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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 100496" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>I was never comfortable with the guns in plain sight of the kids. This is the way he grew up. I was raised in Richmond VA and the only gun we owned was the antique World War 1 rifle that was passed down to my mother from her father. It was kept in the attic in a trunk. </p><p></p><p>On the other hand, guns were a part of life in his household. They provided food and protected from vermin. He grew up in one and two room "houses" if you could call them that. Some didnt even have running water when he was small. His family was dirt poor. They left the area where I live now to go move up into the mountains of upper SC into an area that could well be likened to Appalachia. Most of the houses they rented were for no more than $25 or $50 a month. The kids grew up knowing how to hunt and fish. No questions asked. They werent toys. They knew this. </p><p></p><p>This is how he assumed all kids were. Lord knows he thought I was nuts when I did my first christmas's with our kids. He never had such things! He got maybe a two liter drink, a bag of fruit and a ball. We really are from two different worlds. </p><p></p><p>He did teach our kids from the time they could walk that guns were not toys. We didnt even have play guns. When they got old enough to shoot and hunt, thats what they did but there was no playing with guns. They simply were not toys. So they didnt even attempt to look twice at them. Why they obeyed this rule when they were difficult child's is beyond me but I guess it falls under the same thing as Cory never attempting to hit me. There are just things that werent in his nature. </p><p></p><p>One of the big problems about getting him to a doctor is he has no health insurance. He works construction and they dont provide it as an option. All the testing they did in the hospital showed nothing wrong. Hmmm. I dont believe it. But I know he isnt going to be able to afford to go get more MRI's or anything like that without insurance. We barely make it week to week.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 100496, member: 1514"] I was never comfortable with the guns in plain sight of the kids. This is the way he grew up. I was raised in Richmond VA and the only gun we owned was the antique World War 1 rifle that was passed down to my mother from her father. It was kept in the attic in a trunk. On the other hand, guns were a part of life in his household. They provided food and protected from vermin. He grew up in one and two room "houses" if you could call them that. Some didnt even have running water when he was small. His family was dirt poor. They left the area where I live now to go move up into the mountains of upper SC into an area that could well be likened to Appalachia. Most of the houses they rented were for no more than $25 or $50 a month. The kids grew up knowing how to hunt and fish. No questions asked. They werent toys. They knew this. This is how he assumed all kids were. Lord knows he thought I was nuts when I did my first christmas's with our kids. He never had such things! He got maybe a two liter drink, a bag of fruit and a ball. We really are from two different worlds. He did teach our kids from the time they could walk that guns were not toys. We didnt even have play guns. When they got old enough to shoot and hunt, thats what they did but there was no playing with guns. They simply were not toys. So they didnt even attempt to look twice at them. Why they obeyed this rule when they were difficult child's is beyond me but I guess it falls under the same thing as Cory never attempting to hit me. There are just things that werent in his nature. One of the big problems about getting him to a doctor is he has no health insurance. He works construction and they dont provide it as an option. All the testing they did in the hospital showed nothing wrong. Hmmm. I dont believe it. But I know he isnt going to be able to afford to go get more MRI's or anything like that without insurance. We barely make it week to week. [/QUOTE]
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