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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2022 12:06:15 GMT
So law enforcement officers take their guns home? Mind blown, ours leave them at work. Same here if they are a qualified armed response policeman. ( our day to day police are not armed)
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AllieC
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Post by AllieC on May 28, 2022 12:22:16 GMT
So law enforcement officers take their guns home? Mind blown, ours leave them at work. Same here if they are a qualified armed response policeman. ( our day to day police are not armed) Some states in Aus don’t carry guns but mine does. Was a big thing when they started and I still find it confronting when I see one close up.
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Post by Lexica on May 28, 2022 12:37:32 GMT
Yes, although I wasn't aware of it for over 35 years. My ex bought a gun from a friend who was a police officer. He told me about it after he bought it. I wasn't thrilled but we had no child at that point. To my knowledge, he never fired it. When he moved out pending our divorce, I just assumed he took it. Truthfully, I didn't think about it at all. It wasn't until I began packing the house to move recently that I found it on a shelf at the top of the closet in the master bedroom. Here I had been living with it in the house, loaded but with a thumb lock mechanism on the trigger, all that time.
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Post by nursema on May 28, 2022 12:56:08 GMT
I don’t have one here currently, but I have before while in a situation in which I felt threatened - and I’m sure I will again in the future. As a single woman living alone, I feel more comfortable having a way to protect myself, should someone break in. It will be handled and stored safely and responsibly and I feel pretty confident that I won’t ever have to use it.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2022 13:04:14 GMT
Same here if they are a qualified armed response policeman. ( our day to day police are not armed) Some states in Aus don’t carry guns but mine does. Was a big thing when they started and I still find it confronting when I see one close up.It's odd how people differ. The first time I flew after they first started carrying them here at airports, I shivered all over and hated the fact that I was seeing a British policemen carrying a gun in public. I still don't like it but guess it's needed now with terrorists about.
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Post by katiejane on May 28, 2022 15:08:41 GMT
So law enforcement officers take their guns home? Mind blown, ours leave them at work. UK pea. I find that odd too. I would of thought they would be locked away at work in an armoury. I assumed you would sign something that dangerous in and out. I still feel deeply uncomfortable when I see armed police. I know when they are needed it due to security threats etc. But it does not make me feel remotely safer. I have only seen them in my town once and that was when we were on high alert due to terror threats. I see them in London around the house of commons and at the borders but that's it.
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Mary Kay Lady
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Post by Mary Kay Lady on May 28, 2022 18:55:07 GMT
My youngest son (aged 22) lives with me and owns a gun. We've gone shooting together and I'm pretty good with a gun.
I don't like violence and I'm not 100% sure that I could kill an intruder, so that's why I don't own a gun.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on May 28, 2022 19:59:21 GMT
For those who have a gun and intend to use it for self defense if needed, how much training have you had?
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Post by iowgirl on May 31, 2022 16:08:18 GMT
Wouldn’t an AR15 be too much for vermin? Mostly yes. We really don't use the AR15. I have shot groundhogs with the AR17. Also, imo people who are carrying or have a gun in their car should tell the people they are with. I would not be happy to know that my kids were riding in a vehicle with someone with a gun. I agree with you. I especially think unsecured guns of any type should absolutely never be allowed around children of any age.
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