I want it to be illegal for an American citizen to own a gun.

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152. Not only no, but hell no.

My parents live in the country, about 25 miles north of me on 20+ acres. There is a pond on it, and about 4 acres are kept clear, the rest is woods. My parents are both in their 80's and well certainly still very healthy and active they would most likely not survive a snake bite from the bad boys out there ...

A year ago while I was up for the weekend my mother was telling me a story about how my father bumped into a 4'+ water moccasin when he got off the mower to move a branch. He walked up to the barn, got a shovel, came back and chopped it up. He joked, "that bastard almost got me, it was pissed off".

I went into town and bought him a 410 "snake charmer" and came back and fashioned a holder for it on the mower, and told him to either shoot the snake or "don't fuck with it".

I have heard them tell of other stories about wild dogs that will roam through the property every now and again. They have a dog which is outside when they are outside and certainly a situation could arise from that ... so, they have a gun.

I own guns, and keep all of them, except my pump 12 which lives in a rack in my bedroom for self defense, at my parent's house. If I am up there and decide I would like to pop a squirrel or rabbit, there is simply no reason I should have to go anywhere to get my bolt action 7 round clip 22 from anywhere ... it stands a much higher chance of getting stolen in transport than it does living in a gun safe.

So ... no.