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Post by epeanymous on May 25, 2022 17:33:12 GMT
Hell no. I grew up in a house with a father who had an unsecured gun, PTSD, and a substance abuse disorder. I have six kids and know the stats on gun suicide. And I was a public defender, and saw so many cases where no one would have died if no one had a gun. Stupid, stupid deaths, families ruined, kids left fatherless, parents left childless.
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luckyjune
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Post by luckyjune on May 25, 2022 17:41:04 GMT
No. Both DH and I have dads who used to hunt, so we both grew up with hunting rifles in the house. Guns were not locked up, back in the day. We were told to not touch them. Neither of us (or our adult kids for that matter) are interested in hunting, so no guns in their houses either).
I'm not opposed to people having hunting rifles, at all. But that automatic shoot-a-bajillion-rounds-in-a-second guns? That shit's gotta go.
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Post by purplebee on May 25, 2022 17:44:51 GMT
Yes. We have guns in the house. All locked in a very secure gun safe with a combination lock. Dh was raised in a family that hunts, he hunts and also uses a rifle to occasionally dispatch varmints/predators threatening our cattle herd. Ds was taught responsible gun ownership and also has his guns in a locked safe. He took a hunter safety course before he started hunting. While I have no desire to use a gun, I am fully confident in my Dh and Ds ability to safely and securely own them.
There is no reason for anyone other than law enforcement to own an assault rifle. I am firmly in favor of eliminating ways for people to obtain guns of any type - gun shows, private sales, etc. - without registering them and believe we need a very strict gun registry in this country.
I also believe that we will never see this happen. Way too much money paid by the NRA and political action groups, too many people making big money even after gun-related murders of our children.
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Post by belgravia on May 25, 2022 17:51:24 GMT
Canadian here. My husband has several firearms and is a member of a range. That’s all the guns are used for (no hunting). He shoots with a retired Canadian military Master Sniper. We have a locked gun room in our home and all the guns are stored unloaded and with trigger locks.
ETA I see so many people who say they need a gun readily available to defend their home against intruders. Even with firearms in my home, if someone was trying to break in I don’t think trying to get a gun from my locked gun room to defend myself would be my first impulse.
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Post by padresfan619 on May 25, 2022 17:57:38 GMT
I was shot in the face with a BB gun and nearly blinded in one eye as a child. My dad took the BB gun away, destroyed it, and threw it away. No guns were ever allowed in our home after that.
I will never have a gun in my home. My husband is not interested either. Statistically you’re more likely to get shot with your own gun, I’m not going to contribute to those odds.
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Post by jeremysgirl on May 25, 2022 17:58:19 GMT
If you have a member of your household who is having problems, then it is irresponsible to have guns accessible to them. I say always and forever on these threads that I wish there was a ban list that a psychiatrist could put your name. The idea that one of my mentally ill children could get their hands on a gun terrifies me. And yes, I realize fully that my name might be on that list too and I'm OK with it.
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amom23
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Post by amom23 on May 25, 2022 18:00:30 GMT
Yes, but we live on a farm and do a little hunting. Absolutely no handguns or AR-15 style weapons.
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Post by msladibug on May 25, 2022 18:02:38 GMT
I own and shoot Air guns with metal point ammo. No permit needed. 1 long gun and a couple of pistols.
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Post by msladibug on May 25, 2022 18:02:57 GMT
I own and shoot Air guns with metal point ammo. No permit needed. 1 long gun and a couple of pistols.
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Post by gryroagain on May 25, 2022 18:03:12 GMT
Former military but no interest, same for the ex. I’m not US now so I voted as such but never had one in the US either.
Current partner has a 9 mm but it lives at a friends range in FL, the only place he ever uses it.
