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Post by PLurker on Oct 6, 2017 0:00:25 GMT
I voted (except for a bunch of NERF) none. but do have two vintage "you'll shoot your eye out" spring loaded BB guns. And 2 rubber band guns. Do they count?
ExH had guns in house (hunting) but gone now.
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Post by heathers on Oct 6, 2017 0:07:32 GMT
Zero in my house.
But I grew up with guns all around in Montana. My dad is a former Montana Highway Patrolman who currently lives in Alaska and has guns aplenty. He keeps them appropriately stored and probably has more training than the average American but even after growing up around them, I have no interest in owning one.
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Post by refugeepea on Oct 6, 2017 0:18:43 GMT
Zero, however I'm surprised by the number of people who know lots of others who own them. I was raised you don't tell or brag about guns you own because that puts you at a bigger risk of being robbed. Because the only gun owners I did know had them locked up and ammunition separate. Rarely was the main purpose for protection. It was for a number of things, hunting, target shooting, competing, and yes protection was a reason for some as well.
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Post by seaexplore on Oct 6, 2017 0:31:09 GMT
That way they have an accurate list of who has which guns and can come knocking if it ever gets to the paranoid state of taking all guns away (like Australia and England and I'm sure other places) Australia DID NOT take all guns away. They banned some types of guns, and require licences and gun registration, but it is still possible to legally own and use guns in Australia. I learned something today! I've always been told that they have no guns. |
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Post by seaexplore on Oct 6, 2017 0:32:53 GMT
This is going to sound all conspiration theory here but according to my DH......The gov. is trying to get ALL guns registered including shotguns and other guns that have not been required to be registered. That way they have an accurate list of who has which guns and can come knocking if it ever gets to the paranoid state of taking all guns away (like Australia and England and I'm sure other places) Would you like to repeat that last part or maybe rephrase because as it stands, what the actual FUCK? England was never at a stage where everyone had guns and the big bad government came and wrestled them from our hands! I've never known anyone who owns a gun, Historically England has not had guns because they've not been for sale there for YEARS and YEARS. I have no idea when they were banned as I don't live there. |
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Post by artsydaisy on Oct 6, 2017 2:27:44 GMT
I'm in the US, but I didn't vote because I wasn't sure if BB guns counted. If BB guns count, we have .5 to .9 per capita. If BB guns do not count, we have 0.
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Post by supersoda on Oct 6, 2017 3:04:43 GMT
We own 5-10. I'm not really sure. They were all given to us, and I don't really want them, but at least I know they're safe and not being used for harm.
I was raised around guns and nearly everyone I know owns many. Some own hundreds, so these statistics don't surprise me at all.
And while everyone on this thread swears all their guns are locked up all the time, that's just not reality. Guns (including loaded guns) were hidden all over my house growing up, and I knew where to find them. My children were not allowed to visit certain relatives unless I was present because I knew there were unsecured guns. Sure, there are responsible gun owners, but there are also irresponsible gun owners--just like with anything else in the world.
And yes, there should absolutely be more regulation. My guns aren't registered and don't have to be. I have to register my car and my dog but not my guns??? The NRA's headlock on our politicians is insane. No one needs bumpstocks (which even the NRA seems to realize). No one needs semi-automatic high-powered rifles that can be modified with a CAD file and a 3D printer. No one needs 100-round clips. No one needs hundreds of guns. And most people aren't going to be able to effectively defend themselves or anyone else in an emergency situation.
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Post by ComplicatedLady on Oct 6, 2017 6:14:08 GMT
I wasn’t sure how to vote.
We have a lot of guns but they are rifles from WWI that dh’s grandfather collected. Knowing dh’s grandfather, it wouldn’t surprise me if they were functional, but dh and I have no idea if they are functional and if they are, how to load or fire them.
Dh and I both have military/law enforcement experience so firing weapons isn’t completely foreign to us.
However, as parents of a young child, the weapons we have are unusable with no ammo but still locked someplace where my kid (or us) can’t get to them.
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Post by gar on Oct 6, 2017 6:35:06 GMT
Would you like to repeat that last part or maybe rephrase because as it stands, what the actual FUCK? England was never at a stage where everyone had guns and the big bad government came and wrestled them from our hands! I've never known anyone who owns a gun, Historically England has not had guns because they've not been for sale there for YEARS and YEARS. I have no idea when they were banned as I don't live there. You really need to get clued up a bit more before making these wildly incorrect statements. You can buy guns in England, you have to jump through a few legal hoops but they aren't banned!!! The government never took them away!! The people decided, after a school mass shooting of 16 children and their teacher, to give them up in an amnesty. |
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Post by gar on Oct 6, 2017 6:37:23 GMT
This is going to sound all conspiration theory here but according to my DH......The gov. is trying to get ALL guns registered including shotguns and other guns that have not been required to be registered. That way they have an accurate list of who has which guns and can come knocking if it ever gets to the paranoid state of taking all guns away (like Australia and England and I'm sure other places) It doesn't sound conspiratorial, it sounds ill-informed - see above. |
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Post by wellway on Oct 6, 2017 6:48:59 GMT
Historically England has not had guns because they've not been for sale there for YEARS and YEARS. I have no idea when they were banned as I don't live there. You really need to get clued up a bit more before making these wildly incorrect statements. You can buy guns in England, you have to jump through a few legal hoops but they aren't banned!!! The government never took them away!! The people decided, after a school mass shooting of 16 children and their teacher, to give them up in an amnesty. It must be an illusion when I meet the local farmer/gamekeeper with a gun in his arms whilst out walking my dog in the English countryside. |
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Post by gar on Oct 6, 2017 6:54:13 GMT
You really need to get clued up a bit more before making these wildly incorrect statements. You can buy guns in England, you have to jump through a few legal hoops but they aren't banned!!! The government never took them away!! The people decided, after a school mass shooting of 16 children and their teacher, to give them up in an amnesty. It must be an illusion when I meet the local farmer/gamekeeper with a gun in his arms whilst out walking my dog in the English countryside. Yeah, must be!  |
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Post by miominmio on Oct 6, 2017 8:40:45 GMT
I just read the other day that 3% owns 50% of the guns.....and absolutely no one needs that much firepower, unless they intend to start a war.
