Let's brag about our firearms on Social Media

Guns are back in the headlines, so it is to be expected the discussion is on social media. I am not going to say which way I lean in the debate. I am curious about those bragging about their guns and what they would do IF needed.

First off is the need for someone to own a gun. I get the whole safety thing, but people bragging about their gun holdings and prowess of use, seems to dare a thief to pay a visit... say when you aren't home.

Certainly gun violence is at the forefront AND the discussion is about the ease of purchasing guns, lost is the number of mass shootings where illegal guns and/or ghost guns are used. No one seems able to address that... or maybe they don't want to. About the only thing that strengthening regulations for gun purchases would do... is reduce the number of mass killings with legally purchased hardware. 

Then there is the braggart, claiming they would do this or that, IF someone were to threaten them. I am not sure how that would stack up in a self defense claim. Probably not ending with the braggart being convicted of manslaughter, but the idea of being so scared as to use a weapon in self defense, would come under scrutiny if the social media brags, were to come into evidence.

I don't know how it would all end up, but I find it disturbing, as to how some people seem to think their bragging won't come around to bite them... at the end of the Day.

Hoarding Update and Other Random Things.

It has been over two years since hoarding became my mantra and quite frankly… I am getting rather sick of it. 

Outside of a few perishable items, my grocery purchases are now limited. It has become time to reduce the inventory. Not of stuff I might use, but stuff that “seemed” intriguing or stuff that might be used once upon a time… before hasn’t done anything but collect dust. 

Cannellini Beans; smooth Jif peanut butter; kidney beans; chickpeas, canned pinto beans (other than Lucks); single cans of other stuff that remain from failed taste tests. All this was due to one of those food drives. Like most Americans, my generosity is limited to stuff I don't want or need. More on that later.

Don’t get me wrong, I will not starve to death. I am experiencing a strong case of food boredom. On the bright side, I am saving money on the old grocery budget, but somehow this only seems to increase my curbside/takeout/delivery expenses. Even those are starting to wear thin.

As inflation is all the rage… allow me to dive into that barrel of outrage. It was not long ago, I was led to believe everyone was okay with gasoline costing more, if we were to reduce our imports of Russian energy. The we, are the many individuals on the many social media outlets I frequent saying... "Let’s support Ukraine!!!"

Now we have these same individuals screaming about the price of gasoline. It makes it hard to believe anyone about anything. Sacrificing for the cause is merely an illusion in modern America... and elsewhere, if people are telling the truth about their locations. I people really wanted to send a message... it would be use less, but that ain't the American way. I may be biased, as I drive an average of 20 miles per week.

It seems that everything is politicized and is being used to further divide.