Of booney covers and converting anti gunners

Interesting walk today. Sun is the enemy these days, so my desert camo booney cover is on whenever outdoors on foot. Young woman coming out her driveway, heads my way, gives a big smile and a “I love your hat!” Made me feel good, I smiled and we talked of the hills and crazy winds this past week. I proceeded to the lake where a nice older lady says she likes my hat and where’d I get it? I told her she could get one from a mil surplus store most likely and continued on, feeling like a veritable “chick magnet” :kissing_smiling_eyes: As we’re lapping the lake, I ran into her again, told her to look up “booney hat or cover” and agreed it’s a necessity to cover up with our older skin and crazy sun. We got to talking, I mentioned moving (headed back to TN soon) and mentioned 2A rights as a reason. She says “oh they’ll never take your guns”, typical leftist speak, so I replied "well, it depends which guns, as beto and Biden already mentioned AR’s " …and she was like…“oh yeah.” Then she went into the whole machine gun/weapons of war spiel, and I kicked back and smiled, then explained what one goes through to have a machine gun, the difference between an AR and a “weapon of war” and the fact that we legal folk shoot paper and steel, maybe some cans, no matter what we own. I kept smiling, we really had a good conversation despite her socialist and anti gun beliefs. She was funny, when she said no one should have a gun, I told her I have one on me right now…then got checked out while she tried to figure out where :sunglasses:. Next thing I knew she said she supported legal folks right to bear arms, and mentioned her thoughts of getting a gun herself. Next time I see her down the lake, this conversation will continue.
Stress on defense, but focused on zen, relaxation, recreation, and socialization as well…and kept smiling and happy.

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:+1::+1: Good read, would read again :+1::+1: . Hope you update us if you talk to her again.

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Not her, but a couple others…but it’s like these folks hard drive gets wiped every time they hear or read about gun control…and I’m tired of going back to square one.
Had a similar discussion with a former friends wife, and she was appreciative of my patience. She said “my son usually just tells me to go :duck:myself”, and inside I was thinking "if you only knew":wink:
Next visit, she started the same thing, total change of subject. I got up, said “take care” and haven’t been back. That was around July. Went to the drags with her husband, former coworker and neighbor…and he started up. He’s pro 2a…but, he’s a republican…but. I offered him the choice of shutting the :duck: up, or walking the remaining 70 miles home. Guess I got tired of the stream of bs. Again, totally off topic as we just watched jet dragsters( we both inspected turbines for decades) and gas powered as well. Fwiw, I’m not a fan of either party, but can tolerate the lesser of 2 evils offered, except for the :rhinoceros::rhinoceros::rhinoceros:

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Jet dragsters are awesome to watch, especially at night.
Miss the days when I had good 'ol drag strips locally.

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Turbine mantra…" In thrust we trust."

Same here, had one a town away growing up, another about 50 minutes away. Now there’s none in the state, CT…

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