Hoo boy do you bring back memories.  My weapon of choice was the bow and
arrows.  I didn't shoot at critters, though, but at targets; was pretty darn
good if I do say so.  In college, I did take skeet shooting as an elective
PE course and liked that, too.  However I do not own a gun, considering it
more dangerous to own one that to be without one.

    Kathy S.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bobby G. Greer, Ph. D." <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 4:26 PM
Subject: BB Guns in the rural South


> Betty,
>
>     As a boy growing in the rural South, most of us had BB guns, or pellet
> air
> rifles and some, like my brother and I, had real firearms. Mith "weapon of
> choice" though was my trusty Red Ryder lever action Daisy BB gun. Now
other
> than glass bottles, the other prime targets are birds, or "birdies" as you
> state. My favorite Target was "Mockers" because they were so mean. This is
> regardless of the fact Mocking Bird was the Texas state bird and it was
> against state law to shoot them, a minor fact we gave little regard. Wjat
I
> guess I am saying is shooting birds with BB guns was a rite of passage in
the
> South. Besides, have your ever tried to kill a mocker with a Red Ryder.
You
> have to be damn good!! Especially if your spastic CP!!!
>
> Bobby
>
> >I meant this with regard to your desire to shoot the little birdies,
that's
> >all.  I certainly wouldn't want to see you hurt Kyle.  I might be given
> >to
> >wonder, from time to time, just how big your ears actually are, but I'd
> >never
> >want to see you hurt.