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ladyVet

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7. Everything above "other".

Thu Jun 23, 2016, 09:46 AM

Jun 2016

I've lost family, friends, classmates, neighbors to gun-related incidences. There have been some close calls, where death or injury did not occur, but could have. I've had two relatives go to prison for being involved in shootings.

The first incident was when I was still in elementary school. A neighbor and classmate lost her younger sister when the girl was at another neighbor's house and her friend was showing off her father's gun. She had climbed into a closet, where the family thought the gun was secure, and it accidentally fired (not sure how it happened, but probably because the girl had her finger inside the guard). This was long before gun locks and the sheer number of reported gun incidents (early 1960s).

Oddly enough, I've lost more people to alcoholism and cancer than to gun violence.

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How many here have had gun violence affect their lives? [View all] rurallib Jun 2016 OP

None, simply because we only own shotguns ffr Jun 2016 #1

i would include any type of rifle in the generic term 'gun violence' rurallib Jun 2016 #5

you know the story of the magic rock, right? Javaman Jun 2016 #29

birdshot will easily go through drywall. Travis_0004 Jun 2016 #38

Nope. ffr Jun 2016 #72

How does your owning shotguns prevent gun violence elsewhere? uppityperson Jun 2016 #63

don't you know? Javaman Jun 2016 #64

I don't understand the flaming ffr Jun 2016 #74

I think you misinterpretted the question/answers ffr Jun 2016 #73

Has had zero impact on my life. PeteSelman Jun 2016 #2

I've had extended family AND close friends affected, both, as victims and perpetrators ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #3

Five deaths CountAllVotes Jun 2016 #4

Had a neighbor commit suicide with gun, so I picked neighbor (nt) TacoD Jun 2016 #6

Everything above "other". ladyVet Jun 2016 #7

No doubt there are many that could check multiple boxes rurallib Jun 2016 #9

1991 - Cousin Murdered JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #8

Held up GoldenSF Jun 2016 #10

Does war count? 11 Bravo Jun 2016 #11

I was thinking more of civilian American life rurallib Jun 2016 #15

You should have included the workplace. My old boss was shot sufrommich Jun 2016 #12

I'll see if I can add that - thanks rurallib Jun 2016 #17

excellent suggestion .... I chose extended family etherealtruth Jun 2016 #39

I know/knew several who were affected Hayduke Bomgarte Jun 2016 #13

My half brother shot and killed my father. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2016 #14

I stopped an attempted assault on me with a knife using my gun Lee-Lee Jun 2016 #16

Well I would say that neither you nor family or friends have been rurallib Jun 2016 #23

Um... hunter Jun 2016 #46

That's good Turin_C3PO Jun 2016 #55

When all you have is a gun... hunter Jun 2016 #60

My father Turin_C3PO Jun 2016 #56

I couldn't check all of the first five, so I checked "other". Iggo Jun 2016 #18

3 tiimes, the first was in 5th grade... Javaman Jun 2016 #19

Urban educator - including Detroit in the early 90s salin Jun 2016 #20

family friends and neighbors have been affected rurallib Jun 2016 #24

thanks for the reply, and for the poll. salin Jun 2016 #27

Depends... ileus Jun 2016 #21

definitely falls in the 'family' or 'friends' category rurallib Jun 2016 #28

does a drunk & buck naked former college roommate pointing a loaded assault rifle in my face count? corkhead Jun 2016 #22

sounds like it to me rurallib Jun 2016 #25

my mercuryblues Jun 2016 #26

Can you clarify what kind of "gun violence" you have in mind? Orrex Jun 2016 #30

All of the above rurallib Jun 2016 #32

In that case, I can click on three of the options. Orrex Jun 2016 #33

A few whatthehey Jun 2016 #31

Never been affected, Thak God. NaturalHigh Jun 2016 #34

I was held at gunpoint once by a crazed trucker. nolabear Jun 2016 #35

Yup. Igel Jun 2016 #36

perhaps some of the gun control laws suggested may not have helped in these cases rurallib Jun 2016 #45

I can only choose one option, so it will not be accurate. Glassunion Jun 2016 #37

pick any one - it is not a scientific survey rurallib Jun 2016 #41

Forgot one when I listed incidents in reply #13 Hayduke Bomgarte Jun 2016 #40

I've lost one friend to gun violence, LongtimeAZDem Jun 2016 #42

My best friend in Jr. high school was shot in the head and killed by her BF Maru Kitteh Jun 2016 #43

good grief rurallib Jun 2016 #44

Thank you. It still brings me to tears. She didn't die right away. Maru Kitteh Jun 2016 #49

one of my dear friends killed himself, one of my friends was shot by her husband (she niyad Jun 2016 #47

I'm not sure how to answer that. LWolf Jun 2016 #48

a threat if believable would count for me rurallib Jun 2016 #50

The threat: LWolf Jun 2016 #65

sounds like a very real threat to me rurallib Jun 2016 #68

The San Bernardino shooting. I've written about it in my journal here. eom BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #51

I checked immediate family. yellerpup Jun 2016 #52

My SO's grandfather was killed thucythucy Jun 2016 #53

Small Town Violence MadCrow Jun 2016 #54

I lost 2 friends to suicide by firearm. n/t TexasBushwhacker Jun 2016 #57

When I was 5 GusBob Jun 2016 #58

A co-worker bought a rifle on her lunch hour ... kwassa Jun 2016 #59

repeatedly. so many times in fact, ghostsinthemachine Jun 2016 #61

How many have had gun violence in their lives jon31433 Jun 2016 #62

Mixed Aerows Jun 2016 #66

Oh. You have a Berserker mom too. hunter Jun 2016 #69

Oh yeah. Aerows Jun 2016 #70

One close friend committed suicide by gun after his wife was raped and stabbed to death. FrodosPet Jun 2016 #67

This has been an incredible eye opener for me rurallib Jun 2016 #71

Once had a gun shot at me from a distance and missed (by a stranger). Once had gun pointed at me, Squinch Jun 2016 #75