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I'm not afraid of guns in the least. I own several, handguns, rifles, shotguns. Been shooting firearms since I was a child, and still do.
But in part because I've been around guns my whole life, I also do not pretend that they don't pose a risk. I've seen a guy in a dove field blow off the back off his ankle when he dropped his shotgun, I've been in a duck blind where the guy sitting next to me blew a hole in the blind across the guy on the end's leg, my brother took an "unloaded" .44 mag, pointed it at the head of our dog, moved it away at the last second, and blew a hole in the wall, three other times hunting I've seen people accidentally discharge their weapon, thankfully into the air. And that doesn't count the other times shooting skeet or trap when a gun accidentally discharged pointing down range - add 3 or 4 more.
So unless there is a reason for you to have a gun on your hip in my house, I don't want to have to worry one second whether you're an idiot or will do an idiot thing with that weapon in my house.
I think the problem is if you're being truthful, you've been trained to handle a firearm. Great, I admire that - seriously. But any yahoo who can print his name, and read it back, can get a carry permit, so I actually do not assume that people carrying firearms do know what they're doing. And I don't want to have to worry about those idiots in church of all places.
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See above. I have five guns within 20 feet of me as I type this.
And if you carry a gun into my church, you're demanding that I in many ways conform to your values.
Absolutely!! There is a time and place for everything. Church is a peaceful place, or at least it should be. I was raised around guns my whole life too. My Dad is a avid collector, I have never once heard him makes statements about taking someones life in defense. He considers his guns tools and I consider my gun sporting equipment and have never thought of using it to scare, intimidate, or kill someone. A good solution, other than terrorizing a peaceful place with open carry...are metal detectors mandated for every public gathering place with security personnel. We are creating a sad and paranoid world with our own opinions and thoughts about guns...to think that people are carrying guns in church, will drive the decent, and sane people out of these places and rightfully so. These attitudes are making me personally ashamed of owning a gun. To be lumped into the "wild wild west" gun owners is embarrassing...kind of like "wife of Ted Nugent". LOL Most of my friends do not even know I own one. I don't sit around bragging about what would do to someone if they broke into my house. Those who do this are classless and tasteless. Those who make these kinds of statements give the impression they are just as barbaric as the criminals who murder.