65kaiser
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If they make a derogatory comment to me. I am not going to "let them be" I am going to defend my position and beliefs!
Funny things anti-gun people will ask when they learn you are a gun owner...
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If they make a derogatory comment to me. I am not going to "let them be" I am going to defend my position and beliefs!
Doc Mark
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Greetings, All,
This has been a great and informative thread, not to mention very entertaining!! Two short stories from my experiences along these lines:
Years ago, a good friend and his wife, who actually is also a good friend, visited our home, and I showed her husband a new firearm I'd purchased. She asked me, "How many guns to you own"? I replied, "I really don't know, as I've never counted them". She immediately fired back, "Why do you need any more than ONE gun"?!!! Knowing that her husband collected motorcycles, I very calmly and quietly replied, "Why does your husband need more than ONE motorcycle"? She was, quite literally, stunned by that answer, and she has never asked me about owning guns since then. She "understood" about motorcycle collecting, and just had never thought about the fact that guns could also be "collected", very legitimately!
Years later, my wife and I were having breakfast with an Editor for a magazine, known to have a very liberal and leftest audience, much of the time. She asked me, "So, I hear that you are into guns. Do you hunt"? I said, "Yes, I have hunted in the past, but not recently. I'm thinking about buying a new license next year, and getting back into hunting again. Have you ever tasted game meat"? She shocked the living heck out of me by saying, "OH YES!! My Dad used to hunt all the time, and I love venison, if it's been properly harvested and prepared"!! She further went on to tell me that her Dad taught her how to clean his rifles, shotguns and pistols, and that she loved the smell of Hoppe's #9!! Overjoyed at this completely unexpected turn of events, from such a person whom I'd assumed would be a blatant anti-gun liberal, we went on to discuss how Hoppe's #9 smells absolutely the best, when used on old steel rifle barrels!!! Just goes to show you, you can't always judge a book, or in the case a magazine Editor, by it's (her) cover!!!!
By the way, as a last comment, I've found that I catch a lot more flies (liberal anti-gun folks) with honey, than with vinegar, for what it's worth! Take care, and God Bless!
Every Good Wish,
Doc
This has been a great and informative thread, not to mention very entertaining!! Two short stories from my experiences along these lines:
Years ago, a good friend and his wife, who actually is also a good friend, visited our home, and I showed her husband a new firearm I'd purchased. She asked me, "How many guns to you own"? I replied, "I really don't know, as I've never counted them". She immediately fired back, "Why do you need any more than ONE gun"?!!! Knowing that her husband collected motorcycles, I very calmly and quietly replied, "Why does your husband need more than ONE motorcycle"? She was, quite literally, stunned by that answer, and she has never asked me about owning guns since then. She "understood" about motorcycle collecting, and just had never thought about the fact that guns could also be "collected", very legitimately!
Years later, my wife and I were having breakfast with an Editor for a magazine, known to have a very liberal and leftest audience, much of the time. She asked me, "So, I hear that you are into guns. Do you hunt"? I said, "Yes, I have hunted in the past, but not recently. I'm thinking about buying a new license next year, and getting back into hunting again. Have you ever tasted game meat"? She shocked the living heck out of me by saying, "OH YES!! My Dad used to hunt all the time, and I love venison, if it's been properly harvested and prepared"!! She further went on to tell me that her Dad taught her how to clean his rifles, shotguns and pistols, and that she loved the smell of Hoppe's #9!! Overjoyed at this completely unexpected turn of events, from such a person whom I'd assumed would be a blatant anti-gun liberal, we went on to discuss how Hoppe's #9 smells absolutely the best, when used on old steel rifle barrels!!! Just goes to show you, you can't always judge a book, or in the case a magazine Editor, by it's (her) cover!!!!
By the way, as a last comment, I've found that I catch a lot more flies (liberal anti-gun folks) with honey, than with vinegar, for what it's worth! Take care, and God Bless!
Every Good Wish,
Doc
I'd be VERY happy to let them be. The only problem is that most liberal anti-gunners also want to impose their viewpoint via restrictive laws on the rest of the country, i.e. "I don't like guns (or am afraid of guns) and think they are evil, therefore, no one should be allowed to own any."
I like, enjoy and see the practical utility of guns. By the same token, I don't try to convince everyone in the country to own a gun. We all have certain rights. Here in America that includes free speech and the individual right to keep and bear arms. As a law-abiding citizen (not "subject") I want to be left the hell alone about my views and the exercise of my God-given rights, and I am more than happy to respect others' views and the exercise of their rights. My opinion is that if you don't want to own a gun, you are free to not buy one. But don't try to restrict MY right to own one or more if I want to. I will be on your case like a duck on a June bug, and that's a promise.
John
65kaiser
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OK, yeah, what he said too!!!!
