Hello Tennessee Gun Owners

[roninnashville]

I am new and do not post very much but I read a lot of posts. This appears to be a good site as I have observed from the member posts that I have read so far. I am please to see many of my fellow Tennesseans active on this forum and hope they are good responsible gun owners as their posts lead me to believe.

I am 68 now and received my first rifle at age 14 for Christmas. I did my first field strip on Christmas day and it changed my life. Wow, springs, milled parts, stamped parts, castings and wood parts were everywhere. My interest expanded into various things like heat, stored energy, physics etc. from understanding how things work in my rifle. My attention to safety was enhanced to a new level. I guess it was a part of my growing up and it was a positive event. My friends and I would take our guns to school and store them in a car so we could hunt/shoot before and after school. I had my rife sent to me in College and I kept it in my room to use on weekends out in the Snowy Range in Wyoming. Many of my friends did the same. We did not shoot each other back then. I still own it and hope to pass it on to my grandson if he proves to be responsible.

My wish is that all of the posters and members here will do their dead-level best to see that the 2nd Admend. is not watered down and all young folks will be allowed to have the experiences that I have had with gun ownership.

You all please keep this forum going. I am not much of a posting kind of a person but I enjoy reading the posts. Some of you are very smart people.

Thanks,

Ron

[molonlabetn]

Welcome to TGO, Ron. Glad you've joined us!

[TGO David]

Ron, very glad to have you among us. It's amazing, yet sad, how much life and the world in general has changed since you were able to tote your rifle to school as a boy.

[Guest Old Chief]

Welcome from Tipton County Tennessee

[tnroadrunner]

Welcome and enjoy.

[towerclimber37]

Ron,

Welcome to the forum! I know that age has conferred wisdom on you simply by your post.

I still own it and hope to pass it on to my grandson if he proves to be responsible.

Sometimes the simplest words convey the most meaning. Here's to hoping that your grandson has gained some of the wisdom you've shared..we need more guys like you in THIS day and age!

[Mike.357]

Hi Ron, Welcome to TGO.

I for one hope you choose to post more often. In your one post you have imparted more wisdom to me than I have ever passed on in my (however many) posts. Your line of

I still own it and hope to pass it on to my grandson if he proves to be responsible.

has gotten me thinking.

I have just assumed I would pass my guns down to my grandkids. It never entered my mind about the responsibility thing. Now when I tell them that all the guns will go to them I will be adding on the line of "if you show you are responsible enough to have them"

Thanks and welcome to the forum from Corryton.

[Guest GlocKingTN]

Welcome to the forum! Hope you enjoy!

[Urse]

Welcome Aboard:)

[fury2neon]

Welcome!