Are multiple firearms in the house a dealbreaker for you?

[snug.bunny]

I imagine it might make them think twice about suddenly grabbing a handful of boob.

 

Muahhaha....

[Dust]

To answer the question: yes, probably. I'd be afraid the guy would shoot me at some point. I have a temper and do tend to push things when in arguments. I drove my ex-boyfriend crazy with my persistence and failure to 'give it a rest' in arguments. Plus I'm just a bitch sometimes. I'm sure any man who dated me for longer than three months or so would be tempted to shoot me.

 

First off if a guy is in a fit of rage and willing to do you great bodily harm he can just use his hands he's most likely a lot stronger then you. Also if he's being cold and calculated about killing you he wouldn't want to use a gun either he'd be better off just strangling you or something.

 

Bottom line he should be more worried about you using a knife or gun in a fit of anger because thats the only way you could hurt him.

 

Is this a big deal? I have seven guns in my home, and never thought it was a big deal until this girl I had over saw my AK-47 and totally flipped out, and wanted to go home.

 

Really shouldn't be out in view. It would be like if she came over and saw a bunch of hunting knives sticking out from behind the shelf. Kind of sloppy.

 

Butttttttt cmon man you couldn't talk her down. She was just looking for an excuse not to be with you.

[tman666]

I'll surmise it'may be a guy thing. I've always wanted to go to a shooting range, a nice little handgun seems suitable enough for me.

 

Hmmm, I wonder what a guy would think if he came over and saw I had a handgun poking out of me drawer....

 

At least you have an interest in learning how to shoot.

 

Believe it or not, teaching someone to shoot (in my opinion) is much more safely done with a low-recoil rifle than a handgun. Handguns leave very little room for error in terms of safety, primarily due to the short barrel.

 

Many people learn how to shoot when they're kids using bb and pellet guns. They'll then move on to a .22 LR, which has little recoil, but is a true firearm in the sense that it uses an actual bullet/brass cartridge. Whether the round is small (such as a .22 LR) or large (.300 Winchester Mag), the same safety rules need to be applied. For this reason, it's good (again, in my opinion) to establish safe firearm handling routines early on and with weapons that leave less room for error. Using this logic, handguns would be the last thing a trainee would become familiarized with.

 

Anyway, blah blah. My point is that you don't have to be some backwoods, toothless hillbilly to enjoy shooting as a sport. Some of us don't even hunt. You might look into taking a hunter's safety class, even if you don't hunt or plan on hunting, just to learn the basics of gun safety. You might discover a new, fun hobby, or you might decide that it's not your cup of tea. Either way, you'll learn something and be safer for it.

[snug.bunny]

Actully snug bunny AK's are perfectly legal in my State as long as they are not fully automatic. I guess I need to just be cognizant of the fact that guns are a visceral issue to some and be sensitive to that.

 

That sounds like a much better approach to take, plus, it is safer for you to have them stored/locked away. God forbid someone broke into your home, grabbed your AK while you were sleeping, and used it on you.

[Dust]

That sounds like a much better approach to take, plus, it is safer for you to have them stored/locked away. God forbid someone broke into your home, grabbed your AK while you were sleeping, and used it on you.

 

Well you should keep a shotgun loaded in easy unlocked reach just in case some one comes into your house uninvited. Then you shoot them!

[snug.bunny]

At least you have an interest in learning how to shoot.

 

Believe it or not, teaching someone to shoot (in my opinion) is much more safely done with a low-recoil rifle than a handgun. Handguns leave very little room for error in terms of safety, primarily due to the short barrel.

 

Many people learn how to shoot when they're kids using bb and pellet guns. They'll then move on to a .22 LR, which has little recoil, but is a true firearm in the sense that it uses an actual bullet/brass cartridge. Whether the round is small (such as a .22 LR) or large (.300 Winchester Mag), the same safety rules need to be applied. For this reason, it's good (again, in my opinion) to establish safe firearm handling routines early on and with weapons that leave less room for error. Using this logic, handguns would be the last thing a trainee would become familiarized with.

