Were you an anti at any point in the past?

Were you an anti at any point in the past?

  • Yes

    Votes: 54 14.8%

  • No

    Votes: 312 85.2%
  • Total voters
    366
  • Poll closed .
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I was never an Anti, I just didn't really...care.

Then came Katrina. And crime here went up 70%.

I'm not really a gunnie, I'm a realist.

So now I carry
 
Me? Never was anti.

But I know many folks who were. All it took was a little coaching. Seriously though, many of the most hard core pro 2A folks that I know were Antis that had something catastrophic happen to them or someone close to them. Then they change their minds in a hurry.
 
I've been pro-gun since I was old enough to understand what it was, maybe even before that.

I've been shooting since I was 8 years old when I got my 1st BB gun. I started shooting my dad's 22 rifle when I was 12 and moved into shotguns when I was a teen. I didn't own my own 'real' guns until I was 21.
 
I used to think that assualt rifles were stupid and nobody should have them. But, my eyes were opened and I broke the the liberal shroud over the constitution.
 
Were you an anti at any point in the past?
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Nope, never.

From the earliest days I can remember playing Cowboys and Indians with cap guns I thought guns were a natural thing and couldn't wait to get a real gun.
 
I didn't grow up around firearms. No hunters in my family. I remember as a young child, thinking that anyone who carried a gun was just trying to be macho, or compensating for something. Or at least thats how it was on TV.

I became pro 2a while in high school. It was the stupidity of Philadelphia politicians :barf: crying about all the guns on the street, implying that muggers and rapists would be perfectly safe to have around if they weren't so well armed. The sheer stupidity of their positions made me take the opposite side of the issue.

I began carrying generic teargas spray for protection at age 16, everywhere I went, including school. I kept my self-defense spray a secret from everyone, including my parents... but then my father spotted one of my cannisters in my car, and was quite pleased that I made the decision to protect myself. I did, however, manage to spray myself in the face with it while rooting in my glovebox... that's when I realized that carrying a freshly-sliced onion might be more effective! :neener:

I didn't seriously consider actually owning a gun untill I was thirtyish. Something about having a wife, and a having a responsibility to come home to her alive every night... or maybe I was just mature enough by then.


PS:

I recently brought up the incident in which I "Maced" myself in a conversation with some friends. I couldn't believe the very loud reaction of my friend's wife! ":eek: MACE? MACE?!?! Why on earth would anyone need to carry that?" :eek: :banghead: I guess I won't be discussing .38 revolvers with her anytime soon. :(
 
I was never an anti, but I didn't really care about guns when I was younger. Then I had to draw a large sniper rifle for a scenario my friends and I were dreaming up and that started me drawing weapons and made me think about the laws and now I am a staunch pro-gun, pro-self-defense advocate. Guns are also my biggest and most time-demanding hobby (and that's just drawing them).
 
An anti is someone who is vehemently anti gun and for gun control. It may be someone who does or does not listen to logic and the facts regarding RKBA and the 2nd ammendment. It varies case by case
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In which case, I answer yes, and no.

Not to be a wise-acre... but "anti" differs depending upon who you ask, and when you ask them. By my current standards, I was an "anti" only a few years back. By my sister's standards even then, I was strongly pro. See what I mean? I can't figure out the answer to this question.
 
nope, always thought guns were neat, I've just learned more about them as I've grown older and been able to play with cooler weapons as the years progress.

still waiting to fire off a minigun.
 
I was never an "anti", never will be. When I was 8 years old, my dad taught me how to shoot a 22 single shot rifle, I'll never forget that experience either. The rifle was MINE by the way. From then on, I've always had an interest in guns, when I turned 21, my dad bought me a Taurus 669 357 magnum, there was no looking back after that, I was officialy a "gunnie".:D I got a shotgun for christmas at 18 as well, my old man is awesome.:D
 
I was scared of firearms and a hard core anti in my misguided youth. The change was gradual, but I trace the main point to crim law 101. That and the debates I had with a 1911 expert I worked with by the name of Roddy Toyota. After that, a few years in Alaska rendered me a complete gun nut, and now I'm unfit for civilized company.
 
I just thought they were cool and never had a negative opinion. Since I actually bought my first gun I've become aware of all the issues surrounding guns.
 
No not at any point in my life was I anti gun.

Allot has to do with the fact that many of my relatives had served in the military in one branch or another.

I learned very early on what a firearm could do for both good and for bad.

Something Hollywood and the media seldom if ever show correctly.
 
When I think about my past experience as it pertains to guns, it's a bit odd that I am a strong 2A supporter and gun owner now. Not saying that I was an anti. There was only 1 gun in my house growing up - my Mom's .22 (I think) rifle hidden in the basement. I had a BB gun at about 12, but there was no support for guns in hunting or defense from my parents.

As for the poll, I really can't answer that question. I was sheltered and indifferent. I think I believed that guns should be available to citizens on the whole, but I did not see the extent of the self-defense argument that I have now. I was probably anti-machine guns and maybe I could have been talked into an "assault weapons" ban, if the argument was twisted enough. However, I probably could not have been talked into a handgun ban.

Right now, I am the only one in my family who owns a gun that gets handled (or even seen) more than once a year. I am the only one with a license to carry. My brother admits that he does not even lock his house doors at night!!! I think my close family is probably thinking "what happened to him with the whole guns-thing?".
 
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I grew up in CA, SF Bay Area. Started out leaning pretty far left. I thought communism was great, and everyone should share. I thought only the military needed guns. Police? Why do they need guns? If we ban guns, police won't need them......Yeah. Then I started working and thought I might like to keep some of my stuff. Then I realized that to be a cop, I was gonna have to learn how to use a gun, at least for the time being. Went through the police academy, had a training injury two weeks before graduation. Realized guns were a lot of fun, started looking into laws in CA, and that is what changed all of my political attitudes....I started in on history of gun control, and I got pretty rabidly libertarian after a while, until I got things all sorted out in my mind. Now I consider myself a middle of the road moderate, just a few inches to the right of Ted Nugent on gun issues and a bit less libertarian than Ron Paul...
Funny how public school can warp a kid....
 
posted a no but really it's a maybe..

wasn't a big deal to me one way or the other and for a long time I didn't trust myself with firearms (combination of youth and the lifestyle I was living)

Then a friend in college took me shooting...
 
Grew up in a household that owned shotguns and shot trap with them; but disliked rifles and wouldn't allow handguns.

Now I own plenty of both, though I was never an anti... so voted no
 
Growing up where I did (suburban London) and to ther parents I did, it's no wonder (I suppose) I was anti for quite some time. I basically just parotted what I'd heard I suppose. Then I started to think for myself, and to read things. I'm now an atheist too BTW and pro hunting.
 
To be honest, I was slightly anti-inclined. I wrote about it on my blog.

Now though, I am mostly pro-gun. I try to make any proposal I have benefit the "good guys" more than the bad (both criminals and anti-gun people).

I post now and then on my blog, about stuff the GCN and their cronies lie about. I sometimes post about American anti-gun stuff too.

I can't help but feel Britain's a lost cause though.
 
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