Braggin' on my boys...

I'm a gun guy. I love guns; the engineering; the lines; the precision; the fact that they go BOOM!

I have taken my sons shooting in the past and they have had a really good time.

Wisconsin law requires that you complete a Hunter's Safety course in order to buy any type of hunting license. I completed my course in 1976, and it was time for the boys to take theirs.

I hounded them about their homework, took them to their classes when I was free, and helped the study, teaching things myself along the way.

All three of them passed their written test, and all three passed their field test. I was pretty relieved. Don't think I could have gone through another class like that.

Now, when I say I'm a gun guy I really am, but I don't own any shotguns. I'm not much of a hunter, more of a shooter. Not much fun in shooting a 12 ga at a target, know what I mean? I'm a rifle and handgun guy.

So back to the field day. It was held at a local conservation club, and they allow shotguns only, so I could not bring a .22 for the boys to shoot. They had to shoot shotguns which were provided.

My oldest had no problem with it, except the first 20 ga he shot was a little long for him and hard to handle. He fared much better shooting trap with a youth sized firearm.

My middle one did OK too, but he shot the same long shotgun as his brother and had a little trouble getting it pointed at the target. He chose not to shoot any trap.

My youngest wasn't going to shoot at all, and I was getting ready to leave when he ran out and decided to give it a go. The gun was again to big for him, but he managed and took a couple of shots. He's not a big boy for his age, and was worried he might have trouble with the recoil from a shotgun, but he seemed unfazed.

So, all three will get there cards in the mail, and I'll feel a lot more comfortable about taking them to the range.

Not in a good mood

I have had no tobacco for 48 hours now. I don't have the shakes or anything, but I am not happy and I am not in a good mood.

Also, my mood is foul because I have yet to see a journalist correctly report that the Public Sector Union Members in Wisconsin did not lose their Collective Bargaining Rights this week. They lost their Collective Bargaining Privileges. Did you catch that? Collective Bargaining Privileges. They were given to you by the Legislature 50 or so years ago. Now they have been taken away. STFU and get back to work.

Recalls? Are you effing kidding me? We elected all of these R's to do EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE DOING! All of you out of state pieces of shit should just stay out of state. Let us worry about our problems. That means you Michael Moore you bloated carp.