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ArishMell · 70-79, M
Simple.
I do not need a gun for any genuine, professional purpose (I am not a farmer or gamekeeper.)
I am not interested in sports shooting (legitimate game, or artificial targets); nor in collecting antique firearms.
There is no other reason for ordinary citizens, like me, to arm themselves, but I can understand lax gun ownership and common murders by shooting can lead to widespread ownership by mutual fear.
Ergo....
I have never owned and never wanted to own, any guns.
One or two farmers apart, a former work colleague who enjoyed clay-pigeon shooting and a friend who owned three or four antiques, I never have known any gun owners, either.
I do not need a gun for any genuine, professional purpose (I am not a farmer or gamekeeper.)
I am not interested in sports shooting (legitimate game, or artificial targets); nor in collecting antique firearms.
There is no other reason for ordinary citizens, like me, to arm themselves, but I can understand lax gun ownership and common murders by shooting can lead to widespread ownership by mutual fear.
Ergo....
I have never owned and never wanted to own, any guns.
One or two farmers apart, a former work colleague who enjoyed clay-pigeon shooting and a friend who owned three or four antiques, I never have known any gun owners, either.