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grntuscarora

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29. Small towner here,

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 07:51 PM

Dec 2012

population about 600. Not much crime and some folks leave their doors unlocked. Only once was I really relieved that a neighbor had a gun (a hunting rifle)---when an obviously sick groundhog wandered into town, into the parking lot next to my house where my kids and their friends would often roller-skate and play. The neighbor, our town's Methodist pastor, shot the animal, which I am quite sure was rabid. With so many kids in the neighborhood, including three of his own, he didn't feel like he could wait for animal control, and neither did I.

I've learned to live with the hunting culture, although neither my husband nor I are hunters. But assault weapons--- they are an entirely different matter, imo, and I support tough, tough control on them.

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I am a rural non-gun owner [View all] NNN0LHI Dec 2012 OP

Same place. Whovian Dec 2012 #1

I was starting to feel like a weirdo because I wasn't all armed up NNN0LHI Dec 2012 #5

not rural - suburban ... zbdent Dec 2012 #2

I'd be more worried about mice if I were you :) Taverner Dec 2012 #3

So you don't have any trouble with animals? Indydem Dec 2012 #4

You either don't live in the country or you are an idiot. Whovian Dec 2012 #7

Um, yes. I live in the country. Indydem Dec 2012 #10

Geez, do you shoot all the songbirds and squirrels and rabbits too? Jamastiene Dec 2012 #19

Squirrels and rabbits are good to eat and tasty too. N/T GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #33

so you shoot random animals from just outside your house? CreekDog Dec 2012 #47

Me too. I'm sure the neighbors love some dude popping off at all hours. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2012 #51

Bullshit. I've lived in the country for a long time. cali Dec 2012 #54

but you didn't grow up there, i think. i think you said you're a transplant from suburban ct. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #66

so what? And in suburban cali Dec 2012 #69

a whole half mile. jeepers. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #70

I did grow up there, right across the state line... countryjake Dec 2012 #72

i didn't say anything about old-timers with guns being hell-bent on killing things. i said that HiPointDem Dec 2012 #73

Well, when city slickers decide to encroach... countryjake Dec 2012 #74

Didn't work for me and I live in the middle of no where sunwyn Dec 2012 #106

we have a rash of dogs being shot recently for going after livestock loli phabay Dec 2012 #113

he "hunts varmints" corkhead Dec 2012 #14

I believe Sherman A1 Dec 2012 #24

I am surrounded by them by the hundreds. NNN0LHI Dec 2012 #8

There are people, usually transplants, who move to the country and then decide Jamastiene Dec 2012 #22

When I bought my current place, LWolf Dec 2012 #38

+1000 countryjake Dec 2012 #61

and there are people, usually transplants, who move to the country & then decide that the HiPointDem Dec 2012 #67

Ever seen a cat that's been mauled by a coyote or dog pack? Know any families that RELY on deer meat KittyWampus Dec 2012 #111

My fences LWolf Dec 2012 #16

We are all wide-open where I'm at. Indydem Dec 2012 #18

I have horses and a sheep, LWolf Dec 2012 #37

Lol, you don't need to shoot every coyote, raccoon, opossum and fox you see! Jamastiene Dec 2012 #17

If an animal does something to damage or destroy my property. Indydem Dec 2012 #20

I get it. laundry_queen Dec 2012 #84

Your approach of killing all wildlife is so enlightened. Whatever justifies owning geek tragedy Dec 2012 #88

Maybe because I'm a long time member. Indydem Dec 2012 #99

A long time member who somehow takes the conservative side of virtually every issue in discussions geek tragedy Dec 2012 #103

That's malarky Indydem Dec 2012 #105

The poster didn't say they shot every animal they see. You are projecting here. KittyWampus Dec 2012 #112

I only eat people who shoot at me. hunter Dec 2012 #41

nobody needs to thank you for anything CreekDog Dec 2012 #48

LOL I live in the Raleigh suburbs and have seen... WorseBeforeBetter Dec 2012 #57

I just thought I wasnt rural enough. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #6

If they are Go Vols Dec 2012 #9

I don't know where my keys are. We had a murderer running around in my "back yard" not too long ago. Gregorian Dec 2012 #11

thanks Voice for Peace Dec 2012 #60

My grandmother laundry_queen Dec 2012 #85

Blasphemer!!!! JoePhilly Dec 2012 #12

You must not have a big weapons cache you need to protect corkhead Dec 2012 #13

Lol Jamastiene Dec 2012 #27

I've got the keys. LWolf Dec 2012 #15

Only reason I seen them ten years ago is I changed doors and locks NNN0LHI Dec 2012 #21

