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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]hunter
(38,473 posts)... from her home (she was a hoarder and a danger to herself and others.) I'm certain the police would have shot her to death.
My parents thought they had all her guns but later found more in the mess.
Instead my grandma got to live long enough to enjoy the weddings of a few grandkids.
But I've also got a few horrible stories about people who shouldn't have had guns.
I don't think ANYONE with a gun fetish should have a gun.
One of my siblings has a few of the family guns, but nobody has bought a gun since my grandparents' generation.
I had four great-grandmas who were powerful women of the wild west. They could all hunt.
My mom did not allow guns in her house. No exceptions. Our family tends to be a matriarchy. If one of the matriarchs sees a gun being used in an irresponsible manner that gun is gone for good. I've seen my mom take guns away from people and break them.
We don't allow guns in our home either, especially in our neighborhood where guns are usually what burglars are looking for when they break into homes. They don't want your consumer crap, they can buy that themselves. They want guns and ammunition and have been known to take entire gun safes.