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.

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

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.

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

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.

Bias in the question
 

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

LOL, OK. :popcorn: 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.

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.

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

But you only have 2 hands. :coolsmiley:

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