Do you think that keeping guns in a home is safe? Why or why not?
210135
AS a member of both the ATA and the NRA I have several. They are all secure. My family are all well trained in their use and safety. We are more competition target shooters rather than hunters, though I generally get my own Goose for Thanksgiving. I am also an ex-Air force 45cal marksman that darn strait can protect my home and family.\n\n\nSam. I know you are young and naive. Since nearly every state in the union has passed a right to carry law, gun crime has gone WAY down. The "mainstream" left leaning media seldom reports the many cases when a ordinary armed citizen thwarts a criminal element because they support the anti gun lobby.
352279
As long as the guns aren't stolen. But if you use them to murder police officers, they won't be living long.
255657
well im sure that if you look up something like how to make a bomb or anthrax or something that you probably get red flagged by the government and moniter you.  if you arent doing anything though whats there to fear.  i would rather sacrifice my privacy if its going to make the US a safer place to live.
105093
Stop the craziness.  . . end violence.  A regular citizen has no need to own a handgun.  Read the statistics and you'll see what I mean-- regular domestic squabbles turn into murders when there's a handgun available. . . burglars who break in use homeowners' own guns to kill them. . . kids who are shoplifting a candy bar are shot to death by vigilantes (yes, shoplifitng is wrong, but not worthy of MURDER. . .)  Please please rethink your reason for owning a gun.  Until there are psychiatric tests given when people want to buy guns, there will be more and more violence.  You don't need a gun to be a real man.
388141
Agree.  Criminials like for their victims to be unarmed.  The only thing a gun law ever did was cause crime rates to go up, because criminals are no longer afraid they might get shot.
215869
What they don't know can't hurt em. For instance if you brought one kept it in tent or car and if for some reason you needed it you would have it...Personally i wouldn't be caught in the deep woods without, better to be safe than sorry.
563849
im 14 ok and this subject always seems to come up alot in my house and in my friends houses.\n\na friend of mine just had to shut hers down because of her parents and i have mixed feelings about it\n\nkids think that its safe because alot of there friends are on it and they dont see the bigger picture \nother people they don't know are on it too\nbut they're oblivious to that fact.\n\nalthough even i think its alright to have one (you can have some special features such as setting your site to privite and only those who you have on your friends list can look at it) i do see where moms are coming from when they dont think its safe.
595726
Personally, I don't see anything wrong with it at all.  You're not doing anything destructive and your wife obviously doesn't mind.  You don't appear to be hurting anybody, so where's the issue?  It makes you happy right?  You enjoy it?  You aren't doing anything like breaking in to somebody's house and stealing their clothing, so there's really no problem.\n\nMy thoughts are, society doesn't accept certain things because those things freak out some people.  That doesn't mean those things are wrong, it just means that some people are repressed and can't accept that other people live differently.
361342
Ignoring the Constitutional complications that would arise from such a law, it would not be effective in keeping weapons out of the hands of the "bad guys."  It would, however, make it more difficult for "good guys" who are conscientious about obeying the law to defend themselves.\n\nYou point out that there are already laws against possession of drugs, and yet our prisons are filled with drug offenders.  This demonstrates that laws are not 100% effective at controlling behavior.  Even if all weapons were illegal, those who want them would find ways to get them.  Unfortunately, a large percentage of "those who want them" will be the bad guys out to do harm.\n\nThere will always be people who have weapons.  If you feel threatened by them, you might want to study how to defend yourself against them.  Warning:  this might mean you will have to take up a weapon yourself.  But at least you won't have to be scared anymore.\n\nIt is also important to teach children what to do in the presence of weapons.  It is far easier to teach your children not to touch weapons than it is to prevent them from ever coming in contact with one.
19111
Laws vary by state, so you should check the statutes where you live, but generally a homeowner is allowed to use force to protect his house as long as he reasonably believes that the person is trying to burglarize him. The reason the person who set a trap for the burglar was convicted was he did not actually know that the person who was opening the door was trying to burglarize him. It could have, for all he knew, been some kid.
465762
your basis is flawed in that your toy wasnt safe to begin with.  someone else was going to rape it, torture it, and kill it for their own pleasures and ideas so it was doomed from the start.  \n\nso you are saying you should just leave things the way there were even if those things are going to be be changed by someone else?  Ill give you an example.  there are some very small towns that still leave their doors unlocked at night.  A bad case of robberies breaks out in the town.  you are saying you shouldnt lock the door because you are changing things.
260383
Lol. well congrats on getting it. m fiance is in response and he loves it, well all except the paperwork.\nErm I'm split on the whole gun thing. I don't like the thought on the police relying on guns but then arguably they are more likely to be put in dangerous situations then the average Joe. And at the day they have other methods at their disposal such as CS gas, handcuffs and an asp (that name always makes me laugh).\nIt's just a case of not putting yourself in unessesary danger. Good luck.
148051
depends on where you live in massachusetts it's a very strict state i believe if say your husband had guns in the house and he died you can keep them in the house or your better yet would to have a licensed friend hold onto them until you get yours straightened out just in case
352702
No. We are armed because of the constitution, and we are Armed so if our government either local or federal gets out of line then "we the people" can put them back in line.\n  Should you have the right to privacy in your home some of the time?
128594
Handgun ownership is illegal in the UK and in the UK home invasion robbery is on the rise.  When a population is unarmed, then criminals can rampage the countryside without much danger of a homeowner protecting his family and property.\n\nThis is an ugly side effect of banning gun ownership.\n\nWe in the USA can still own guns and it is LAW given us by the Second Amendment.
57165
Well if it'll stop a bear at 20 feet... but you have to remember that no matter what you shoot at someone you are going to be responsible for any consequenses... They'd have to be actually killing you for you to get away scott free... If you spray someone for breaking in to your house they'll sue your butt even if it is self defence or to protect your property...
653203
The concept here is simple - you can not use deadly force to protect your property.  You may, in some instances which may vary across the 50 states, use deadly force to protect your person or others who are in grave danger of serious bodily harm or death.  \n\nBut this is not legal advice - just my own opinion.