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24. I grew up without guns.

Tue Nov 16, 2021, 01:40 PM

Nov 2021

I've lived in big cities my whole life, sometimes in dangerous neighborhoods.

I've never bought one. That's not a coincidence.

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I grew up rurally around guns. It was a different world then. [View all] captain queeg Nov 2021 OP

At my rural high school everyone had guns and knives pfitz59 Nov 2021 #1

Yeah. I'd say we had more violence back then, but just physical fights captain queeg Nov 2021 #2

I was around them all my life vercetti2021 Nov 2021 #3

I grew up without guns American Interregnum Nov 2021 #4

I grew up without guns. maxsolomon Nov 2021 #24

Can I ask why now? maxsolomon Nov 2021 #25

I though maybe I wrote this and forgot. JohnnyRingo Nov 2021 #6

That's funny. When I read yours I wondered, pretty similar captain queeg Nov 2021 #9

I'll be in your neighborhood tonight. JohnnyRingo Nov 2021 #19

Knew you were close captain queeg Nov 2021 #20

That is the old vintage ones from back doc03 Nov 2021 #23

I grew up around them too. kaotikross Nov 2021 #7

My urban high school had a rifle range Thunderbeast Nov 2021 #8

We live in a rural area, 60% Republican and 40% Democrat. marie999 Nov 2021 #10

Yorktown High School, Arlington County, Virginia, 22207 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2021 #11

+1 Roisin Ni Fiachra Nov 2021 #12

It WAS a different world... Septua Nov 2021 #15

Pretty much the same here. stopdiggin Nov 2021 #17

it changed with the "Cincinnati Revolution" maxsolomon Nov 2021 #26

Well said. (nt) Paladin Nov 2021 #18

Gun violence was actually higher back then. Elessar Zappa Nov 2021 #21

it was all good onethatcares Nov 2021 #27

Gun owners that spend too much time with them LiberalFighter Nov 2021 #28

As I frequently say here, gun fetishes are disgusting. hunter Nov 2021 #29

Grew up to respect them, not worship them Ishoutandscream2 Nov 2021 #30

My experience exactly. shrike3 Nov 2021 #31

I'm sure this won't turn into 48656c6c6f20 Nov 2021 #32