Anyone had an anti-gun family?

Actually, my stepdaughter (who is as close to me as a natural daughter) is kind of anti. I should say she is a retired E-7 Air Force who has been in every "war" the US has been in since 1990 and whose last assignment was in Afghanistan. She thinks her mom and I are just too pro-gun, and probably own too many for civilians.

My step-dad had a sawed off shotgun (grew up in KY) and that was all he had. He hunted a few times and let us shoot the hunting shotgun once. Didn't think about guns again until I 18 and shot a 30-06 and loved it. Didn't buy my first gun till about 21 and my mom says "Why do you need a pistol" and my simple answer was "because I can"...now with kids (6 and 8 yrs old) the wife and I take our kids with us shooting and my kids help me reload and they know almost every rifle that I have. (Heck my first present I got my wife when we were dating was a baby eagle 9 mm).

My Dad passed, but my mother, brother, and sister are yellow dog Democrats so I make a point to never discuss to keep the peace or b)let them know I am carrying so they are protected whether they like it or not. Kind of depends what mood I'm in and if I'm wanting to stir the pot!

My entire family minus my brother and paternal grandfather do not own firearms. They do not see the recreation or purpose in them, very much a "call the police" mentality. Only recently have a few key members of my family approached me for firearm advice. Recently my mother and one of my uncles have asked for NY (where most of them live) legal pistols for self and home defense.

My father was the only one in my family who wasn't slightly anti-gun. My mother believed all the lies spewed by the press castigating guns, and it seems my siblings took eventually to doing the same thing. My brother has never owned a gun, my sister did, a Glenfield .22 which is now mine. Naturally, I was the likely one to inherit my father's 1903 Colt, which I have. I have been the only one in the family that remained steadfast, everyone else has fallen victim to the mainstream media's idiotic bias. Any discussions on the matter turn into arguments, where I can bombard them with facts, and they usually end up simply saying, "Well you're not going to change my mind."

My two daughters were right up until one married a 10 year active duty Army Ranger and the other married an arizona cowboy. Now both are shooters. Love did what their Daddy couldn't.

My family and friends are all pro-gun and most are active shooters. The only exception is my wife. Yeah, I didn't find out about that until the bug had already bitten. She's good about it though, she doesn't just doesn't want to be involved. Well, having said that, I was cleaning my new benchrest rifle and she said she'd like to go to the range with me the next time I take it out. There's hope!

i was raised not pro gun or anti gun.my parents had guns but really did not use them or shoot them.my dad hunted when he was young as did my mom.the guns just stayed in the gun rack until i got old enuf to hunt and then i was allowed to hunt with them. they never encouraged or discouraged me.30 years later my mom has more guns than me, my dad has several but is kind of a minilmist.they shoot all the time now.

I was raised in "downstate" New York so the only gun exposure was .22s at cans in the woods now & then with friends' parents. When I moved to the Southern USA after college it was a whole new world as far as gun ownership, use, enthusiasm, etc. Luckily for me (and a little by design), my wife's family members are all ex-career military, avid hunters, sporting clays, etc., etc. All good here!

My wife's family are FUDDs to the highest order- Perfectly fine to keep a 12 ga pump/.22/deer rifle in the house with half a box of shells to kill rabid skunks or the occasional coyote on the farm, but anything else is unacceptable. When we were dating, my future FIL "had a moment" when he found out I was a NRA member. My BIL actually told me one time while we were out for a mountain drive that he thought handguns should be banned. My wife thanked me later for not driving off the road into the river when he said that. Luckily, I don't have to deal with them very often, just twice a year at Christmas and 4th of July.

Well I grew up in a house with no guns except my play guns as a young boy.Thinking back I'm surprised I was allowed to have them. I thought my mom would die when I joined the Marines. Today I feel that on both sides of my family it seems like it would be 60% against and 40% on owning a firearm. I do give this some thought because whether your a man or a woman who is head of a household I believe he or she has a responsibility to protect the household and those in it.

Yep, my parents didn't own any firearms ever, and had never even fired one. My dad was clearly a liberal, my Mom not so much. She didn't have a problem with me hunting and shooting. But neither of them stood in the way of my desire to enjoy the shooting sports.

One of my most fond memories is, a few years before my Dad passed away, my brother in law and I got him to shoot some clays with us in the back yard. He had so much fun.

GS