Me, my gun & mom.

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"Quite actually, that does not define a "Hippie". A true hippie is one who tries to invoke change through non-violent means. In some cases, it meant unemployment and bad hygiene, but many were able to be counted on, at least by those that mattered to them."

I'm sure some Hippies are good people. Just not my older brother. He never calls us, my dad spent over a thousand dollars investment to try to get him started in the tye-dye shirt industry, he never even showed up. A good way to understand my family is to watch "Road to Perdition". I'm Tom Hanks, the good son. My dad is Paul Newman, the father figure. My older brother is Daniel Craig, the bad guy.

As to why my mom doesn't like guns is because when I was 11, I accidently killed my 10 year old brother with my dad's Remington 870. He wanted to go target practice in the backyard*. I said OK. We had done it before & nothing bad happened. Well this time the gun went off as I was loading it. He died instantly. I'm 17 now & I still remember it clearly. I don't blame my mom for her feelings. I just hate the snakes, possums, racoons & crows that are on our property. I also hear on the news about all the dangerous nutjobs that are out there & I need to look after my parents & myself. At our store we sell alot of CB radios so it's not uncommon to have several hundred dollars in cash on any given day. Our store is also located next to a trailer park where several scummy people live.




*We live in the woods.
 
BryanP said:
Nope. It's still their property. They can set conditions of tenancy on their property. In your case that may mean "no guns."

Don't want to abide by their rules? Move. Otherwise, live with it.
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I know that apartment buildings can't set this rule... At least not in Texas... When you lease an apartment, it's "Your residence" and they can't set the condition of no guns because you have the right to bear arms at "your residence" and when you're at a hotel for the night, it becomes "your residence" for that night and thus, you cannot be barred from having a gun in THAT room.
 
At 17, you can't even legally own a handgun, can you? But if you do, just don't tell your Mom. I don't think you will ever be able to overcome her attitude about guns, considering what caused it. Just make sure she doesn't see it, and don't talk about it. I'm sure she wouldn't want you to have sex with your girlfriend, either; but you wouldn't try to convince her that was OK, would you. I don't think you should have sex with your girlfriend, either.:scrutiny:
 
V4Vendetta said:
As to why my mom doesn't like guns is because when I was 11, I accidently killed my 10 year old brother with my dad's Remington 870.
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Are you sure you can even own a gun? Usually this kind of situation would void the ability to own any firearms...

Berek
 
I wasn't prosecuted or anything. I wouldn't think that I would be banned from purchasing a shotgun.

I just checked my states gun laws. I'm legally able to buy a shotgun when I turn 18 in 2 months.
 
Hmmm...........


V4Vendetta comes onto a gun board, and then only 13 posts into his fresh presence here, he confesses to the following......


As to why my mom doesn't like guns is because when I was 11, I accidently killed my 10 year old brother with my dad's Remington 870. He wanted to go target practice in the backyard*. I said OK. We had done it before & nothing bad happened. Well this time the gun went off as I was loading it. He died instantly.


Hmmmmmm..............................

I remember all the times I went for "target practice" in the backyard with a pump action 12 gauge.

Hmmmm.........................

hillbilly
 
V4Vendetta said:
Hillbilly, what does that mean? I did NOT mean to kill him.
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It just seems odd that someone new to this forum would profess to something that extreme so readily. Not saying that you fall into one of these categories, but, in the past, when someone said something like this, they were trolling, full of it or an anti trying to goad someone into saying/doing something they could use against the true, responsible gun owner. It makes credability a little hard to accept.

If this is, in fact, your past, you may want to think carefully about where/when you post something like this.

Berek
 
It is my past unfortunately. I'm sorry if I offended anyone. I mention it "easily" because I've gotten used to it. I block it out of my mind as much as I can. I've never been a anti-gunner. Not even when that happened. I knew that it was my fault. Bad stuff happens & will continue to happen as long as humans exist.
 
Exactly what Berek said.

Either what you posted is true or it is not true.

The rather flippant, off-handed way you posted it led me to believe that there was a good chance that it was not true.

In my experience, people who really undergo tragedies like this don't just off-handedly drop that bit of information into the laps of complete strangers.

If it is true, then you really should think about when and where you reveal this bit of information, and how you reveal it.

If it is not true, well, then you do the math.

To be honest, I still don't know which one it is, and I'm going to stay away from this thread from now on.

hilbilly
 
As to why my mom doesn't like guns is because when I was 11, I accidently killed my 10 year old brother with my dad's Remington 870. He wanted to go target practice in the backyard*. I said OK. We had done it before & nothing bad happened. Well this time the gun went off as I was loading it. He died instantly.
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Well, at least you know why your mom hates guns. It is certainly justified as to why she would not want you to have more.
As long as you reside in her home, you should respect her wishes and not get any guns.
 
Taking everything at face value...

I think the right thing to do is be sensitive to your Mom's feelings. Mom's are more important than guns. I think everyone would agree to that.

Wait until you have your own place before purchasing firearms. Just my .02.
 
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