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What do you think about owning a gun?
I saw this posted on D&R.
Do you and the hubs currently own a gun?
Have you ever used it?
Would you ever want a gun? Why or why not?
Re: What do you think about owning a gun?
Currently - No. However, I have a license to carry, I just have not purchased a gun yet, DH wants to get his license as well at some point and a gun. We want to be able to have one to keep at the house kept a way just incase of any intruders, etc. I personally would feel safer if DH was gone that I at least had some form of protection if I ever needed it. We dont live in a low crime area, but you never know. We've also talked about getting a gun to go to a shooting range sometime too.... so we'll see. Id be interested in a shot gun and a hand gun. Id also be interested in doing some hunting down the road since thats pretty big here and we have a lot of friends that hunt.
DH and I both carry large pocket knives on us daily, he uses his at work a lot, and Ive used mine for utility purposes plenty.. but its also for protection.
1. We dont have one.
2. N/A
3. I never want one - I wouldnt want to have a gun in our house - seems like it just makes it easier for an accident to happen.
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We currently do not have a gun.
I have used a gun; the hubs, his brother and I went to a shooting range.
When we purchase a house, I wouldn't mind having a gun around. I would prefer that it would be locked in a safe.
Growing up shooting, I don't have any problems with guns. My father never kept his locked up, and we never had any problems. They weren't a mystery to my brother and I, so other than going to the range and shooting them, we really had no interest in trying to get at them in the house.
I feel like hand guns and rifles are very different. I grew up shooting rifles and very large guns. I don't think I would ever want a hand gun for protection in my house, but I have no problem having large guns for recreation purposes.
exactly what she said.
Both DH and I came from families who are very much into hunting therefore:
We do own guns, (rifles, shotguns, and a pistol).
When we can afford it, we are going to invest in a Fort Knox gun vault, my parents have one and it is very safe.
DH has a couple of shotguns. He also has a handgun, but it is not kept in our house. (He is a police officer and the guns are stored at the police station.)
The Shotguns are in a locked cupboard in the basement and the ammunition is in a separate part of the house.
I'm not exactly enthused about having guns in the house, but I don't really think about it much. Having a gun for protection is not really necessary here; the crime rate is extremely low...To be honest, we rarely lock our doors.
DH and I both own guns. Together, we own a home defense shotgun, I own a rifle and he owns a few rifles and pistols. We both have concealed carry licenses too. I like the comfort of having guns around. Recently, DH was out of town for 6 nights and just knowing I had a gun in the house made me feel much safer.
Five years ago, though, my thoughts would have been very different. I had never shot a gun before meeting DH, and at first I was pretty terrified of them. I didn't know how to properly hold one, much less load it and shoot it. I think being well educated about them also increases comfort around them. If you are nervous around guns, I would highly recommend taking a concealed carry class (or at least some kind of gun/hunter safety class).
Within the next 1-2 months, I'll be buying a small handgun as well. I work in a decently sketchy area downtown (a few months ago, they found a body in the parking lot I park in) and there are nights when I get out of work at 10 or 11pm, so I would like to have a gun on me just in case. For now, I currently carry a knife in my pocket while I'm walking to my car. I'd just rather have a fighting chance if something were to happen to me.
1) Yes, H owns many guns, including rifles and pistols. I don't have any registered in my name.?
2) Yes, I shoot both rifles and handguns. My brother has a Glock that I have used on many occasions (at the shooting range). It's too heavy and powerful for me though, I like something lighter in a handgun. I actually think I prefer rifles though. Handguns to me are just a bit scarier. I think because of the closer range.
3) YES. It's our right as American citizens to protect ourselves and our families. That said, it is a tricky situation with the kids though. Our weapons are currently in a gun safe in our home in GA. We don't have any in our home in SC. My dad is former military and always had a handgun in the house while we were growing up, we didn't know where it was though. We learned to handle guns at a young age (at a range) as did my H (who was brought up in a hunting culture at the age of 8) so we are used to them.
I totally agree with you and I currently carry a knife on me daily as well.. I have it on hand for utility, but its also there for protection. DH has his on him all the time as well, but also uses it at work. You just never know, near the local mall about 5 mins down the road from us, some random person opened a ladies car door and stabbed her in the chest 6 or 7 times, robbed her and kicked her around... if only she had a knife or a gun on her for self defense.... thank goodness she's ok and her husband worked right up the street from what I read. We've talked about getting an ADT system as well.
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When we lived in Orlando, my daughter was 15 months old and I was 8 months pregnant with my son. I took a very rare trip to Wal-Mart with her to buy some granny panties and some other stuff I needed for after I gave birth. I noticed some freaky skinny guy walking around but didn't think anything much of it.
Two weeks later, this same skinny freak followed a woman and her 15 month old baby to the parking lot, pulled a gun on her, held the gun to the baby in the carseat and raped her repeatedly in the parking lot behind the walmart. Thank God they caught the SOB.
