Longtime gun owner: ‘I’m not looking to kill nobody’

“The first job I ever had was as an ambulance attendant when I was 16 years old. Then I started driving a wrecker. When I got tired of that, I drove a truck over the road for the rest of my life. I loved it. I enjoyed seeing the countryside. I did it for over 40 years. Been to 48 states and Canada.

“The first time I went to Canada, the guy said, ‘Do you have any guns or dope?’ I told him, ‘Yes, sir,’ and I pulled out my Browning Hi-Power pistol, unloaded it, emptied the clip, and gave it to him. He said I could pick it up on the way back into the country. I think that was in 1969.

“I’ve always owned guns. I can’t outrun nobody. I can’t hit nobody hard enough to make them stop doing what they’re doing. But the only time I ever pointed a gun at someone is when a guy stuck his head in my pickup truck while I was sitting at a red light. When he did that, I stuck my gun in the end of his nose and told him to get out.”

What did he do?
“He got out. Buddy, I’m not looking to kill nobody. But if it comes to me or them … It’s that simple. Hopefully, I don’t ever have to fire a shot, except at the range.”

— Victor Earnest