Why own a gun?

blackredyellow

I have a couple of rifles and a shotgun that I used hunting when growing up. They are at my parents house 500 miles away. When I was single in my 20s I bought a handgun because I was living alone in the city, and for some reason I felt safer with it.

Now, I am married with little kids, so that thing has a trigger lock on it, and is locked in a little safe in our closet.

I honestly have no idea why I still have it, I haven't touched it in months or shot it in years.

dimitrispearljam

JTH wrote:

I have a friend who is a cop. He's got two kids and he does not keep a gun in his house. I always figured that was some kind of a job requirement but apparently not.

my sis and her husband are cops..they dont have the guns in their house..are in locker at police station

elvistheking44

I own a 9mm. Its in a "hand scanning" safe next to my bed............

I've posted in other threads and no one cares to comment on my situation. I bought it for protection. We had multiple death threats made to my children. Terrorizing signs placed in our neighborhood. Harassing phone calls. We called the police and they did nothing. I mean absolutely NOTHING. They said they could do nothing when it was just a threat. After the last one, the detective wouldn't even call us back.

So yes, if the person responsible for these threats decides someday to take it to the next level and enter my house......I will MURDER him or her.

End of story why I own a gun.

know1

DS1119 wrote:

Do you have locks on your doors? A security system perhaps?

Yes - but no booby traps.

blackredyellow

ofthegirl99 wrote:

I own a 9mm. Its in a "hand scanning" safe next to my bed............

I've posted in other threads and no one cares to comment on my situation. I bought it for protection. We had multiple death threats made to my children. Terrorizing signs placed in our neighborhood. Harassing phone calls. We called the police and they did nothing. I mean absolutely NOTHING. They said they could do nothing when it was just a threat. After the last one, the detective wouldn't even call us back.

So yes, if the person responsible for these threats decides someday to take it to the next level and enter my house......I will MURDER him or her.

End of story why I own a gun.

Yeah, death threats on my kids, and I might go in full Rambo mode there.

Jason P

My Dad has two handguns that he tried to keep hidden and out of reach when I was young ... but as someone noted, kids are nosey. Every once in a while I'd take them out and shoot them ... with no training. Thankfully I never accidently shot myself.

One of my best friends accidently discharged his .22 and the bullet grazed my other friends arm. He didn't require major medical attention so we patched him up and he wore long-sleeved shirts for the rest of the summer because he was afraid his Dad would take his .22 away if he found out about the incident.

:fp:

If you have kids and guns, please make sure you have trigger-locks at the very least and keep that key secure.

Slap upside the head

ofthegirl99 wrote:

I own a 9mm. Its in a "hand scanning" safe next to my bed............

I've posted in other threads and no one cares to comment on my situation. I bought it for protection. We had multiple death threats made to my children. Terrorizing signs placed in our neighborhood. Harassing phone calls. We called the police and they did nothing. I mean absolutely NOTHING. They said they could do nothing when it was just a threat. After the last one, the detective wouldn't even call us back.

So yes, if the person responsible for these threats decides someday to take it to the next level and enter my house......I will MURDER him or her.

End of story why I own a gun.

What is the reason for the harrasment?
I also find it very hard to believe that any law enforcement agency worth it's salt would take a death threat
as anything but serious and do "nothing" about it.

know1

ofthegirl99 wrote:

I own a 9mm. Its in a "hand scanning" safe next to my bed............

I've posted in other threads and no one cares to comment on my situation. I bought it for protection. We had multiple death threats made to my children. Terrorizing signs placed in our neighborhood. Harassing phone calls. We called the police and they did nothing. I mean absolutely NOTHING. They said they could do nothing when it was just a threat. After the last one, the detective wouldn't even call us back.

So yes, if the person responsible for these threats decides someday to take it to the next level and enter my house......I will MURDER him or her.

End of story why I own a gun.

