Do you own a firearm?

[intothewoods]

I will never own a pool either.

Me either. I'd probably be more likely to have a gun in my house than a pool in my backyard. Of course, I don't have a backyard.

 

[FurryFury]

When I was little we had a pool in our backyard. I used to sleep walk. It's good that I was able to sleep walk all around the pool without falling in.

Drivers Ed is one of the most under taught things in the world. People act all relieved their teens will be driving so they have less to do. Yet more teens die in traffic accidents than any other way. I have two teens and I believe this is going to be one of the most important things they will ever learn.

When I was in high school, the Drivers Ed I got was a joke. I certainly didn't learn to drive through that course.

Here's something that used to always bother me. When you kid is at a sleep over, will they have a gun? If they do will it be secured?

I taught my kids not to touch them and to get out of the room to an adult if someone else does.

 

[Shankara20]

I have a 22-short single shot bolt action rifle my father gave me when I was 12, about 49 years ago. That is the only one in my house.

 

[Netzach]

I'd love to, I'm very pro-second, actually, for someone who clocks in where I do politically.

I just think it's a bad idea with 2 people prone to depression as much as we are in the house - where there's a will there's a way, but that makes things too easy on a bad day. So, I leave that to someone else, and M borrows when he goes to the range.

 

[Desdemona]

It's a damn good thing.

Proves my point: I don't pick my best friends by their religious or political affiliations. ;-) And thank God you don't either.


But, the look on your face when you found out I had that gun was priceless. I'm truly glad we have the good sense to avoid political arguments with each other.

 

[WriterDom]

Proves my point: I don't pick my best friends by their religious or political affiliations. ;-) And thank God you don't either.


But, the look on your face when you found out I had that gun was priceless. I'm truly glad we have the good sense to avoid political arguments with each other.

Des is packing? That's pretty hot. I'm glad you found each other.

 

[graceanne]

Me either. I'd probably be more likely to have a gun in my house than a pool in my backyard. Of course, I don't have a backyard.

I had a backyard, and a tiny blow up pool. We didn't get that one until the kids were all over three, and I'd pour it out every night before we went to bed. K's cousins daughter, Amanda, drowned in her grandma's pool. Her grandpa had had heart surgery and K's cousin was over helping out. Someone had left the door to the pool area unlatched. She was gone maybe five minutes, but by the time they found her she was brain dead. The paramedics resuscitated her, but she died the next day.

In our house the gun, ammunition, and firing pin are all kept in separate places. Plus the gun is kept unloaded. K wants to get a handgun, but has agreed to wait until we can get a gun safe.

 

[sanjuaneros]

I have several, si.

 

[kiba]

yes...govt issued

 

[Desdemona]

Lol

Des is packing? That's pretty hot. I'm glad you found each other.

Ya know, I could take that a couple of ways. heh

 

[Xelebes]

My dad had a few until he sold the farm off and moved into the city. He had a 5.58 mm "coyote-chaser" which he kept at the door, 4.32 mm "sparrow-shooter" and a 9.09 mm hunting rifle with a shotgun or two.

I've personally never seen a gun in my life, save for the always-holstered pistol kept by a cop.

 

[Sharon_]

As in pistol, rifle, shotgun, or rifle.

I am slightly miffed and perturbed that you're ruling out trebuchets.

 

[WriterDom]

I am slightly miffed and perturbed that you're ruling out trebuchets.

Oh I'd love one of those.

 

[celticsunspiral]

I don't own a gun currently, but have in the past. And yes, I have been to the firing range a couple of times fired a 9 mil glock, and others. I believe that it is our right to protect ourselves, at this time my dog does that.

I think I live in a pretty safe area even though I live in the middle of the city, I take precautions when I am out and if its late at night and I am alone I take my 70 lb black lab with me.

 

[professorquixote]

I have a few ceremonial Spanish pistols, assorted marine firearms from my brother, and some specialty guns my other brother gave me that he got when he was in the special forces.

 

[jockdom]

"you have the right to arm bears"

 

[BiaTcHiNFiRe]

No I dont, but my ex does and bf of my sister as well.

Sometimes I feel they giving the gun licence to every idiot who ask for it!

 

[Desdemona]

gun license?

Who said anything about having a license? I only said I had a gun.

 

[WriterDom]

Who said anything about having a license?

Here, I'll give you one of mine:

Amendment II

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.


Expiration date: Never

 

[graceanne]

K doesn't have, or need, a license. He will get a license for a concealed weapon when he gets the gun he's coveting.

 

[Homburg]

Yup, for now, the 2nd Amendment is all I need locally. I did get a CCW. At the time, given the job I had, it made sense. Now it is just something I have. I think it has been more than five years since I carried. If not more. I kinda like that.

That said, there have been many times when I've wished that I had something on me. Never for people, but I do travel quite a bit, and sometimes have to do work in rural areas. there have been times when I would've liked to have had a little bit of Feral Animal insurance just in case.

 

[Desdemona]

I know

Here, I'll give you one of mine:

Amendment II

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.


Expiration date: Never

I was being a smartass. I'm very pro second amendment.

 

[midwestyankee]

I think that when I was a young kid I had something like a gun that popped a cork. However, after having emigrated from Maine to civilization I found out that there were grocery stores with meat and fish already portioned out for cooking. Guns just never seemed to bear any utility to my life. My personal belief is that the vast majority of people who are adamant supporters of gun rights have absolutely no real need for a gun in their lives either. But they just get real pissy when someone suggests that their love of the second amendment is part of a pattern that is contributing to the untimely deaths of a lot of fellow citizens.

 

[Homburg]

My personal belief is that the vast majority of people who are adamant supporters of gun rights have absolutely no real need for a gun in their lives either. But they just get real pissy when someone suggests that their love of the second amendment is part of a pattern that is contributing to the untimely deaths of a lot of fellow citizens.

Yup, I have no real need for a gun in my life

Why would I get pissy about that suggestion? It is a statement that is impossible to prove or disprove. My love of the second amendment contributes to the death of my fellow Americans? Personally, I have a tough time including my love of anything in a proof that does not specifically involve me, or those that are in my life. Thus no reason to get pissy. *shrug*

And I'm not arguing with your statement. It's not exactly a point that can be leveraged. I am just saying that I am personally unlikely to get pissy because of it, or, for that matter, any anti-second amendment discourse.

ETA: I will say that the Need Argument is not one that works in our legal structure or culture. Most people don't need cars, computers, pets, high speed internet, etc. Lack of need is insufficient argument against ownership in a rampantly consumerist culture.

 

[midwestyankee]

Yup, I have no real need for a gun in my life

Why would I get pissy about that suggestion? It is a statement that is impossible to prove or disprove. My love of the second amendment contributes to the death of my fellow Americans? Personally, I have a tough time including my love of anything in a proof that does not specifically involve me, or those that are in my life. Thus no reason to get pissy. *shrug*

And I'm not arguing with your statement. It's not exactly a point that can be leveraged. I am just saying that I am personally unlikely to get pissy because of it, or, for that matter, any anti-second amendment discourse.

Friend, you seem to have ignored the "part of a pattern" portion of the critical sentence in my post. To put it another way, it's not money that suffers the biblical blast but the love of money.