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Post by AllieC on Oct 6, 2017 8:52:04 GMT
Australia DID NOT take all guns away. They banned some types of guns, and require licences and gun registration, but it is still possible to legally own and use guns in Australia. I learned something today! I've always been told that they have no guns. I think you need to do some fact checking before you make the wildly inaccurate statements you have made in this post about Australia and England. Like in the UK it took one terrible mass shooting in 1996 for there to be new gun control laws passed. There was an amnesty and gun buyback scheme where 1 million firearms were destroyed. Although there was an outcry by a very small minority, most people are very happy with the gun laws here. |
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Post by jerseystampinguy on Oct 6, 2017 11:31:38 GMT
There are four people in my home: myself, my brother and my other brother and his wife. Three of us own no guns, my one brother however owns 3 handguns (for what reason I have no clue) and around 4 "something" guns (I know there it at least a rifle and a shotgun). I hate them and my other brother and his wife hate them as well and wish my brother would get rid of them but he refuses. There is no reason for him to have that many, we live in a suburb that is safe. Now, if I lived in a rural area I might feel different but as of now, being a suburbanite, I have no interest in guns.
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Post by Darcy Collins on Oct 6, 2017 13:57:04 GMT
Historically England has not had guns because they've not been for sale there for YEARS and YEARS. I have no idea when they were banned as I don't live there. You really need to get clued up a bit more before making these wildly incorrect statements. You can buy guns in England, you have to jump through a few legal hoops but they aren't banned!!! The government never took them away!! The people decided, after a school mass shooting of 16 children and their teacher, to give them up in an amnesty. I think the confusion comes from the fact that handguns were banned - so people hear the UK banned handguns and extrapolate. It's reinforced with multiple people saying no one owns guns in the UK (which I'm sure they are meaning to say - I don't know anyone who owns a gun). It gives outsiders the impression that guns are banned - which as you said isn't the case - although what can be legally owned is much narrower than in the US. |
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Post by jumperhop on Oct 6, 2017 14:25:15 GMT
No guns here I am opposed to having them in the home.
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Post by workingclassdog on Oct 6, 2017 14:42:02 GMT
DH has some guns.. I think currently only 2 and both are from an uncle and grandpa who both have passed. I know we have a bunch of ammo but no gun to go with it.. maybe we do.. I honestly don't know. All of whatever we have is put away. I am not really a gun person but not opposed to having them. I have done target shooting in the past with my dad but otherwise it's been 30+ years since I have done that. I honestly wish the world had no guns.. and it's not because I am anti gun, just dreaming....but that is not realistic of course, but whatever...
Edited to add.. DH family is a family of hunters.. so DH has always had some kind of hunting gun (and bow/arrow)...
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Post by mom26 on Oct 6, 2017 14:56:46 GMT
For those who say there are guns in your home but you don't know where they are or anything about them: You need to find out where they are. You may not like them but if they are in your home, you need to know how to check and make sure they are unloaded and/or safety's in place. If the gun is in your home, it is still your responsibility to make sure it is safe and locked up in an appropriate place. If you are that anti-gun then you need to speak with your SO about getting it out of the home. Just because you don't like guns and don't want them, doesn't make you any less responsible if the gun is in your home.  It's rather concerning to me that so many know there are guns in their home, yet know little to nothing about them - not even where they are located/stored. I'm trying to imagine being the parent asking another if they have guns in their home and the answer being, "Yes, but I don't know where or what kind".  |
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Post by Belle on Oct 6, 2017 15:53:58 GMT
No guns in our home. Growing up, my dad had a rifle and pistol stored under my parents bed. FWIW, I live in a suburb of Seattle and we routinely have bears, usually for a few days in the spring and fall -- about a year ago, from my living room,I saw a big black bear in our little cul-de-sac of 8 houses around 2 in the afternoon looking for food. At our local elementary schools, recess will be cancelled because of bear sightings. We also have bobcats that walk across our fence and lots of coyote around. I have never thought of needing a gun although I did drive my kids the 2 blocks to the bus stop instead of letting them walk for a few days after seeing the bear.  |
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It's rather concerning to me that so many know there are guns in their home, yet know little to nothing about them - not even where they are located/stored. I'm trying to imagine being the parent asking another if they have guns in their home and the answer being, "Yes, but I don't know where or what kind".
