Did your parents own a gun?

[ScottG1911]

Neither of my parents owned guns. my grandpa did, but never did anything with them. I started going with my buddy and his dad to turkey shoots when I was 12. and then I raised the money, and my mom agreed to buy my first 870 12ga. I've been a gun nut since. even when I started bringing AK's and AR's into the house, they were absolutly fine with it, because I earned their trust by putting myself through hunter safety and displaying firearm safety. My mom is now a shooter, and Loves the AR-15

 

[RoostRider]

lots.....

 

[WingRider]

We didn't have guns in the house when I grew up, but neither were anti.
Chieftan- your story reminded me of my greatgrandmother- mother's side, born in Budapest. None of the children(my Mom) were to learn Hungarian to make Grandma learn English. I only heard my Grandma use curse words in HungarianLOL

 

[DSAPT9]

My dad had 2 guns in the house a 22 rifle and a 20 ga that I now own but I did not get into firearms until I went into the Navy and met an avid hunter and outdoors person. He spiked my interest in firearms I was 19 at the time. So yes we had firearms in the closet but I never really new much about them until I got into firearms in the Navy and then my dad brought them out for me to have and enjoy.

 

[paralaska]

Grew up on a farm and we had shotguns and 22 rifles. Never had a large bore hunting rifle because the largest game was whitetail and you were only allowed to hunt them with a shotgun. Shot pests (birds, rats, etc.), rabbits and squirrels with the 22. When I was about 10 . . . Dad bought me a 22 cal pellet gun which I used untill I could be trusted with the 22. Used to get off the school bus and grab the 22 and go rabbit hunt or the 20 gauge to go pheasant hunting. Dad hunted a lot with his 12 guage and also shot trap and reloaded his own shotshells. He used to stand up kitchen matches on a fence post and light them up with the 22 from 20-30 feet. Dad also had a German made auto handgun that my uncle brought him back from the war, but it was mostly kept in the house. I had to buy my own 22 ammo and therefore shot a lot of 22 shorts. It was a treat when I had enough money to buy some longs or long rifles. Guns were tools or forms of sport. I really feel sorry for all the folks who nowadays are brainwashed into thinking guns are bad. It's the mentality that the individual is not responsible for his own actions . . . so we have to blame something else. Pure BS . . .

 

[jimmyraythomason]

My dad owned guns,his dad owned guns,as far back as my family line can be traced(1720)every male member owned guns. Every male child got his own gun when he reached his teen years or shared with a brother until he could buy his own gun. Guns were tools of survival.

 

[ironcode]

I voted "owned", but it's a little more complex than that. My grandmother owned one (a Nagant revolver from WW2), and my parents didn't want anything to do with it. However, their prejudice didn't stop them from obtaining a short-barreled double shotgun for a while when there was a real threat (they told me about it, but I wasn't supposed to know where it was hidden; of course, I found it and the ammo and played with it for a couple of hours one afternoon until I got the hang of it; they never found out until I told them a decade later). We never really spoke of guns at home, except them flipping when they found my modest collection of ammo that I had come up with (apparently the idea of an 11-year old owning a 7.62NATO cartridge and a .22LR was scary), which they disposed of in the woods, or when they found out that my grandmother had told me about her pistol and had shown it to me.

I should also mention that I grew up in a very anti-gun country where ownership of any guns or ammo was forbidden... I hope that gives a complete picture

Oh, I didn't really get into guns until I was already an adult. Prior to that I was as interested in them as any boy. I got into them because I realized, at the same time, that they are an important tool that citizens should have at their disposal for protection, and that target shooting is fun.

 

[rogertc1]

My parents were born in 1918 when guns were considered a intrical part off daily life. Thus I was brought up around the gun culture post WW2 around the 1960's in a rural small town. I brought my kids up the same way however they have no interest in my firearms what so ever as we are I now larger metro area..

 

[Sav .250]

Yes.........

 

[frankiestoys]

Guns in our house

My dad was an NRA instructor and loved hunting, one year i remember him giving my mother a 22 mag rifle for their anniversary.(I believe they divorced the next year) maybe flowers would have been a better choice.:banghead:
Anyway, yes we had guns lots of guns.

 

[peyton]

Nope, my marlin 60 that I got for Christmas was the first rifle into the house. Dad was in the Army reserves. My kids are in the opposite extreme, everyone of them has a deer rifle, shotgun, and revolvers. I draw the line at tupperware guns!!

 

[CajunBass]

My dad may have had an old single shot shotgun around somewhere. If he did he never shot it. Later, after I'd started hunting, he got a single shot "long tom" 12 for turkey shoots at the local firehouse. After that he got a Sears 12 ga pump gun for the same purpose. Did pretty well with them.

My mothers side of the family were hunters. She got me my first gun for Christmas about 1966-67 or so. She also ordered my second one about a year later.

