R-Jack wrote:.
So once again...what's the appeal? If I was cool with non-answers, I would be in my company's corporate office.
I do not know if there is any appeal. Firearms and shooting are a big part of our lives. It is something we enjoy doing, we have family competitions, the boys friends are into it as well. Three of those guys went to Iraq and Afghanistan and came back physically intact, with some mental scars but all in all pretty good shape. Having the 5 of us in one spot for one of their weddings, 3 years after I beat the Reaper in my illness, and they all came back from combat tours was a celebration for us. There are other pictures where another 4 members of the wedding party also have AR's and a couple antique rifles, another parent whose picture I will not post because he is a Federal agent, and all. None of them found this to be unusual. When those pictures were being taken there was probably at least 35 more people there behind the camera, family members friends, wives, girlfriends, grand kids. There were easily 200 photos taken with over 30 people involved in them.
Christmas Day at our place involves shooting, pretty much any family gathering, there is going to be some shooting. We reload, we check out new weapons, two of their friends have custom gun business's. Being able to take care of ourselves and our families,a nd not being the victim of crime or thugs is pretty high on our list as well.
2 days before the wedding my son said we are all going to bring our AR's, and some antique guns as well and pose with the old Dodge car. This just seemed perfectly normal for us. Being with my kids and their friends and our families doing things we enjoy doing is the appeal I guess.
