Why US liberals are now buying guns too

[tortoise1956]

74. Risk?

Funny thing...I have spent all 60 years of my life in a house with weapons, and none of them have ever hurt me. Or anyone else, for that matter. Before that. my father spent all of his life in a house with guns, and none of THEM ever hurt anyone either. Before him, my grandfather grew up with guns, and once again no injuries.

So, based on personal experience, my family has had guns in the house for at least the last 3 generations, since 1892, with no casualties at all. To go even further, no one, at least in my fairly wide circle of gun-owning friends, has ever been hurt by a gun.

As for arming myself, my guns have little to do with self defense, and a lot to do with trying to maintain a skill - target shooting - I learned as a kid. Face it, I'm running out of hobbies. I had to give up archery, because an old shoulder injury caught up with me. I had to give up running because of bunions on both feet. Golf is becoming less fun because of my feet, and bowling is problematic if I cant find shoes to fit over those outrigger bunions. Shooting is something I can still do.

I intend to keep on shooting until I am no longer able to wither see the target, or hold the gun on target. At that point, I may jsut hang out at the range and tell stories to people who don't move fast enough to get away from me...