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Post by jcm28 on May 26, 2022 12:36:41 GMT
We own several guns including a handgun that was a Mothers Day gift from my son. I worked nights and, after we had an attempted break in, he got me a revolver. I have never fired it but it is loaded and under our bed. My husband has a couple of rifles from his teenage years. He even used to carry his rifle to school for gun club! Imagine that! I so wish we could turn back the clock and had gun control measures years ago. I am not against banning all weapons like some countries. But there are so many guns out there that would be an impossibility. I think banning all assault type weapons is feasible but I doubt if *any* current politician has the balls to stand up.
I rarely cry over news but this most recent shooting brought me to tears. The last time I cried at the news was on January 6, 2020.
I despair over a what our nation will be like when my grandchildren are old.
Janet
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Post by mom on May 26, 2022 12:45:29 GMT
We own several guns including a handgun that was a Mothers Day gift from my son. I worked nights and, after we had an attempted break in, he got me a revolver. I have never fired it but it is loaded and under our bed. My husband has a couple of rifles from his teenage years. He even used to carry his rifle to school for gun club! Imagine that! I so wish we could turn back the clock and had gun control measures years ago. I am not against banning all weapons like some countries. But there are so many guns out there that would be an impossibility. I think banning all assault type weapons is feasible but I doubt if *any* current politician has the balls to stand up. I rarely cry over news but this most recent shooting brought me to tears. The last time I cried at the news was on January 6, 2020. I despair over a what our nation will be like when my grandchildren are old. Janet 1. Please, please lock this gun up and store it where others cannot get to it (grandkids, thieves). Under your bed is not a safe or acceptable place to store it. It needs a gun lock for it --- these are usually free at your local Police Dept. If not free, then you can get one super cheap. 2. If you are going to have a gun, you absolutely need to learn how to correctly handle it and that includes learning how to shoot it correctly. Should you ever need to use it to protect yourself, you need to know how to handle it safely so you dont end up hurting someone else or yourself unintentionally. They have classes that can show you how to handle it. 3. Absolutely NEVER keep a gun loaded. The ammunition and gun need to be stored separately. Yes, it will make it somewhat harder to protect yourself should you need to, but that's why you practice getting the ammo, loading it and shooting it before hand. I am not trying to be ugly or harsh, but owning a gun is a huge responsibility and that includes learning how to safely store it and use it. Edited to add: I support lawfully and responsibility owning a gun. I own a gun. DH owns guns of every type. But if you aren't going to ensure that it stored correctly and can not end up in the wrong hands or learn how to use it then you are better not having one at all.
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Post by jcm28 on May 26, 2022 12:58:33 GMT
Mom, I get it. I am not completely comfortable about it myself but my husband insists. We are pretty isolated where we live and he wants it for protection. Our grandchildren are adults and have no idea we own handguns. They know we own a couple of rifles but they are unloaded and we have no ammo for them. They are stored in an unobtrusive spot in our garage.
Also, sorry I didn’t make this clear, but I do know how to shoot. My husband and son took me to a shooting range after the break in to have me get familiar with a revolver. I have never fired the revolver under the bed.
Janet
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Post by myboysnme on May 26, 2022 13:15:26 GMT
My husband has some repro firearms that he uses for living history. They use black powder. There is also an 188⁰s style pistol again used for living history. There is no ammunition for any of them.
We have no serviceable gun. So I did not vote.
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Post by pinklady on May 26, 2022 13:33:36 GMT
3. Absolutely NEVER keep a gun loaded. The ammunition and gun need to be stored separately. Yes, it will make it somewhat harder to protect yourself should you need to, but that's why you practice getting the ammo, loading it and shooting it before hand This is what I can’t wrap my head around when people say they own a gun “for protection”. If the gun and ammo are properly stored in separate locked containers, doesn’t that defeat the purpose? Loaded, ready to go and within reach makes total sense. But again, not a gun owner or user.
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Post by manda on May 26, 2022 13:43:40 GMT
My husband is a police officer and has a concealed carry permit which aren’t easy to get in our state.
