Brian S
Purple Belt
I grew up around guns. I had my first when I wan only 8 or 9, a .22 long rifle. My dad owned and still does many guns of different sorts. My uncle is a gunsmith and they both taught me how to handle, disassemble, and do regular maintenance on many different weapons. You could say it's in my blood. I have owned many guns myself, you name it, I've probably had it. At present I have none.
This is because in 1997 my mother was murdered by her then husband, technically my stepdad if you will, and then two days later he took his own life with it, good riddens.
It was a cheap little POS .380 that the drunk moron had no business owning to begin with. This has had me toiling for more than ten years now. It's not something you ever get over.
My dad does not understand and is not quite happy with me selling off all of my guns this last year. But everytime I handled one it reminded of that terrible incident. The guns mostly sat around and sat around and I would look at them with disgust sometimes.
I saw the blood covered couch and the crime scene photo's, wish I hadn't.
I like guns,but I hate them. I know it's not an inanimate objects fault what an idiot chose to use it for,but alas....I can't even hunt anymore and I live in Arkansas,lol.
Any advice or helpful comments would be greatly appreciated.
This is because in 1997 my mother was murdered by her then husband, technically my stepdad if you will, and then two days later he took his own life with it, good riddens.
It was a cheap little POS .380 that the drunk moron had no business owning to begin with. This has had me toiling for more than ten years now. It's not something you ever get over.
My dad does not understand and is not quite happy with me selling off all of my guns this last year. But everytime I handled one it reminded of that terrible incident. The guns mostly sat around and sat around and I would look at them with disgust sometimes.
I saw the blood covered couch and the crime scene photo's, wish I hadn't.
I like guns,but I hate them. I know it's not an inanimate objects fault what an idiot chose to use it for,but alas....I can't even hunt anymore and I live in Arkansas,lol.
Any advice or helpful comments would be greatly appreciated.