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GUN EDUCATION FOR THE EARLY LEARNER

October 12, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Gun education is lacking. Skip this learning moment and there may not be another one. Based on the number of school shootings, there’s a gap between gun ownership and using it, between walking the walk and talking the talk. And don’t kid yourself, the gun talk is a tough one because the focus is on […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: AR-15, armed response, armory, Army veteran, Baby Boomers, boomers, continuing education, early learner, educational advantage, gun education, gun fetish, gun owners, gun safety, gun talk, learning moment, loaded gun, school shootings, veteran, veteran difference, visual exam, wary learner

HEALTH UPDATES FOR BETTER LIVING TODAY

June 10, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Good health updates work to keep people moving in a lively direction. You know, people? The people you know, the people you don’t know. Those people. Hydration is key: Drink plenty of fluids. Just not those fluids.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: American, anti-gun, better adults, boomerpdx, Death, educational health, good health, gun violence, guns, health, health updates, hydration, kids, mass death, Oregon, Oregon senators, reclaimed water, school shootings, updates, water

PAIN TOLERANCE STARTS WITH A THRESHOLD

June 5, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Pain tolerance is a measure of how much pain you can take before tapping out. The pain threshold is when you start feeling pain. Who knew? Let’s start there.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Army, baby boomer, Baby Boomers, boomers, gun violence, law makers, Marine Corps, National Gun Violence Awareness Day, pain, pain threshold, pain tolerance, Pete Carroll, school shooting, school shootings

A LESSON LEARNED BEFORE LIVING

June 2, 2022 by David Gillaspie

A lesson learned is a foundation block for the future. Except when the lesson is ignored, the future looks bleak. Who wants a bleak future? Nobody, but here we are.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: active shooter, bleak future, change, dying, Ernest J. Gaines, good housekeeping, Jim Crow, lesson learned, lessons, living, school shooting, school shootings, social structure, teach kids, the future

SHOOTING GUNS IN THE BOOMER ARMY OF 1974

April 4, 2014 by David Gillaspie

The all volunteer Army was still new in the mid-70’s. No one opened a draft notice anymore, no life changing letters came in the mail. At least not that letter. In those days the Army was run by baby boomers straight out of Vietnam. Every Drill Sergeant had a story to make your toes curl and […]

Filed Under: BOOMER YEARS Tagged With: all volunteer army, Army base shootings, Baby Boomers, Fort Hood, Kent State, mass shooting, My Lai, school shootings, Vietnam