Did your parents own a gun?

[moooose102]

my dad qwned sevel guns, mom was pretty neutral. dad used to hunt a lot. tapered off as he got older, then there was a spurt when my youngest brother started hunting. in any case, all of us ended up with guns as adults, and i will do my part integrating firearms into my kids lives. actually, i already have.

 

[Gunfighter123]

I grew up in Chicago and have 5 older brothers ---- I was the first in my family to own a LEGAL firearm when we moved to the suburbs at age 8

On my Dads side -- nobody owned firearms that I know of. But on my Moms side , both her brothers owned shotguns and hunted waterfowl --- so my Mom was the one who signed for my .22 rifle and SG when I was eight

 

[MagnumDweeb]

My mom was on a rifle team in her younger years but became an anti when I was born and has come around in the last few years with society on a down spiraling way. My dad is a Vietnam War vet and an anti even if he doesn't think he is. Sure he has a Remington 70 and an Ithica pump action 12 Ga. (supposedly bought them before 68 when you could order them through the mail while he was in Vietnam, heard of it happening don't know if it is legit.), but he doesn't shoot them, doesn't have ammo for them, and I don't think they've been cleaned since I was born, and he won't let me see them and they are up in the attic boxed up right near the christmas tree stand. He still goes on occassionally about "Two wrongs don't make a right...In a perfect world there's no reason to own guns...It's wrong to kill bad people for being bad.." I love the man I truly do but he and I just disagree plain and simple.

Luckily my old Southern Jew grandpa(my mom's dad) owned a few pistols(my Uncle got them when he passed). A S&W .38 special K-master I'm told, had a real long barrel, I shot it when I was kid but I much preferred shooting .44 Special Wadcutter out of my grandpa's Ruber Blackhawk .44 magnum(thought I was Dirty Harry shooting those weasel fart loads one handed), and a Colt Detective .38. At age 12 he started taking me shooting for every report card that had B's or better, and best believe I got B's and better, even had a point reward for getting all A's and I pulled a few all A's. Getting to pickup the Ruger wsa the Cat's meow to me, all the looks people gave me seeing me pickup the gun one handed, cock the hammer back, and firing it at a target only fifteen feet away. How great I thought I was, now looking back I realize how poor a shot I was.

 

[DougDubya]

Mom and Dad are very anti-gun, thinking that only police need them.

Dad also believes that if you need to defend your home, a .45 is some form of lawbreaker, you "only need a .22."

Mom thinks that gun owners get some kind of thrill from killing other people.

These are the ancient, doddering people I have to care for.

 

[Marlin 45 carbine]

my mother had her own 30-30 (took several deer with it too) her own 20 ga and her own .22LR pump and a .25acp Beretta.
my dad was a dedicated deer and small game hunter. had quite a few long guns and 3 pistols.

 

[Warhawk83]

My dad owned rifles and shotguns, no handguns in the house. Even discouraged me from purchasing one,said I would shoot someone. Never taught me how to defend myself with a weapon either. Now that I have handguns,so does my mom. Go figure.

 

[RP88]

my dad was in the Army, but he never cared for guns. My parents weren't exactly anti, but they weren't fans of them. They trsut me, though, so that is good. I just got into them one day, and that has how it has been since. No father-son shooting, no family tradition, etc. I just liked guns.

 

[Magwa]

Both my parents owned guns when I was younger growing up and still own. We grew up shooting BB guns and were taught gun safety. As we grew older so did our progression into guns mostly for hunting. Being involved in Boy Scouts and acheiving shotgun/rife merrit bagdes furthered our gun safety (I am not sure if the Scouts still offer this or not, it wouldn't surprise me if they didn't. Probably offer a merrit badge in gaming or how to be PC)

 

[ants]

Did my parents own a gun?

No, they owned many of them.

 

[benEzra]

Parents owned guns (my dad had a "save" with one in the early 1970's, no shots fired). Grandparents owned guns. Great-grandparents owned guns.

When my great-grandfather and great-grandmother were married in 1900, one of the wedding presents was a matched set of his-'n-hers top-break CCW revolvers, a .32 and a .22.

 

[Furncliff]

Mom was a single parent. No experience with guns. But she gave me a .22 bolt for my 16th because I wanted to shoot with a friend.

 

[gunnutery]

My parents didn't own any guns although they weren't anti. Mom actually didn't like guns at all but still realized their necessity. I shot a gun with a friend when I was 15 or 16 and I was hooked. Dad bought a shotgun for me when I was 17. 12 years later I helped them purchase their own pistol for home defense.

