I'm in a similar situation. My dad decided when he had me that he wouldn't have guns in the house, so he left them at my grandparents and pretty much stopped hunting and doing competitions at that point, because he didn't think it was a good idea to have guns in the same house as kids (plus he got really competitive, and needed to devote more time to his kids). But my grandparents still went hunting, so I didn't ever not see a gun or game. It was very much understood that they were to be used for a very specific purpose and then put away. I too never ever even thought about touching them, we were taught they were dangerous and to stay far away (ie go in another room, on another floor if possible). So they don't have that immediate "bad!" feeling for me that they do for some people. Heck, one of my favorite pictures of my grandfather is of him in a sportsjacket with a rifle. Out of context he looks like a mobster, but in reality he's at a competition.
But on the flipside, I don't necessarily think that people should automatically have the right to guns. What they should be allowed, I just don't know.
But on the flipside, I don't necessarily think that people should automatically have the right to guns. What they should be allowed, I just don't know.
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