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gulliver

(13,952 posts) Sun Jan 6, 2013, 05:02 PM Jan 2013

Does your neighbor having an AR-15 in his house make you feel safer? [View all]

I don't mind people having pistols and hunting rifles in my neighborhood. But if one of these assault weapon weirdos lived in my neighborhood, I would feel a lot less safe. And I would also be angry as hell.

Their kind is simply not needed. I don't want my property values dropping because I have some half-wack numbskull in my neighborhood who "wants" an AR-15. I would be petitioning my property owner's association to get the guy's gun banned in the bylaws.

I feel sorry for people who have to live near these types, and especially sorry for their friends and family. These types think they set themselves apart in some way by having a special weapon. I mean, it's so impressive that they know about muzzle velocities and ammo calibers. My goodness, they even know the names of the parts of the gun!

I think the good news is that most reasonable folks are starting to get the proper perspective on the assault weapons weirdos in their midst. It won't be long before AR-15-type owners will have to leave that phase of their life behind or find themselves shunned and unemployable.

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Does your neighbor having an AR-15 in his house make you feel safer? [View all] gulliver Jan 2013 OP

depends on if he has stockpiles of water, MREs, and supplies too datasuspect Jan 2013 #1

Both my neighbors have them and I could care less Mojorabbit Jan 2013 #2

Why do I get the feeling that said neighbor might just end up being a more-than-usual zbdent Jan 2013 #3

"Why do I get the feeling" that you are creating bigotry out of complete ignorance? n/t PavePusher Jan 2013 #55

I might consider moving away... CTyankee Jan 2013 #4

I don't give a shit one way or the other. nt rrneck Jan 2013 #5

Since majority of folks who accumulate those things are right wing and often callous and bigoted Hoyt Jan 2013 #6

People in the cells next to yours aren't allowed to own those things. Remmah2 Jan 2013 #40

And when I'm on outside, I make it a point to avoid their callous souls. Hoyt Jan 2013 #42

I wish they'd let me out from time to time. Remmah2 Jan 2013 #45

reckless and irresponsible for needing them and not safe for me 2Design Jan 2013 #7

It neither enhances nor detracts from my perception of safety. X_Digger Jan 2013 #8

My neighbor's choice of firearms has no influence on my feelings of safety. ManiacJoe Jan 2013 #9

I know my neighbors have guns but not sure about an AR-15 rightsideout Jan 2013 #10

Well let's have a ban on fences then. guardian Jan 2013 #84

I'm not paranoid so it doesn't affect me one way or the other. cherokeeprogressive Jan 2013 #11

Neither safer or less safe. TheKentuckian Jan 2013 #12

The beauty of this is that it is social and private, not government. gulliver Jan 2013 #28

No. It would scare me half to death. He's probably extremely paranoid and has anger issues kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #13

That's an assumption on your part, for which you probably have no empricial evidence. Bake Jan 2013 #22

My neighbor is a Captain in the police force. benld74 Jan 2013 #14

No, nor does it make me feel less safe. I really don't care what kind of weapons my neighbors have. slackmaster Jan 2013 #15

The "other guy" having a gun never makes anyone feel safer. Robb Jan 2013 #16

To answer your question simply, it has no effect on my feeling of safety bossy22 Jan 2013 #17

On that basis alone? I couldn't care less. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2013 #18

It would not matter to any rational person ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #19

HELL NO! ellisonz Jan 2013 #20

HIS house? REP Jan 2013 #21

No, I would feel that I couldn't go in my own yard Rosa Luxemburg Jan 2013 #23

Oh, Lord Yo_Mama Jan 2013 #25

Is that right an Amish girl in a buggy was killed here last summer by a doc03 Jan 2013 #33

Stray gunshots = problem Yo_Mama Jan 2013 #53

Are you referring to this incident (it was a apparently muzzleloading rifle) ?... PoliticAverse Jan 2013 #56

Perhaps it was the feared muzzle-loading full-auto AR-15A series Yo_Mama Jan 2013 #67

That's it I remembered it as a .22 I think because the next day on doc03 Jan 2013 #75

There was another incident I think was this last spring or summer. A women was doc03 Jan 2013 #82

How do you know? Rosa Luxemburg Jan 2013 #38

Here's a link Yo_Mama Jan 2013 #50

You better read your test again buddy the .223 penetrated the wall and doc03 Jan 2013 #78

Get educated. PavePusher Jan 2013 #57

It certainly wouldn't make me feel endangered Yo_Mama Jan 2013 #24

+1 my feelings exactly truegrit44 Jan 2013 #46

One of the things that's beginning to worry me Yo_Mama Jan 2013 #61

Yes, it does seem that way and we need to stay focused truegrit44 Jan 2013 #65

Not any more than him NOT having one. hobbit709 Jan 2013 #26

Neither more nor less safe. And your comment about the owner's association is petronius Jan 2013 #27

