[BlackhawksFan]

I don't own any weapons, never have, never will but if someone else does that's fine with me as long as they're owned legallly, safely stored in a locking gun box or safe, licensed to have a gun and keep proficient in the skill should they ever need to use it.

[024engine]

Originally Posted by DeanFL

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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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This poll is not anyone's business but mine, thank you very much!

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Travelingal702

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.

Judging people who don't do things the way you do, just because they don't do things the same way you do, is rude.

[Robin Farris]

I own many & I’m not about to give them up! In these times you must be prepared to protect yourself & your family.

[Number 10 GI]

Originally Posted by charlieo1126@gmail.com

I was a muti tour paratrooper in Vietnam , after 6 years in military I went to another agency . I spent many more years in Vietnam , Laos and Cambodia.The total number of countries that I either fired a gun or had one fired at me is 23 . I’m 81 haven’t had or never will have a gun for 21years.you can shoot all you want at those ranges but in a moment of danger with the adrenaline surging through your body you might just have a heart attack before anything else . I still walk around Miami , New Orleans , shoot dice in a couple of illegal games in Orlando ( not now sadly because of virus) still no need for a gun I’m from Boston , Massachusetts is one of the hardest states to get a permit and every year is ranked lowest or next to lowest in murders by gun

I've only been able to find one year that MA was rated the lowest, 2015. The charts I've reviewed show the state to be mid pack on firearm homicides. There are other factors that influence firearm homicides and all homicides, income levels, education levels, and the percentage of poverty. To claim gun control is the major factor is bogus.

[stephen.q.pankow]

There's an implicit assumption in the available answers that the only reason to consider owning a firearm is for protection, which is ridiculous. A simple option of "I would consider owning a firearm" would eliminate this bias, and I expect would be a more common answer if it were available.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Pedrocarrasco01@yahoo.com

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.

I'm not understanding why you chose to type that in direct response to my post. They don't seem to be related in any way. Your post doesn't agree OR disagree with mine, it's as though it's about something entirely different.

[024engine]

Originally Posted by Kenswing

When seconds count the police are only minutes away..

This poll is not anyone's business but mine, thank you very much!

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Number 10 GI

A driver's license is a privilege, not a right guaranteed under the constitution. The 2d Amendment bestows a right for all citizens to keep and bear arms. Jim Crow laws were held unconstitutional and that is what you are advocating, requiring a test to exercise a constitutional right.

Actually no, it bestows those rights on a well-regulated Militia.

Are you a member of the Militia? No? Then it's not a "right," for you. Are you wanting to be a member of the Militia? Then great. You pass. If you want to possess a firearm but are not willing to be a member of a well-regulated Militia, willing and able and prepared to fight against a tyrannical government, then you are asking for a privilege and not a constitutional right.

So prove that you a) know the law, b) can see your target with or without glasses. c) know how to use the weapon properly.

Are you saying you shouldn't have to prove any of those three things? If that's the case, let's just arm every man, woman, and child - if they're capable of holding a weapon, then they get to have one. Don't bother teaching them how to use it - because knowing how isn't required by the Constitution. Of course - ammunition is also not a Constitutional right. They can have firearms - but nowhere in the Constitution does it say those firearms can be loaded.

You want to pick nits? I can pick them all day.

Edited because I had a brain-poop and swapped out "well-armed" with what should've been "well-regulated." And by regulated - they meant "controls." It meant that even the constitution agrees that there should be some CONTROLS over how and who and under what circumstances a person gets to enjoy that right to bear arms.

[ron32162]

Maybe the caravans are not close enough for you to worry but during hurricanes people that want that extra food and bottle water do not wait till its at the door, its too late the food is already gone.

[EdFNJ]

Originally Posted by Mrprez

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

LOL, OK. So is driving over the speed limit ....... so let's assume everyone follows the law (yea uh-huh) they leave the bar stinkin' drunk and drive around in their car with it.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

Judging people who don't do things the way you do, just because they don't do things the same way you do, is rude.

Now. Now. There is not a soul alive who doesn't do it. Some call it unchristian. Some call it political. Some call it getting to the heart of the matter.

[EdFNJ]

Originally Posted by Bad Moon Rising

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

So is going through a stop sign without fully stopping no matter where you are!! (I'll raise you one "!") Your point?

[EdFNJ]

Originally Posted by Slevy1

I own multiple firearms for self defense!

But you only have 2 hands.

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

From 2007 through 2018 gun deaths per 100,000 people Florida 9th Massachusetts 49, in 2018 Florida 2,902 murders Massachusetts 238 hmmm one state of everyone gets a gun , the other hardly anyone , you tell me which state your safer in , oh and we don’t need an old guy militia , that’s what national guard is for