OK\u2026there\u2019s HOW many \u201cdays \u2018til Christmas\u201d and you STILL haven\u2019t squared away (a) what you\u2019re gonna get for the shooters on your Christmas List, or (b) what the people who wanna get YOU gun stuff for the holidays are gonna buy for ya?<\/p>\n
OMG\u2026you\u2019ve about run out of time for mail order, ain\u2019tcha?<\/p>\n
Not to worry\u2026there\u2019s still time for \u201csomeone\u201d to buy \u201csomething suitable.\u201d<\/p>\n
AMMO: Food. Fuel. Ammunition.\u00a0 There are basic needs to be considered here.\u00a0 Ammunition comes in rectangular boxes that are easy to wrap. You live in some benighted place like Illinois, where those who buy gifts for shooters need firearms owners\u2019 ID cards? Heck, get a gift certificate at the local Ammo Emporium.\u00a0 Which brings us to\u2026<\/p>\n
GIFT CERTIFICATES: It\u2019s a loser\u2019s game for guys to buy guns for gals, or anyone to buy guns for anyone else for that matter, unless the \u201cgifter\u201d absolutely KNOWS what the \u201cgiftee\u201d wants. Our job is not to make decisions for them: it\u2019s to make sure they get something they WANT.<\/p>\n
The gift certificate at the local gun shop fulfills this beautifully.\u00a0 They may get more ammo cheaper at the Monster Mart, but a gift cert from the local gun shop gives more than just purchasing power.\u00a0 It introduces the new shooter to EXPERT ADVICE FROM SPECIALISTS, which is an intangible value that\u2019s generally worth far more than the dollar value of the gift cert.\u00a0 If it\u2019s Christmas Eve and all the gun shops are closed, THEN I\u2019ll go to the 24-hour WalMart and get \u2018em a gift certificate. (And, if they\u2019re not into shooting as much as I hope they are, well, they can buy underwear or food or gasoline or some other generic needs with it.) But if the present is at least in part about sharing the values of what has been called the Gun Culture, get the gift certificate from someplace that can give the recipient good advice.\u00a0 Ammunition and other consumable goods are transient. Good advice is timeless, and that\u2019s what they\u2019ll get at the specialty store, such as a gun shop.<\/p>\n
Make the present mean something. A gift of something that can protect the recipient says, \u201cI care about you, and I want you to be safe.\u201d Some people I love will see that when they open what I left for them under their Christmas tree.<\/p>\n
May it be so for you, on whichever side of the gift you may be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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