have it sent to your house.
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At this stage, most of us spend most of our time with pistols. While we certainly have lots of rifles and maybe invest a lot of time shooting those rifles, we generally aren’t carrying them around with us. I have more long guns than handguns when counting shotguns and hunting rifles but most of them spend most of their time in the safe. We went out to eat with some Amish friends last night but I didn’t stow a 6.5 Grendel AR under a trench coat. I carried my Hellcat in an OWB holster under a button down shirt. While I subscribe to the school of thought that a pistol is simply a tool to keep you alive long enough to get to your rifle, right now if I get in a situation where I have to go kinetic it will be with a pistol.
He goes on to explain that the day of the rifle, or we could put it, the day of the Rifleman, is coming.
H/T WRSA
On September 20, 2022 at 7:09 am, Latigo Morgan said:
In the spicy times, the song meant to be a satire/parody/insult of gun owners, recorded for a video game comes to mind. “Keep your rifle by your side.”
Song referenced above: https://youtu.be/hAbmimbaFHE
On September 21, 2022 at 9:04 am, George 1 said:
In totally unrelated news we have another infrastructure fire to add to many others. This time a refinery in Ohio that provides gas to much of the Midwest.