At first glance a rather unbelievable set of rules that soon invades all your time and space, Yeah, it is THAT bad . It has even nearly gotten me shot. ANYWAY; I first heard of these iron rules when some minion of the state all the way from Belen (that’s 50 miles away, my friend) came (uninvited, of course) through my usually unlocked door to wake me from my snooze and asked me to do a “competency test”, apparently not just to prepare the space for ME in his system if I failed – I don’t know, I pulled myself together, then answered all but one question, the year – I NEVER know that. He seemed disappointed but opened up a new “Possibility.” He said “You can get part time nursing to help with the house and yard work four times a week out of Socorro and it is very cheap. There’s just one small thing.”You will have to get rid of all your animals—all of them, they are dangerous and unsanitary. How can you even THINK of keeping a hawk in the kitchen [I’ve been doing so for thirty plus years, as do all Asian falconers] and pigeons? Flying rats! And a dog that sleeps in the bed?”
“Also- no drinking in the house ever. And the guns are a problem too – NO GUNS – no, not even locked up – out of the house!” Amazingly, he was right— these were federal regs supposedly for the good of all, especially the insurance companies, whose TV messages bomb me every day.
Next I will say something about the link between the use of so-called RED Zones and what they REALLY mean. Or how I nearly got shot by the police at the very least, a Libertarian issue here a particular case transcends partisan politics. More in a couple of minutes.
Best of luck to you. I always enjoyed your writing. Back in the day the first thing I would turn to in the old Gray’s was your review of books. I believe you have been working on a new edition of Sportsman’s Library and I can not wait to see it in print.
I certainly am, Stay tuned!
Ditto. I subscribed to Gray’s at a time when I could barely afford shotgun shells. John Hewitt was another I looked forward to.