Why do you own Guns?

[Tosser 61]

I'm just curious as to why the members her own guns?

 

 

Examples:

 

Zombie Apocolypse?

 

Gun Games?

 

Hunting?

 

Self-Defense?

 

 

If you had to choose ONE reason why, what would it be?

[Jon 264]

Started with hunting, then to self-defense, then to gun games, now a mix of the three.

[67gtonut 847]

1. Self Defense

 

2. Gun Games - trying to find the time......

[jeklog 7]

gun games! self defense!

[mcbethr 42]

It started with self-defense, I suppose, way back in 1999. I remember standing in the bedroom of my Mt. Laurel condo scared out of my mind because I heard glass break at 3AM and I had nothing but a large flashlight to defend myself with.

 

That's one of those things I call a teachable moment. I was an anti-gunner before that night. I remember going to the gun store and being told that I needed a permit just for them to take it off the shelf (I drove to Harry's - it was the only gun store I knew because they advertised on the radio). Like Homer Simpson, I was scared and defenseless. I needed a gun now, not whenever the police got around to letting me have it. I got the paperwork for my FID soon after I navigated the laws.

 

I had one gun for years, and maybe went to shoot it once every six months. Then a perfect storm happened. I got my masters degree and I started working with a guy who was a former Marine who was into Glocks. Now I had time since I was out of grad school and I had a shooting buddy to go with. So I started to go once or twice a month. Then I started to buy guns for fun.

 

Now I live in Cherry Hill, where I'm pretty darn confident that I will never use a gun for shooting anything more than paper - they are for sport now - clay games and cans, although I have been getting more into pistol. It seems to go in cycles that move with the seasons. During the summer I won't even touch a pistol and you'll see me at Ft. Dix busting clays. During the winter, I hibernate with pistols at Firing Line in Philadelphia. So sport, then self defense. I don't ever picture myself hunting.

[tommy3rd 132]

because I can and I have the right to keep it. Still working on the bear part.

[notmetoo 41]

1. Self/home defense

2. Recreational shooting i.e. IDPA. USPSA, (REALLY need to do this more ...)

3. It's my right

4. Just in case the SHTF

[Ray Ray 3,566]

because i can

[Gun Guy in NJ 10]

Zombies

[Malsua 1,422]

Always had them. Got older, bought more. For fun, hunting, self defense.

[PK90 3,570]

Because I use them for the following reasons:

 

HUNT - SHOOT - COLLECT - DEFEND

[Duppie 73]

Home defense.

Range stress relief.

Noisy neighbors and their noisy pets.

[SpecialK 193]

I like shiny objects.

[CageFighter 236]

1. Self-Defense

 

2. Gun Games

 

3. Zombie Apocolypse/SHTF

[Pew Pew Plates 358]

They are fun

 

My first gun was a mosin, so sport came first, defense second for me.

[zenviko 1]

Prior service and I enjoy shooting.

[Midwest 28]

Because I can.

[Dan 177]

• hobby/enjoyment/fun
  
• self defense
  
• eventually I'd like to get into games
  

[jvheitz 5]

because I can and I have the right to keep it. Still working on the bear part.

 

this

[Daedalus 19]

I have always had one or two at home but never any real interest - they were just 'there'.

 

Then I drank the KoolAid when it became a strong possibility the Messiah would be elected and life as we know it would end. Bought a Remington 870 12GA just in case. That was followed shortly by a Charles Daly 20Ga with youth stock for my wife because the 870 was too heavy for her. Then I decided I really needed a handgun so a Springfield 1911 came home with me. That started the run on several more 1911s. Oh, I am doing my bit to keep the ammunition manufacturers in business,. too. Now I find myself poring over a half dozen gun websites every day figuring out I want next.

 

Maybe I owe the Dems a vote of gratitude after all (but NEVER a real vote)! Does that count as self-defense, zombie protection or both?

[Shane45 807]

They are the insurance policy I can play with.

[hd2000fxdl 422]

It's my Right!

[NJdiverTony 27]

Primarily:

* Hunting

* Hobby/Recreation/Fun... I just plain LOVE to shoot

 

Secondary:

* Some day when my kids are older and I might have more spare time, I want to get into gun games (IDPA, IPSC, 3-gun, whatever...)

* Instead of Self Defense (that would imply CCW and I don't see that ever happening in NJ), I'll just say Home Defense.

[RecessedFilter 222]

For fun, self defense, gun games, and all around enjoyment.

[vladtepes 1,060]

defense..

[Ray Ray 3,566]

1. Self-Defense

 

2. Gun Games

 

3. Zombie Apocolypse/SHTF

 

You have 2 and 3 mixed up

[hd2000fxdl 422]

You have 2 and 3 mixed up

 

And here we all thought you would say he has 1 and 3 mixed up.

[Socom 19]

I like them.. I was raised on them.. Been shooting since 12 years old

[Jon 264]

I like them.. I was raised on them.. Been shooting since 12 years old

 

Late bloomer, eh?

[M4BGRINGO 139]

Silver was skyrocketing so I sold a bunch and bought guns instead. I like to collect and shoot most of my revolvers. Really got into shooting clays and wound-up with a bunch of shotguns.

 

So to me, collecting was first, sports were second, home defense a distant third. We are in a good neighborhood and town, not much happens here, dial 911 and 3 to 4 cars are at your house in less than a minute, no-kidding!