Very simple question: do you keep a gun at home? some do. some don't. some for security, some for security and sport.
Lots and lots-we have six different alarmed safes. now that Junior is a national class pistol shot and qualified for US nationals in ISU Trap and has won several state shooting championships, we have a couple guns for instant use that get locked up anytime there is a remote chance someone than us three are in the house (like guests, students we coach or plumbers, HVAC guys etc) we have guns for almost every legitimate purpose one can imagine including top of the line competition firearms for NSCA clays-12 and sub gauges FITASC ISU Trap ISU Double Trap ISU Skeet NSSA four gauge Skeet ATA singles Trap ATA doubles Trap USPSA Limited division USPSA Open Division USPSA Single Stack Division USPSA Production Division IPSC standard Division Bowling Pin competitions open and stock pistol, open and stock shotgun NRA service Rifle 3G competitions, all three divisions NRA small bore rifle NRA centerfire and rimfire pistol target ISU air rifle ISU air pistol Steel events Open/Unlimited Pistol Open revolver stock revolver Rimfire revolver Stock pistol rimfire auto Chevy Team challenge rifles and then the hunting firearms - - - Updated - - - why not? fear? court order? or what?
well that is a given I am curious if its due to fear of weapons a legal disability or some other reason
Well personally I had enough shooting being a Primary Marksmanship Instructor in the Corps. Havent touched a gun or rifle since I left . I have however been held up in my home by black guy with a gun.
Sure but my point stands. Most that have a reaction like 'NEVER!' to the idea of being near a gun have never actually fired 1. An excellent example is Carrie from Mythbusters. As anti-gun and scared as they come until her job forced her to use them for gun myths. No fear after the 1st few gun eps and it took only 1 time with a machine gun to turn her into a gun enthusiast (all of this is her own story BTW, look it up if you want). Why? Because guns aren't scary, crazy people with guns are. A hard distinction to make if your argument is purely academic.
ever heard of Paxton Quigley? she was the quintessential liberal Yuppie=a Kennedy fan. She was very anti gun mainly because of ignorance on her part she undertook a research project of investigating why women were arming themselves. and her research turned into more than that. She is now an authority on self defense. she wrote a book on it and even had a Smith and Wesson performance center limited run revolver (My Wife met her and has one of those revolvers) She wrote a book called ARMED AND FEMALE http://www.amazon.com/Armed-Female-Twelve-Million-American/dp/0312951507
Well I grew up shooting BB guns and then skeet shooting. I simply got into motor racing after the service. It wasnt because I no longer liked guns. Just not that important anymore. I wish I had one the day I was robbed.
None of your business just as it's none of the government business to know or ask if I have a gun at home.
I think we asked him what sort of gun he had. I cannot recall if he answered. might have been a Ruger 10-22 - - - Updated - - - I answered yes, I was assuming peoples handles would be displayed anonymous polls are worthless IMHO.
Of course, but to each their own. I have no children in my household, and I'm the only one with access, so the danger is lessened. Maybe people with young kids don't want a pool, or want a large fence to compensate. People have different circumstances which demand different approaches to safety.
Here I am with my son with two of our guns I am holding a browning crossover target-a basic but well made target shotgun my son, who is practicing for the spring selection match for the US shotgun team is using a Beretta DT-11 International trap model shotgun. The DT-11 is one of the top target guns in the world and it and an earlier version of it is the model Vince Hancock used to win the 08 and 12 Olympic Gold medals in Skeet
Safety matters connected with the presence of children have to be kept into the right consideration when you decide to keep a weapon at home. Personally I'm a hunter, so [also in Italy, here restrictions are focused on conceived weapons and hand guns in general] I can legally keep more than a weapon in my home, but I've got no children around.
Which really has nothing to do with my point. Reacting to the idea of gun ownership with, "Meh." is VERY different than, "NEVER!"
Not for years. For security, I do not keep a gun at home. It has been very effective - no firearm accidents nor suicides, and I've never needed one for sport or shooting bad people. Some folks feel insecure without one; I look at the probabilities and my personal circumstances, and understand that I am much more secure without one. .
