Kevin A. - "Support the the USA's Bill of Rights and Constitution, including the 2nd amendment. If you disagree, don't send me a friend request."

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"Support the the USA's Bill of Rights and Constitution, including the 2nd amendment. If you disagree, don't send me a friend request."

Omak, WA, USA
male
committed relationship, 6 children
Speaks: English and a little Spanish
Joined Aug 28, 1999

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I am not a member of the NRA.

I am neither a Republican nor a Democrat.

I hunt only with a camera.

I am not a "gun nut".

In 23 years as a police officer I never shot anyone.

I do support every American's right to defend themselves and others.

I do carry a legal concealed weapon.

I do support our Constitution and its Bill of Rights.

If you favor a gun ban in the USA, do not bother to ask me to be your friend on Care2.

If you believe that the "Gun Control" attempts are intended to ultimately do less than disarm all American citizens then you are not paying attention. None of the proposed gun control laws are directed at criminals in any way.

If you want gun owner support of laws that might lessen gun violence, take actions that target CRIMINALS and not law abiding citizens.

Agree to more taxes to keep criminals locked up.

Get rid of plea bargains for violent offenders.

Increase penalties for crimes committed with ANY weapon.

Make changes that affect the CRIMINALS, and not the law abiding person that might have saved your life if he still had his or her firearm.

Give criminals an incentive to avoid firearms like the plague by making use of them to commit any crime punishable by 25+ years in prison. No plea bargain, no deals, no exception.

Make this apply to stealing firearms as well.

All of you who mistakenly believe that taking firearms rights away has any effect on stopping crime may soon get to see your error as a burglary occurs once every 14.6 seconds in the USA . Criminals steal guns, or buy them from illegal sources, not from legitimate dealers. They will not be subject to background checks or any other new addition you make to current gun laws. Criminal do not follow laws!

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I made this graphic for this page but offer it freely for web use.

The last foal born before our ranch burned. Moon Chaser. Died Jan 5 due to cancer.

Two of my paintings follow: the first is of North American Wildlife including one invasive species.

The second is a Sumatran Tiger

I took this Siberian tiger photo at the now defunct Penticton Game Farm in B.C.

This is another Siberian Tiger

Below is a Bengal Tiger at Cat Tales in Mead WA

Below is a Sumatran tiger I photographed at the San Diego Zoo

Here is an infant Bonobo (AKA Pygmy chimp)

I took this picture after searching the area in reference to a homicide. I made a lot of noise during the search so as not to surprise any large wildlife.

I was perhaps a bit closer than I should have been, but when this bear realized I was there, he left.

I took this picture south of Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River.

I made this picture using a combination of artwork and photo manipulation.

I do support the right to to own and carry arms for self defense, and I realize that some may un-friend me over that. I am not a gun fanatic. I do not "shoot at everything in sight". I try to stay proficient with those weapons I own. I hunt only with a camera.

I made these graphics after 9/11.

This is a photo of one of my sculptures.

I made the graphics below when I had a police related website.
Each are copyright 2000.

Please...Join ORANGUTANS: Men of the Forest(Click) http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/Michela(Click)

-Against: Corporate Control, Deforestation, CO2 Emissions, Pollution, Global Warming, Illegal Logging, Pet Trade, Indigenous Peoples Displacement, GMO Food, Vivisection... 300 Football Fields of Rainforests Cleared every hour in Southeast Asia only to produce Palm Oil!!!

-For: Orangutans, Sumatran Tigers (Only 300 left on Earth!! Bali & Java Tigers already extinct!!), Elephants, Rhinos, Clouded Leopards, Sun Bears, Wildlife, Biodiversity, Rain-forests Indigenous People, our Earth, our Children & Grandchildren... -For: other Primates: Chimpanzees, Gorillas, Gibbons, & Monkeys

Personal		Professional		Contact		Singles

Joined	Aug 28, 1999	Activist Aspirations	Casual
Here for	Support a Cause
Group Host of	none yet
Groups	Calling All Disabled, Medicaid, SS, Medicare Recipients, Jane Goodall Institute: Race for the Primates, N0 Cruelty to Animals, ORANGUTANS: Men of the Forest, Race for the Big Cats

