Heritage

Last Saturday I took my son to the rifle range to teach him how to shoot a gun. So we loaded up the truck with 3 rifles, a bunch of ammo and binoculars and head to the range. He seemed to like shooting the .22 rifle and was kind of intimidated by the .270 an .223 that I was sighting in. I was glad to see his enthusiasm for shooting. It has gotten me more interested in shooting now that I know he likes it.

I recently decided to take my black-powder pistol the next time we go shooting. I bought a old western style holster and a 2 inch leather belt for it. When I bought the belt I had a choice of buying either a belt with a "U.S." civil war buckle or a "C.S." civil war buckle. I opted for the Confederate buckle because I was born and raised in North Carolina. When I showed my son the buckle, he asked me what the "CS" meant. I explained to him that it meant "Confederate States" and gave him a brief explanation of the civil war and how the South seceded from the union. He then asked me if the Confederacy were the ones that had the flag like the one on the top of "the General Lee" from "The Dukes of Hazard". I told him that that was the same one. He then asked me why people hate that flag so much.

I can only assume that my son thought that most people hate the confederate flag based on what he sees on TV. Once again the liberal media has misled and brain-washed another sole. Thankfully, I was there to straighten my boy out. I had to explain to him that the Union Jack is the flag off the Confederacy and historically a very important part of the South. It is part of Southern heritage. It is unfortunate that some bigoted groups have adopted the flag as their own, but it does not change the true heritage of the flag and what it symbolizes. It is a symbol of Southern heritage.