He owns a lot of guns (I think he used to enjoy collecting them when he was younger) including a couple AR-15s which he has never fired. We live in a state that rigid restrictions on assault weapons that I believe requires mandatory registration of assault weapons as well.
He keeps most of his guns in his locker at his police station. He almost always conceal carries a hand gun and has appropriate locks and gun safes at home.
I haven’t fired a gun in decades but plan to take a safety class soon because when he retires in a few years, the guns will all be in our house and even though they will be locked up, I feel strongly that all adults in a house with a gun should know gun safety.
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Post by mom on May 26, 2022 14:22:50 GMT
3. Absolutely NEVER keep a gun loaded. The ammunition and gun need to be stored separately. Yes, it will make it somewhat harder to protect yourself should you need to, but that's why you practice getting the ammo, loading it and shooting it before hand This is what I can’t wrap my head around when people say they own a gun “for protection”. If the gun and ammo are properly stored in separate locked containers, doesn’t that defeat the purpose? Loaded, ready to go and within reach makes total sense. But again, not a gun owner or user. We have a gun in a safe inside my nightstand. The ammo for it is a decorative box on top of my dresser. I can easily get to both if I need to, without crossing my bedroom. It would take longer to open the safe (uses a finger print to open) than it will be to get the three bullets in the box. If I needed to get a gun from one of the other safes then the ammo is near them - but not stored with them. Both can be gotten quietly and easily if you know where to look.
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Post by pinklady on May 26, 2022 14:33:09 GMT
This is what I can’t wrap my head around when people say they own a gun “for protection”. If the gun and ammo are properly stored in separate locked containers, doesn’t that defeat the purpose? Loaded, ready to go and within reach makes total sense. But again, not a gun owner or user. We have a gun in a safe inside my nightstand. The ammo for it is a decorative box on top of my dresser. I can easily get to both if I need to, without crossing my bedroom. It would take longer to open the safe (uses a finger print to open) than it will be to get the three bullets in the box. If I needed to get a gun from one of the other safes then the ammo is near them - but not stored with them. Both can be gotten quietly and easily if you know where to look. Is it the norm for fingerprints gun safes? That makes it a bit quicker in my mind. I can’t fathom trying to unlock a box with a combo or key in a panic.
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Post by mom on May 26, 2022 14:56:35 GMT
We have a gun in a safe inside my nightstand. The ammo for it is a decorative box on top of my dresser. I can easily get to both if I need to, without crossing my bedroom. It would take longer to open the safe (uses a finger print to open) than it will be to get the three bullets in the box. If I needed to get a gun from one of the other safes then the ammo is near them - but not stored with them. Both can be gotten quietly and easily if you know where to look. Is it the norm for fingerprints gun safes? That makes it a bit quicker in my mind. I can’t fathom trying to unlock a box with a combo or key in a panic. No, finger print safes are not the norm but they are pretty common. From what I"ve seen, they are usually on smaller safes but I could be wrong. Usually you have a key (which would have to be stored somewhere else) or a key pad. Mine has three ways to open it -- finger print, a key and a key pad. We dont use the key (its in another safe) but I do use my finger print + key pad passcode. Some bedside safes have an app you use use to open them but we didn't like that idea. Our 'big' safes have a keypad (and probably a key...I dont know...we always use the keypad).
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Post by chaosisapony on May 26, 2022 15:49:16 GMT
No but I am seriously considering it.
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Post by Rainy_Day_Woman on May 26, 2022 16:47:03 GMT
Canadian, and no.
I grew up in a house with guns, but they were used only for hunting, stored in gun cabinets, separate from ammunition and only taken out in October and November. I didn't like them even then, and still don't.
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Post by lbp on May 26, 2022 17:18:06 GMT
Yes. I learned to shoot a pistol when I was 7. I hunted with my grandfather with a rifle. We also have a loaded gun in the nightstand. A loaded gun is the only thing that protected my brother in law when he had a home invasion about 25 years ago. All other guns are locked up in a safe. I do not support anyone other than LEO owing an automatic weapon. We do not have grandchildren so little children are rarely in our house. When they do come I have our bedroom door locked.