I am a rural gun owner. Rex Dec 2012 #23

I don't own a gun but.... Skittles Dec 2012 #25

locking the doors does keep the axe murderers away CreekDog Dec 2012 #49

Careful With That Axe Eugene NNN0LHI Dec 2012 #98

One reason I've given for locking doors, kentauros Dec 2012 #55

aw HECK yes Skittles Dec 2012 #63

Often, I have to unlock my car kentauros Dec 2012 #78

All of our friends know we don't appreciate unanounced visits NNN0LHI Dec 2012 #100

Also, as you're rural, kentauros Dec 2012 #102

I am a rural non-gun owner too. Jamastiene Dec 2012 #26

You should have let us known sooner, Don. Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #28

Small towner here, grntuscarora Dec 2012 #29

where i live first thing animal control asks you when you have a rabid animal is if you have a gun loli phabay Dec 2012 #35

As if rabid animals are all that common today. Whovian Dec 2012 #39

lol simpler more humane really loli phabay Dec 2012 #45

LOL???? Really? Shooting a pup is LOL? Whovian Dec 2012 #58

lol i cant believe you think you handled the rabid animal in any way humane loli phabay Dec 2012 #68

They're not all that uncommon either. JoeyT Dec 2012 #64

I used to be that guy. Robb Dec 2012 #30

Thank you for sharing that information. I also leave in a rural area and never owned a gun southernyankeebelle Dec 2012 #31

When I was six years old, my mom used to give me money for bread and milk, and let me walk alone... slackmaster Dec 2012 #32

Curious - what do you consider rural? How many acres do you live on; how close are neighbors? nt DeschutesRiver Dec 2012 #34

i use if you are on a well and septic system and not on google maps loli phabay Dec 2012 #36

I thought about those distinctions, but just that alone doesn't really address density DeschutesRiver Dec 2012 #40

i remember some poster talking about his rural apartment block and was wondering if thats really loli phabay Dec 2012 #46

Dirt roads would work as a criteria. DeschutesRiver Dec 2012 #90

Being on a well doesn't work anymore. JoeyT Dec 2012 #65

I can step out my back door and take a leak without being seen by anyone NNN0LHI Dec 2012 #71

I've never lived where you couldn't hear the coyotes; this is probably the first place where DeschutesRiver Dec 2012 #91

That first scene with the fawn and coyote would disturb some people NNN0LHI Dec 2012 #92

It would, but that is how nature works. DeschutesRiver Dec 2012 #95

Me too Don panader0 Dec 2012 #42

That's nice. PavePusher Dec 2012 #43

The violent crime rate in my state of New Hampshire is vanishingly small. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #53

Which doesn't make the occasional need any less real or more predictable. n/t PavePusher Dec 2012 #82

Got it, so you need semi auto guns in rural areas because the crime rate is so low. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #86

Have a great day. PavePusher Dec 2012 #89

Same, including the keys. riderinthestorm Dec 2012 #44

Doesn't anyone around here own a German shepherd or something? mainer Dec 2012 #50

Me too. I know I had them but Raven Dec 2012 #52

Also rural, xmas74 Dec 2012 #56

Rural, no guns, but I definitely lock up the house when I leave and at night. Dems to Win Dec 2012 #59

Rural...very rural...gun owner here. beevul Dec 2012 #62

Get a Jackass.... jdadd Dec 2012 #81

That is a beautiful dog you have guardian Dec 2012 #93

Sadly, that isn't our dog, just an example. We would like to have a pair of them though. beevul Dec 2012 #104

great photos and info guardian Dec 2012 #114

Rural but do have close neighbors madokie Dec 2012 #75

We have deer and squirrels and a bear or three every once in a while graham4anything Dec 2012 #76

+1 Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #80

I was getting ready to change the name of this place to NRA Underground in my bookmarks. aandegoons Dec 2012 #77

Well, you certainly came for rational conversation. PavePusher Dec 2012 #83

OK your choice your life Resonance_Chamber Dec 2012 #79

Because they will shoot you? Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #87

It happens but not annoying the neighbors is just a good way to go through life Resonance_Chamber Dec 2012 #94

So you actually think you should be armed in case of a war with your neighbors. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #96

No but my neighbor IS a paranoid teahadist nutjob with guns Resonance_Chamber Dec 2012 #97

I would move if I found myself in that situation NNN0LHI Dec 2012 #108

Well his house is 1,225 yards from my property line Resonance_Chamber Dec 2012 #109

You're not the NRA's target audience bongbong Dec 2012 #101

Lots of priveleged people here. Jim Warren Dec 2012 #107

Priveleged in what way? Resonance_Chamber Dec 2012 #110