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In reply to the discussion: Never owned a gun, never will. [View all]logosoco
(3,208 posts)31. I have made it 53 years without one.
Possibly if I had had one I would not be here as there were times long ago when I was not sure life was worth living.
There is a gun in my house. Up in the attic which is NOT easy to access. I have never touched it. My husband got it when his dad passed away. His dad got it as payment from someone for work he did on their car. It came with a jar of assorted bullets. My husband is not even sure if any if them fit this gun.
I imagine it is dirty and rusty by now. It has been up there almost 25 years.
Maybe my husband keeps it in case of a zombie apocalypse!
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I think if you grew up in rural America, on a farm or in the wilderness I can see the need.
Fla Dem
Feb 2018
#39
Rattlesnakes? I've had plenty of encounters with those. Nothing to get the guns out for.
hunter
Feb 2018
#61
Yang Qingpei killed 19 on September 29, 2016 in his home village with a knife. On 18 September...
Marengo
Feb 2018
#33
More than half the people who don't own a gun now could see themselves doing so in the future.
WhiskeyGrinder
Feb 2018
#19
We have to convince the gun lovers that we don't want to take away their guns
FakeNoose
Feb 2018
#45