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Gun Control & RKBA

3Hotdogs

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8. Yes, and no. I am 77 and I still work, mostly part time.

Reply to Throck (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 26, 2019, 07:05 AM

Mar 2019

I am a retired school teacher and I don't need the money. Net family income is $110k.

A job gets me out of the house and I meet people. It is a different use of the day than sitting in front of the computer screen and trying to think of what else to do.

This summer, I am taking a job as a paid docent at a state park. I did intern paid work at that park and (I hope) the job will be fun.

O.T.O.H., I am sure there are many people who collect S.S. and need the money.

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Gun in pocket of 74-year-old substitute teacher discharges in 1st-grade Alabama classroom. [View all] Cattledog Mar 2019 OP

74 and still working? Throck Mar 2019 #1

Yes delisen Mar 2019 #2

Yes, and no. I am 77 and I still work, mostly part time. 3Hotdogs Mar 2019 #8

Nobody could have anticipated this. Voltaire2 Mar 2019 #3

careless gun carrying teachers not uncommon delisen Mar 2019 #4

something that minor makes national news, gejohnston Mar 2019 #11

possibly I could have said"happens elsewhere" or "not unique" delisen Mar 2019 #12

Guns do not belong in schools. sinkingfeeling Mar 2019 #5

bc 1st graders are so dangerous. Kurt V. Mar 2019 #6

The first graders should have guns to defend themselves IronLionZion Mar 2019 #7

How do guns accidentally discharge? The trigger has to move correct? Just carrying a gun is wasupaloopa Mar 2019 #9

99.999% of the time sarisataka Mar 2019 #10

Yep! Poor trigger discipline. I don't like guns carried in pockets. Hangingon Mar 2019 #15

Pocket carry is not my preferred method sarisataka Mar 2019 #20

I found that I often would leave my handgun behind in the safe when I was ... spin Mar 2019 #21

This is true Alea Apr 2019 #22

Modern guns only accidentally discharge when they are physically broken. ManiacJoe Mar 2019 #13

Smart honest citizens carry their handguns in a holster. ... spin Mar 2019 #14

Here many people carry small automatics in their pants pockets. Hangingon Mar 2019 #16

I live in Florida. ... spin Mar 2019 #17

Curse of the tropics? Hangingon Mar 2019 #18

When it is 95 degrees outside you look suspicious if you are wearing a jacket. ... spin Mar 2019 #19