Hometown	Central, WA
Homepage	http://andersonsanimals.tripod.com
Birthday	Aug 21
Languages	English and a little Spanish
About Me	I am generally gentle, friendly, and intelligent, always protective. I have always sought to protect those that cannot protect themselves.Twice wed, once divorced, now separated. I am mixed-blood Native American and Caucasian. I was raised as a Service Brat in the US and Europe. I have lived on my Native ancestors' Reservation in Washington for most of the last 38 years. Until I was 16, I was small for my age and so got to meet seemingly every bully in every school I attended. I feared that I would not be as tall as my 5'4" mother. At 16 I shot up. I was 6' by the start of my senior year and eventually reached 6'2". I am a retired police detective, so am skeptical of much and trusting of few. I believe in our US Constitution, including the 2nd amendment. I carry a gun for defensive purposes as I am too mobility disabled to fight anymore and most of the people I ever dealt with as a police officer know where I live. Mind you, I had a total of maybe six fights while making arrests and only had my side arm drawn three times (other than building searches and the range) in over 20 years. I believe that everyone should learn at least basic self defense. A pair of Jehovah's Witnesses once came to my home as I was cleaning a pistol. They were looking at my martial arts weapons collection and started in about violence generally. I told them simply," some of us have to protect the sheep from the predators or there will be no more sheep". That was years before I put on the badge but may provide some insight as to why I did put it on. I do not begrudge anyone their religion, but I do not want to be preached to. I attended "Sunday School" until after my 12th birthday and learned the bible. I have also studied other religions and mythologies. Even as a child I asked questions of chaplains and preachers about discrepancies in the Good Book. Too many times I was met with, " You just have to have FAITH." I learned that was their answer to anything they did not know or understand. I seek not to offend anyone for their religion as I do believe in or country's often mentioned right to religious freedom, which includes the right to be free from religion. That said, I am not an atheist. Deist is the closest I can get to what I believe. I have seen some things that lead me to think that there may be something to reincarnation. There is also evidence that the ancient Sumerians had a direct interaction with their "Gods" and that this interaction may have led to many of the "mythologies' of latter Europe and Asia.Whether deities, angels, or aliens, they seem to have set the stage for the religions of the world. Much of what I was taught in school has been overturned, undone, or rewritten as our science improves and we start learning history from the perspective of the conquered peoples and not just the victors. Lo siento, pero yo sólo recuerdo un poco de mi estudio de la lengua española, por lo que hace muchos años.
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Lifestyle
Pets	None currently, Had dogs, Had cats, Had horses, Had hogs, Had sheep, Had visits from bears, Had visits from cougars, Had visits from deer, Had visits from elk, Had visits from moose, Had visits from a wolverine, Had visits from porcupines, Had visits from weasels
Activist Aspirations	Casual
Political Leaning	Depends
Religions	Deist-I believe in God not in ANY church, spiritual
Eating Habits	Try and Eat Healthy, Coffee - Now!
Wild Fact About Me	I have studied wildlife since my childhood. Some would say I am in my second childhood now. lol.
My Philosophy	Help others when you can.
What Gives Me Hope	Knowing that no president can serve more than two consecutive terms.
If I were Mayor, I'd make the world a better place by	Accept that no one person in government can make the world a better place. They must work together and have our support or nothing Good will happen.
What/who changed my life and why	8/13/2001 wildfire destroyed all we owned, leaving destructive tensions within the family that never healed, as all the help the Red Cross had promised evaporated just a month later when the actions of a group of criminals set up the American people to give up their freedoms and rights.
What Bugs Me	Dogs that kill children and elderly, The limitations of size in this section, organized religion, Destroying the planet !!!, GOP leadership, the spaces per line here!, Ill mannered people, Blaming guns for the actions of people, Gangbangers, people who steal and h
Passions	family, nature
Inspirations	my family, some of my teachers, nature
What Scares Me	Possibility of becoming paraplegic, Religious zealots taking over., Losing the ones I love
Favorites
Role Models	My parents
Quotation	"Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do."- Michel de Montaigne
Interests	internet, history, Art/Design, crafts, entertainment, national parks, reading, Mythology / Folklore, archaeology, Anthropology, computers, Spirituality/Philosophy, wildlife
Books	Some new wave philosophy/spiritual, Read most of the pre-1970 classics., Supernatural thrillers, Anything to do with animals and nature, Almost anything worth reading
Music	celtic, classical, country, soft rock, Classic Rock
Movies	sci-fi/fantasy, drama, comedy, action
TV Shows	History Channel, hawaii 5-O, Suits, River monsters, Bones, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet
Favorite Foods	salad, pizza, veggies, french toasts, meatloaf--mine, Omnivore diet, Fig bars, most vegetables and fruits, chinese, italian, mexican
Favorite Places	Museums/Art Galleries, Wiesbaden and Mainz Germany, Rotterdam, Amsterdam - Netherlands, Seville-Spain, Mallorca (Spain), London England, Madrid-Spain, Hawaii/Oahu, lakes, rivers, nature, the ocean, woods, the mountains
Can't Live Without	Pencils and paper, coffee
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