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Colezybear
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A dude

Yes and no

in Canada we can no longer buy or sell handguns so more than one is a good thing as l see it thing do wear out and occasionally break we can no longer buy parts for said handguns. Also I don't want to shoot a whitetail with my 300 win mag but I don't want to shoot a moose with my 6.5 creedmore. I do kinda want to shoot gophers with my 300 win mag but the 22 is more reasonable both on my shoulder and my wallet. Plus a 12 gauge for ducks and geese is necessary when using required steel shot but a 12 gauge on a pheasant can make a pretty big mess of it. I do also just have a short barrel on my 12 gauge for home/bear defense.

But I also agree better to be trained well in 1 or 2 guns (pistol and a rifle) than a bunch of different guns with their own idiosyncrasies that you have to think about when using and its not just a automatic ingrained reaction.

I have a friend who has 5 different deer guns and I've seen him forget for a second wich gun is in his hands

I don't think vr gun training is a good substitute for actual shooting the kick, jump, flash and boom are all things you need to work with to be a good shooter and I find it hard to believe vr can replicate that very well (the kick and jump of a large caliber rifle in particular).

I did meet up with some friends over Christmas that I hadn't got to have a real good chance to really catch up with in years and was pleasantly surprised to see the were upset and angry as I was about the lies and corruption and thought things needed a major change through whatever means are necessary. Wich was much better to see that the usual "well it sucks but there is nothing I can do" attitude I see in most people these days gave me more and more hope

I long ago realized the police will not protect us. About 12-14 years ago I was just on the outskirts of downtown Calgary (Mission) staying at a friend's place and saw 3 guys beating the shit out of a guy right in front of my friend's apartment not wanting to get the shit beat out of me as well I called 911 after being on hold for over 12 minutes (CALLING 911!) I finally talked to an operator and said to send police and an ambulance at this point they were stomping on the guys head on the ground. I had yelled out that the police were on the way and they continued to stomp and kick him for about another 5 minutes before they slowly and calmly walked away about 4-5 minutes later the guy was able to get up and hobble away. I waited for another 15-20 minutes before I quit watching and waiting for police and ambulance. As far as I know they never showed up I gave a very clear address (it was written in the apartment building) in downtown Calgary where there are cops all over the place.....

The police are not here to protect us.

I also believe if 25% of people had full gun racks in their vehicles when I yelled out these guys probably thought twice about continuing to stomp and kick this guy and had I had a full gun rack I would have had the confidence to tell them to stop right off the bat (I still feel like I should have done more but was also injured at the time). Not that I had one handy but these days I would probably be charged and get my guns taken away if I had come out with one to stop it.

Also last year my friend was pulled over on a highway he had been hunting Pheasant and Partridge (alot of driving around back roads hoping to spot or scare up birds) so had his unloaded shot gun on the front seat the cop started freaking out saying you can't have a gun out in your truck that's not ok. My buddy told him it's not loaded and he was still kinda freaking out saying you can't do that. My buddy started second guessing himself but then said it's not loaded and I am pretty I am allowed to I was bird hunting. The rcmp reluctantly when away from the window and made a call on his walkie talkie he the came back and told him he shouldn't have the gun open in his truck (not he couldn't) My buddy said it's not on display and it is within my reach (to make sure it is safe) I thought I was allowed to have it out the cop just kept say toy shouldn't. My buddy didn't put it away and the cop gave him a speeding ticket and left.

So not only are the police not there to protect you they are also often incompetent.

One more anecdote that happened in the last month my friend was walking to lunch in downtown Calgary and 2 homeless looking guys were beating up someone who looked like they worked downtown my buddy say a cop car like half a block away so he ran over and told him what was happening and the cop just said (even though he was in a cop car in uniform) "I'm off duty" my buddy said then can you call someone and he just said again "I am off duty".

Yup those are the people we're relying on to protect us........

oh yeah absolutely 100% all the experts agree trust the science

And Canada passed a law saying you don't even have to label lab grown meat as lab grown meat... We are so fucked

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One of the most humanity affirming things I’ve ever done. I’ve never experienced so much fellowship and what it feels like when good people get behind a truth and justice. To walk around and freely insert yourself into conversations with any group, and instantly find yourself surrounded by brothers and sisters of the same mind. It really was electric. A buddy and I plastered his black crew cab with bright orange signage and two tall masts with Canadian flags, and we did a 5 dayer. One night on the worst roads and freezing rain imaginable doing 30km/h on the Deerfoot to get down, three nights freezing our asses off in the truck, then a nicer cruise home. At least 10 locals back home who wanted to go but couldn’t gave us enough cash before we left that it covered all of our food and fuel for the trip. I was so fired up after that experience I grabbed another buddy 3-4 weeks later and we drove to Ottawa. It took us 48 hours in even worse driving conditions over a three day period to get there, and we arrived right on the grounds of parliament just as the UN goons and the RCMP started cracking heads. We ended up spending most of the time at a trucker camp west of Ottawa in Arnprior. So many good people. That whole trip, including a super sketchy hotel and shower stop in downtown Saskatoon, all of our fuel and food, and a couple hole in the wall motel nights in Arnprior were all crowdfunded by people that reached out to us back home. One lady from the hospital gave us $800 because she couldn’t go herself. Others, a couple hundred or more. It was really touching and we were so humbled.

