I said neutral because I never picked up that they were particularly anti while growing up. They live in IL so we did not own any guns and neither are hunters. However, now that I own guns my mom has definitely become more anti. She's not at all happy about it.
Were your parents Anti or no?
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DirksterG30
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My parents were anti, but they let me make up my own mind. Now they are not necessarily pro-gun, but more open. They have no problems with me open carrying in their house when I'm visiting.
Mother was very anti gun, saw someone get murdered in front of her, can't blame her. She always said she'd be dead before I owned a gun. This past year I've been able to talk some sense into her, thanks in part to these college massacres.
Father was neutral, had some military training, but felt he was too emotionally unstable to trust himself with a gun.
After taking them to an intro class last week, I'm fairly certain they're both on the pro side now.
Father was neutral, had some military training, but felt he was too emotionally unstable to trust himself with a gun.
After taking them to an intro class last week, I'm fairly certain they're both on the pro side now.
My father had a shotgun that he kept in the closet, something he got when he was younger but lost interest in. My mom was never overtly anti gun bu that seems to be her leaning. I never knew anything about guns until I went to boy scout camp, I asked my parents for a .22 rifle after that. I think my mom said no to that idea though. They at least seemed to consider it. Recently I let them know that I owned some firearms and they took it in stride. When they asked if they could get me anything for christmas and I said shotgun, my mom said no because "christmas is a time for peace". But just recently I got a shotgun for my birthday from my dad! So I still don't know but I'm working on my mom!
Kind of Blued
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My father is all for having guns for hunting (although he doesn't hunt) and for target practice (although he does none of this). He prefers that the guns and magazines be unloaded and locked up in the home, rendering them inaccessible clubs should I REALLY NEED them.
He doesn't own any guns, save for the Mosin 91/30 that I bought for him. He and my mother would be in a world of trouble if a criminal wanted to pick on them.
My mother thinks they're "scary", but gew up with them enough to know that owning a gund oesn't make you a lunatic.
He doesn't own any guns, save for the Mosin 91/30 that I bought for him. He and my mother would be in a world of trouble if a criminal wanted to pick on them.
My mother thinks they're "scary", but gew up with them enough to know that owning a gund oesn't make you a lunatic.
Guitargod1985
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My mother is pro-gun and owns a revolver. That said, I didn't know she owned a gun until I bought my first one.
My Dad has never owned a gun in his life and doesn't really care for them. He believes in "reasonable restrictions" and all that nonsense and doesn't want to be educated. It's pretty strange because he is an expert in his field and otherwise a pretty logical and commonsense guy.
Sometimes he finds out I bought another one and complains about it, asking why I have to have so many. Last time I responded with "I don't ask why you have so many golf clubs, do I? I just accept that each golf club has a a different application and you enjoy your hobby. Plenty of people own more guns than I do."
My Dad: "Yeah, and you usually hear about them on the news."
You just can't win with some people.
Around my Dad and stepmother, I just don't talk about guns much and they know I carry but we all just sort of pretend that I don't.
ETA: My stepmother is worse than my Dad. My stepfather owns a gun but is more neutral than anything.
My Dad has never owned a gun in his life and doesn't really care for them. He believes in "reasonable restrictions" and all that nonsense and doesn't want to be educated. It's pretty strange because he is an expert in his field and otherwise a pretty logical and commonsense guy.
Sometimes he finds out I bought another one and complains about it, asking why I have to have so many. Last time I responded with "I don't ask why you have so many golf clubs, do I? I just accept that each golf club has a a different application and you enjoy your hobby. Plenty of people own more guns than I do."
My Dad: "Yeah, and you usually hear about them on the news."
You just can't win with some people.
Around my Dad and stepmother, I just don't talk about guns much and they know I carry but we all just sort of pretend that I don't.
ETA: My stepmother is worse than my Dad. My stepfather owns a gun but is more neutral than anything.
Grizzly Adams
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Pro-gun and owned. Breed, born, and raised in the hills of Tenn.
Samuel Adams
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My mom isn't too keen on guns but my dad is mostly pro. He still has his 16 guage bolt action Mossberg that he had as a kid and has a Springfield Model 1842 made in Harpers Ferry over his fireplace.
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doc2rn
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My parents are split mom is avid anti- and dad was neutral. Both sides of the family had former military that where pro. Dad was pro growing up, then mom made him go neutral. Now I am pro and my brother is neutral.
