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Message: <blockquote data-quote="freeranger" data-source="post: 1991512" data-attributes="member: 25733"><p>It is said that education is the key to understanding. I can think of no lesson more important to a child than one who observes a honest citizen openly carrying and contradicting the "bad man with a gun" stereotype. Many older gun owners grew up watching westerns, where the bad guy was dispatched by honest, armed citizens. Today, television and movies lean heavily towards extolling law enforcement with little mention of the average, law abiding gun owner defending him/herself and family from the bad guys (unfortunately the bad guys these days are "greedy capitalists" gone wild as opposed to the petty criminal, gangbanger). I'm of the opinion that today's shows and movies tend to suggest that only law enforcement is capable of dealing with criminals. Police have a place in society, unfortunately they simply can't be everywhere at once to run interference for society as a whole. Those who choose to OC are the new tool of gun ownership education in Oklahoma. Many children have never had exposure to firearms except those carried by police. In time hopefully this soft education will have an impact on their thought process and they'll realize that guns and gun owners are not evil as depicted by the current entertainment industry. And that instead of relying on others to protect themselves, they'll take responsibility to protect themselves once they reach adulthood. We may never convince their parents, but tomorrow we may have convinced the children of today.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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