Anti Family

I was very lucky. i went duck hunting with my dad at 7 or 8 and fired his .38 special at the club when i was 12 or so. He gave me my first restricted as a gift for my 19 th birthday and he still comes shooting with me on occasion at 77 years old and we can sit and talk guns for hours. My inlaws while not into targets are all avid hunters and when i first met my wife and started going out it was a given I was hunting moose with their family that year. my sister is an anti but accepts me and dad as we are not evel baby killers.
Have converted a few antis by using facts and being professional. the lieberal retoric and emotion will eventually break down when faced with facts and the truth.

My 2 cents
Andy
 
haha i think im the opposite,

i was never anti gun or anti hunting but i think my farther was pretty disappointed that i never presued either until a couple years ago.

i never seen him as happy as the day i showed up with my new 700 mtn lss and leupold, actually come to think about it he was pretty pissed, because bought something better than he has.

i got me rpal, he did his rpal too at the same time.

he's pretty jacked on my new 1911 purchase too

my mom doesn't care, she's just glad we both have a common hobby and can spend time together
 
AWOL said:
Like:

No standing in front of the mirror with an AR and a big knife looking mean while covered in oil, wearing a green speedo and a piece of ripped T-shirt for a head band.cp:
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LMAO , why thank you i always appreciate a settling yet so ... discriminating comment lol ..

im gonna go see how that looks ..
 
sucks about that reaction i can't say ive had the same luck
come from a country community where its literally thousands of acres of forest, hunting is a past time, not to mention family in the forces, i was lucky enough however my mom paid for my cfsc crfsc courses the whole kit :)

but its better to educate people, i think everyone in my family has shot something at least once but yes safety is paramount and i intend to bring what ever city girl who is skeptical about firearms shooting to educate her like many of you would do, acts prove and show her a few things, then maybe start to shoot
 
Many of you guys are lucky that you come from families that hunting and shooting are family traditions. For most immigrants, this isn't the case. My parents have never handled a gun and were totally against the idea of me getting my firearms license and buying guns. I eventually convinced them that having guns are a good thing if used responsibly, but it was very difficult and I wouldn't recommend it if there is a good chance that they could kick you out of the house.
 
Black-Jacket said:
my mom doesn't care, she's just glad we both have a common hobby and can spend time together
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That's what is making my mother re-think her anti-ness.

Dad wants to go hunting "with his boys" - wants to make some memories with us. We're pretty close - but we haven't done any sort of activity as a whole family (or even just the guys) in a looooooong time. And when you couch it in the terms of family togetherness and shared hobbies, Mom doesn't see hunting and firearms as bad things anymore.
 
Hah, I have not told any of my family of my hobby.

I have just picked up my first gun, an SKS, and they'll see it on the wall if they come visit.

Told my sister, she was completely against the idea, but can't really do much about that.
 
Most of my friends/relatives aren't completely anti, but they DO give me a funny look and a "what the heck are you gonna do with that?" look when I tell them I got my license.
 
My mother HATES guns. My father has no interest in guns but both of my parents are intelligent enough to understand that the registry is all political and does nothing to reduce or prevent crime and is a tragic waste for taxpayers money.
 
My dad had a 22 rimfire to get rid of pests/feral cats, but Firearms were not a big deal in my family. I was interested from an early age, and my dad gave me a 22 when I was 8. I got some basic instruction on safety from him, and then roamed our farm freely with my pride and joy, knocking off allowed vermin. I have quite a collection now, and no one in my family objects. A couple of folks earlier in this thread made some comments about JW's and firearms. Here it is [from the horse's mouth, so to speak] JW's do not object to ownership or use of firearms for target, recreation, hunting, etc. However, as a self defense item against another human, the subject of possible bloodguilt is always looming, so we are discouraged from carrying for protection from other humans. In the case of hunting, any pusuit of game for food is fine, with the stipulation that the animal be bled properly, if the shot is not through the lungs or a major artery to effect the same. JW's are urged to be law abiding in ownership of firearms, therefore all should be registered as required by law, whether we know registration is useful or not. Lawful storage/transportation is another necessity. Restricted firearms are not taboo, but proper documentation and transport is required to remain in good standing in the congregation. I know many, many JW's who have and use firearms on a regular basis. If some individual JW's object to ownership/use of firearms, that is a personal thing, and they should not be attaching it to their belief in any way, since the organization does not have any negative rules that apply to firearms or their owners except as I have mentioned. Hope this clarifies some of the murkiness. Regards, Eagleye.
 
