How open are you about being a firearms owner?

Only my good friends and family know I own gun(s).

My neighbors don't know, even though we hang out with them and have occasional BBQ's. I live in a townhouse so I can just pictures it now, OMG I'M GOING TO GET SHOT THROUGH THE WALLS!@*&*~!@*~!@*@

I also have a daughter but she's only 16 months old, I'll make sure to clean a shotgun whenever she brings a friend who's male around.
 
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Depends whom.

My friends and neighbours know I hunt. The oriental grannie next door looks greedily at my ducks when I pack 'em in the house.

I ran into an old high school aquaintance a few months ago I hadn't seen in 30 years who looks like he's still a heavy doper and maybe a junkie.

Now I wouldn't tell him my number one hobby is hunting and that I own a gun.
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You have a x2 from me on that one
Most of my old teen friends from those years ago are all pro wasterals now....
So I only tell those I shoot with what I have....And well.... the wife....

If anyone else is curious they should show me there legal arms first, then they can be permitted to come by and handle the ladies...

Strangers are not to be trusted until they prove otherwise.:cool:
 
like the wide open spaces here,in this neck of the woods we pretty much all hunt or trap.I'm legal with nothing to hide.Chances are that anyone that wanted to steal my irons would end up as dog food before they got in the house...then they gotta find them and break into the vault.
 
My two cents: Shoot with your daughter. The time you spend with her will pay off. Sit and talk with this guy and listen to what he says. Explain that you would like to keep the gun ownership quiet and that you trust he will do the same. Now you have a benchmark to see if the guy is really trustworthy. Teenagers in general ,especially the boys are hard to take most of the time. Look in the wayback machine and you will probably cringe, but we were all there at one time. If he is into airsoft (as my 13 yr old nephew is) he WILL be into "real" guns. When I mentioned his father would let me take him to the .22 range he nearly wet his pants.( he has shot a few rounds when we went shooting with our scout troop but it was like a competition shoot ,for a badge)
If you try to influence your daughter by talking down about this guy it most surely will backfire...
 
my family knows and a few friends of the family know I have guns. I only mention owning firearms at the shooting range or if I'm out hunting and I encounter another hunter which isn't often as we usually avoid intruding in other peoples hunting grounds
 
SuperDan said:
S'cuse me but i dont get it? What "sketchy" means ?:runaway:
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It means "potentially untrustworthy", basically.

alaus24 said:
My two cents: Shoot with your daughter.
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Yeah, I've offered. No interest :(

If you try to influence your daughter by talking down about this guy it most surely will backfire...
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x100 hehe, learned that the hard way with the first one. :D
 
Was it a real m14? If it was norinco, let him take it. Just playing. Yea, i don't advertise too hard; but i DO know guys who have pics of their gear on Facebook, which i thought was advertising way too hard.

Back to the question, I never really showed anyone my stuff, but it wasn't cuz my friends and family were sketchy, so maybe the guy isn't sketchy. Paranoid, (a bit, anyways) like me, isn't a bad thing. It's just cautious. It's a gun, and you just met him, and what the hell does he know about guns anyways? But, maybe he was genuinely enthusiastic. Intrigued even. Maybe he's just searching for common grounds? He won't steal it, cuz you can show the m14...(norinco?) to him without showing him the safe/hiding spot/trigger lock key or code etc etc. And she won;t give him keys to the house til your okay with it anyways.
 
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Im very open about it. I make it known whenever the subject comes up. Especially when something shown up in the media. I quickly separate the criminals from the legit gun owners and explain how the article or news clip missed important points that skewed the perception of the story. Of course these newly educated ppl feel the need to jokingly blurt out things like " hey dont get him mad he has guns". I then have to scold them like children for saying things like that.
 