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Post by ntsf on May 26, 2022 17:26:09 GMT
we have no guns and will never have guns at our house. there is a civil war gun that is at my mother-in-laws. need to donate it somewhere..rare model. doesn't work.
in college, studying under a well known professor in outdoor recreation, her theory was that all kids should be taught about guns as part of outdoor school in 6th grade.. take the mystery out of them, train them in what not to do.. that was an appalling thought to us granola crunchers of the 1970's. but as time goes by, it makes more sense. but I am also for very very strong gun control and registration laws.
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Post by Fidget on May 26, 2022 17:57:03 GMT
Not anymore - when LH was still alive he had hunting rifles, they were stored locked and unloaded with ammo locked in a different spot. When he passed I gave the rifles to my DS who is a hunter. He stores them the same way his dad did.
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Post by deekaye on May 26, 2022 18:06:25 GMT
Yes, law enforcement and hunter, so several guns.
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Post by birukitty on May 26, 2022 18:23:13 GMT
No guns here and there never will be. I grew up in a household without guns and when DH and I got together we agreed to never have guns in our home.
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Post by tenacious on May 26, 2022 21:37:50 GMT
No. Somewhere in our storage I think we have an old hunting rifle of my dad’s, but, I haven’t seen it in 10 years.
DH and I don’t like guns, but, I do understand wanting them for protection. Due to a few family members and their challenges, we also could never responsibly have guns in our home.
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Post by AussieMeg on May 26, 2022 23:18:31 GMT
I voted No - non-US. I was going to go one further and say that I don't know anyone who owns a gun. Then I remembered that one of DSO's mates owns a rifle for shooting foxes and rabbits at the winery where he works. Do you know why your DSO’s friend shoots the rabbits and foxes? DSO has just corrected me, and told me it is deer (another introduced species) and kangaroos that his friend shoots, because they destroy the crops. Sometimes they pay a professional roo shooter to come in and do it, other times he does it. But as for rabbits and foxes...... they are an introduced vermin. Rabbits were brought in with the first English fleets, and they destroy our native ecosystems and crops. Foxes were brought in by the English in the 1800's for sport/hunting, and they kill our vulnerable native animals. If we could eradicate every single fox and rabbit in the wild, that would make me and a lot of other people very happy. My state actually has a fox bounty system to encourage farmers etc to kill them. I should add, as much as I despise foxes, I don't think I could ever shoot one myself. And I certainly could never kill a roo!
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2022 0:47:55 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. @padresfan619 : Thank God you didn't suffer the loss of your eye. My BB was metal (lead?). It was from 1974. It caused more complications. Besides losing my eye, the never-ending pain ever since that day has been honestly horrible + having SO many surgeries (close to 50 so far) has been just unbelievable and I'm left with an empty socket right now and a patch I wear daily. I don't have much hope that a solution will be found for my case.
Your Dad was SMART to destroy it. People joke about it, but it could and does cause serious, endless harm.
Thank you @revirdsuba.
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Post by camcas on May 27, 2022 8:35:47 GMT
Yes. I have my own handgun and shotgun. DH has several handguns and shotguns. One of our activities is clay target shooting. We have bought handguns for our adult DDs as well. Have also made sure that they have taken a gun safety class and we've spent time with them at a shooting range. Help me,as an Aussie ,understand why your daughters need guns and why you need a handgun I understand about the target shooting but why do you need other guns?
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Post by lg on May 27, 2022 14:38:42 GMT
Yes. I have my own handgun and shotgun. DH has several handguns and shotguns. One of our activities is clay target shooting. We have bought handguns for our adult DDs as well. Have also made sure that they have taken a gun safety class and we've spent time with them at a shooting range. Help me,as an Aussie ,understand why your daughters need guns and why you need a handgun I understand about the target shooting but why do you need other guns? This is my question too, another Aussie pea here. Is it because other people have guns that you feel you need one? I understand recreational shooting is a pastime/sport, I understand having one as a member of law enforcement, I understand having a gun on hand for animal control purposes/farming reasons but apart from that I honestly don’t know of another reason. I mean ABSOLUTELY NO DISRESPECT, I’m trying to educate myself by conversing with real people who give actual legitimate reasons and opinions and have found reading this thread already enlightening/informative. This might be interesting for the other non U.S. peas as a whole as well as I think there are a few of us who don’t understand living in a country which is so different to our own.
