Phillips County News - One Nation, Under God

I’m befuddled by the legions of folks complaining about their loss of freedoms.

Maybe I’m just naive, but I don’t seem to have lost any.

For a third of the year I wander the landscape unfettered, shotgun or rifle in hand, ready to shoot at stuff. That hasn’t changed since I was a kid although I’ve been told nearly all my life that someone is coming to take my guns.

I do remember when mail-order firearm sales were prohibited, something to do with JFK’s assassination, I seem to recall. But I don’t have any recollection of anyone crying about their loss of freedom to buy a rifle...