Guns - POLL - Do you/Would you own?
 

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This is an ANONYMOUS POLL. Will not be tracked by responder etc.

With all the unrest going on in the USA currently and possibly into the future-

What is YOUR personal position on OWNING A FIREARM?
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I didn't author this and the individual I got it from doesn't know the author either.


I don't carry a gun to kill people; I carry a gun to keep from being killed.

I don't carry a gun because I'm evil; I carry a gun because I have lived long enough to see the evil in the World.

I don't carry a gun because I hate the government; I carry a gun because I understand the limitations of government.

I don't carry a gun because I'm angry; I carry a gun so that I don't have to spend the rest of my life hating myself for failing to be prepared.

I don't carry a gun because I want to shoot someone; I carry a gun because I want to die at a ripe old age in my bed and not on a sidewalk somewhere tomorrow afternoon.

I don't carry a gun to make me feel like a man; I carry a gun because men know how to take care of themselves and the ones they love.

I don't carry a gun because I feel inadequate; I carry a gun because unarmed and facing three armed thugs, I am inadequate.

I don't carry a gun because I love it; I carry a gun because I love life and the people who make it meaningful to me.


Police protection is an oxymoron: Free citizens must protect themselves because police do not protect you from crime; they just investigate the crime after it happens and then call someone in to clean up the mess. Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take a whoopin'!

Just go over to Shooters World and see how many people are buying guns.

I own more then the sumter county police

When seconds count the police are only minutes away..

One of the questions should be “I own multiple firearms”

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Curious, what business is it to you if people own a gun?

Probably the same business as if someone asked you "Are you a vegetarian?" or "Who are you going to vote for ?". You're not required to "vote" in the poll. He's not asking names just opinions. No one has to reply with a message, just answer the poll - or not. Besides you're not a real man around here unless you're packin' ! Ya gotta watch out for them thar varmints hiding behind the shrubs. BAM BAM! There's been lotsa shoot-ups in Brownwood which is why that cowboy is always stationed at the entrance to the square although if 75% of the people at City Fire bar (when it was opened) who are drunk as a skunk are carrying I'd be VERY scared. :D

{disclaimer: you is NOT YOU personally, just a generic "you" so don't get insulted! :D }

To stay on topic .... it's obvious that NO I don't. I'll take my chances in the wilds of The Villages Wilderness. The caravan isn't getting close enough.

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...just curious, and would be interesting for ToTV population to know a sample result esp from The Villages. As I said completely anonymous. I have a pretty good idea of my neighbor's posession or not. And I certainly know my position and completed my poll selection.

Certainly not scientific. And...I have no dog in the hunt.... To each their own - as they say - Free Country.
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I don't own a firearm and I won't own a firearm. I do own a bow and have a quiver of arrows, but I'm also not a hunter.

If I ever felt the need to catch my own food, I wouldn't hesitate to shoot down a deer for supper. I wouldn't feel guilty about murdering Bambi.

But I won't use a weapon to kill something I don't plan on consuming. And as such - I will never use a weapon against another human being.

I have no problem with other people choosing to own a firearm for self-defense or target shooting (which is fun, at least with archery).

I do have a problem with ANY people doing that though. I feel firearms need to have controls, checks and balances. It needs to be national. In every state in this country, you need a license to drive a car, and that license requires a written test, an eye test, and an actual driving test. I feel it is not unreasonable to require the same for anyone wanting a license to own a firearm. You have to know the laws of your state and the regulations for using it, you have to prove you're capable of seeing the target, and you have to prove you know how to use it properly.

I think that's reasonable. Sadly that's not the case in this country, some states don't care one way or another and some states have so many restrictions it's easier to just not bother at all.

I find it ironic that the more people talk about gun control, the more people decide to buy guns.

Did in the past. Handguns and crossbow. Not for self defense, for competition. I won’t willing go anywhere where I need a gun for self defense if I can help it.

I have owned guns all my life. I am prepared and will stay prepared.

It is illegal to be sitting at a bar drinking while in possession of a firearm.

