 Hey there friends. Thanks for checking in. I want to share a story about a time when I was bullied as a kid I believe I was a freshman in high school and this happened And I want to share this with you and related to some things that are happening today Now I grew up with a great family in a great neighborhood in the suburbs I was a chunky kid and very short and I still am short so My parents decided to send me and a friend to a neighboring city for a religious Ed class Now we couldn't attend this in our city because we played sports and the schedules didn't align So they said we're gonna send you guys over here and from the very first class They left my friend alone, but the majority of The kids who all knew each other Decided that they were going to target me and one kid in particular would take my hat You'd sit behind me and take my hat and throw it across the room now I've always worn a hat. I love wear hats people say I don't we don't even know what you look like without your hat on Well, here you go a little bit of balding in the front Still beautiful Says my mother Anyhow, so this was happening and everybody would laugh at me I said, what are you doing? He'd say, what are you gonna do? What are you gonna do and and the girls would laugh that hurt and this was happening three or four times and my friend said Oh, it'll go away. Don't don't do anything. It's gonna be fine. Well, it wasn't fine and I hated going to this class I absolutely despised it. I finally got the courage to talk to my dad about it I said dad. This is what's happening. These kids are harassing me. It's this is going like my dad said son How long has this been going on? I said from the very beginning dad. I hate this class I want to drop out. Get me out of this class. She said no What you're gonna do is you're gonna handle the problem only you can take care of this son The teacher already showed you that she's incapable of doing anything Nobody's gonna handle this problem except for you and you alone and you have to do it See my dad taught me how to be a leader my dad taught me that That you have to take care of your own issues. You have to stand up to your bullies There are bullies as adults. They do it with the words all the time But as kids they do it physically like taking a hat and every now and again He'd hit me in the back of the head drove me nuts If I was wise I would have turned around a belt of them right in the nose the very first time and gotten Kicked out of the class, but I wasn't that wise because I always wanted to do the right thing So my dad prepared me and he said look, this is what you have to do You don't have a choice. This is what you have to do and he got my my mind prepared and he got my physical being ready and In the next time I went into that class, which I couldn't wait to go by the way I was so pumped up. I sat where I normally did and Who comes behind me this kid now my dad didn't say Who's the main one? I said this kid he sits behind me. He goes, that's the one That's the one you're gonna handle. So the kids sat behind me took my hat. I went and got my hat I turned around I said, you know what? After this whole thing's over. I'm gonna kick the living crap out of you And he was all bug-eyed and a little Hulk Hogan came out of me I'm like, oh, yeah And then he was scared and all of a sudden nobody was laughing all the sudden No words were thrown my way no more hat throwing or hits on the head or anything like that and Then the stupid class finally ended and guess whose parents were late picking them up His and guess who was marching out that room following him He was like what what what and I proceeded to beat the living crap out of this kid And then his mother finally showed up and she's like breaking up breaking up And I was hitting him over her arms. I was so fired up and I was prepared Now the reason I tell you this is not to Try to explain what a tough guy I am. I'm not but at no point did I decide that I was going to acquire a firearm and Shoot up everybody who laughed at me or anything like that at no point did I Have a mindset that I needed to ruin everybody's lives. I Am so sick of these kids today that acquire a firearm They go in and create carnage because they were bullied. They never learned how to deal with their problems Maybe their girlfriend girlfriend dumped them. Maybe they had a fight with their parents at days Oh, things are so hard and people in society buy into that Whatever happened to the mentality that you have to handle your issues. We don't care how uncomfortable you are We don't care how offended you are. We don't care if you didn't eat. We don't care about any of that handle your problems Now I understand some people didn't have it as good as I did growing up But the the the concept remains the same handle your issues and my dad taught me that And I handled that issue and so the the next week I couldn't wait to go into that class. I was I was like Hello, and nobody touched me. Nobody laughed at me Nobody wanted anything to do with me because most of them were there when I was pumbling their body And my friend said holy smokes you beat the living I said, you know, it's just all this built-up anger It just had to come out. I couldn't keep doing it and and that's what happened. And so we Make excuses for these Idiot kids who get bullied at school or they have something traumatic happen to them and we make excuse Well, they were bullied. Well, his girlfriend left them for another guy. I don't give a crap It doesn't matter to me handle your issues become mentally stronger and you will live a more productive life And so the government buys into this and they say well It's it's not that kid's fault because he was traumatized. It's the gun's fault, of course And and they blame you and me for owning them. It's it's a real horrible mindset that has Taken over society today where they blame the Bad or they blame the good guy for the actions of a bad guy And that's the whole issue with this gun debate and these kids that think the only way to handle problems is to go kill everybody It's an outrage. So I just wanted to share that story with you Relate it to what's happening today and let me know if you like this kind of stuff because I have a lot I've been on this earth for 55 years and I have a lot to share. I've always kind of stayed away from it because of Primarily creating a gun channel, but I think in some small way this relates And maybe it'll get somebody out there to talk to their kid and say listen Handle your problems. You will grow you will become more mature And it'll be lifelong lessons that you will carry with you to become a better and more productive person if you like videos like this, please subscribe and share I always appreciate thumbs up button Thanks for watching and you guys be safe