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No but I know DH is interested. He grew up with them in a locked safe in the garage and knowing how to handle them. It's not something I feel comfortable with though so if he wants one, I would probably have him keep it at his dad's house in the safe there.
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No absolutely not. I see no need for them ( despite living in Baltimore!
) I just can't imagine needing a gun for any reason, ever.
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Yes, locked away in a hidden fingerprint safe. If it were up to me, we wouldn't have a gun. I don't feel safe owning one but DH does.
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Yes. We have a couple inherited rifles and also have a handgun. DH and I both have our concealed carry permits...however, tbh we've never carried. Guns have never bothered me, perhaps because I grew up around them to a certain extent. However, gun safety was always taken very seriously and they were locked up, etc.
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no. guns seriously scare me, I wouldn't feel safe having one in my home
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We don't. DH is ex military and has no desire to have one anymore. When my mom comes to town with her pistol (she has a C&C), he's the one who handles that. It's been years since I've gone to a range. I think it's ridiculous how easy it is to obtain guns. The people I know with guns hunt and keep them in big safes
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@2farmmoms: So far we haven't had to deal with this because our immediate families feel the same way about guns. My twins are only 18 months old, so I would have no problem donating a gifted toy gun from an extended family member or friend. I'm sure it will get harder when my LOs are old enough to understand presents and ask for things they want for holidays. I plan to just tell them guns are not toys if there comes a point when they request toy guns as a gift.
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Yes, my husband has a pistol that is kept out of reach of the children, and our oldest doesn't know where it is. It is also always unloaded. We own many more, for hunting, but they're kept in a safe at the ILs since we don't hunt here.
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Yep, we both come from hunting families. Our guns are behind several locks and unloaded. Our children will not have toy guns but will take hunters safety and be taught how to safely handle a gun.
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Yes, many. In the south, my husband hunts, and it's pretty much the norm around here. I don't mind the rifles, shotguns and muzzleloaders, but I don't like handguns. I'm comfortable around them and have a concealed permit, but I still don't like them.
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No
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My FIL is in law enforcement, and he kept his service pistol in a unlocked dresser drawer, unloaded and with the safety on. There were also a variety of pistols & ammo locked in a safe. DH's uncle is also a gun collector. DH's brother keeps a loaded handgun in his bedroom, in a fingerprint locking system/contraption. DH grew up with lots of lessons on gun safety.
I did not grow up around guns at all. I was not allowed to play with toy guns, paintball, or any video games depicting gun violence.
In our house, there will never be guns.
For all those talking about teaching your kids about gun safety... while that is GREAT for avoiding accidents, please remember that all the gun safety lessons in the world won't prevent suicide-by-gun.... which is the most common scenario for a gun getting used inside a house.
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No. I honestly don't think I've ever seen a gun anywhere but on a law enforcer's belt. Guns terrify me.
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no. There will never be a gun in our home.
I live in Texas, and am going to have to ask future play-date hosts if they have guns in their homes... if so, we will host. It is super awkward, but it is a deal breaker for us.
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@2farmmoms: Since I have a son I have already expressed my stance on the matter to DH, FIL, and BIL. I am pro-gun but guns are not toys so I think the idea of toy guns can make kids lose respect and awareness for how serious they are to be taken. DS (and soon to be born DD) will absolutely be able to target shoot and eventually hunt with DH but it will not be until I feel they are mature enough. Thankfully we do not have any bully family members that would disregard my opinion on this concerning my kids so I don't know how I would handle your situation.
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Not yet. OH owns many (was a rifleman in the marines and grew up in a sport shooting family) but they are kept at his folks house for now. I don't really want them around and there isn't a good place to put them. It is the one major thing he and I disagree on.
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We live rurally. We have a rifle for hunting (my husband occasionally goes deer hunting) and pests (like groundhogs, whatever is eating the garden or digging/chewy under the house). We keep the gun and bullets locked separately.
I grew up rurally, and my family had guns for the same purposes we do now. I've shot them a few times, but honestly don't remember how, it's been so long.
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@Truth Bombs: I agree.
We own guns but I've never shot one. I didn't grow up with them in my house but most everyone around me did. My dad owns a gun now and DH owns several but they are always kept under lock and key and kept unloaded. I believe in teaching our kids gun safety since they will be around them but I, personally have no desire to own them myself. DH wants me to have my CHL but I refuse.
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Hellllll no.
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No way. I'm about as liberal as they come and do not support the second amendment. Hate the NRA.
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No, there will never be guns in our house. I am vehemently anti gun. We don't hunt and I think they're more of a liability than a protection mechanism. I also don't really understand the point of it being able to protect you if it's locked away and no where near bullets. And of course that's the only responsible way to store them with kids.
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We do not have any guns in the house and DH would be strongly opposed to it. I grew up with guns, have shot them for target practice, and my parents have guns at their house but I have no interest in owning one.
