Comfortable?
Posted on 03. Mar, 2010 by Kate in Musings
There goes the junior hunter to rid the barn of some pests or maybe just do some target practice with his BB gun.
One year ago I pulled into a Cabela’s parking lot for the first time. (I’m behind the times, I know.) I got out of my car and started walking towards the door where other customers were coming and going. A couple of people exited the store carrying rifles. Another man pulled a gun from the back of his parked car before continuing to the doors. A little ways past the massive entry three men held and admired another gun. And I felt at home. Now I know that probably seems a strange reaction to most of you, but I felt comfortable there–like I understood these people. I also realized the irony most would see of feeling at home surrounded by people carrying guns. So let me explain.
I grew up in a family that hunted. All the meat in our house came from deer and elk hunts and summer fishing trips. When I was in high school, my mom bought some hamburger and made sloppy joes with it. We all wanted to know what ingredients she had left out or changed to make it taste so different. We weren’t accustomed to hamburger. Guns were a way of life in my world and since I experienced a safe and happy childhood, my peaceful response at seeing others toting guns in and out of Cabela’s isn’t all that strange after all.
Have you ever felt comfortable in a place that popular society says you shouldn’t?
5 Responses to “Comfortable?”
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I am the mother of five learning to live in the country surrounded by in-laws. I've been married to the amazing Nate Palmer for 15 years; he is teaching me how to be a farm girl in between chasing children, cooking dinner, and doing laundry. In my spare time (okay--time I try really hard to set aside), I like to write.
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M. Gray
03. Mar, 2010
We had a shooting range in our basement for a while growing up. Guns? Yeah, my dad has a few.
Kate
04. Mar, 2010
Seriously? My brothers would have been your best friends if we had lived near each other growing up.
Annika
04. Mar, 2010
OH yes, and now your big brother has his OWN room full of all his babies…..big and small. I think he needs an intervention or a 12 step program. I am being about 75% serious here. When him and Cordell are together that is all we hear about, guns guns guns guns.
He has taught me a lot ya know, I came from a hunting family as well but my dad just wasn’t that into it.
Kate
05. Mar, 2010
A 12-step program–LOL!
shandrae
07. Mar, 2010
Love it! My son would love to hear his uncles talk guns. It’s something I hear lots and lots and lots….about. That and when will I be old enough to have my own gun?