This thread was actually a pretty interesting read. I wish I was brought up in rural Canada.
My family is actually really supportive of firearms as long as it's within the law, but they also agree that the registry stuff is useless. It's actually kind of funny how my family doesn't fit any stereotypes about gun owners (except voting conservative). Both parents are university educated (doctors, and specialists at that. Dad did a stint in Harvard but still can't practice in Canada. Immigration laws Epic Win LOL). My family has only ever lived in urban areas (Vancouver and Toronto). And, being Asian, most people just don't see gun ownership coming when they see a rifle safe.
I personally pretty much don't fit what people think when the think of a typical firearm owner, apart from being male. It was kind of funny when my boss (working to pay my way through univ
no parental freeloading here) saw my license when I dropped my wallet at work she gave me the funniest look and joked "I thought you were a pacifist? This doesn't suit you AT ALL! You're normally such a fairy, this completely changes how I look at you now."
My family immigrated to Canada from SE Asia and my mom used to shoot since it was MANDATORY IN SCHOOLS when she was in high school. In fact, she's probably the best shot in the family, but I hope to change that in the near future. Both parents were 100% supportive of me getting my license and pushed my brother to do it with me even though he didn't want to. They actually told my sister to get her license when she was thinking about it because they believe that you should never fear something simply because you don't know anything about it and that the best way to be safe is to know what you're dealing with.
I still remember the first gun I shot was when I was 16, my dad handed me his 12gauge with a slug in the chamber and let me have a shot. Needless to say, that was fun but it left a big bruise since I had no idea what sort of kick was coming and wasn't holding it firmly enough against my shoulder. I spent the rest of that summer with his single shot .22LR. He was of the opinion that if I was poppin' my cherry, it might as well be EPICALLY AWESOME. As for hunting, no one in my family has ever hunted, but we have done pest control on the farm and we're definitely not "bear huggers" since we did operate an abattoir. I personally would love to go hunting but really don't have much time what with working and full time school plus the fact that I haven't fired a gun in 3+ years and, even during that summer when I did A LOT of shooting (a few thousand rounds), I wasn't particularly great. All I had to work with was a 1ft in diameter piece of sheet metal at 50 yards standing with a peep sight. I got good enough to hit it 90% of the time by the end of that summer. But, I don't think that's too special, I'm not sure. Unless someone thinks otherwise and would like to complement me
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Now, at 21 I'm looking to get my first, and maybe second, firearm registered to me (proper firearm, I've had the BB and pellet guns for short range plinking) on Saturday if they still have them in stock.
I personally, have never found anyone in my circle who is REALLY against gun ownership. I've met firm registry supporters and people who say handguns should be illegal but never anyone who was completely against firearm ownership. Actually, I've had a couple of acquaintances who know I'm looking to purchase a rifle invite themselves to shoot it (especially those that know I can't resist a pretty face).
Sorry for reviving a thread that's been dead for 2 weeks, Just wanted to introduce myself since I've pretty much been a forum lurker the last couple of months while trying to scrape together enough money for a rifle (or two) and soaking up as much info as possible from anywhere I can find it.