SUWANNEE MAN
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for me, both pro RKBA. I got my first rifle in .22LR when I was 10. It was a Sears and Roebuck. It is still dead a$$ accurate, and I've taken rabbits (head shots) with the good old iron sights that came on it from about 60 yards. I couldn't even tell you how many squirrells that old .22 had taken. I haven't had fried squirrell in a few years now.
smullen
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My parents and uncles on both side of the family were pro-gun and pretty big into hunting...
They bought my my 1st few long guns... Which were a .22 rifle, .410, then 12 ga...
My dad taught me gun saftey and how to shoot...
I can still remember shooting on my uncles farm in Rural Souther Missouri...
Before my mom got breast cancer she used to be pretty active in target shooting with the above mentioned long guns... Its sad that she can no longer shoulder a shotgun or large caliber rifle, becasue of a few surgerys...
I thought it was kinda cool yesterday when I was over visiting them dad and I were ""Talking Guns, crossbows and such"", mom said to dad, " I wish you would buy a Crossbow, then I could shoot again..."
Sorry to ramble, but I felt like sharing... I truely love my parents, my firearms and them raising me to do such...
They bought my my 1st few long guns... Which were a .22 rifle, .410, then 12 ga...
My dad taught me gun saftey and how to shoot...
I can still remember shooting on my uncles farm in Rural Souther Missouri...
Before my mom got breast cancer she used to be pretty active in target shooting with the above mentioned long guns... Its sad that she can no longer shoulder a shotgun or large caliber rifle, becasue of a few surgerys...
I thought it was kinda cool yesterday when I was over visiting them dad and I were ""Talking Guns, crossbows and such"", mom said to dad, " I wish you would buy a Crossbow, then I could shoot again..."
Sorry to ramble, but I felt like sharing... I truely love my parents, my firearms and them raising me to do such...
Growing up in LA, you didn't run across many folks that didn't love and own guns. They were, and still are very much a part of peoples' lives.
Both my parents are dead now. But, the both were pro gun all the way. My mama used to go shooting with my daddy when they first got married and she went hunting with us a few times.
I have owned numerous toy guns and then many BB/pellet guns. I have owned long guns for as long as I can remember. I got my first handgun, a revolver when I was probably 12 or 13 and a .38 Sp. not long after that. My dad loved to hunt and to shoot. He died this past Dec. while deer hunting. He went out doing something that he loved to do.
Both my parents are dead now. But, the both were pro gun all the way. My mama used to go shooting with my daddy when they first got married and she went hunting with us a few times.
I have owned numerous toy guns and then many BB/pellet guns. I have owned long guns for as long as I can remember. I got my first handgun, a revolver when I was probably 12 or 13 and a .38 Sp. not long after that. My dad loved to hunt and to shoot. He died this past Dec. while deer hunting. He went out doing something that he loved to do.
jlpskydive
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Both my parents were/are Pro gun and owned/shot them. My Mother (God rest her soul) bought my Father a Winchester 94 30/30 Buffalo Bill Commemorative for their anniversary one year. That BEAUTIFUL rifle still lives in perfect condition in my safe as my dad got remarried and passed it on to me. Some of my fondest memories as a child are shooting with my dad and fishing with my mother.
JesseL
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My parents were and are neutral. They were both exposed to firearms as children, but never owned any or had much interest in them.
They were okay with it when my grandfather* bought me an NRA life membership at 8 and an air rifle at 10. When I got old enough to buy my own gun they mostly just rolled their eyes.
I work for Dad's company now and he's fine with me carrying at work. If I open carry around Mom she'll usually try to pull my shirt over my pistol to conceal it.
*Grandad was a gunsmith, who hung around with the likes of George Stidworthy, Paul Marquart, & Fred Wells.
They were okay with it when my grandfather* bought me an NRA life membership at 8 and an air rifle at 10. When I got old enough to buy my own gun they mostly just rolled their eyes.
I work for Dad's company now and he's fine with me carrying at work. If I open carry around Mom she'll usually try to pull my shirt over my pistol to conceal it.
*Grandad was a gunsmith, who hung around with the likes of George Stidworthy, Paul Marquart, & Fred Wells.
