Quack
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Joined: 12/17/2004
Msg: 51 | |
| Who here has guns at home?
Posted: 3/13/2005 3:24:24 PM | | I have like 5 shotguns, 7 22's, some rifles. I hunt alot, so I use them. Some are collector items, and some are for my kids. I actually have a 22 with the same name as my last name Quackenbush | |
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| Who here has guns at home?
Posted: 3/13/2005 3:28:24 PM | Has anybody read in the news about the 4 year old that shot his 2 year old brother over an argument about toys?
Though all of the details haven't been released, apparently the 4 year old decided to end the dispute by shooting the 2 year old. According to the story, the 4 year old knew his mom had a gun and kept it in her purse.
So my next question: How many of you have guns and teach your children about them at EARLY AGES? | |
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| Who here has guns at home?
Posted: 3/13/2005 3:35:14 PM | ^^
that's one reason gun locks are a good idea.
ever hear about kids (very young ages) stealing their parents cars? should we teach kids how to drive cars??? no, you take precautions so things like this don't happen. i plan on having a lock on every gun i own and also keeping them in a locked gun case.
just want to add to this... i think you should explain to your kids that guns are dangerous. you should teach them the dangers about guns. then later when you feel they are old enough... you teach them how to use them properly and when it's ok to use them. that's my 65486097 cents. | |
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| Who here has guns at home?
Posted: 3/13/2005 4:39:37 PM | keep the gun and the ammo in different rooms and the gun is never loaded.. We had a stick rules.. Before you bring your gun in the house or hunting tent. you must rack the gun empty of shells.. Check the clip and look through the barrel.. If I had kids around I would have them under lock and key..
Mossberg -12 gauge- game master
22 rifle .. not sure what brand off hand. | |
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Quack
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Joined: 12/17/2004
Msg: 55 | |
| Who here has guns at home?
Posted: 3/13/2005 5:35:14 PM | | My kids know all about them and they dont and wont touch the guns. They are 8 and 6, I believe in teaching them about them and the respect for them at an early age. Make things easier in the future. | |
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| Who here has guns at home?
Posted: 3/13/2005 5:36:55 PM |
ever hear about kids (very young ages) stealing their parents cars? should we teach kids how to drive cars??? no, you take precautions so things like this don't happen. i plan on having a lock on every gun i own and also keeping them in a locked gun case.
Don't we teach kids how to drive cars? Anyway...I've known of kids that have stolen cars way before they turned 16, so kids often try to go after the "forbidden" things that aren't for them.
As far as keeping the guns in a locked gun case, would that defeat the purpose of keeping it for "safety"? This isn't specifically targeted at you, but anyone who keeps them for such a reason. I'm just curious about that, because it seems to me you'd be at a disadvantage if someone's in your living room and your gun's in a case locked away. Someone before mentioned the time it would take to shoot an intruder. How much time would it take to get a gun out of the gun case and protect your family? | |
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| Who here has guns at home?
Posted: 3/13/2005 6:51:02 PM | first off, i was talking about VERY young kids stealing their parents car... under the age of 10. there was a kid recently in the news for doing this, he was around 8 i think.
i don't plan on owning them for protection. that's what alarms are for. and anyways, there are theives and killers that can get into your house without you knowing anyways, hard to grab your gun when you're not awake ;)
i personally have knives in my room, if anyone gets into my apartment and i hear them i'll have a knife in between my back and boxers (in a sheath) and a bat in my hand while i'm standing next to the doorway waiting for them to walk by :) but i might be getting a 12 gauge for my b-day, all i'd have to do is c0ck it (is that the right term?!?) and that should scare the sh*tout of them... if not i guess i'm screwed, lol. | |
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| Who here has guns at home?
Posted: 3/13/2005 7:03:48 PM | Don't own a gun, but my ex had at least 15+ guns and taught me how to shoot. It was a difficult adjustment for me coming from Britain where our police aren't even armed, but learned to appreciate guns and people who are respectful of them and their power.
Would like to buy a gun (pistol or revolver) for protection (ever been to Memphis???!!) but no idea what is best for a girl with limited experience. Any suggestions appreciated... | |
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| Who here has guns at home?
Posted: 3/13/2005 7:37:36 PM | | spiff the correct term is "rack it." But your right everyone knows that sound, and it brings fear to the heart of any would be thief. I have a bat behind each door (front and back door) just incase I need to get jiggy with it | |
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| Who here has guns at home?