I'd say my folks had never heard of "anti" or "pro." Guns just were. My mother didn't seem to have any use for a handgun, but it wasn't that she was anti, she just really couldn't think of a reason to have one. It wasn't until after she died that we found a little 22 cal blank pistol in her "stuff." Where it came from or why, we have no idea.

A funny story that came up during my Dad's funeral. The two of them built the house we grew up in, just after the war (WWII). They moved in before it was finished, and Dad just stuck the door in the frame, and drove a nail in to hold it in place. The front yard was full of building materials.

She said Dad told her, "Now Margaret, if I yell for you to get the gun, don't you yell back...We don't have one."

 

[bri]

My Father taught my sister and I how about gun safety as early as I can remember. We learned proper safety and technique starting out on a pellet gun, then a 22 rifle, ending with a 22 revolver and 32 mauser pistol.

Throughout the years I "suggested" that my dad expand his collection. My love and respect for guns started early and it's something I look forward to passing on to my daughter.

 

[Blackbeard]

Dad bought several handguns and a reloading press in the late 70's & early 80's, probably anticipating a ban. I wish he still had them to pass on to me (I'm the only shooter out of the six children).

Ruger Mk II (?) .22LR
Browning Hi-Power 9mm
Ruger Blackhawk (?) .357Mag
TC Contender

 

[4v50 Gary]

I didn't know until my teenage years, but my father owned several guns. We lived in an apartment and he kept it with a neighbor. It turned out that my father loved shooting; even when he was a young man he would often go to the range with his friends. When we reached our teenage years and became interested in the shooting sports, we got him to buy a handgun and we went to the range as a family. It was the only sport that we enjoyed as a family (that includes my mother and sister).

 

[bryskee]

yup. My wife's parents did not. However she's wanting to get her first gun because she loves shooting.

 

[CoRoMo]

Parent(s) owned a gun.

Nope. They owned several.

Both sides of my family are long lines of gun owners. Mom's dad operated a number of pawn shops in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. He "retired" into a single milsurp supply store. Pretty cool to a little boy like me. My dad got ALL KINDS of absolute treasures from Grandpa, for cheap, through those pawn shops.

Dad, and his family tree were hunters well before they migrated over the pond. I grew up hunting and shooting long guns and handguns.

My wife's family, also were gun owners throughout her childhood, however, she was not brought up in the activity like I was. She is quite experienced now though.

 

[theotherwaldo]

How about, "Yes, they owned guns, although it wasn't legal"?

 

[armoredman]

Only one, and here it is, my inheritance.

 

[gidaeon]

Nope. never a gun in the house, never discussed. But I saw the light myself at 25 (thanks liberal MSM for the kick in the pants to defy you) and for some reason I always had a predisposed interest of sorts and thought as a late teen I should someday get a concealed permit when old enough.

 

[ambidextrous1]

My dad owned a top-break nickel-plated revolver, but never fired it & didn't have ammo for it. He also had a 12 guage side-by side, used only for dispatching snakes & predators.

My brother was 9 years older than I, and had a Winchester .22 single shot and a .410 of unknown make. I inherited them when he went into the Navy, and shot both from age 7 on.

Incidentally, my father didn't care for BB guns! I saved lunch money and bought two or three "Red Ryder", etc. and hid them as well as I could. He always found them, never discussed it with me, and I never saw them again.

 

[Wolfebyte]

Owned several guns...

Dad's side of the family were farmers/ranchers, rifles and shotguns were a way of life with them. Grand dad said he didn't need anything larger than a .22 and often proved it taking all kinds of game with just the .22
Dad had an old K98 in 8mm that he bought from the NRA for like 18.00 and a Winchester 62A that he bought when he graduated high school.

Mom's side was from the city.. her father kept an old military rifle at his business, but nothing in his house.

I was the first to own a handgun on either side of the family in almost 100 years though..

Strange since my ancestors made rifles during the revolution and fought at the battle at Kings Mountain with the Over the Mountain Men in 1780..

 

[ThePants]

My parents always had guns, my grandfather was the most pro gun person you would ever meet, he even took care of the weapons in the field during his service in WWII. But even on a larger scale, my last name is Browning and John Moses Browning is my ancestor. I think all down the line my family has had an inherent fascination and appreciation for firearms in general. My 84 year old grandma still keeps a little revolver in her nightstand.

 

[22lr-shooter]

Mom and dad have been gun owners since I can remember. When I was a kid, dad used to deal in English double rifles and old Colt SA. His personal gun has always been a 1911 and for fun, double action revolvers and various rifles. Mom likes guns and has a Glock, but her favorite has always been her 38 that she has had since probably before I was born.

I grew up around guns and have been shooting them since I was big enough to hold one steady.

 

[Steve H]

My dads family owned a gun until their village was invaded in the early 40's. Most of the families in the village didn't have a gun, that made it pretty easy for the invading Russian army to take over.