[Magdalen] Applebee Project

[Jay Weigel]

That is seriously creepy. Jonathan Chapman was, by all accounts, a
peaceable sort, interested in planting trees (for cider, btw) and spreading
his Swedenborgian faith, not shooting folks. YUK!

On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 9:53 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> I just realized I had the subject line wrong...it's the Appleseed Project.
> They see themselves as modern-day Johnny Appleseeds, planting marksmen
> instead of apple trees.
>
> > On Dec 1, 2015, at 5:45 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Also called Project Appleseed. Anybody here ever heard of it?
> >
> > My son, who is heavily into guns and militia and survivalist stuff
> mentioned on Saturday that they--presumably he and some of the kids--are
> going to an Appleseed event next weekend. He said it's an organization that
> promotes good marksmanship so folks will be able to protect themselves if
> they need to. The government, after all, is overstepping its authority, and
> that's only going to get worse.......
> > Anyway, today I put Appleseed--marksmanship into Google and came up with
> lots of sites. None of them felt terribly reassuring, except that they are
> clearly concerned about safety and responsible gun ownership--no alcohol
> permitted, no loaded guns except when they're on the firing line, etc. But
> the targets are human-shaped, and the goal is clearly to be able to shoot
> people.
> >
> > I was at their house on Saturday for a pig roast, and after dinner a
> number of the young people present--ages 10 and up, male and female--went
> across to the next range for target practice. Watching them getting ready
> in the kitchen with all of the various (unloaded) guns and boxes of ammo
> was almost more that I could stand. I have no problem with hunting, but I
> just don't get this gun culture.
>