maybe I should get a gun-It would be fun to practice skeet. My mother is a good shot-she comes from a long line of German marksmen in gun clubs. They also used to practice shooting from their apartment balcony in Brooklyn!
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Let's see, in Brooklyn, the targets could only be what, Italian??
"A special breed of man will sacrifice everything for the security and freedom of so many unthankful others" --Unknown Author "We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm." -- George Orwell
Originally posted by BelmontGirl: The only time I held a gun in my hands was when I was about 6 or 7 and my uncle "taught" me how to shoot BBs at a target tacked to a tree. The impact knocked me on my ass, and that was the end of that.
Gees, Paula, was that a 12 gauge BB gun??
"A special breed of man will sacrifice everything for the security and freedom of so many unthankful others" --Unknown Author "We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm." -- George Orwell
I am going to my grandsons birthday party tonight at Chucky Cheese and will pack a gun. A few years ago a disguntles ex-employe went back to Chucky Cheese and killed several employees and patrons. Most of the Chucky Cheese place closed here after that. A new one opened recently.
Originally posted by Frank an Italian: Let's see, in Brooklyn, the targets could only be what, Italian??
I don't know about THAT, but I'm sure there were some tensions in the area.
For example, my mom's family lived near and went to St. Leonard's of Port Maurice, a Roman Catholic Church formerly located at 199 Jefferson Street which is at the corner of Wilson Avenue and Jefferson Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn. At the time, the area was German, but Italians were "moving in" -as they say, and so there was some hostility between the churchgoers.
At one point, the Germans formed a circle around the church and locked hands to keep the Italians out. Guess what the Italians did? Not having a church of their own, the wives of the community collected their wedding rings and sold them to form their own church!
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