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Post by mellyw on May 25, 2022 18:12:45 GMT
Nope, no guns here. I’m in the US
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Post by revirdsuba99 on May 25, 2022 18:16:06 GMT
I was shot in the face with a BB gun and nearly blinded in one eye as a child. My dad took the BB gun away, destroyed it, and threw it away. No guns were ever allowed in our home after that. I will never have a gun in my home. My husband is not interested either. Statistically you’re more likely to get shot with your own gun, I’m not going to contribute to those odds. You are not alone. if anyone remembers @bergdorfblonde was also shot by a BB gun. She did lose her eye. And to this day still has massive medical issues from the damages!! *** In an article one of the Texas shooter's former friends stated that in the past the shooter would ride around in a car shooting a BB gun at random people... Forgot to answer the question.. I do not own a gun.
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Post by natscraps on May 25, 2022 18:29:16 GMT
There will be no guns in my home. Dh has an airsoft? gun. The gun is locked in a gun safe in the detached garage in the back of our property. There is no ammunition whatsoever on our property. That was the compromise I made to let DH keep it when we became parents. His friend that he goes to the range with keeps the ammunition at his place (no kids and lives in the country). I was taught to shoot as a kid but am completely terrified of guns and what they can do.
I agree with some of the other previous posters that hunting rifles are even recreational guns are okay but should still be regulated. Like others said there is no reason for regular citizens to own high capacity or automatic weapons.
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Post by fotos4u2 on May 25, 2022 18:37:05 GMT
No guns here and I thought I had raised my kids to believe the same until my son (who no longer lives with me) got one a few years ago. He promptly put it in a safe at his dad's and claimed it was for self-defense, but I still worried the entire time. This same son suffers from some mental health issues and I can say I was actually "happy" to hear that a therapist had the gun taken away somewhat recently. He claims that he never suggested suicide (or hurting others) but I was still relieved that it was no longer an option.
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Post by Rhondito on May 25, 2022 18:41:08 GMT
I have one pistol that's hidden away.
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Post by garcia5050 on May 25, 2022 18:42:54 GMT
DH is LEO, so yes, we have guns. Quite a few. Locked up in a massive safe. What I should do is learn how to shoot, since they are in my home. But I really don’t like them.
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Post by iowgirl on May 25, 2022 18:51:22 GMT
I have 2 gun safes full and an ammo safe. I do not store ammo with the guns. The guns are never left out of the safe when not in use. The ammo is never left unlocked. I have long guns, hand guns, antique guns, family heirloom guns from the late 1800's, WW2 collectable guns. Most never see the light of day. The gun that gets used the most is my little .22 varmit rifle, which is a bolt action and a 22 pistol we use to put down animals, usually using .22 FMJ. Had to do that yesterday. I do have a couple AR models. These are ArmaLite Rifles - which is what the AR stands for. I have an AR15 and an AR17. The AR15 is the same gun as Grandpa's old Remington .223 - it just looks scarier. Same gun. My husband prefers the AR15 or AR17 for varmit control. We use laser sights, night vision, etc. No suppressors. I would 100% support the ban of large magazines. We do not hunt, other than varmit control, although one of my kids did a little pheasant hunting as a youth. I had the "You kill it, you clean it, you cook it" rule for my hunter. He was more of a fisherman. My kids had long guns as youth, that I purchased for them. Same rules - always in the safe when not in use. My kids do know gun safety and all took hunter safety even though only one hunted. If you handed any of my kids any firearm - they would first check it to see if it was loaded, even if they just watched you check. They are extremely cautious with any firearm. I taught them as children to never point a toy gun (even a 'finger') at a person. Never. Ever. No air soft or paint ball "wars" were allowed. A couple of my kids competed in rimfire and sporting clays. 2 of them have conceal to carry licenses, but they do not carry as a rule. I have my conceal to carry, just to make it easier to transport guns when I need to take one somewhere. I don't actively carry, but a great many people I know around here do. Most would be surprised at the people who do carry, especially in their vehicle with a concealed weapon under their dash. s Nobody needs to own a gun where you hold the trigger and it keeps shooting. I have no idea if that's called automatic or semi automatic but that belongs in the military or law enforcement not the public. That is an automatic weapon.