+1
We don't have a problem with them choosing not to own a gun. We have a problem with them trying to force their way on us and the remarks on their intelligence is based soley on the non-factual garb they try to pass off as reasoning for their argument which IMHO pretty much sums up where they're coming from.
Moondancer
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I can only remember being asked once how many guns I had.
I asked "Rifles, shotguns, or handguns?"
They were interested in handguns.
"Five", I said, "but I'd have another half dozen if I could afford 'em."
Which promptly caused the conversation to move into "what gun should I buy for home defense when my wife doesn't like guns?"
I asked "Rifles, shotguns, or handguns?"
They were interested in handguns.
"Five", I said, "but I'd have another half dozen if I could afford 'em."
Which promptly caused the conversation to move into "what gun should I buy for home defense when my wife doesn't like guns?"
bigt5150
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Luckily, I live in Texas and if someone asks me if I own or carry gun and I answer yes..... we usually end up comparing notes and showing each other our guns. God bless Texas!
1. Caj - deviled eggs and Scotch? You should be ashamed! Funny as hell but still be ashamed.
My stock answer is "several" and will not go into specifics despite additional requests.
To the question "Why do you have more than one?"
"Because I can."
My stock answer is "several" and will not go into specifics despite additional requests.
To the question "Why do you have more than one?"
"Because I can."
Actually, you DO have a right to bear arms. You are, however, in a situation where your government does not recognize your God-given right to self-defense. Best wishes for improvement of your situation.
Mcwsky09
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A while back I was at a table with about 5 other folks and where talking about guns when one of the group was a bit surprised to learn that every other of us at the table were all gun owners and even more surprised that I had a photo of one of the other guy's rifles on my phone. She had no issue with any of us being gun owners, including the couple from New Jersey, and in fact was interested in gong to the range.
As for cost of taking antis to the range, provide they are not moochers, in the long run it sounds like a good investment to me. Have them use yours the first time, the rent something (if that is an option) the second time, then take them to a gun store or show.
As for cost of taking antis to the range, provide they are not moochers, in the long run it sounds like a good investment to me. Have them use yours the first time, the rent something (if that is an option) the second time, then take them to a gun store or show.
That's a great answer. I've kinda lost track myself.
Sometimes I smile and just say "enough to arm a small army"!
Then they don't think I'm being serious at all so it usually ends the conversation. 
Later, they probably wonder if I was telling them the truth.
Last time I was asked how many guns I owned was by a self proclaimed anti-gun liberal Democrat, my response was " none of your business, if you want to know come to my house... uninvited"
SC_Mike
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"Only 117 that the Government knows about..."
meaneyedcatz
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When a friend or family member learns I carry they have asked "expecting trouble?"
I normally answer "ask anybody who has been robbed, raped or murdered if they were expecting trouble".
I do not get asked this by strangers because I do not talk to strangers or give up to much personal info with coworkers I am not familiar with.
My family members or friends that do not understand guns are not mind numb liberals, its just that were never exposed to them growing up.
I normally answer "ask anybody who has been robbed, raped or murdered if they were expecting trouble".
I do not get asked this by strangers because I do not talk to strangers or give up to much personal info with coworkers I am not familiar with.
My family members or friends that do not understand guns are not mind numb liberals, its just that were never exposed to them growing up.
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Since this thread is from 2010, I guess one way or another the situation has changed.
shouldazagged
Absent Comrade
Very few people know I own guns. That is just fine with me.
If somebody were to ask me if I do or how many, I would just look at them coldly (which I do very well) and ask, "Now why would you ask a question like that?" And change the subject.
This thread opened in 2010. Seems to have staying power.
If somebody were to ask me if I do or how many, I would just look at them coldly (which I do very well) and ask, "Now why would you ask a question like that?" And change the subject.
This thread opened in 2010. Seems to have staying power.
wyccad915
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I've never really had any negative feedback about my ownership of guns, except from my grandmother. There's been a few Sunday visits I have missed on the account I was out shooting and I guess my dad let that slip.
meaneyedcatz
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Those that choose not to own are certainly welcome to their convictions and should not be hounded. Good people who use common sense and/or logic understand this. While not wanting to label people as liberal, democrat, etc., it is typically these groups that want guns banned. Why? Simply because they do like them. It is a double standard. More often than not if people on the left do not like something then that something should be taken away from everybody.
Now besides guns what else kills people? Steak knives, hammers, cars and swimming pools. Nobody is stating these implements of destruction should be banned because those people enjoy eating, building birdhouses, driving to a protest or taking a dip on a hot summer evening.
The reason some posters here are "pushing back" is because it is a freedom to tell an opposing viewpoint (for the time being) and since liberals are known for their bullying tactics the best weapon to use on a bully is to stand up to them. I'm sure several will agree with me on this. Bullies are cowards and stood up to with good info they typically run with tails tucked.
