denfoote
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Mom was a proper eastern liberal who had no use for guns.
Dad was a farm boy who learned to shoot from his uncle who was a WW1 sharpshooter.
Dad was a farm boy who learned to shoot from his uncle who was a WW1 sharpshooter.
Were your parents Anti or no?
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My parents were ambivalent...until I bought my first AR, an original Colt Sporter, while still in high school. Then the wailing and gnashing of teeth really began!
"Why do you need a machine gun..!?!?"
"But, Mom, its just a rifle..."
"Oh my goodness! My boy is becoming a gun-nut-lunatic-maniac! I have seen those guns on TV!. Oh my goodness-gracious!", etc...
Then my step-father, "Whatcha gonna shoot with that? You gonna hunt with that thang? I don't see why you need a gun like that! Why don't you tell me why it is you think you have-to-have a gun like that!", etc...
...and this was 1982.
"Why do you need a machine gun..!?!?"
"But, Mom, its just a rifle..."
"Oh my goodness! My boy is becoming a gun-nut-lunatic-maniac! I have seen those guns on TV!. Oh my goodness-gracious!", etc...
Then my step-father, "Whatcha gonna shoot with that? You gonna hunt with that thang? I don't see why you need a gun like that! Why don't you tell me why it is you think you have-to-have a gun like that!", etc...
...and this was 1982.
Conquest351
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My mom grew up with guns, and from what my grandfather says, was a pretty good shot. My dad owned guns, but my mom didn't like them. She took a shooting course to get over her fear and shot pretty well but still didn't like them too much. I couldn't own one besides a pellet gun till I moved out.
My parents were always gun owners and avid shooters and hunters.
They had no worries about buying me my first gun which was a little 410 single shot by new england firearms. in fact to this day me and my father enjoy going out to the shooting range and into the field. and he is still buying new guns that he likes and still reloading and hand loading.
They had no worries about buying me my first gun which was a little 410 single shot by new england firearms. in fact to this day me and my father enjoy going out to the shooting range and into the field. and he is still buying new guns that he likes and still reloading and hand loading.
rcmodel
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None of the above.
My parents were Kansas farmers.
As such, guns were just tools of the trade.
There was always a mag-tube loaded .22 pump & 30-30 Winchester, and a 12 ga shotgun leaning behind the back door for as long as I can remember as a kid.
I never even knew there were anti-gun sentiments anywhere until about the time Kennedy was assassinated and the drum-beat started big-time!
rcmodel
My parents were Kansas farmers.
As such, guns were just tools of the trade.
There was always a mag-tube loaded .22 pump & 30-30 Winchester, and a 12 ga shotgun leaning behind the back door for as long as I can remember as a kid.
I never even knew there were anti-gun sentiments anywhere until about the time Kennedy was assassinated and the drum-beat started big-time!
rcmodel
Both getting more anti since they retired
Grew up in Santa Cruz in the 60's and 70's. County was a dumping ground for bodies and had our share of mass murderers running rampant about the same time. Kemper, Mullins, Lindley-Frazier to name the heavy hitters. Lived in the mountains five miles from town. Dad got a .22 marlin bolt action and a shotgun. Mom hated guns and got a nasty shepherd bitch(turned out to be an awesome dog).
Had numerous times when a shotgun was usefull and comforting to have around. Buried our share of feral and neighborhood dogs attacking our flock.
Now both want guns out of the house and think that they are nothing more than tools for criminals. Odd, since they were both children during the Great Depression.
My brother is a cop and thinks people shouldn't have handguns. I pointed out that his profession makes him exempt from having to follow his own ideals. He seems to think that he's entitled to more than the public he serves. Sad.
Grew up in Santa Cruz in the 60's and 70's. County was a dumping ground for bodies and had our share of mass murderers running rampant about the same time. Kemper, Mullins, Lindley-Frazier to name the heavy hitters. Lived in the mountains five miles from town. Dad got a .22 marlin bolt action and a shotgun. Mom hated guns and got a nasty shepherd bitch(turned out to be an awesome dog).
Had numerous times when a shotgun was usefull and comforting to have around. Buried our share of feral and neighborhood dogs attacking our flock.
Now both want guns out of the house and think that they are nothing more than tools for criminals. Odd, since they were both children during the Great Depression.
My brother is a cop and thinks people shouldn't have handguns. I pointed out that his profession makes him exempt from having to follow his own ideals. He seems to think that he's entitled to more than the public he serves. Sad.
I put neutral but that's not entirely true. My dad owns severals guns, my mom's father owned guns. My dad is pro-gun, and while my mom doesn't think guns should be banned, she is nervous about them. According to my dad she's a pretty good shot, I've never seen her shoot in all my years though.
She's pro-gun for hunting I guess but that's it.
She's pro-gun for hunting I guess but that's it.
Mom & Dad had a few guns, one 22 pistol, a shotgun and two rifles.
One time a neighbor was over and her husband was to make some noise outside the window. Mom got the pistol and almost shot him before the wife convinced her not to.
One time a neighbor was over and her husband was to make some noise outside the window. Mom got the pistol and almost shot him before the wife convinced her not to.
jahwarrior
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both my parents are gun owners; in fact, i was the anti in the family until a few years ago. my mom doesn't go anywhere without here S&W snubbie, and my dad has a colt officer's model that is in his will for me.
jagugator
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Both parents were philadelphia cops. And dad shot IPSC from inception until about ten years ago. I have most of his race guns and reloading equiptment. 