It is energy like I saw in Coutts and Ottawa that makes me think we may have a shot at Alberta separation. I’m cautiously optimistic however, based on the demographic in our two largest cities. And the dirty pool tactics that the media and the government will no doubt be coordinating against us. Just in case it needs to be said (and it doesn’t in present company), CBC, Global, CTV and any radio station owned by Standard Radio are not your friends. They were our biggest enemies during the protests. Same goes for the algo-driven social media platforms.

oops originally posted this in the wrong place

And totally agree both the big citys are full of citiots and people taking advantage of government handouts (many of them new to the province and often the country) that won't want to lose their free or subsidized rides.

I also agree probably the biggest problem are the people who can't think for themselves and just regurgitate what their tv/radio/phone tells them wich is all funded and censored by the same government that's currently strangling Alberta and taking our rights at a rapid pace, while killing the economy, inflating the shit out of our currency, taxing the shit out of us and absolutely flooding our country with immigrants many if not most of whom do not seem to want to follow the social contracts that made this country a once great place to live

And totally agree both the big citys are full of citiots and people taking advantage of government handouts (many of them new to the province and often the country) that won't want to lose their free or subsidized rides.

I also agree probably the biggest problem are the people who can't think for themselves and just regurgitate what their tv/radio/phone tells them wich is all funded and censored by the same government that's currently strangling Alberta and taking our rights at a rapid pace, while killing the economy, inflating the shit out of our currency, taxing the shit out of us and absolutely flooding our country with immigrants many if not most of whom do not seem to want to follow the social contracts that made this country a once great place to live

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One of the most humanity affirming things I’ve ever done. I’ve never experienced so much fellowship and what it feels like when good people get behind a truth and justice. To walk around and freely insert yourself into conversations with any group, and instantly find yourself surrounded by brothers and sisters of the same mind. It really was electric. A buddy and I plastered his black crew cab with bright orange signage and two tall masts with Canadian flags, and we did a 5 dayer. One night on the worst roads and freezing rain imaginable doing 30km/h on the Deerfoot to get down, three nights freezing our asses off in the truck, then a nicer cruise home. At least 10 locals back home who wanted to go but couldn’t gave us enough cash before we left that it covered all of our food and fuel for the trip. I was so fired up after that experience I grabbed another buddy 3-4 weeks later and we drove to Ottawa. It took us 48 hours in even worse driving conditions over a three day period to get there, and we arrived right on the grounds of parliament just as the UN goons and the RCMP started cracking heads. We ended up spending most of the time at a trucker camp west of Ottawa in Arnprior. So many good people. That whole trip, including a super sketchy hotel and shower stop in downtown Saskatoon, all of our fuel and food, and a couple hole in the wall motel nights in Arnprior were all crowdfunded by people that reached out to us back home. One lady from the hospital gave us $800 because she couldn’t go herself. Others, a couple hundred or more. It was really touching and we were so humbled.

It is energy like I saw in Coutts and Ottawa that makes me think we may have a shot at Alberta separation. I’m cautiously optimistic however, based on the demographic in our two largest cities. And the dirty pool tactics that the media and the government will no doubt be coordinating against us. Just in case it needs to be said (and it doesn’t in present company), CBC, Global, CTV and any radio station owned by Standard Radio are not your friends. They were our biggest enemies during the protests. Same goes for the algo-driven social media platforms.

Aww man sounds amazing. That really does give me hope as well. I know covid woke alot of people up myself included (well that and having kids)

I have only been there to drive through a couple of times. I wish I had gone (I should have) but had 2 very young kids and life was very busy at the time (haha still usually is). I get it though it does show there are still people here who can think for themselves and that is reassuring. I just hope there is enough of us here.

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Tried to answer twice already today but it was so negative I deleted it both times. So I'll just say I hope so! So very much I just hope we're not to far gone already I see alot of people that just can't think for themselves and that scares the shit out of me

Canada but yeah I've heard of those just never encountered any (hopefully one day)

just saying birdshot birdshot buckshot buckshot slug slug slug slug slug..... if you know you know

Quick story about taking my young boys camping for the first time..

Little backstory: the only show on TV that we watch in our house is 'Alone', where 10 contestants get dropped in the bush with 10 items to see who can last the longest. My 2 young sons both especially like the show and have been wanting to go backcountry camping for the first time so they can pack their 10 items and give it a go.

Also about a year ago I found a kids book called "Adventures in Big Thicket" that they've been reading before bed for months. It combines southeast Texas folklore with the wisdom of Solomon, and tells tales of a variety of woodland and marsh animal characters.

So for the younger one's birthday we made the 4+ hour trek to the Big Thicket in eastern Texas to camp and look for some of their favorite creatures from the book.

The timing wasn't great since it's summer and the humidity was almost 100%, all of the creeks and rivers were in flood state bc of so much rain, but we had a great time!

We searched for gators, my older son ran over a snake on his bike (and spotted a bunch of others), we made an all night fire with soggy wood and cooked barbacoa tacos

We found carnivorous plants (4 of the 5 species of north America are there)

Aftet a few nights we ended up coming home with about 100 mosquito and chigger bites, and finally found a gator the last day (the boys named it Old Gus like from the book). They were so stoked!

I'll say they took the good and the bad parts in stride, and we plan to go back in fall hunting season and bring bows & arrows. Any camping from here on will feel like glamping to them lol

Upon return we had a birthday party for the younger one with all his friends. The boys kissed the floor of the house when they walked in, and had a whole new appreciation for air conditioning and bug/reptile free spaces :)

#camping #bigthicket #dadstr #alone #storytime

Yeah those are the memories that will stick with them for life