Benelli

my mind is on a hairpin trigger shotgun thoughts blast but not splatter but fit in a tight spread pattern perhaps taxed from asking too many questions leading my sight from other suggestions but then again like a gun this time one that pumps to shoot from the hips and is actually auto matic dramatically endorsed by the Sicilian mafia and of course gives the best spread of thoughts across a room so i con sume and take in all that is given taking life as a given that i might live on every thought i shoot

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Sandra Adams

Date: 12/11/2019 10:50:00 AM

good use of metaphor... though guns frighten me these days with good cause.. i did enjoy the read... :)

Jeff Connelly
Date: 12/11/2019 6:05:00 PM

Thanks Sandra. I know it's cliche but for me the people of today frighten me.

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 12/11/2019 9:48:00 AM

I too enjoy shooting. Not so much shot guns but rifles and target practice. I like the challenge and skill involved. I have no desire to shoot animals but respect hunters who are not trophy hunters. Many hunters respect nature and conservation.

Jeff Connelly
Date: 12/11/2019 6:07:00 PM

I totally agree with you Richard. When I did hunt I always ate what I killed, and gave thanks and respect for the animal, now food.

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 12/10/2019 11:58:00 PM

Your mind sounds so much like my mind some days!

Jeff Connelly
Date: 12/11/2019 12:50:00 AM

I used to hunt. I still love to shoot. My 12 gauge side by side shotgun is asleep under my bed. I've been a vegetarian since '81. But I love my gun, and so pass it on; so does my son and...