 

[KarenTOC]

I can only assume from my parents' behavior that they were gun-neutral:

--I never heard my parents make anti- or pro-gun statements.
--My father was in the Navy during WWII; I assume he had some experience with firearms. If he did, I never heard about it. I did hear lots of KP stories, though.
--As far as I know, there were no guns in my house growing up. I certainly never saw one. I suspect it was disinterest rather than disapproval.
--My father was an avid fisherman, but I never knew him to go hunting. He was always happy to trade bass and trout for venison, so I assume he wasn't against hunting. Again, I suspect disinterest and not disapproval.
--We kids were allowed to have toy guns and play cowboys & indians, and war, and other games that are frowned upon these days.
--We kids were not allowed to have bb guns, bows & arrows, slingshots or anything else that fired a projectile - after all, you could put someone's eye out! Here I suspect my mother's all-around overprotectiveness, not any dislike of the items themselves.

I was moderately anti and gunphobic for years. I wanted to ban them from my house because "that's what good mothers do." I wanted to be a good mother.

I don't know if banning guns during my son's formative years CAUSED his gun enthusiasm, but it certainly didn't diminish it He got me interested in guns a while back.

 

[Officers'Wife]

My Dad has what the Washington Post would label an 'arsenal.' His hobby is collecting the civilian versions of military rifles. Once he was asked by a Chicago transplant if he ever worried that one of the 'children' might get into his guns and use them. His answer- 'I hope they do, we're short of venison at the moment.'

Selena

 

[BMF500]

Did my parents own guns?

Yes, a s#!t load as a matter fo fact....and still do.....

 

[kd7nqb]

Dad has guns, Mom is not a fan but let me buy my first gun when I hit 21 even though she complained about how much I spent.

 

[Ala Dan]

My dad owned a couple of .32 caliber Colt revolver's, when I was born in
1947. Mom being an anti, he quickly sold them off for fear that I might
get a hold of one of 'em and injure myself [or other's]~!

 

[swiftak]

No guns in my house. My parents weren't anti though. My neighbor who was an older kid let me shoot his .22 and 12 gauge . That was all it took. This was all in the 60s. The rest is history.

 

[mcdonl]

My parents had no position on guns, but at my first request for a gun they were happy to purchase for me. I had brother in laws who hunted. They got me started.

 

[Madcap_Magician]

One was mildly anti and one was mildly pro. They are now both moderately pro and argue to this day about which one of them was anti.

Mother took the CCW class, but does not have the permit or carry. They have a Ruger SP101 loaded with .38s for home defense. That's about it.

 

[MaxV]

parents....

Dad was in WWII, Korea and a hunter. Mom could shoot too but could care less, just got a few rabbits for the pot. I am sure it influenced me...I cannot imagine not shooting or hunting.

 

[paintballdude902]

my pop owned 1 browning .22 that had never been fired but wasnt in great shape dude to being moved around for 30 years from different countries (air force) i was told to jsut shoot the dang thing when i got into guns i dont like it if i use regualr federal or winchester ammo its a jam'o'matic so i got a 10/22 instead

then we had 3 antiques 2 single shot muzzle loading percussion and ball pistols and a harpers ferry musket that says 1814 on it. it was converted to percussion cap we think during the civil war

my dad had a rule that carried over from my grandfather "no gun till your 16" till then i shot the shot out .22lr's at boyscout camp and the 20gauge shotguns for my shotgunning merit badge then the day after my 16th birthday my dad let me pick out a gun we left with a remington spartan spr220 double barrel 12gauge that will actually be 3 years ago thursday

in 3 short years my collection has grown from none to ummmm hang on 11 ish not sure im on the other side of the state for school and only took 3 with me and when i get some more cash there will be a galil on the way

 

[Arkansas Paul]

We had about a dozen growing up and they were loaded and out in the open. I am not advocating this, that's just how it was back then. My brother and I didn't mess with them. We knew better. I do keep them out of reach of my six year old though. Some things do change for the better.

 

[Cap'n Jack Burntbeard]

Since my parents are ex hippies, they were virulently anti-weapon/anti-military when i was younger, but as i got older they became more gun friendly, to the point that my dad now carries a .38special.

 

[EvanWilliams]

Grandpa and Grandma had a big hand in raising me. Grandpa had a 16 gauge single shot. Great grandpa lived with us when he got older and had an old 12 gauge double barrel with two external hammers. My dad had a German p38 that he sold and when I was older he had a 38 revolver that he used to collect for a loan shark. Did I mention my dad is Italian? LOL.

I also remember going into neighbors homes and in their living rooms they had wooden and glass cabinets with their prized guns on display.