DONT TAKE MY SLINGSHOT AWAY!

As a lad, one of my favorite toys was a slingshot. Actually, I
had a number of them, some handmade by myself, some
store-bought, but they were a lot of fun to play with. My
friends and I would aim at trees, tin cans we'd set up as
targets, and sometimes we'd even just shoot up into the
air, safely of course, to see how far our missiles would go.
We never shot at people or animals or houses or anything
like that, we just had harmless fun.
Did you know that "slingshotting" is a serious pasttime?
There are manufacturers of slingshots of various styles,
using NASA-inspired space or aircraft-type metals,
rubber that's been treated in a variety of ways to
enhance resiliency and endurance, and you can even
order a variety of ammunition, from BB size to those made
in musket molds, sized at .44 or .50 calibre.
You can join a slingshot organization, subscribe to a
magazine dedicated to the sport, and even participate in
tournaments, including nationals.
There are beginners, advanced, and expert models
available, even ones with "laser sights"? Huh? Prices
range from $15.95 to $29.95, with numerous accessories
offered, as well.
A slingshot, sometimes known as "shangai" or "katty" or
"catapult" (not my idea of one), have been around for
centuries, often employed in small game hunting, such as
pheasants, geese, ducks, rabbits, etc. While I've never
heard of a slingshot being used in battle or personal assault,
four 10-year olds were just suspended from a Pittsburgh-area
school for fashioning pencils, rubber bands, and tape into makeshift,
homemade "weapons", which they were using to launch paper clips
at fellow students and a teacher, hitting the teacher and 3 students,
but not doing any harm or injury.
Can you imagine being attacked by a bunch of "slingshot gangsters"
or robbers? Sure, David used a "sling" (not the same item) to do in
Goliath, but slingshots to commit crimes and do personal harm?
Sounds like a cartoon strip in the making, hey?
TO MY POINT - There are those in our society, especially in our
government and current administration, who feel that ownership
of a firearm is a dangerous proposition. These people want to
severely restrict or limit or do away with gun ownership. Using
the guise of "taking guns out of criminals' hands", or of "removing
dangerous weapons that threaten public safety", they are
proposing and planning to "disarm" the general population.
SORRY! Our God-given and constitutionally-guaranteed right
to possess and use firearms for sport or personal protection is
not one taken lightly by those of us who value our freedoms!
THOSE WHO FORGED OUR COUNTRY'S FOUNDING DOCUMENTS
realized how important and necessary it is for law-abiding, sane,
conscientious citizens to own and use their guns and rifles for
sport, hunting, or to protect our persons, families, and possessions!
If those who feel otherwise would just see to it that our current
laws were enforced, and that crimes involving guns were rigidly
and regularly punished, perhaps more harshly than now, "the
problem", as they term it, would dissipate. PUNISH THE
WRONGDOERS, not the American PATRIOTS who believe that
if you get your way, disarming the general populace will only
encourage terrorists and foreign entities who mean us ill will.
MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, AND LIBERALS
IN GENERAL - DO NOT REMOVE WHAT HAS WORKED AND
WHAT HAS BEEN OUR RIGHTFUL WAY OF LIFE FOR OVER
250 YEARS!! God SAVE America!