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

[moriah]

230. Not sure where you're going here.

I have no problems with actual gun control. Background checks on private party sales. Waiting periods. I argue over and over again with 2Aers over why they are needed.

At the same time, I owned a firearm. I purchased it because I lived alone, worked nights so slept during the day, and there was a string of daylight robberies within a few blocks of my apartment. One girl had been home and beaten badly. I never felt a need for one before, but took classes and purchased, and made the investment in going to the range and practicing with it weekly because if I was gonna own it, I needed to be proficient if I ever DID have to use it.

It didn't stop me from getting raped, but after the incident was reported and the IDIOT officers apparently didn't listen to my explanation that he worked nights and wouldn't answer his phone called him from the station's number rather than a private one, and I started getting threatening calls from him, I felt very glad I had it.

He knew where I lived, I didn't have a restraining order yet, he had an alcohol problem, and I *would* have shot him if he showed up and the cops didn't get there before he broke the door down.

The one time I did have to call while he was banging and screaming, I was glad police responded before he broke the door or the window. I told 911 I had the firearm in my hand so the officers responding would be aware. After they got him in the car, the 911 lady told me the officers requested I put the firearm up and then come outside, and to be sure to show my hands as I did. I compiled. No problem.

But I sold it after I moved.