How many of you are firearms owners?

[feralfreak]

I have a very expensive, traditional over-and-under (not a pump), shotgun.

[Shawnie]

Reserve Deputy 9 years service just three pistols and one shotgun

[Guest gnappies]

Easy answer for me from England, we're not allowed to have many things that go bang.

[Dubious]

a weapon discussion where were not allowed to discuss the downsides with them.. like all the recent school killings..

Yes, the problem isnt the weapons them self, but the keepers/owners and the laws

[DiapermanAl]

Just got my carry permit. As far as guns i have the basic needs for hunting. Shot gun and a 30.06 and i have a 22 semi auto for personal protection.

[feralfreak]

a weapon discussion where were not allowed to discuss the downsides with them.. like all the recent school killings..

Yes, the problem isnt the weapons them self, but the keepers/owners and the laws

[feralfreak]

Just got my carry permit. As far as guns i have the basic needs for hunting. Shot gun and a 30.06 and i have a 22 semi auto for personal protection.

ive been thinking of getting a concealed permit, I don't plan to carry a side arm, I don't even own one, YET, but its my understanding that it makes buying guns easier because the buyer would have already been cleared, and if I can find a professional instruction class it wouldn't be a bad idea to get in it.

[SoakedinTexas]

a weapon discussion where were not allowed to discuss the downsides with them.. like all the recent school killings..

Yes, the problem isnt the weapons them self, but the keepers/owners and the laws

[Dubious]

http://www.gq.com/news-politics/newsmakers/201208/anders-behring-breivik-norway-massacre-story

[Julie_J]

won't reveal details here...but any intruder will quickly find out!

[Midwest Babygirl]

I had formal training with several firearms because my last job was in law enforcement.

[freswith]

Long, long ago, and far away, Mrs Queen loaned me one of hers - a Browning F.N. 7.62mm Self-Loading Rifle.

[:dlb]

being an amputee i dont personally own any but my bro owns 3 in our house.

[SnazzyNappies]

I don't because I'm British and guns are vulgar. Tho I do have some airsoft guns but they don't count

[feralfreak]

I don't because I'm British and guns are vulgar. Tho I do have some airsoft guns but they don't count

I wont get into here, betty had to deal with a lot of hassle already because of the topic going offtrack, but I will say that as much as I hate guns I have to disagree

[Dubious]

Guns don't kill, kids with guns kill

[fixitboy]

to tell you the truth

[h200420012]

I've got a concealed handgun permit.

[taco]

my take on this is that the 2nd amendment gives all us the right to have a gun to defend us from the government, as for gun i have a few and none would stop a home invasion but if i needed to defend my life or body i am happy their are there.

[anned]

I have had a nevada non-resident CCW as i did a lot of business for the mine i ran. plus transported gold to the refiners in Reno.

[bernie]

In Germany it is a long way to get the permit for buying weapons. i have

[Sulfide]

Theres a huge shroud of perpetuating fallacy when it comes to firearms. Most of it driven on emotion, rather than logic and reason. A lot of statistics, like guns make homes less safe, 10 children die everday, gun ownership is proportionate to gun crime, are all very untrue statements thrown around by The Brady Bunch, amd other anti-gun groups and people.

A firearm in the right hand is a good mitigator to a crime in progress. In a world where everyone is at risk I dont see a logical reason why anyone would not want to secure their property, or their lives with one. Portrayals that weapons are these evil devices made to kill innocent people is silly. They are nothing more then tools that require immense care.

[feralfreak]

Theres a huge shroud of perpetuating fallacy when it comes to firearms. Most of it driven on emotion, rather than logic and reason. A lot of statistics, like guns make homes less safe, 10 children die everday, gun ownership is proportionate to gun crime, are all very untrue statements thrown around by The Brady Bunch, amd other anti-gun groups and people.

A firearm in the right hand is a good mitigator to a crime in progress. In a world where everyone is at risk I dont see a logical reason why anyone would not want to secure their property, or their lives with one. Portrayals that weapons are these evil devices made to kill innocent people is silly. They are nothing more then tools that require immense care.

I agree completely.

[Baby Dee]

I have over 30 guns and another one (SIG556R) waiting at the dealers to pick up.

I am also one of those that has had to use a gun to stop an assault by a couple of Spanish speaking "gentlemen". All I had to do was show them I was not going to go down easy and they left. I didn't report it and I'm sure they didn't either! That happens some 2 million times a year too.

I carry a .45 Kimber with night sights and laser every day. I do noght security work and while not required by the job my employer does know I carry at work. Did get both my wife and one grandson to take NRA courses, tonight my grandson asked when we were going again. Did go out paintballing for his birthday too.

[Baby Dee]

I don't because I'm British and guns are vulgar. Tho I do have some airsoft guns but they don't count

Umm, is that why one survey not to lomg ago showed the 85% of the respondents wanted their gun rights restored?