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You go to a friends house, you learn they own guns, what do you do?

Renae said:
This was something off my facebook, and it sparked a quite intense conversation.

The situation was someone had gone to a friends house, and the friend mentioned they have a loaded pistol in their bedroom.
The writer was horrified and left, fearing their safety (it was a kids birthday party).

How would you handle this situation?
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Hmmm kinda depends. If the loaded pistol is just laying on the bed (not)or up out of sight where kids aren't going to get a hold of it. Playing in a room they have no business in that won't be a problem. Does the writer have a kid at the party? I think I would say take your kid(if applies) and don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.
 
phattonez said:
Lol, I would ask about the gun. Where they got it, how much it was, what kind of ammo, etc.

Imagine being so scared of a weapon. There are plenty of ultra dangerous weapons in every kitchen, yet we don't leave birthday parties over those.
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You are so correct. Let us know when the next school massacre is accomplished with a two slice toaster. You Righties and the boner for guns lol
 
Coward

yankintx said:
You are so correct. Let us know when the next school massacre is accomplished with a two slice toaster. You Righties and the boner for guns lol
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Worthless straw men are worthless.

Think a child with a sharp knife, or ammonia and bleach being mixed, or flammables... at the very least, try and think.
 
zsu2357 said:
Hmmm kinda depends. If the loaded pistol is just laying on the bed (not)or up out of sight where kids aren't going to get a hold of it. Playing in a room they have no business in that won't be a problem. Does the writer have a kid at the party? I think I would say take your kid(if applies) and don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.
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Whether or not they are supposed to be in a room or not, a responsible parent wouldn't leave a loaded pistol anywhere that children can reach/find/gain access to. If anything does go wrong, the responsibility for what may occur is on the parent, not the child.
 
Renae said:
This was something off my facebook, and it sparked a quite intense conversation.

The situation was someone had gone to a friends house, and the friend mentioned they have a loaded pistol in their bedroom.
The writer was horrified and left, fearing their safety (it was a kids birthday party).

How would you handle this situation?
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I probably would have thought nothing of it. I was born and raised around guns. Being born and raised on a farm and spent my entire adult life either in the military or working for the military as a department of the army civilian. My dad kept his guns in the hallway closet off the kitchen with ammo on the shelves in the back. My grandpa had his double barreled shotgun and a couple of rifles on a rack over his fireplace and ammo on the mantle. None of kids at the time would have ever dreamed of touching them.

Fact is my dad gave me my first gun at the age of 12, a .410 which at times I would ride my bike into town to buy shells for it at the Western Auto. I inherited my grandpa's double barrel and some guns from my dad. They're in my bedroom closet with ammo on one of the shelves.

I would advise if guns make you nervous, then don't come to my house.
 
Serenity said:
Whether or not they are supposed to be in a room or not, a responsible parent wouldn't leave a loaded pistol anywhere that children can reach/find/gain access to. If anything does go wrong, the responsibility for what may occur is on the parent, not the child.
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Up and out of sight.
 
Renae said:
This was something off my facebook, and it sparked a quite intense conversation.

The situation was someone had gone to a friends house, and the friend mentioned they have a loaded pistol in their bedroom.
The writer was horrified and left, fearing their safety (it was a kids birthday party).

How would you handle this situation?
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It would depend on the age of the kids & the degree to which they'd been socialized, i.e housebroken not to snoop through people's houses.
The homeowner may have forgotten to lock up the pistol & appreciate a reminder.
I they were young, very active kids, I would suggest to the homeowner that he either unload the gun or face the likelihood of both a death and subsequent lawsuit.

The cowardly twit who was "horrified & left" is as responsible for the consequences as the homeowner for any subsequent accident for not having the guts to address a potentially hazardous situation.
 
Oh, so you have A gun?

 
Renae said:
Like I said, it was a facebook post, but the fact it went on for a while I thought I'd post the basics here.
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That is why I weighed both options.
 
Renae said:
This was something off my facebook, and it sparked a quite intense conversation.

The situation was someone had gone to a friends house, and the friend mentioned they have a loaded pistol in their bedroom.
The writer was horrified and left, fearing their safety (it was a kids birthday party).

How would you handle this situation?
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I really can't imagine how this would come up. If it was a random off topic comment, I'd probably re-evaluate my assessment of the person, perceiving them as some wacko. If, however, we were discussing some political situation or some hobbies, I'd ask if it was secure and out of reach of the kids. If not... I'd tell him to do so or I'd let all the parents know that this wacko had a loaded gun that could be accessed by kids. If the answer was yes, I'd probably ask some curious questions about the gun and then ask if there was any gluten-free cake.

In other words, responsible gun owners do not concern me and I'm sure I'm friends with several. Irresponsible gun owners, however, would be people I would not want to associate with.
 
Renae said:
This was something off my facebook, and it sparked a quite intense conversation.

The situation was someone had gone to a friends house, and the friend mentioned they have a loaded pistol in their bedroom.
The writer was horrified and left, fearing their safety (it was a kids birthday party).

How would you handle this situation?
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Ask them if it was in a locked case. If so, no problem. If not, keep my child close to me.
 
Its no big deal. When I was a kid my parents didn't have any guns but sometimes I would go to friends houses where the dad had guns.
 
All my friends already own guns.
 
Renae said:
This was something off my facebook, and it sparked a quite intense conversation.

The situation was someone had gone to a friends house, and the friend mentioned they have a loaded pistol in their bedroom.
The writer was horrified and left, fearing their safety (it was a kids birthday party).

How would you handle this situation?
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I'll ask what kind is it and we'll compare it to my loaded gun that I keep at home.
 
phattonez said:
Lol, I would ask about the gun. Where they got it, how much it was, what kind of ammo, etc.

Imagine being so scared of a weapon. There are plenty of ultra dangerous weapons in every kitchen, yet we don't leave birthday parties over those.
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Not to mention all the goodies in the garage. ;) My riding mower, weed eater and chainsaw are highly unpredictable.
 
Renae said:
This was something off my facebook, and it sparked a quite intense conversation.

The situation was someone had gone to a friends house, and the friend mentioned they have a loaded pistol in their bedroom.
The writer was horrified and left, fearing their safety (it was a kids birthday party).

How would you handle this situation?
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If that's how the writer felt it's his business. We had a .22 rifle in the house when I was a kid and I didn't think it was a big deal, but something spooked my dad because he disassembled the **** out of that thing.
 
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