Hmm interesting subject.
I was born and raised in the South. I grew up listening to stories of the many ancestors i had who fought in the War for the South. We have 2 journals that were kept by 2 brothers who were pows in the north for 2 years each. I think it is bred into us to distrust the government. The fact that the South was raped by the North during reconstruction. The fact that affirmative action was implemented mostly because it was another jibe at the South. The fact that i can prove this because my grandfather and father both were replaced at their jobs by unqualified, undereducated men because of the color of their skin and laws set into effect by a government grown too large for their pants. Granted the undereducation was because of a system that was built this way. But what system was this? Nothern school systems. One man was born and raised in Detroit, the other in Chicago. And lets talk about guns. Why do southerners like guns so much? Well because i can drive 10 minutes in any direction from my house and go hunting. Most city dwellers in the north have to drive hours to go hunting. I grew up hunting to help put food on the table because of the struggle the family had working several jobs just to pay the bills. I hunted with a rifle that was handed down from my great great grandfather, who was a southern veteran btw, model 1892 winchester .38-40. I was almost 30 before i bought my first new rifle. Now that i have made a better life for myself and my own family i own around 25 guns in varying calibers and styles. Why? because i can according to our government. No they arent all laying around the house fully loaded, all are locked up in a gun safe, out of sight from public view. I only own about one box of bullets for each one, except for the shotguns because i like to go skeet shooting a lot. So am i a hillbilly? some would prolly say yes, but i live about 30 miles from the closest hill...lol...i guess you could call me a swampbilly. And no Louisiana isnt all swamps, mostly just around the gulf coast and some river bottoms. So am i proud to be Southern? YES! Would i be proud if i was born in the North? YES! Because i would have been raised in a whole different situation. Everyone should be proud of where they are from and where they are going. So all the bickering about North/South is for naught. No one will change anyone elses minds.
Jamesrus
