How many of you own a weapon/firearm?

[MrLuke]

Well since I'm also from the UK, guns aren't exactly the norm here. The only "guns" I've ever owned are BB guns! Other than that, I fired semi-automatic rifle when we did shooting practise in army cadets at a camp thing we went to for a weekend. I have a very good natural aim it turns out!

That aside though, I wouldn't by a gun nor own one. If someone attacked me or broke into my house I would defend myself and possibly beat them with something if need be. I wouldn't let someone try to harm my family if I could help it. If someone tried to attack with a gun and I somehow managed to disarm them, I wouldn't hesitate to shoot them in the legs or something to protect myself or those I'm with, I couldn't kill though.

But with such possibly extreme examples aside, I don't put my trust in weapons to protect and keep me safe. Since I, and all of you too, have something much more powerful - we have the LORD!

Psalm 91:

9 If you make the Most High your dwelling

[buckthesystem]

Couple things.

All those folks that listed thier firearms on this thread, you do realize you just left a record thta will make it much easier for the government to relieve you of your firearms when the time comes that they get scared enough of the people to disarm them.

Secondly some of yall say you have to register your gun. where do yall live?? I have never, and will never register any gun i own. Why make it easier for the Govt to find them?? Talk about blatant violation of the 2nd amendment!! sheesh

Like Chuck Heston said..."out of my cold, dead hands."

People in the US will not just turn over their arms like others have, its silly to think they would.

I totally agree with both these posts

[forrestkc]

As an interesting side note, my Paw Paw was shot 3 times on two separate occasions while turkey hunting. The first time they shot him, he yelled, and they shot him again

The turkeys shot your Paw Paw?? Amazing birds!

Haha, no, but the third time he was shot, he was shot by the guy he was hunting with. Turkey hunting is dangerous. He lived though. He was known for being pretty much indestructible. He was shot 3 times, snake bit twice, had fingers cut off in a chain saw accident, had a heart attack, and finally at age 74, a stroke is what finally did him in.

[Marnie]

As an interesting side note, my Paw Paw was shot 3 times on two separate occasions while turkey hunting. The first time they shot him, he yelled, and they shot him again

The turkeys shot your Paw Paw?? Amazing birds!

Haha, no, but the third time he was shot, he was shot by the guy he was hunting with. Turkey hunting is dangerous. He lived though. He was known for being pretty much indestructible. He was shot 3 times, snake bit twice, had fingers cut off in a chain saw accident, had a heart attack, and finally at age 74, a stroke is what finally did him in.

With that kind of constitution, he must have been a Republican.

[Marnie]

Couple things.

All those folks that listed thier firearms on this thread, you do realize you just left a record thta will make it much easier for the government to relieve you of your firearms when the time comes that they get scared enough of the people to disarm them.

Secondly some of yall say you have to register your gun. where do yall live?? I have never, and will never register any gun i own. Why make it easier for the Govt to find them?? Talk about blatant violation of the 2nd amendment!! sheesh

Like Chuck Heston said..."out of my cold, dead hands."

People in the US will not just turn over their arms like others have, its silly to think they would.

Register?? No way, Jose.

I'm wondering how many respondents here are members of the NRA? I'm a lifetime member.

[WayneB]

Couple things.

All those folks that listed thier firearms on this thread, you do realize you just left a record thta will make it much easier for the government to relieve you of your firearms when the time comes that they get scared enough of the people to disarm them.

Secondly some of yall say you have to register your gun. where do yall live?? I have never, and will never register any gun i own. Why make it easier for the Govt to find them?? Talk about blatant violation of the 2nd amendment!! sheesh

If the law requires me to register my guns, I will register them. Actually, having grown up on military installations, most of them have already been registered.

If the law requires me to turn them in, I will turn them in... even if I am reluctant to do so. I am not going to live outside the law on the issue of gun ownership.

Regardless, there is not much chance of that happening in the United States considering that it would require overturning the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution... and that is highly unlikely.

NO...I do not belong to the NRA due to their stance on many issues. Personally, I do not support the private ownership of assault rifles and fully automatic weapons. I think the NRA is too extreme.

[WayneB]

Do you have a dog...?

Actually I have three vicious little monsters.... okay, they aren't that vicious but if you break in, they'll yap at you and lick you to death!!!! I call them, "little angels in dog bodies".

[WayneB]

I promise Wayne to NEVER try to break into your house, or let LPT!

So, there's no need to shoot me...............

I wouldn't have shot you anyway. Being from Tennessee, we're neighbors. I don't shoot my neighbors.

So you are a Tennessee fan after all!

WOO HOO!

t.

CORRECTION: Wayne like's people from Tennessee BUT NOT ANYTHING OR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE VOLUNTEERS!!!!

WAR EAGLE ....ah, college football season is soon upon us!

[WayneB]

Well since I'm also from the UK, guns aren't exactly the norm here. The only "guns" I've ever owned are BB guns!

Funny thing? My parents never let me own a BB gun or a pellet gun. My first gun was an over/under .22 caliber rifle/20 guage shotgun single shot. It is a neat collector's piece. I was given it by my father when I was 6 years old!!!

The logic? My parents believed that a firearm in the hands of a child should be closely supervised regardless of caliber. My father (a cowboy from Montana) also believed it important that his children know how to properly handle and use a firearm. I was raised in the woods and on the rivers hunting and fishing most every weekend. Regardless, BB guns and pellet guns were deemed too dangerous since most children and youngsters "played" with them... and no weapon should be "played" with.

[forrestkc]

As an interesting side note, my Paw Paw was shot 3 times on two separate occasions while turkey hunting. The first time they shot him, he yelled, and they shot him again

The turkeys shot your Paw Paw?? Amazing birds!

Haha, no, but the third time he was shot, he was shot by the guy he was hunting with. Turkey hunting is dangerous. He lived though. He was known for being pretty much indestructible. He was shot 3 times, snake bit twice, had fingers cut off in a chain saw accident, had a heart attack, and finally at age 74, a stroke is what finally did him in.

With that kind of constitution, he must have been a Republican.

Haha no, FDR Southern Democrat, I don't think he ever voted Republican in his entire life. However, I do know that even though he never voted Republican, they said that if they ever were to, they probably would have voted for Goldwater. He also only had like 4 sick days in his over 40 years at Reynolds Metals.