Do you own a gun?

[elperromagico]

Poll question: Do you own a gun?

Only two options here. I don't think there's a gray area.

[Padraig18]

1. I own several.

Tony owns several, too.

:hi:

[slackmaster]

2. What if you own more than one?

If you own, say, 27 or 28 guns is it proper to say you own "a" gun?

:argh:

[elperromagico]

3. You have to own one in order to own 2, or 10, or 28.

;)

[Madrone]

4. 2 at the moment.

American Arms .22 pistol

Ruger 10/22 rifle


*plink*

[HawkerHurricane]

5. Two.

Niether much use for home defense.

One is a authentic 1850 Navy Cap and Ball, Allegedly captured from a Yankee Sailor in Mobile Alabama. I don't know if it's safe to use, so it is unloaded, and I own no ammunition for it.

The other is a replica 'Brown Bess' musket. I do have ammunition (Powder, ball and shot), but it is kept unloaded, and takes me forever to load. Give me 10 minutes, and I could give some poor slob a load of buck and ball (plus burning cordite)(assuming 'in home defense range), any less than 10 minutes and it's a clumsy club.

[NMDemDist2]

6. not anymore n/t

[Cerridwen]

7. One gray area here...

I hate guns. Scare the hell out of me.

I shoot well, when I have gone shooting with friends; a 22 when I was a kid, several different types of handguns with a former boyfriend who was teaching me to shoot a couple of years ago.

Currently debating taking classes (safety, of course, general gun care, etc.) and buying a gun. The hateful climate in this country over the past 20 years has me wondering if I'm safer with or without a gun at home.

Oh, btw, single female, no children, dogs don't have opposible thumbs, so gun safety at home shouldn't be a problem. But I don't want to be shot with my own gun, either.

We have concealed carry in NV. And I think we can strap on a gun belt and wear it openly, as well. Some issues about concealed in the car.

Anyway, fence sitting in the gray area.

Just thought I'd share.

[elperromagico]

9. But do you own a gun right now?

;)

[Cerridwen]

17. Good point.....n/t

[comradebillyboy]

21. despite their reactionary politics the nra

offers excellent pistol safety classes. all the actual hands on gun stuff that nra does is first rate. you don't have to join to take their classes

[Cerridwen]

27. Thanks for the information

I think we also have several good gun shops/ranges here in Vegas.

And in Pahrump (just over the hill), I can learn all kinds of safety/survival skills with all kinds of cool guns.

http://www.frontsight.com/

"Front Sight . . . the absolute best defensive training facility for personal safety. Gun Training, Martial Arts, Edged Weapons, Contact Weapons, Mental Awareness, Defensive Driving, Executive Protection, Celebrity Training, Corporate Team Building, Children and Youth Safety Courses that more than satisfy the expectations of every student, regardless of the student's prior experience. Take one course at Front Sight Resort, whether a firearms training course or any of our other world class training programs, and you too will understand why students travel from across the country and return again and again for more of the "Front Sight Experience.""

[EstimatedProphet]

8. 4

A .45 acp, 20 Ga. shotgun, 9mm rifle, M1 30cal.

[cally]

10. None

Not ever. My Dad owned guns and I have shot them. I think I would be less safe with guns because I have no desire to learn how to handle or shoot guns.

I posted this because everyone else who posted, at the time, owned guns.

[Nomad559]

11. Two Rifles

A 30/30 and a 22 semi auto.

[jukes]

12. yes

& i know where i'll get more & better when the time comes.

[puerco-bellies]

13. None of your business, and if you ask me again I'll shoot you!!!!

[elperromagico]

14. I'm gonna whip a hammer at you.

:D

[Wcross]

15. I own 7 guns. n/t

[bearfan454]

16. I have 4

a 357 magnum, a 9mm semi-autimatic, a 12 gauge pump, and a high powered deer rifle. I love my guns.

[Magrittes Pipe]

18. I have an antique pistol that belonged to my grandfather.

It's no longer in firing condition, though.

I would like to have a pistol I could take to the range and shoot stuff with, though.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

19. I own two

and know how to operate them both (and have operated them both, on indoor ranges). They are VERY secure.

[comradebillyboy]

20. i own 6 guns and i'm getting an AR-15 next week

one rifle is a bolt action single shot 22 that i got for my 10th birthday , one is a 1936 french military rifle captured in viet nam, one is a really crappy 22 semi auto. my pistols, a makarov semi auto(warsaw pact imitation of a walther ppk) and a smith and wesson .32 cal revolver and a ruger .22 semi-auto target pistol. so i need the ar just to have one functioning modern rifle.

if i fall completly into gun-nutism, i can buy a conversion kit at any gun show to convert the AR to full auto. but that would be a felony

[gold_bug]

24. I want an AR-15.

I have a 9mm pistol which sits in a lockbox.

[mtnester]

22. Owning a gun is secondary to having LOTS

of ammo to go with it..Got that too.

[jukes]

23. mtnester

good advice! might i add that it's a good idea to have 1 in the caliber that you might find ammunition just laying around, let's say, near a dusted stormtrooper?

[bleedingheart]

25. No because I have a very bad temper and I know enough

about myself never to own one.

I also have small curious kids.

However I don't argue with anyone else's right to own one but I do think they bear the responsibility of ownership just like car owners do...

[sendero]

26. I have...

... a .25 auto boot pistol,
a .40 Glock 22c hand cannon,
a Ruger 10/22 plinking rifle,
a Remington 870 Express 12 gauge shotgun and
a Remington 30.06 rifle.

I think my next gun will be a .22 magnum, a "split the difference" between the pretty benign 10/22 and the "knock you backwards" 30.06. :)

I'm a dyed-in-the-wool LIBERAL and I am armed. IMHO, all liberals should be.