Christmas Ideas

[Rusty]

I'd like everyone to think about something. We are seeing our culture radically changed before our very eyes. One thing I have taught by example to my son is to read. In years past I have bought him every book by Elmer Keith I could find. Knowing that Jr. sometimes reads these pages I don't want to get too specific but I'll say that this year's book purchase had a good friend named Dobe Grant. Most everyone will know who I'm talking about by that. More and more of these books are going out of print. I'd challenge everyone here that if you have kids you really should consider getting some of these older books before they're priced out of our reach.

[AJMD429]

BOOKS are always good gifts anyway; probably the best gift (other than a gun, of course).

Also consider buying copies of good authoritative books on gun control for the local library or school libraries.

"The Samurai, the Mountie, & the Cowboy" "Death by Gun Control" "The Founders View of the Right to Bear Arms" "Firearms and Violence" (Kates), and many others.

Books on Libertarianism or 'Austrian' Economics are a bit drier reads, but some of Hayek, Rothbard, and of course Ayn Rand's fiction (which seems now to have been prophecy rather than fiction) can be interesting reads to some.

The 'tone' of outdoor and 'nature' writing is different than a generation or two ago also - a book on 'Trees' used to have very detailed descriptions, flowery language, and something about what the wood was good or bad for, or the aesthetics of the tree, etc. Now it will just be photos and an identification checklist, as if tallying off and documenting that you saw one is all that matters.