I like how all you guys are trying to convince your daughters away from guys by explaining how there creeps/sketchy , but unfortunetely girls these days like those kinda guys???. I know this being a 14 yo guy. I get along well with gf parents well though, considering im not a greasy guy, and im a cadet so gotta have the short hair. I think some of them are a little intimidated sometimes though, as im 6' 1" and not built skinny. especially after they find out OMG that i have a .22lr and shoot gophers (saskatchewan) lol
 
WW2GURU said:
Im very open about it. I make it known whenever the subject comes up. Especially when something shown up in the media. I quickly separate the criminals from the legit gun owners and explain how the article or news clip missed important points that skewed the perception of the story. Of course these newly educated ppl feel the need to jokingly blurt out things like " hey dont get him mad he has guns". I then have to scold them like children for saying things like that.
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LOL! Good for you!:agree:
 
WW2GURU said:
Im very open about it. I make it known whenever the subject comes up. Especially when something shown up in the media. I quickly separate the criminals from the legit gun owners and explain how the article or news clip missed important points that skewed the perception of the story.
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We all should be doing this type of P.R. work.

I promote resonsible gun ownership/hunting at every opportunity. I always point out the problems with media coverage,and the use of illegal arms, in shootings and crime,I am careful when it comes to people knowing what I actually have in my home guns or otherwise.
 
if he's a kid from a non-gun owning family, he probably recognized the m-14 from "call of duty".. I play call of duty and socom type games with my son and his buddies and they've all become "experts" on identifying weapons..

my son is almost 17 and he's had the same friends since he was 8 or 9.. they all know i shoot and hunt and, i've had most of them out to the club to shoot.. i know all his friends very well and they are all good kids.. most of them want to hunt and shoot when they get old enough to get their licences.

I am also careful who i let in my house, but fortunately for me I raised my kids to be good judge of character and i'm not really concerned about their choice of friends.. i've "brainwashed" most of them to be good conservatives and not to listen to the socialist b.s. their teachers preach to them.

they also know that my guns are locked in a huge safe..(not locker) and that I sleep with a 12 beside my bed (just to perpetuate the slight psycho dad image).
 
valmet762 said:
my son is almost 17 and he's had the same friends since he was 8 or 9.. they all know i shoot and hunt and, i've had most of them out to the club to shoot.. i know all his friends very well and they are all good kids.. most of them want to hunt and shoot when they get old enough to get their licences.
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Although I learned how to shoot when I was young, I learned on OLD firearms. First thing I shot was a 18xx Winchester pump action .22.

I really enjoyed playing counter-strike and the in game animation showed you charging the m4 with the forward assist. So the first time I handled an AR, I couldn't figure out why i couldn't cycle the action, because i couldn't pull the forward assist out. Someone had to show me the charging handle. :redface:
 
NavyCuda said:
I really enjoyed playing counter-strike and the in game animation showed you charging the m4 with the forward assist. So the first time I handled an AR, I couldn't figure out why i couldn't cycle the action, because i couldn't pull the forward assist out. Someone had to show me the charging handle. :redface:
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IMO, the newer video games these days seem to be really "technically correct", when it comes to firearms function.

I think a lot of kids are getting interested in real firearms because of these games..

that's just another reason why we should be more open about gun ownership..

even if it's just to get these kids shooting at a range and to see that they're not toys.

I've had a few kids to the range that are all "big and bad" when they first get there, only to be humbled by the noise and recoil of a real m-14..
 
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Personally I Don't Broadcast My Firearm Ownership But I Have Never Denied It If Asked.if Asked What Kinds Or Makes I Just Tell Them (unless I Know Them Personally) Non Of There Business...if They Are Insistant Then I Tell Them To Break Into My House And I Will Show Them Gladly(lol)
 
Very open about it. That and being a hunter. I don't go and do any self promoting, but I don't back out of a discussion or play down the fact that I shoot things to kill and eat them.
 
I'm very open about my interest in guns and shooting, but only my family and close friends know what I actually do (or don't) own. For some reason most of my co-workers seem to assume that I've got enough to arm my own militia :D

I've found that because I'm so open about my interest, others are much more open to asking me questions. Gives me many more opportunities to educate and inform.
 
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