Ephemerality said:
Most of my friends/relatives aren't completely anti, but they DO give me a funny look and a "what the heck are you gonna do with that?" look when I tell them I got my license.
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I got that look when I told my boss... And he even asked me the question. "What are you gonna do with a gun?"

I gave him an honest answer. "Shoot it."

Told him I couldn't wait to go hunting and come back home with some deer and/or moose meat. And that I couldn't wait to punch holes in paper with some high-velocity lead.

What I didn't tell him was that his niece (a teacher - around 25 years old) lit up when I told her I was getting my PAL and buying some firearms in the near future. She said she'd love to have a gun or three, and asked if I'd take her to a range and teach her to shoot.

Seems there are anti's in every family... But maybe there are pro-firearm people in every family too.
 
It wasn't until I was showing a friend how to shoot my dad's Wingmaster that I began to appreciate the gun safety that was drilled into me as a child. My dad and grandpa never took a CFSC so ACTS and PROVE are not in their vocab. Parents have different ways of teaching children and I remember knowing from a young age that a mistake with a gun could very well mean death for me or someone else. It's second nature to me now and I'm glad because it takes away ALL the fear that is common around guns. I like all the stuff about guns just being tools. I have the same respect for a table saw or an axe because I was taught that a mistake would be harmful, possibly fatal. Just writing this makes me wish there were less movies where people just pick up guns and start using them as if they'd owned them for years.
Training is part of the solution. Let's all promise ourselves to educate someone in gun safely as often as possible.
 
Around where I live (smack dab in the middle of Vancity), if you own guns, people have to question why. It sucks, because the only exposure they have to guns is when they hear about a gang shooting on the news and think that represents all guns.

My family was very neutral. I got my PAL out of the absolute blue. Never fired a gun in my life, then I went and got my license and interest in it (thanks CGN! :D).
When the kids in high school played airsoft, i couldn't care less about the names of models they had.
Then as an adult, I went and got my license, went out to the range.

I don't get mad when antis ask me inane questions. I do, however, get offended that somebody could face such scrutiny and baseless discrimination for pursuing a hobby. These are the same people who preach about tolerance and understanding to all people, and then sneer if people own things they personally deem "useless to own".

To the OP, it seems that people create a monster in their head and it is often very inaccurate and far from the truth. A lot of gun owners are caring family people, doctors, lawyers, dentists, school teachers, paramedics who will save your life. And they're grouped in as radicals and "up to something", and that's something that is embarrassing when you consider how far we've come as a society.
 
recipe for disaster

i have a friend who is a gun owner.his wife is against firearms, and anything firearm related. my buddy and his 2 kids come over a lot now and shoot in my backyard, and i have been teaching the boys firearm safety with their dad.
his wife has sort of been giving me the stink eye, after she discovers what we have been doing. so i asked her what was her problem with firearms? her response? my cousin was killed with a rifle by one of his friends (young kids playing with it) i have heard this before too from others, but what i dont understand for the life of me, is why they think that locking dads firearms up in a forbidden closet of mystery , sneaking the firearms out of the house, and then not allowing the kids to be educated to the dangers of the firearm? that sort of actions are a recipe for disaster.
 
I've gotten a mixed bag from my friends seeing as some are for it and others against the idea of owning firearms. My mother oddly enough doesn't seem to firmly against it but believes they are extremely dangerous and which I would agree on if not taken care of or handled with the utmost respect.

Seems the installed fear that if someone has a gun or any weapon for that matter makes them a bad guy, some friends I know dislike the fact I carry a folding knife but generally my response is, "You know me and do I seem like a bag guy?" But those people I barely talk to as they give the whole "Guns kill people and they only cause society to crumble and fall apart" speeches. I just laugh cause most of them do things that are contradictory to being good to society like drinking and driving and ect.

Closed minds and black and white opinions are what divide us when we could look at things in shades of gray or at a middle ground.
 
After reading some stories I feel I'm pretty lucky to never had an issue with anyone judging me based on my hobby. My grandfather was a hunter and my dad hunted with him when he was younger and was Infantry (2 RCR) so no issues with guns there. I'm even lucky my wife enjoys the sport (She's also military so I think that helps) and comes with me whenever I hit the range. The only one in the my family I'm aware of that doesn't like guns is my brother which I wasn't aware of till earlier this year when I asked if he wanted to come shooting so he's never taken issue with me getting into the sport or anything and keeps his opinions to himself.
 
its better to let them know, as time passes they will become more accepting of your hobby. If the first thing they see is a firearm in your house they will freak.
 
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