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Post by mncmom on May 25, 2022 18:54:30 GMT
We don't, and I absolutely do not want any guns in our house. I feel very, very strongly about that. Fortunately, my DH agrees, because it would be a big problem if he didn't.
Also, my DD's BF killed herself at 14 with her dads gun that wasn't locked up. So even if we did have them before that, there's no way we'd have them after.
We have a family member who is schizophrenic, and his parent tried everything to get them on some kind of list where they could not purchase one. Sadly, there's no such thing. The police said they'd have to commit a crime before he could be banned. That makes absolutely no sense whatever.
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Post by Jenny in TX on May 25, 2022 19:08:36 GMT
Yes, we have several. I grew up in a house with guns also. My Dad was a hunter and my husband and son hunt also. We were taught at an early age to respect guns and how to handle them. We taught our kids the same. My husband does not carry a gun on his person. He only has one in his vehicle when he is headed out hunting.
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Post by milocat on May 25, 2022 19:17:08 GMT
Canada, no. We're in town. If we were on a farm or acerage we would probably have a rifle. I'm sure most people I know on a farm have a rifle, lots of animals around. Many in town, if they are hunters would have one.
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Post by gar on May 25, 2022 19:22:24 GMT
UK, no gun.
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Post by Bridget in MD on May 25, 2022 19:24:11 GMT
I answered no, US. We do have a BB gun but that's it. My Dad did have his Dad's shotgun that they hunted with but gave it to family. We don't want guns other than the BB gun. I haven't answered, but I am not sure if BB guns count as guns? If any type of gun, then yes, we have one, my son won it at a Boy Scout event.
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Post by finsup on May 25, 2022 19:53:35 GMT
Grew up in a no-gun household until my stepdad moved in when I was a teenager and he had a hunting rifle. Had a no-gun household myself until after the kids moved out, but my husband has a .22 now for critter control but has never actually controlled a critter with it. I’ve been bugging him for a few years to get rid of it.
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Post by angieh1996 on May 25, 2022 19:59:09 GMT
yes. multiple guns. My DH is a retired LEO and used to hunt. They are all locked up in a gun safe that's bolted to a cement wall in the basement.
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Post by RosieKat on May 25, 2022 20:00:41 GMT
I mostly don't want one anyway. But with one child with a serious mental illness and the other with more minor mental illness and severe impulsivity, there would be no way possible to be a responsible gun owner.
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Post by KiwiJo on May 25, 2022 20:26:53 GMT
I’ve never even seen a real gun, let alone owned one. (Non-USA)
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Post by Legacy Girl on May 25, 2022 20:28:56 GMT
No. My MIL and my grandfather both died of suicide by gun. We will most likely never own any guns.
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Post by beepdave on May 25, 2022 20:29:58 GMT
We have one - a hunting rifle. The gun is locked in the house. The ammo is locked in the garage. It was never planned to use as defense in our home.
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Post by rickmer on May 25, 2022 20:30:28 GMT
no and i am canadian. i would not feel comfortable living in a home with guns in it.
i have shared before i was a victim of a gun accident as a child. it was in (slightly) rural area in our province. they had the gun to scare foxes away from the chicken coop. they had a 14 year old, 12 year old and 2 year old - with a loaded .22 on the wall.
i never wanna live somewhere that i would need a gun to feel safe (and live in the 4th most populous city in north america).
i have friends that hunt, friends that farm - and have guns for those purposes. i personally don't know anyone has a handgun or automatic anything to "feel safe" (maybe some people i know do, but they have not shared that with me. in general, it is not a very popular opinion here).
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Post by J u l e e on May 25, 2022 20:47:57 GMT
No.
My family owned a cabin in the middle of nowhere Pennsylvania when I was a child (bears and mountain lions, etc.). I was sick one day and my mom put me in my grandparents’ bed for a nap. I rolled over and slid my hands under the pillow. My grandfather had a loaded rifle under his pillow! My mom flipped. That’s such a crazy memory for me. And the only time in my life I’ve ever even touched a gun.
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