Have you ever had to live in a place where you were unable to legally possess firearms?
What were the circumstances, how did you feel about it?
What were the circumstances, how did you feel about it?
Have you ever
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It's a pretty terrible feeling knowing that you are unable to have a gun. I've lived in some places over the years where that was the case, and I can honestly say it really affected how much I could enjoy living there. I felt like I was living in a daycare, and that's hard to explain to someone that isn't a "gun person". Honestly I wish I could feel happy and content without guns, but just choose to own them for fun, defense, and mechanical nerdiness, but I can't. After living in no fewer than 3 countries and one state where I was unable to have a gun, I can say it greatly affected the quality of my life. I felt like a duck without a pond.
For a lot of people I think guns represent independence, self-reliance, a mutual respect between the citizenry and the government, and responsibility. What happens when you take those things from adults? I can tell you that I felt a true void in my life.
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I'm adaptable. After a week I really didn't think about it.
Growing up in the early 80s NYC you weren't supposed to carry but we all did. At that time you could still own weapons. My uncle had 15-20 rifles and shottys.
I guess maybe my upbringing has something to do with it. I slept with my first bb gun beside me in bed for about a month after I got it for my 4th birthday, lol.
4 years in Korea and last year in Djibouti. Korea wasn't bad because it's pretty safe there. Djibouti really sucked though. It's dangerous there and you can see in some people's eyes that they had bad intentions.
Yeah, if it weren't for the gun laws I could live in the South of France, no problemo.
Oh yeah for sure. We lived in Aix en Provence for a summer. Aside from being dirt poor it was unbelievable.
A Frenchman would say "oui, but it was French dirt so you were rich"