When I grew up most people had candy dishes around the house we always had bullet dishes everywhere and when you opened a closet door there was always a gun or two in there.
When I grew up most people had candy dishes around the house we always had bullet dishes everywhere and when you opened a closet door there was always a gun or two in there.
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Dad is pretty 'pro,' mom was to a point.
Neither CCWed.
Neither CCWed.
Dad was born in Phoenix AZ in 1921, served in the Army for 25 yrs, very pro gun. Mom was an Oklahoma farm girl, moved to AZ after the dust bowl, very pro gun, she's the one who actually took me and sister shooting for the first time when my dad was in Iran in 1959,after the Shah took power. He trained Iranians to repair aircraft engines.
Evyl Robot
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When I was growing up, there were guns in the house. My parents have always liked them, I suppose, but in the last thirty years, I think they've been shooting all of twice? They have shown a lot more interest since my wife and I became gunny hobbiests.
Cyclimus
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Dad was raised to shoot, all of my uncles can as well. Even my grandmother can pick off a running rabbit with ease and she's in her 70s. Mom didn't have much experience with firearms until she joined the Navy but she's competent with a 1911 and a shotgun.
nwilliams
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My dad is a republican who is tolerable of guns to a certain degree but still far from pro-gun. My mom is a liberal Democrat who is very anti-gun. Both my parents don't see guns as a logical self defense tool, they believe calling for help or putting up no resistance are the only options to protect yourself.
Savage Shooter
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Mom is pro gun grew up around guns shot a little enough to know what shes doing. Dad is pro gun grew up around them went hunting all the time. The food I'm sure was appriciated on the table as they were far from rich. I fall into the catagory of gun nut I really don't get that from my parents tho I get that from spending to much time at my grandfathers house he's a small gun collector now he's selling things as he get older but still has over forty all old guns the newest is probably made in the 70's the oldest in the 1700's 
. He recently told me about a original sharps he had bought for 100 bucks and sold it for 1800.00. Anyway that where I get my gun nut gene.
he's a small gun collector now he's selling things as he get older but still has over forty all old guns the newest is probably made in the 70's the oldest in the 1700's . He recently told me about a original sharps he had bought for 100 bucks and sold it for 1800.00. Anyway that where I get my gun nut gene.HANDLOADER
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My mom and dad are pro gun all the way. Mom could care less about guns she never had to use them and god willing she won't have to my dad is a combat hardend vietnam vet and there is where he found his true passion for guns mainly pistols because as he said many of times charlie would have got me if it had not been for my 45. My grandpa was pro gun every one in the family is pro gun exept for one of my mom's sister who dosen't like the ideal of guns at all so there is my family.
BlackJackal
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my dad and mom are seperated, my dad was a hunter all his life, guns dont bother my mother, she made a deal with me that if i got all good grades threw grade 9 that she would apply for the canadian handgun and "scary gun" (ar-15) lisence, known as a restricted, well im going into grade 10 and she is sending away all here forms to get checked by the government and then she will sign us up for a gunclub to go shooting.
Area 52
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Both my parents are anti gun. Dad's a moderate Democrat that is against amnesty for illegals and doesn't want higher taxes, but he is also against guns and the Iraq war. Most of my uncles/aunts/grandparents and my mom are moderate Republicans, but she is very against guns and nobody in my extended family has one. (My dad's dad might because he was with LAPD, but I've never heard him mention it.) My dad has given money to the Bradys, and he once told me "I don't know how anyone can own a gun and still value human life."
I grew up in post WWII USA suburbia. Neighbors had the gun collection hanging on the wall in the front room. My buddy had his great uncle's Colt SAA on the shelf in his bedroom (at 12 yrs old). Another neighbor kept his Colt SAA in the kitchen drawer -- along with ammo. Another neighbor kept the rifles behind the coats in a corner of the hall closet.
As kids -- 10 yrs old, my cousin and I played in the neighborhood with Japanese Arisakas, Nambus, a WWII hand-grenade shell, bayonets, and a break-top Iver Johnson 32 cal. revolver. Real, working guns.
There was never an "issue" about "kids having access to guns."
Boy Scouts offered a merit badge in "Marksmanship." Boy's Life, the official publication of the Boy Scouts of America, advertised rifles and ammo. You could buy handguns and rifles through the mail.
My parents didn't hunt. I don't hunt. Most of the neighbors hunted. There was no "pro gun" or "anti gun" sentiment. There was just "gun safety" and RKBA.
As kids -- 10 yrs old, my cousin and I played in the neighborhood with Japanese Arisakas, Nambus, a WWII hand-grenade shell, bayonets, and a break-top Iver Johnson 32 cal. revolver. Real, working guns.
There was never an "issue" about "kids having access to guns."
Boy Scouts offered a merit badge in "Marksmanship." Boy's Life, the official publication of the Boy Scouts of America, advertised rifles and ammo. You could buy handguns and rifles through the mail.
My parents didn't hunt. I don't hunt. Most of the neighbors hunted. There was no "pro gun" or "anti gun" sentiment. There was just "gun safety" and RKBA.
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