Thanks for the honesty. That is exactly my point. The purpose of guns outside of hunting or target shooting is murder. It's not protection.

blackredyellow

Jason P wrote:

My Dad has two handguns that he tried to keep hidden and out of reach when I was young ... but as someone noted, kids are nosey. Every once in a while I'd take them out and shoot them ... with no training. Thankfully I never accidently shot myself.

One of my best friends accidently discharged his .22 and the bullet grazed my other friends arm. He didn't require major medical attention so we patched him up and he wore long-sleeved shirts for the rest of the summer because he was afraid his Dad would take his .22 away if he found out about the incident.

:fp:

If you have kids and guns, please make sure you have trigger-locks at the very least and keep that key secure.

And there are other common sense things. My dad locked up ammo, guns, and bolts/magazines in different places. I remember as a kid, I found the key to the guns once, but never the other two things.

elvistheking44

Slap upside the head wrote:

ofthegirl99 wrote:

I own a 9mm. Its in a "hand scanning" safe next to my bed............

I've posted in other threads and no one cares to comment on my situation. I bought it for protection. We had multiple death threats made to my children. Terrorizing signs placed in our neighborhood. Harassing phone calls. We called the police and they did nothing. I mean absolutely NOTHING. They said they could do nothing when it was just a threat. After the last one, the detective wouldn't even call us back.

So yes, if the person responsible for these threats decides someday to take it to the next level and enter my house......I will MURDER him or her.

End of story why I own a gun.

What is the reason for the harrasment?
I also find it very hard to believe that any law enforcement agency worth it's salt would take a death threat
as anything but serious and do "nothing" about it.

The reason for the harassment is not the issue. Threats were made, Police stopped by my house, listened to the voicemails, DIDN"T EVEN TAKE FINGERPRINTS FROM THE SIGN that was left outside. Told us to contact them if anything else happened......something else happened, detective didn't call us back.......

elvistheking44

know1 wrote:

ofthegirl99 wrote:

I own a 9mm. Its in a "hand scanning" safe next to my bed............

I've posted in other threads and no one cares to comment on my situation. I bought it for protection. We had multiple death threats made to my children. Terrorizing signs placed in our neighborhood. Harassing phone calls. We called the police and they did nothing. I mean absolutely NOTHING. They said they could do nothing when it was just a threat. After the last one, the detective wouldn't even call us back.

So yes, if the person responsible for these threats decides someday to take it to the next level and enter my house......I will MURDER him or her.

End of story why I own a gun.

Thanks for the honesty. That is exactly my point. The purpose of guns outside of hunting or target shooting is murder. It's not protection.

Honesty is what you asked for. I will protect my family.......by killing the threat.

even flow - question mark

Why own a gun????

Up here we're just waiting for that A-typical Yank to get on the tube and tell us that "if those kids would have been armed this wouldn't have happened"...."if the teachers had guns, this wouldn't have happened"......same typical answers to a very easy question. Your news is filled with people getting into a heated arguement and using a gun.....got laid off, hey shoot the place up...... got dissed in school, hey just shoot the guy.....to keep up with the latest buzz word, get bullied, hey steal your parents gun and make em pay.

but aside from hunting and as a number one export I can't imagine why you'd want one.

Sad state of affairs!

Slap upside the head

ofthegirl99 wrote:

Slap upside the head wrote:

ofthegirl99 wrote:

I own a 9mm. Its in a "hand scanning" safe next to my bed............

I've posted in other threads and no one cares to comment on my situation. I bought it for protection. We had multiple death threats made to my children. Terrorizing signs placed in our neighborhood. Harassing phone calls. We called the police and they did nothing. I mean absolutely NOTHING. They said they could do nothing when it was just a threat. After the last one, the detective wouldn't even call us back.

So yes, if the person responsible for these threats decides someday to take it to the next level and enter my house......I will MURDER him or her.

End of story why I own a gun.

What is the reason for the harrasment?
I also find it very hard to believe that any law enforcement agency worth it's salt would take a death threat
as anything but serious and do "nothing" about it.