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@ShootingStar: I always wondered that too. Oh wait robber while I enter my code, get my hand gun and now go get the locked ammunition to load it!
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@travellingbee: Yeah, its not something we've thought too much about yet, but it is something I could see becoming an issue. I guess we will deal with it when the time comes.
@twodoghouse: that makes sense. I have hope I can talk to my FIL or have my wife talk to him and hope he will listen!
@clover: Yeah I think talking to him ahead of time is probably smart. I'm not sure he will listen but he also knows that if he doesn't behave himself, his daughter's don't like to visit him. So we can hope! -
@Charm54: I'm sorry, I had to laugh at your comment. It's not hard to never come by a gun. I managed some 27 years and never saw or touched a gun until a friend in the military asked me if I wanted to go shooting with him. And then once again a few years later when FIL took us to the shooting range. So the only time I've ever seen anyone else with a gun, is at the range shooting for sport. Well, that is until my husband bought some shot guns for sport as well. They are locked up and no one would even know we had them unless he talked about it. It's not like every other person in the US is wandering around with a gun on their hip. Most people just keep them at home locked up and use them for sport.
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DH is former police and had his concealed carry in the past. We have several firearms. We belonged to a gun club at our old house. I am a 4-H leader and our club teaches all kinds of shooting. I live in a farming community guns/hunting are the norm around here. I honor everyone's feelings on the issue- but IRL I've never met anyone who has voiced an anti gun stance.
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@PurplePumps: oh I know ... I lived in NC for a couple years and never came across one. It's just that the whole culture of guns is very different than what I am used to here in Canada. Being so naive on the topic is mostly why I am so uneasy about it if we did end up moving.
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When I lived alone in a walk up apartment in NYC I seriously considered it. I would have kept it in my nightstand.
Now that I live in a doorman building and have a kid, I don't feel it necessary and I'd be too afraid, even if it was hidden away. -
I thought this was about toy guns!! In NZ police aren't even allowed to carry guns! And in Australia guns aren't legal. So no, not in our house. I haven't even seen a real life gun.
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We have a rifle for hunting and I enjoy going to the range or out to shoot sporting clays. I grew up with guns. It was never really a big deal. We played with toy guns growing up. It was always play hunting. Any time we ever got caught pretending to shoot each other or pointed play guns at each other, we were shut down swiftly. I'm quite comfortable with guns. We live in Canada.
That said, it freaked me out to see a man with a pistol strapped to his belt at a gas station in Alaska.
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No. I don't feel there is any reason to have a gun in our house and have made it clear to DH I will never be ok with it.
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In Texas, husband is former military, and we will never have guns. I lost a beloved family member to gun violence and it's something we'll never, ever have.
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Never ever ever. I don't feel safe around them, and I don't feel that there is any reason for most civilians to own them.
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Absolutely not.
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Nope, no guns in our house. DH said he wants one but I said no. As for toy guns, I'm not sure if I would ban them from my house. I think educating them about not pointing it at someone could be a valuable lesson. I just think that if they see a gun outside our home, they would at least know what a gun is and that there are rules attached to it.
ETA: I'll have to swing by the toy section to see what types of toy guns are out there. Being a new mom, I actually don't knows whats out there. Off the top of my head, I can see guns come with a police costumes. Or what about water guns and nerd guns. I think I need to see what's out there.Oh, I have held sorta hun when I went paint balling.
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@ChitownRo: Pretty much this. I cannot believe that, as a teacher, I have to go through the physical and mental exercise as to what I would do if a gunman/woman was on campus, trying to hurt my children.
Not trying to stir anything up-truly-but I think a law created for the way people lived in 1791 likely needs revision for our 21st century population and way of life. Hunting rifles are one thing-automatic guns are another thing entirely.
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We have several firearms in our home, some for hunting and some for protection. I have a concealed carry permit and often carry a gun on my person, as well.
We'll teach our kids to shoot at the age of 9, which is the the norm around here.
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We have a pellet gun that isn't a "real" gun, but DH says it could kill someone. So to me, we are a household with a gun.
I have been to a gun range with a friend, but by no means am.comfortable with a gun. At some point DH will likely teach me how to shoot and when kids are old enough them as well. We haven't securely stored the pellet gun, but will soon before the holidays when we have friends with kids over.
It's hard to say if we will always be a house with a gun.
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DH grew up hunting and has a set of rifles from his dad, but since DH no longer hunts his brother has them. I would not mind if we had them in the house, but there is just no need since DH doesn't hunt anymore. My IL's have them as my FIL hunts frequently but they are very securely locked up and I'm not concerned at all about Lo's safety. DS will actually learn to shoot and go hunting when he is old enough.
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No, never ever.
) I just can't imagine needing a gun for any reason, ever.
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