Posted: 3/13/2005 7:50:33 PM | With my mom and step-dad both being police officers, I learned at a very early age
1) to respect them and
2) how to use them...I think I was 5 the 1st time I ever shot my mom's pistol and 9 when I shot a shotgun (knocked me on my ass too) and rifle
I have my mom's old service weapon (.38 special), a blow gun, and 12-gauge shotgun.
Having young kids in the house, not only do they know not to mess with them, they're locked up so they can't mess with them and they're not loaded. The ammo is locked up in a different place.
My boys have both shot the pistol....I don't dare let them touch the shotgun just yet. They know what guns can do.
Just my opinion....I think if you have a gun in the house with kids (1) education is the key (2) things don't look so tempting to touch if they're ALLOWED to touch (under supervision of course) and (3) keep it locked up
It's such a tragedy when kids get hold of guns and don't know the damage they can cause | |
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| Who here has guns at home?
Posted: 3/13/2005 8:03:45 PM | My ex- father-in-law was a cop for years, then taught law enforcement. He was obsessive about gun safety and ensured the same in my ex-husband....hence my respect and understanding now.
My ex-FIL also told me to forget the movies and the aiming for the leg or arm thing. He said with my limited gun experience if someone breaks in aim for the central mass and shoot a minimum of twice until they stop moving. Scary, but appropriate advice I guess. | |
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mudbug
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Joined: 2/15/2005
Msg: 62 | |
| Who here has guns at home?
Posted: 3/13/2005 8:17:57 PM | i'm gonna pull yet another redneck statement and say
GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE, PEOPLE KILL PEOPLE. | |
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| Who here has guns at home?
Posted: 3/13/2005 10:03:51 PM | okay, I see paintball don't count, neither do super soakers.
Got a 410 b.s., 22 rif, 7mm rif, and 30-30 lever. All of which are hunting tools, and none are weapons. | |
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| Who here has guns at home?
Posted: 3/14/2005 3:36:22 AM | Any suggestions appreciated...
A small .32 semi-auto would be a good choice for you. | |
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| Who here has guns at home?
Posted: 3/14/2005 3:37:58 AM | All of which are hunting tools, and none are weapons.
That depends on how they are used. A car can be a weapon in the ritght circumstance. | |
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| Who here has guns at home?
Posted: 3/14/2005 4:01:19 AM | I'm gonna pull an even bigger redneck statement and say....
GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE, I KILL PEOPLE. | |
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mudbug
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Joined: 2/15/2005
Msg: 67 | |
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| Who here has guns at home?
Posted: 3/14/2005 10:21:56 AM | All a man needs is a knife and the ability to go into manimal hunt mode.
Hell.... you don't even need the knife. | |
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| Who here has guns at home?
Posted: 3/14/2005 5:11:31 PM | All a man needs is a knife and the ability to go into manimal hunt mode.
Hell.... you don't even need the knife
Show me!!! | |
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| Who here has guns at home?
Posted: 3/15/2005 7:57:28 AM | I own an official Red Ryder carbine action two-hundred shot range model air rifle with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time.
(sitting on the porch, wearin an eye patch) Yeahhh. Nobody messes with MY Sunday paper. | |
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| Who here has guns at home?
Posted: 3/15/2005 5:13:41 PM | | I am not talking about provision. I am talking about crazy statements that have no bearing in reality. For example I knew someone that said he could kill a deer with just a knife and several of us bet him that he could not do it. So he climbed a tree that stradled a deer trail and waited for one to come along. About dawn, it was the middle of the night when he went up the tree, a deer passed under him and he dropped on to the deer. That deer beat him to a pulp and he almost did not get away. Do you think that he killed it? No! He was panicing to much to keep his wits about him. I'm not saying that something like that can not be done but it is a very rare person that could do something even remotely like that and the bravado that I read here sounds like pure baloney to me. So like I said SHOW ME. Talk is cheap. | |
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| Who here has guns at home?
Posted: 3/15/2005 5:29:19 PM | | the "no" you got from darren was his way of letting you know he wasn't going to play your silly, macho game. his point was that people are dangerous without weapons, and he didn't say anything about deer. are we having testosterone surges? | |
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