 

Anyway, blah blah. My point is that you don't have to be some backwoods, toothless hillbilly to enjoy shooting as a sport. Some of us don't even hunt. You might look into taking a hunter's safety class, even if you don't hunt or plan on hunting, just to learn the basics of gun safety. You might discover a new, fun hobby, or you might decide that it's not your cup of tea. Either way, you'll learn something and be safer for it.

 

Yes, I do. I was supposed to go with a friend to target practice at a shooting range but we never got around to it. I want to wear those cool goggles and ear muffs.

 

Skeet shooting looks fun too.

[snug.bunny]

Well you should keep a shotgun loaded in easy unlocked reach just in case some one comes into your house uninvited. Then you shoot them!

 

Nah, I have a stun gun. My goal would be to remove myself from being attacked, not kill the dude.

[tman666]

Skeet shooting looks fun too.

 

Put it on your bucket list! You've gotta try it. You'll probably miss a bunch at first, but you'll be hooked the second you see your first clay get dusted.

[snug.bunny]

Put it on your bucket list! You've gotta try it. You'll probably miss a bunch at first, but you'll be hooked the second you see your first clay get dusted.

 

I shall!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaXOHCNgYrc

[Dust]

Nah, I have a stun gun. My goal would be to remove myself from being attacked, not kill the dude.

 

It's your pretty little life. You'd be a lot safer with a shotgun!

 

A guy who breaks into your house with you in it has no care for your life as you seem to have for his.

[snug.bunny]

It's your pretty little life. You'd be a lot safer with a shotgun!

 

A guy who breaks into your house with you in it has no care for your life as you seem to have for his.

 

Good point. I'll rethink the stun gun and consider a hand grenade in its place.

 

[Dust]

Good point. I'll rethink the stun gun and consider a hand grenade in its place.

 

 

Well the reason a shotgun is good is because less colateral damage. If you live in an apartment or with neighbors in sight throwing a hand grenade could injure more then just the criminal. You could hurt yourself or other unintended people.

 

With a shot gun and buckshot you won't go through walls like a grenade will and you'll have a good chance of hitting the bad guy. It can shoot a nice big spray out the size of your hand so its like smacking the guy with ammo.

 

Not to mention the weapon can be used like a bat if it comes to it.

[snug.bunny]

Well the reason a shotgun is good is because less colateral damage. If you live in an apartment or with neighbors in sight throwing a hand grenade could injure more then just the criminal. You could hurt yourself or other unintended people.

 

With a shot gun and buckshot you won't go through walls like a grenade will and you'll have a good chance of hitting the bad guy. It can shoot a nice big spray out the size of your hand so its like smacking the guy with ammo.

 

Not to mention the weapon can be used like a bat if it comes to it.

 

I was kidding about the hand grenade.

 

Cute analysis though.

[Mme. Chaucer]

What about having torture devices incorporated into the decor of the house? Do you think that's a deal breaker? I mean, arranged very tastefully with correct Feng Shui and everything, not just strewn willy-nilly?

[Dust]

What about having torture devices incorporated into the decor of the house? Do you think that's a deal breaker? I mean, arranged very tastefully with correct Feng Shui and everything, not just strewn willy-nilly?

 

I like to have all my dates step inside my iron maiden. It's just for show.

[GorillaTheater]

What about having torture devices incorporated into the decor of the house? Do you think that's a deal breaker? I mean, arranged very tastefully with correct Feng Shui and everything, not just strewn willy-nilly?

 

There's nothing worse than a slovenly schandmantel.

[Star Gazer]

With few exceptions, possessing an assault rifle like an AK-47 is illegal in California, and I know a woman who's spending time in a federal penitentiary because her husband owned 3 illegal weapons she knew nothing about, and weren't discovered until the fire department responded to a fire in their office, where the guns were housed.

 

I will not step foot in a house where I know illegal weapons are, safe or no safe.

 

Other weapons are fine, so long as they are properly stored (mainly in a safe, with perhaps one handgun in a bedside table but kept separately from the bullets).

 

And I know how to shoot, and own a gun myself (only recently though).

