Gun owners?

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New member. Curious as to how many of y'all own? And what your stance on the whole subject is.

Personally I am a former marine and currently enjoy gun smithing as a hobby. Would also love to get into competition shooting one day. But I am a strictly peaceful gun nut. I would never want to take another persons life. Especially that of another American. Even though I can carry in public I generally choose not to.

I'm mixed, I think. At the end of the day, it's people that kill people. So, firstly, I support the second amendment. However, I support the state's right to attach strings to that. I don't know local gun law, so maybe this is done. I think states and their divisions ought to be able to create laws to exclude those who are not mentally or physically capable to bear guns safely.

I'm not sure what the ADA says about the situation. I'm disabled, myself (I use crutches to ambulate). Because of this, and this alone, I would never own a gun, and feel that such people ought to be limited in having guns. If I had a gun concealed onmy person, an able body could just pick my pocket (well, holster), and then shoot me dead. I'd have no way to defend. But the ADA might overrule me in this regard. I don't know. I'm not big on disabled civil rights.

All that said, I enjoy watching target shooting on the Olympics. I've shot at targets as well. But I'd still never own a gun, because it would serve me no purpose.