Here is when I bought my first gun

[Major Nikon]

141. I call bullshit on your bullshit

(a) you obviously haven't done much in the way of research.

Owning a gun does not guarantee you won't be harmed or killed by someone else. I haven't seen any research that suggests you are even statistically more safe in that regard and I've seen some that suggests exactly the opposite. Owning a gun also increases the risks to yourself and your family, unquestionably. So perhaps you've done all your "research" from gun nut sources and have simply ignored everything else that doesn't fit your bias. There's also plenty of non-gun alternatives that actually do mitigate your risk without actually increasing it. Your own admission to turning a blind eye to it is very telling.

(b) I posted in this very thread that I'm a gun owner that isn't in favor of banning all guns. So your research there seems to be quite lacking as well.

Just sayin'