But needless to say, my H flipped out. Ever since then, I carry mace and a pair of scissors in my purse. Hopefully I will be able to inflict enough damage to any would-be assailant that I will at least be able to buy time to get my babies to safety. I am sorry, but there are so many psycho freaks out there that you have to take measures to protect yourself. If someone grabs me, they will at least be getting kicked in the nu*s, maced in the eyes and stabbed with a scissors somewhere, preferably in the eyeball. That mama bear quality just comes out, especially when you have children to protect.?
I completely believe in self defense and fully intend to exercise my right to arm myself.?
I 100% believe this even though I dont ever want to carry/own a gun. I do carry mace in my purse -- reminds me that I probably need to do better than that as it would most likely take me a couple minutes to even dig it out. I've had it since college when our apartment got broken into. Luckily they just stole our stereo and I wasnt there at the time but they left my other roommate alone.
I dont ever want to be defenseless but I take it for granted sometimes that we live in a safe area with relatively low crime. We also have a baseball bat in the corner of the bedroom by the bed. Its been there ever since a house a few blocks over got broken into and a woman got attacked (she left her windows open at night and the guy cut through the screens and broke in). It does freak me out when DH is OOT for work and I have to stay alone but I've got 2 big dogs (that look scary enough even if they aren't when they are mad) and my cell phone is always on my nightstand.
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Yes, DH owns a gun.
Yes, I've used both it and a couple of our friends guns for target practice at ranges.
I'm indifferent either way. I grew up around them (father hunts) and from the very start was taught how to act around them, how to handle them, and most importantly what NOT to do with them (ie point them at a person, even if playing). I'd probably go target shooting with the DH even if we didn't own a gun. I'd be adamant that if there is a child in the house the gun be in a gun safe, for now we have a trigger lock. (FYI: In most states trigger locks, at a minimum, are required.)
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I agree. Education and familiarity go a long way.
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Yes, we own guns. DH has a concealed weapons permit, but rarely carries his.
We keep one in the night stand for personal protection and the larger ones are in cases in the spare bedroom closet. I live in a subdivision in country pretty far from town. While it is relatively safe, if something were to happen it would take someone a while to get to me.
When we have children we will get a gun safe or locking gun cabinet for the guns and ammunition will be kept under lock somewhere else.
DH and I both grew up around guns and using them. I am not scared of them, or anything like that. It is just a part of life here.
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What she said.
DH has a permit to carry but I do not and have no desire to get one. I have a .22 and that will be what we will teach our kids to use.
I don't have a gun, nor do I want one. If other people want to, that's fine.
I prefer hand to hand combat
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We have one. I'm terrified of it. My husband bought it because I started sleeping over and his apartment was in a terrible neighborhood. Now I think the idea of it just makes him feel safer --even though our dog looks like a pit bull and I'm sure that will scare everyone off anyway.
We've never used it, except that my husband has been to a shooting range with it.
When we have kids, i'm not sure i'm going to want it in the house.
My hubs has TONS of guns. His dad is in law enforcement and growing up in a rural farm town everyone hunts. He hasn't brought any of his guns to our home yet. They are all still at his parent's house 2 hours away. Whenever we go visit he and his brothers go out shooting on his parent's land.
He's talked about bringing a gun or 2 to our house and I'm not opposed. We don't live in a bad area but there are some not so nice areas not too far away.
I actually really want to learn how to shoot. I'm pretty wicked with a b-b gun
When we have kids any guns in the house would be locked in a gun safe with ammo locked elsewhere.
we do not have guns, and I do not want one. DH has mentioned that he might someday want a rifle or something (he used to hunt with his family), but this is a deal breaker for me, and I have been very clear about that. I am opposed to hunting because killing for sport just seems wrong (how is your entertainment more valuable than that animal's life? The animal doesn't have any defense that puts it on equal footing with an armed human, so where is the challenge? Also, I'm not into high risk entertainment, and people are always getting injured in hunting accidents, even when they are trained and skilled), and with three perfectly good grocery stores within 5 min of us, we certainly don't need to hunt to survive.
I definitely live in a dangerous city, and the neighborhood where I work has a high crime rate. Some of my students have been shot by gang members/police. I just do not see adding more guns to the mix to be a safe solution. There could be an accident, the gun could be stolen, my own gun could be used against me... Plus, I highly doubt I can bring the gun in to work with me (it being a high school full of children and all), and I'm certainly not leaving it in the car (the faculty lot is not particularly secure), so what would be the point of having it, since the most dangerous thing I do all day is walk from school to the car?
I don't go anywhere alone, I don't stay in the neighborhood where I work after dark, I carry pepper spray in my bag and I have my hand on cell phone when I walk to my car.
I understand why some people want one, and if you have been trained and you feel comfortable with it in your house, that's your right. I, however, am too accident prone to risk it.
No we dont currently own a gun, we have before though... actually someone broke into our house about 2 years ago and stole it along with other things.
We have both shot quite a few guns... we both grew up in houses with dad's that hunted and had hand guns, so it wasn't an uncommon thing for us.
I'm sure eventually we will get another, although we dont hunt... It is nice to have. But it will definitely be kept in a secure place when children come along.