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In reply to the discussion: Do you know one or more people you don't think should be trusted with a gun? [View all]hlthe2b
(105,010 posts)4. To be honest, some of the attitudes towards guns and their use expressed or
offered in casual discussion with acquaintances, DO give me pause. Perhaps it is all bravado, but I would not want to be in the vicinity of a very large number of individuals with guns, although I am excluding friends I know are responsible hunters or living in very rural areas, where a shotgun may be necessary.
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Do you know one or more people you don't think should be trusted with a gun? [View all]
IdaBriggs
Sep 2013
OP
There are people I wouldn't trust with anything more complicated than a spoon and a fork.
hobbit709
Sep 2013
#2
Mother in Law recently slipped a gear and started walking around with a butcher knife.
Loudly
Sep 2013
#3
Thanks. Everyone she and we have gone through does not prevent her from getting a gun.
Loudly
Sep 2013
#70
Our neighbor brought his hunting rifles and shotguns to our house because he has
appleannie1
Sep 2013
#6
I was a social worker for awhile and met several folks who had no business having a gun yet had them
gopiscrap
Sep 2013
#7
I believe that changing control of a firearm should require a background check
Half-Century Man
Sep 2013
#55
You refer to a logical fallacy known as the Complex Question. The OP did not illustrate that.
LanternWaste
Sep 2013
#50
It was a question phrased in such a way as to only get a "yes" answer.
Half-Century Man
Sep 2013
#52
Come on. Be honest. You spend a lot of time at gun ranges, gun shows, gun stores, etc.
Hoyt
Sep 2013
#56
Even if I were agorophobic, I'd still know myself and I should never have a gun
mythology
Sep 2013
#63
No that was meant for people who said NO they don't know any that should not...
VanillaRhapsody
Sep 2013
#64
I attended one funeral of a person who opted not to undergo cancer treatment.
IdaBriggs
Sep 2013
#43
Yes. i think we should do a trial of beat cops with no guns and see how it works out.
grahamhgreen
Sep 2013
#47