FKAGobucks877
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I have a twelve gauge pump in the closet of my room. No rounds for it, because the wife refuses to fire a weapon. At the same time, however, if something should ever happen while I'm not home, she knows how to pump that bitch, and the sound alone (unmistakeable) should be enough to get rid of anyone that doesn't belong.
I also have a Browning nine mill in a lockbox next to my bed. It's finger-coded, and I'm the only person that knows the code. I can have it out and ready to fire in less than two seconds. I have a gun safe in the basement with approximately 15 other firearms. I have a three year old that has no idea we own firearms.
I see BKB's point, but as someone that was once on the wrong end of a home invasion, I disagree with it. When I was twelve, our house was broken into, and my family and I were held at gunpoint by a lunatic that was looking for an assistant prosecutor who actually lived next door (what do you do again, BKB?
). Lucky for us, he realized we weren't who he was looking for, and left after a couple of minutes.
Like I said, I see BKB's point, but my view is that guns are something that I can control, up to and including how I teach my children about them. I can't control the maniacs, drug addicts, and Lord knows what else that today's society produces. I grew up with guns, and the reason I never "played" with them when I was little, or pointed one at another human (even as a joke) is because my father taught me to respect them. Not out of fear of what he would do to me if he caught me, but out of fear of what could happen if there was a mistake. With guns, you don't have mistakes. You are careful, you check, then double-check, then triple-check. You don't joke around. There are all kinds of rules...but I personally am more comfortable teaching my children those rules, and knowing that they respect the firearm, and yet still have them (and myself) be capable of defending them if the unthinkable happens. This way, I can protect them from anything, be it remote or all too possible, while at the same time I can trust them not to injure or kill themselves.
I also have a Browning nine mill in a lockbox next to my bed. It's finger-coded, and I'm the only person that knows the code. I can have it out and ready to fire in less than two seconds. I have a gun safe in the basement with approximately 15 other firearms. I have a three year old that has no idea we own firearms.
I see BKB's point, but as someone that was once on the wrong end of a home invasion, I disagree with it. When I was twelve, our house was broken into, and my family and I were held at gunpoint by a lunatic that was looking for an assistant prosecutor who actually lived next door (what do you do again, BKB?
). Lucky for us, he realized we weren't who he was looking for, and left after a couple of minutes.Like I said, I see BKB's point, but my view is that guns are something that I can control, up to and including how I teach my children about them. I can't control the maniacs, drug addicts, and Lord knows what else that today's society produces. I grew up with guns, and the reason I never "played" with them when I was little, or pointed one at another human (even as a joke) is because my father taught me to respect them. Not out of fear of what he would do to me if he caught me, but out of fear of what could happen if there was a mistake. With guns, you don't have mistakes. You are careful, you check, then double-check, then triple-check. You don't joke around. There are all kinds of rules...but I personally am more comfortable teaching my children those rules, and knowing that they respect the firearm, and yet still have them (and myself) be capable of defending them if the unthinkable happens. This way, I can protect them from anything, be it remote or all too possible, while at the same time I can trust them not to injure or kill themselves.
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