The reason for the harassment is not the issue. Threats were made, Police stopped by my house, listened to the voicemails, DIDN"T EVEN TAKE FINGERPRINTS FROM THE SIGN that was left outside. Told us to contact them if anything else happened......something else happened, detective didn't call us back.......

the reason for the harrassment is the basis of the issue which in turn makes it the issue.
Perhaps the police are of the same opinion.

Enkidu

I've posted this here before too. I got a shotgun after the LA riots - my husband was out of town a lot and I had a young child. I asked a cop friend and he said he would never, ever suggest getting a hand gun. But he said a shotgun would be okay if I learned how to use it, had a trigger lock, and kept it in a safe place. He said the sound of cocking a shotgun should be enough to deter someone from trying to break into my house.

I've never had to use it, thank God. It's hidden in the back of the closet with its lock in place, the key is hidden somewhere else, it's not loaded and the shells are hidden in yet another place. It would probably take me an hour to get it loaded and ready to shoot.

But yes, I have a gun.

goingtoverona

yous guys are just gonna leave gimme hangin? i got you covered bud......why own a gun? because i can biatches!!!

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

some people will say "because i can"...

elvistheking44

What is the reason for the harrasment?
I also find it very hard to believe that any law enforcement agency worth it's salt would take a death threat
as anything but serious and do "nothing" about it.[/quote]

The reason for the harassment is not the issue. Threats were made, Police stopped by my house, listened to the voicemails, DIDN"T EVEN TAKE FINGERPRINTS FROM THE SIGN that was left outside. Told us to contact them if anything else happened......something else happened, detective didn't call us back.......[/quote]

the reason for the harrassment is the basis of the issue which in turn makes it the issue.
Perhaps the police are of the same opinion.[/quote]

The Police are fully aware of the reason.

redrock

blackredyellow wrote:

And there are other common sense things. My dad locked up ammo, guns, and bolts/magazines in different places. I remember as a kid, I found the key to the guns once, but never the other two things.

So your dad was storing his firearms responsibly - as they should be if one really must have them in the house. Should he have wanted to use these for 'protection', should there have been someone coming up the stairs towards the bedrooms at night, would he have had time to get the keys to all three places, gone to all three of these places, retrieved guns, ammo, bolts/magazines, put everything together and 'protect'? All this without 'giving it away' to the intruder? Even if someone wasn't coming up the stairs yet but was just in the living room...

See... this is the bit I have problems with. Either guns are stored safely (as your dad did) and any pro-gun person here would say a RESPONSIBLE gun owner would do and most gun owners are responsible. Then this responsible gun owner seems to be a bit stuffed if surprised by an intruder. Or... the guns are not stored safely, they are stored loaded, ready to fire, easily accessible, which, as it has been said numerous times here, is what an IRRESPONSIBLE gun owner would do. But we are constantly reminded that these gun owners are RESPONSIBLE. So which is it?

Just curious.
Not wanting to cause

Black Diamond

Never touched a gun.. Never going to...
My good friend alowed my kids to use his guns while teaching his kids ...

No longer my friend.

DS1119

Zoso wrote:

DS1119 wrote:

cincybearcat wrote:

OK, if you really think arming yourself with a fatal weapon is the same as putting a lock on your front door...

It is hardly the same level of "fear". You do realize there are many different levels of different emotions, right? Putting a lock on the door to keep people out is one thing. Buying something that your purpose is to end someone's life is a different one.

SO now we need to assess levels of fear? We are supposed to tell Americans what they are allowed to legally possess to make them feels safe? Try telling that to this woman. For the record the guy who came into her home didn't have a gun.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/0 ... 83871.html

The stats conclude that more likely a gun owner will hurt themselves or family more likely then stop and intruder

Kind of like people who abuse prescription meds...however that thread was locked. 112 people a day killed by that...but lets concentrate on guns. :?

DS1119

fisherman wrote:

Thousands of kids die from guns each year and I don't want my daughter accidentally getting hurt.

False.

1000's die from illegal gun violence.