An AR15 next door does not scare me nor make me feel safer. aikoaiko Jan 2013 #29

Not weird.... PavePusher Jan 2013 #58

someone call the waaaaaaaaambulance ... zbdent Jan 2013 #106

Sort of neutral on the whole thing. He's a very nice older gentleman. jmg257 Jan 2013 #30

I would actually give his teaching job to someone else. gulliver Jan 2013 #31

He's probably lucky you are not in a position to do so, then. jmg257 Jan 2013 #32

As long as they are legal... gulliver Jan 2013 #34

Why might I ask that?? To do so (tell) doesn't seem worth-while in the least. jmg257 Jan 2013 #43

Maybe you should "dump" the bigotry. n/t PavePusher Jan 2013 #59

Around here it would just make them like him more Yo_Mama Jan 2013 #62

Just wow...... overthehillvet Jan 2013 #63

Re: not much of a liberal are you gulliver? ;) the coming storm Jan 2013 #35

Is 2nd Amendment discussion a Liberal v Conservative thing? pinto Jan 2013 #44

not really overthehillvet Jan 2013 #68

I don't know. I'd have to ask my neighbors how they feel. lol (n/t) OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2013 #36

I would have to report him as a terrorist former-republican Jan 2013 #37

Shhhhhh................ Remmah2 Jan 2013 #39

I wouldn't know what my neighbor had in his house Marrah_G Jan 2013 #41

I would be surprised if any of my neighbors had an AR. Mugu Jan 2013 #47

I'm an AR-15 owner. Dr_Scholl Jan 2013 #48

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Oh yes, Turbineguy Jan 2013 #51

I don't really care what my neighbors own Recursion Jan 2013 #52

I live in Texas - I am used to cowards with guns Skittles Jan 2013 #54

They do (and a whole lot more than that) and I couldn't care less. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #60

Neighbors The revenge Jan 2013 #64

You draw up a caricature, then proceed to be terrified by it? krispos42 Jan 2013 #66

True!!!! overthehillvet Jan 2013 #69

I live so far away from my neighbors I could give a damn what they have or do - Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2013 #70

I have at least 3 close neighbors who own them, based on hearing them target shoot riderinthestorm Jan 2013 #71

Such weapons are quite popular among bigots. Hoyt Jan 2013 #76

Such bigots are quite common among anti gun zealots rl6214 Jan 2013 #93

Yes they are very popular among Law Enforcement Officers. harcosparky Jun 2014 #109

I want to be safe like people in Russia. obama08lover Jan 2013 #72

I thought it was the people who owned guns sarisataka Jan 2013 #73

Well done! (n/t) derby378 Jan 2013 #74

No. Those fucking coawards with their AR15s scare the hell out of me. bubbayugga Jan 2013 #77

I am much more scared by a neighbor that might have guardian Jan 2013 #85

LOL Puzzledtraveller Jan 2013 #99

My neighbor has three such weapons but i dont feel safer. Thinkingabout Jan 2013 #79

No. Most definitely not. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #80

"Their kind is simply not needed." flvegan Jan 2013 #81

Does your neighbor having an AR-15 in his house make you feel safer? guardian Jan 2013 #83

I Wouldn't Want My Kids otohara Jan 2013 #86

I could care less. tradecenter Jan 2013 #87

NO! I'd much rather not know that he does. *Then* I feel safer. eom BlueCaliDem Jan 2013 #88

Of course not. Iggo Jan 2013 #89

You have a "property owner's association" and you want to control what your neighbors think and do AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2013 #90

Depends on what he does with it. kudzu22 Jan 2013 #91

not really Liberal_in_LA Jan 2013 #92

Maybe we should have them all sew a scarlet AR15 patch on their chest rl6214 Jan 2013 #94

no. yellow stars are much nicer, doncha think. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2013 #97

They are so over done though rl6214 Jan 2013 #100

well, we can use 5 point stars because Yeah the 6 point was done to death. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2013 #101

"Assault weapon weirdos"? I know a few of them... TreasonousBastard Jan 2013 #95

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LOL Puzzledtraveller Jan 2013 #98

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I have no clue what weapons my neighbor has and - lynne Jan 2013 #103

Wouldn't bother me any. Glaug-Eldare Jan 2013 #104

most people will probably never know. barbtries Jan 2013 #105

It actually does Old Troop Jan 2013 #107

What Are You So Afraid Of ????? harcosparky Jun 2014 #108

You're referring to the neighbor, right? Wondering why they are so afraid. arcane1 Jun 2014 #110

I was near one once Mindfreak7 Feb 2015 #111

What state do live in that GP6971 Feb 2015 #112

It's doubtable Mindfreak7 Feb 2015 #113

I'm not so sure, why would the state allow such a terrible weaponin the hands of these people..... marble falls Feb 2015 #114

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