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My mom was very anti; we couldn't even have a BB gun when we were kids, (but we did anyways). Dad was a WWII vet; guess he had enough with guns in the Army as he never owned one in his life. It wasn't because he didn't know how to use one; he shot expert with the M1 when he was in the service. Probably just didn't seem too important to him after the war. He wasn't exactly neutral because as a boy he had dreamed of having a Remington or Winchester .22 target rifle. I know this because when we cleaned out his parents house, I found all the sales brochures for them from the '30s. And he used to shoot single shot .22 rifles down in the basement of the Legion hall. After the war, he joined the American Legion and was always active with the Color Guard unit; this meant that many times me and my brother had access to old Krags, Springfield '03s, Eddystone 1917s, and much later, M1 Garands. Of course they only fired blank ammunition, but we still had fun drilling with them, working the actions, and taking them apart. So I figure my dad was on the plus gun side of being neutral.
Chortdraw
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My mom and dad did not own a gun of their own but had access to mine if they needed it. I was the hunter in the family and they liked the wild game I brought home. All my friends were hunters and farmers so there were always weapons in the house and in the barns.
Vicious-Peanut
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My mother grew up in a home with firearms and was neutral about them. My father grew up in a home with no firearms, but was pro gun. I am the first person in my immediate family to own firearms.
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Lol hugo, bf.cotftw!
MKEITH
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My dad is rabidly pro gun,and would probobly be the first one to fire a shot if a confiscation were to occur, but to him,guns are simply tools,nothing more. He really doesn't even talk about them unless i bring up the subject.
My mother absolutely positively cannot stand guns.She will literally close her eyes and tell you to take it away if she sees one. On the other hand, she also says the government has no right to say anything about private ownership,because that is a private matter. She will also acknowledge that there is a need for them so you can protect yourself. She just doesn't like them.
My mother absolutely positively cannot stand guns.She will literally close her eyes and tell you to take it away if she sees one. On the other hand, she also says the government has no right to say anything about private ownership,because that is a private matter. She will also acknowledge that there is a need for them so you can protect yourself. She just doesn't like them.
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My parents would be in relaxed neutral territory, I suppose.
My mom never liked guns, and was always afraid of them (she is still afraid of my guns now, even as I am a police officer)... But she never had a problem with me having toy guns, and never spoke of outlawing guns.
My dad was military at one point in his life. He never really liked guns or hunting (his best friend died in a hunting accident when he was young), and considered them to be tools of the trade for military/police/hunters/etc. My dad was always fine with private gun ownership, though he never owned guns. Much to his credit, he did buy me a BB gun rifle and pellet pistol when I was very young, and taught me about firearms safety (he was big on that). He also let my uncle/grandfather teach me how to shoot, and let me go hunting with some neighbors (family friends) who were avid hunters.
When I was around 15 years old my dad bought me a shotgun (a mossberg 500 I still have), after a few weeks of pleading with him to convince my mom it was okay!
So, I suppose I'd say that my parents were acceptingly neutral: They had no interest in personally owning guns, but they weren't opposed to me learning how to shoot, wanting to shoot, and owning guns.
My mom never liked guns, and was always afraid of them (she is still afraid of my guns now, even as I am a police officer)... But she never had a problem with me having toy guns, and never spoke of outlawing guns.
My dad was military at one point in his life. He never really liked guns or hunting (his best friend died in a hunting accident when he was young), and considered them to be tools of the trade for military/police/hunters/etc. My dad was always fine with private gun ownership, though he never owned guns. Much to his credit, he did buy me a BB gun rifle and pellet pistol when I was very young, and taught me about firearms safety (he was big on that). He also let my uncle/grandfather teach me how to shoot, and let me go hunting with some neighbors (family friends) who were avid hunters.
When I was around 15 years old my dad bought me a shotgun (a mossberg 500 I still have), after a few weeks of pleading with him to convince my mom it was okay!
So, I suppose I'd say that my parents were acceptingly neutral: They had no interest in personally owning guns, but they weren't opposed to me learning how to shoot, wanting to shoot, and owning guns.
Hot brass
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Very pro gun, both parents were. Dad is dead. Mom remarried. Married a wife beater. He beat her one too many times. She shot and killed him. We never talk about it.
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Did I miss the meaning of hugo?
toopercentmlk
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My dad is a nonchalantly pro gunner, owns one 9mm and calls it a day, doesn't even enjoy them. My mother is also pro gun, thinks they are necessary for protection but a problem at the same time. I on the other hand am anti gun and own and enjoy them to spite all of you.
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