[anne1707]

After reading this thread, I am so happy that I live in England. The whole concept of feeling the need to sleep with a handgun in your bedside table is just so wrong.

[Dust]

After reading this thread, I am so happy that I live in England. The whole concept of feeling the need to sleep with a handgun in your bedside table is just so wrong.

 

The idea of not allowing people to own guns seems much more wrong.

[Star Gazer]

After reading this thread, I am so happy that I live in England. The whole concept of feeling the need to sleep with a handgun in your bedside table is just so wrong.

 

Eh. My ex felt the need to have automatic weapons and handguns nearby not because of the thread of crime or a breakin or anything like that (he lives in a very high end neighborhood of a remote suburb = NO CRIME), but because he's fearful of the apocalypse and/or a zombie invasion. Seriously.

 

I mean, most of the cops I know have never fired their weapon. And yet the homeowners of the neighborhoods they patrol are all loaded up. It's honestly ridiculous, the "need" for guns.

[Dust]

Eh. My ex felt the need to have automatic weapons and handguns nearby not because of the thread of crime or a breakin or anything like that (he lives in a very high end neighborhood of a remote suburb = NO CRIME), but because he's fearful of the apocalypse and/or a zombie invasion. Seriously.

 

I mean, most of the cops I know have never fired their weapon. And yet the homeowners of the neighborhoods they patrol are all loaded up. It's honestly ridiculous, the "need" for guns.

 

The first thing I'd come for in the apocalypse is a hot girl like you!

[GorillaTheater]

Eh. My ex felt the need to have automatic weapons and handguns nearby not because of the thread of crime or a breakin or anything like that (he lives in a very high end neighborhood of a remote suburb = NO CRIME), but because he's fearful of the apocalypse and/or a zombie invasion. Seriously.

 

<falls off chair laughing>

[anne1707]

Eh. My ex felt the need to have automatic weapons and handguns nearby not because of the thread of crime or a breakin or anything like that (he lives in a very high end neighborhood of a remote suburb = NO CRIME), but because he's fearful of the apocalypse and/or a zombie invasion. Seriously.

 

SG - he's your ex for a good reason

 

I mean, most of the cops I know have never fired their weapon. And yet the homeowners of the neighborhoods they patrol are all loaded up. It's honestly ridiculous, the "need" for guns.

 

It is quite funny (peculiar) the cultural differences between the UK and the USA. The overwhelming majority of police here are not armed. One of the few places where you are sure to see armed police are airports and it always feels slightly intimidating from my perspective. Whilst we have gun crime, thankfully it is not that common overall and the general public does not feel the need to "be prepared."

[RecordProducer]

Is this a big deal? I have seven guns in my home, and never thought it was a big deal until this girl I had over saw my AK-47 and totally flipped out, and wanted to go home.

I don't understand why she would be scared of a rifle in your house.

 

Just curious, why do you have 7 guns, any purpose or just a gun lover? Are they registered? What is "LE"?

[Dafa]

SG - he's your ex for a good reason

 

It is quite funny (peculiar) the cultural differences between the UK and the USA. The overwhelming majority of police here are not armed. One of the few places where you are sure to see armed police are airports and it always feels slightly intimidating from my perspective. Whilst we have gun crime, thankfully it is not that common overall and the general public does not feel the need to "be prepared."

 

I wonder if that lack of gun crime isn't a long-term consequence of having much stricter gun laws than in the US... Food for thought of a very interesting discussion.

I believe that many other European countries also share (with the UK) this same particularity.

As an aside to the discussion, i remember seeing an episode of "The West Wing" that makes good cases for both sides.

 

Personally, i only see Law enforcement officials with anything higher than handguns in foreign airports and at the entrance to buildings where politicians like the prime-minister or president lives.

 

As for the initial question of the thread. What initially came to my mind was: "Heck, a machine gun?" Perhaps if it were a small handgun, it would be MUCH less intimidating. While you can rationalize all of the situation, it is a very visceral subject, as you said. That post you wrote in the middle of the discussion seems very reasonable and wise.