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Post by katiejane on May 27, 2022 16:21:06 GMT
Non US citizen. I have no need for a gun, I do not belong to shooting club and participate in the sport. I would never hunt as I do not need to source food this way. I do not live on a farm so I do need one for pest control so I do not need to apply for a licence to own a gun.
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Post by walkerdill on May 27, 2022 16:33:44 GMT
I have 3 handguns locked in lockboxes. I also have my concealed weapons permit. All my kids are grown and I am mostly home alone.
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Post by carhoch on May 27, 2022 20:26:31 GMT
My husband was a officer in the Swiss army but his service gun stayed there when we came to the USA in 94 and we never had a one here .
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Post by Zee on May 27, 2022 22:01:42 GMT
Do you know why your DSO’s friend shoots the rabbits and foxes? DSO has just corrected me, and told me it is deer (another introduced species) and kangaroos that his friend shoots, because they destroy the crops. Sometimes they pay a professional roo shooter to come in and do it, other times he does it. But as for rabbits and foxes...... they are an introduced vermin. Rabbits were brought in with the first English fleets, and they destroy our native ecosystems and crops. Foxes were brought in by the English in the 1800's for sport/hunting, and they kill our vulnerable native animals. If we could eradicate every single fox and rabbit in the wild, that would make me and a lot of other people very happy. My state actually has a fox bounty system to encourage farmers etc to kill them. I should add, as much as I despise foxes, I don't think I could ever shoot one myself. And I certainly could never kill a roo! I know that are invasive for you but I can't imagine anyone despising foxes. They're my spirit animal. They're beautiful creatures. 🦊 People like to shoot them here in the US because they're scared of them, which always upsets me. There is a fox group on Facebook that has lots and lots of posts from people in the UK that feed them and have them visit their yards regularly, like stray cats or raccoons. I can't imagine taking it that far but I love when I get a glimpse of one. It's so sad that they have to be shot to be controlled in Australia but I see why and know how rabbits and mice and cats have also affected the ecosystem there. Then again, Europeans are an invasive species too!
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2022 2:28:46 GMT
Adding info about US citizens having handguns or rifle-type weapons in their home:
*A mom that I nannied for used to keep her shotgun behind her bedroom door (after her divorce). Her 2 boys were getting old enough that they'd definitely play with it if they found it. As a Nanny, I try to be 10 steps ahead and warn the parents of what the children might be interested in at certain ages. She never thought twice about it until I mentioned it, and she got a tall locked case to keep it in after that.
*Another family I nannied for had guns in their estate. The dad used to work overnight and he'd carry a loaded semi with him after he was approached and attacked. He took extensive training classes and went to the range weekly. He had a fingerprint (small) safe in his headboard of their bed. People have tried to break in their estate a few times before that. He felt better knowing he'd be a bit more ready. His very reluctant wife did agree to take training classes and she also began going with him to the shooting range.
It's SO important to be a responsible gun owner and keep it far away and locked up from children. Honestly, I saw one of his semi-automatic guns while I was cleaning out his bag of food. I have PTSD when I see any type of gun, but this one looked completely fake. It wasn't fake. I could see how children would assume it's a toy and try to play with it!!
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Post by camcas on May 28, 2022 4:07:58 GMT
I have 3 handguns locked in lockboxes. I also have my concealed weapons permit. All my kids are grown and I am mostly home alone. Why do you need a concealed weapon?
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Post by rahnee on May 28, 2022 8:06:34 GMT
Non US here. No guns, nor do I know anyone here that has owned one. The only person I know of that has a gun is my cousins ex husband and he lives in North Carolina with multiple guns.
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Post by AllieC on May 28, 2022 10:54:20 GMT
So law enforcement officers take their guns home? Mind blown, ours leave them at work.
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Post by mollycoddle on May 28, 2022 11:47:31 GMT
No, I don’t want the responsibility of a gun.
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