Do you own a gun?

I am very curious, how many people here own (legally!) guns? I am hoping I am in good company.

If you are not comfortable with making this information public, then please dont post and just vote in the poll. Thank you!

My vote; yes

My vote... Yes! multiple

1 .22 cal long rifle w/ scope
1 20 gauge pump shotgun 5 round mag w/ 3 round plug for migratory birds
1 7mm STW w/ scope
1 45 cal inline bolt action muzzleloader w/ scope

All guns except shotgun have composite stocks and bushnell scopes the STW has the nickle plated barrel the shotgun has a standard wood stock. All are owned legally bought from reputable retailers. No handguns though unfortunatly.

1 rough rider heritage 22 revolver

1 Daisy Red Ryder Millennium edition BB gun

NO never got into the hunting seen

2 mossberg 20 gauge shotguns
1 Savage 243
1 marlin 22 cal
1marlin 30-30
2 remington 6mm
1 remington 7mm
1 savage 17 cal
1 357 colt trooper 2
1 llama 22 cal pistol
And on "lay away"
1 Taurus- "the judge" 45 cal./410 shot- handgun

ungraded the walther p99 to a kz45 a few months ago. i liked the 9mm but just wanted a bigger gun cause i could palm the p99... lol.

In2Trux wrote:

NO never got into the hunting seen

What about home defense?

batty1214 wrote:

And on "lay away"
1 Taurus- "the judge" 45 cal./410 shot- handgun

Batty, you have no idea how jealous I am of you. Taurus handguns are illegal for sale/ownership in MA.

Hehehehe oh yeah.... One perk of living in utah... Oh, and concealed permits are easy to get.

batty1214 wrote:

Hehehehe oh yeah.... One perk of living in utah... Oh, and concealed permits are easy to get.

all i had to do was go fill out some paperwork so they could run a basic backround check. within a week i had my carry permit.

007jimmy wrote:

batty1214 wrote:

Hehehehe oh yeah.... One perk of living in utah... Oh, and concealed permits are easy to get.

all i had to do was go fill out some paperwork so they could run a basic backround check. within a week i had my carry permit.

Yeah, I had to sit in a 4 hour class, fill out the paper work, and give the government a bunch of money..... For extra I went and did the shooting test, which makes it so I can carry in Nevada, and New mexico

i paid 45 bucks for mine and it took about 10 mins to fill out the paperwork. you dont even need a permit to buy a gun here in PA but you do need one to shoot it so its kind of retarted if you ask me.. kinda like a car.. you can buy it but you cant drive it unless you have your licence and all that other paperwork.

Huh... Here in utah you can buy, own and shoot a gun without a permit... If you want to carry one concealed, or concealed in a vehicle, you have to have a permit.

I live in MA, I need a permit for everything.

the hassle you have to go through to get a gun up here in Canada land is really a deterrent for most of us law abiding citizens to acquire fire arms

As for home defense, it really is not as big a deal up here in the great white north, you have to realize that i live in a province the size of texas with only 3 million residents, a lot of the crimes up here do not involve fire arms

Its a different mentality up here, guns are used for hunting, not against other people, well here in the rural areas like i live in, infact of the 15 or so firearms my Dad owns, only 1 is a pistol, and it fires .22lr, not exactly a show stopper, the rest are hunting rifles and shot guns, couple 7mm's, a 338, Lee enfield 308, three or 4 shot guns, couple .22lr gopher guns, some pellet guns, not an arsenal by any means, none were purchased with "home defence" in mind

at times i dont exactly travel the best parts of town.. there is a rather hight crime rate using weapons in my area lately so its more for self defence..

1 savage 12 guage
1 remington 7mm
1 savage 30-06
1 glock 40
1 glock 9mm

I dont have my licenes to carry yet but im going to get them.

uh, HELL YES lol I believe in owning guns. i have a mossberg 20 ga shotgun, a marlin 22 rifle, and a remington 308 rifle. no pistol yet, but I do have my concealed permit and I'd like to have one someday.

hellyeah.

mossberg 500
1943 mosin-nagant that shoots 7.62x54r
no-name 22lr

next is some kind of semi-auto like a AK, AR-15, WASR, etc...

I own one .270 rifle. I will probably get one more rifle, and that will be it. I don't use it for home protection, just for hunting. I probably won't ever own a gun for home protection because I know how to defend myself anyway. Sure, I can't stop a bullet, but a gun won't necessarily keep me from getting shot anyway.

Jimmeh wrote:

I own one .270 rifle. I will probably get one more rifle, and that will be it. I don't use it for home protection, just for hunting. I probably won't ever own a gun for home protection because I know how to defend myself anyway. Sure, I can't stop a bullet, but a gun won't necessarily keep me from getting shot anyway.

You can stop a bullet once.........

batty1214 wrote:

Jimmeh wrote:

I own one .270 rifle. I will probably get one more rifle, and that will be it. I don't use it for home protection, just for hunting. I probably won't ever own a gun for home protection because I know how to defend myself anyway. Sure, I can't stop a bullet, but a gun won't necessarily keep me from getting shot anyway.

You can stop a bullet once.........

Well, technically I could stop a bullet as many times as the shooter shoots at me (or rather, my dead body).

I'm not saying that I'm some hippy liberal and refuse to own a gun, I just probably won't buy a gone for the sole purpose of protecting my person and my home. I like guns, and I go shooting with my friends a lot, but I just don't see myself using a gun for protection.

were your from and were im from are 2 totally different places.. if i make a wrong turn going to my shop ill be in a rather dark neighborhood..

007jimmy wrote:

were your from and were im from are 2 totally different places.. if i make a wrong turn going to my shop ill be in a rather dark neighborhood..

you should keep a flashlight handy....