It's Illegal to be carrying a gun under the influence of alcohol no matter where you are!

If needing to carry a gun makes America great then I. Out.

This post is lame. What thrill do people get out of seeing people respond to their stupid questions?

good grief

I own multiple firearms for self defense!

My mother aways taught me that guns were dangerous.

So are cars. Don't leave home without one.

Guns are not dangerous, guns don't just shoot other people, leave a gun in your house and it will not kill you.
just like a knife is not dangerous or a car or any other object, its the person holding them or controlling them that makes them dangerous.
I never heard or seen a gun kill someone on its own,
People kill or shoot people with guns,knives,hammers,sticks,rocks cars etc.

So is a rock, a baseball bat, a knife, a pipe wrench, a chair, a skateboard.


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Sorry, but being from NYC I shy away from disclosing what kind of security or lack thereof I possess no matter what assurances I get regarding confidentiality.

Yes, I own a gun and I certainly wouldn't hesitate to use it if I felt my life, or the life of anyone I love or know, was in danger. Anyone that says otherwise is delusional.

It's okay, I don't have a skateboard any more.

The constitution should be the only thing I need to carry, our forefathers new that.

Oddly the facts show that many times the gun Owner ends up shooting them self.

The facts do not bear out that owning a gun gives you any extra protection or safety.

America believes the second amendment was written to allow them to have a hand gun in a purse. The second amendment was never intended to be used as it is today.

I am sure the founders would be horrified as to how it all worked out.

I think the founders would be proud!

:1rotfl:"facts show" does not equate to facts.

It is prudent to be prepared.
 

Just because you own a firearm does not make you a right wing nut job. Get training, go practice and be prepared. If the recent events, pandemic and “mostly peaceful” protest have taught us anything is rely on yourselves and be prepared.

Also “ Due to the high cost of ammunition, no warning shots will be fired!

I support private gun ownership
 

But I don't currently own a gun

Even though we may disagree about the use of firearms, maybe we can agree this is a great song.

Waylon Jennings "The Devil's Right Hand" - YouTube

NO anonymous voting..........

I guess the police and military carry guns just to look cool then...

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I am fully in support of the Second Amendment as it would properly be interpreted by strict originalists on the Supreme Court (of which, some claim to be but, in reality, none are).

By that I mean, any citizen should be allowed to own as many muzzle loading rifles as they wish (since that was really the only weapon available when the Bill of Rights was adopted). Citizens can also own as many muzzle loading cannons as they wish. But, as to any other gun, rifle or armament, absolutlely not. No other guns should be allowed under an originalist's view of the Second Amendment. All armaments other than muzzle loaders should be confiscated and after a reasonable time for compliance, the owners should be prosecuted. There is NO need for anyone to possess or use the type of weaponry now available.

I was born in Cuba, I was there when the Castro Brothers took over
 

I own several, I would die first than allow any confiscation, I was born in Cuba, came over in 1962, the first thing that Fidel Castro did was to confiscate all the guns from the people, after that he established communism, it was easy since the population could not revolt, therefore 2% of the population controlled 98% of it, he also established “revolutionary committees” which was a family set up on each block that their job was to find out what each family within the block was up to including eavesdropping on them.
We live in trying times, I saw what is happening here already in Cuba, the riots, looting, defunding of the police, misinformation, the media control, whether you believe it or not, those are communist tactics, please don’t say “It won’t happen here” I remember my father saying that too, I also remember the same scenario happened in Venezuela, total control of the people is their goal and they are getting closer to it. MAY GOD BLESS MY COUNTRY AMERICA, LAND OF THE FREE.

Depends on what you are drinking!

Only a fool would respond to this survey.
Oops, I think I just did.

The second amendment is very clear. The federalist papers and other writings clarify it further. The point was to prevent government from having a monopoly on violence and that the people should be the final check on government by having equivalent arms. Not many muskets teams in the Marines are there?

By your interpretation, get out the printing press or quill because that's the only freedom of expression that is protected speech.