Fred
Fred’s come a long way from ten years ago, when he first started publishing some ‘thoughts’ in Shotgun News (a good publication to subscribe to, by the way).
Back then, he was young and foolish - and, maybe better, still finding his way in life.
Like Ben Franklin, always trying to learn, to better ones self.
Unlike Ben Franklin, in that Ben had to make his way in the world from teenage-hood, whereas Fred was able to soak in the cocoon of the educational system until he was nearly middle-age. While you can still be a ‘learner’, it’s far better, faster, harsher, and more efficient to do it in the real world.
At any rate, starting out in the pages of SGN, Fred found the experience of writing down your thoughts for as many as 100,000 readers concentrates the mind wonderfully.
In less than a year, he was writing about the Rifleman and the role he plays in this country, and has played - and the need to get as many people reacquainted with those skills as possible.
Like a saumurai in Japan, there’s something about being a rifleman that brings out things in you that not only should be brought out, but you kinda wish had been brought out sooner rather than later. For the complete story read Fred’s first post titled Evolutions.