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Are guns a deal breaker for you?

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by Vav, Jan 5, 2016.

  1. Vav

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    I find it super unattractive when someone uses guns. If I see someone on dating site at a shooting range or showing off guns I reject them. I just find it trashy and I also feel less safe.
     
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    Definitely a deal-breaker.

    I wouldn't feel safe with them around, and simply don't like them.
     
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    It wouldn't really bother me. I'm not a fan of guns as far as using them. I don't like holding a gun, even an unloaded one.

    However, my best friend owns guns & is a member of a gun club. He is also arguably the most responsible person I know and exactly the kind of person you want owning a gun. It's his recreation and I'm fine with it. I don't have an issue with someone using guns in that manner, as long as they're emotionally stable. So yes, I don't have a problem with dating a gun owner.
     
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    I understand. If someone is an otherwise perfect match I wouldn't mind guns. It just makes a bad first impression if I see pictures of guns on a dating site.
     
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    Definitely, I mean they're illegal over here, for a start. It happens sometimes that people from America message me, and if their picture is of them holding a gun, I just assume they are a hideous and deplorable human being. "Oh, luk I havv a gun innit, murder, amirite lads? *grunting noises*"
    It's just a really easy way to make a tw*t of yourself.
     
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    I own a firearm so no, definitively not. What would be a deal breaker is how his behaviour with the weapon is. Does he really understand the dangerousness of the object, how does he stores it, how is his trigger discipline, etc.
     
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    Yes, definitely. No guns.
     
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    I'm choosing not to have firearms in my home in the future, to keep me and my family up to four times safer when it comes to becoming victims of gun violence. If a spouse of mine is a fan of guns, and is okay with storing their firearms that they use for sport/hunting in a different place away from our house and never bring them in the house to store them, I could be okay with that. To put it simply, there will be no guns in my house.
     
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    People view their presence and use in different ways, and that's fine. As long as somebody understands the solemnity of what gun ownership is and doesn't treat it like a toy or penis compensator, I wouldn't have a problem with it at all.
     
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    Guns are illegal in Brazil for now (unless in some rare cases), but i would definitely buy and have one in my home if i could (or in the future, if the law changes).

    Of course, i would keep it in a safe or something, not in a wall, but, yeah, i don't have a problem with them.
     
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    Guns are very dangerous, NO GUNS.
    But somehow I get compared to ISIS for not liking guns or war...
     
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    Well, if he's just a gun nerd and is passionate about it I wouldn't mind. It's just like Katana collectors (except that I find Katanas pretty cool too).

    However if he's the kind who wants to use guns and has ammos... for another reason than simply going to the shooting stand. Errrrrrrrrrrh, good bye.
     
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    I don't mind it. Someone having guns can be a good indicator of the type of person they are. If they are obsessed with them or think the government is coming to take their firearms then you just figured out that they are a quack. If they are a sport shooter or hunter those are some of the most responsible and safe individuals.
     
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    Guns are a big plus for me - assuming the person handling the gun is responsible. It's a bit like with electrical wiring. It's great if you know what you are doing and do it by the book. Not so good if you have no clue.

    If I was living in the States I would probably get a few guns at least. Getting a license for a gun in my country is difficult and expensive so I haven't bothered but my dad has legal hunting rifles.
     
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    It depends. As someone with a history of suicidal ideation, I will never own a gun or allow one to be stored in my home, as I do not want that risk present. If he owned them (and my current boyfriend has no interest), they'd have to be stored somewhere else.
     
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    The only person I've ever met who owned guns, was my grandfather - a few rifles for hunting. I honestly don't see it being an issue here.
     
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    No, it would not be a dealbreaker for me.

    However, the presence of a firearm in the house would cause me to assess my risk of domestic abuse differently.
     
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    On a side note: As guns are used more often in suicide than homicide, and one is more likely to kill themselves than another person with a gun, I'd be scared to have one around, given my history of depression and suicidal idealization. I would not want such ready means to be around. I also had a cousin who shot himself on his 21st birthday, in February, in the snow...so that I have a definite aversion to the idea of having these things around, given our family history.

    Luckily, my mate could care less about guns, but I'm very uncomfortable around them.

    The only kind I like are squirt guns!
     
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    In my country guns are required to be stored in a locked steel cabinet. I take there is no such requirement in the US?
     
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    Heh, regular guns are one thing, but if somebody doesn't like squirt guns I'd be very leery of them. :grin:
     
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