Would you date a man who owns a Gun?

[The_Sexpert]

Legally, maybe as a part of his profession

[mobiusforniner]

It has less to do with the gun (s) and more about his attitude towards life.

for example, a super gun nut who is very insecure and always scared of the world and needs his gun pointed at everyone and everything- I imagine most women find such a man very unattractive. Insecurity coupled with a need to feel powerful over someone else, is not a healthy combination

but a man who owns guns and is happy and content with himself, not worried about needing to equate his “manhood” with the power to kill people, and is otherwise a responsible and upstanding person; I think most women wouldn’t find his gun ownership to be necessarily troublesome.

[Meropatrick]

Thats true. An unstable man would kill even without a gun. Its about the man not the gun itself

[Quigly]

Sounds a lot like the guy that lives at the gym popping steroids all the time cause he's afraid of the world.

[mobiusforniner]

@Quigly yes. I have a couple of ARs and AKs but some gun owners say I’m too “liberal” because I have an optimistic perspective on life. Go figure

[Meropatrick]

@Quigly well you need to be afraid of the world if you dont then you are really naive. We live in a violent world so you are not insulting him when he says he is afraid of the world. Dont tell me u r the brave one killing monsters for living

[Lliam]

None of my girlfriends ever had a problem with the fact that I owned guns. But it's not like I displayed or played with them at home. I don't have a fetish and they are not toys.

My friends and I would go to the desert to plink and girlfriends would often come along and want to shoot.

My wife and I now live on 30 acres in a rural area. She's glad I have guns in case of emergency. It's like having fire extinguishers. You hope you will never have to use them.

I won a Sig P-380 not long ago. My wife took a liking to it and decided to learn how to use it properly. It's a good size for her and is an effective self defense weapon. We've been going to the range to let her practice. I wish ammo wasn't so damned expensive these days.

[Anonymous]

No issues at all, he just needs to be good at using that

My husband was a combat vet and now a cop, he's always around guns and I've never ever felt threatened by that, in fact I feel safe that it's in the most capable hands

[Daniela1982]

Certainly! Plinking on a camping trip is an old tradition. It's part of the whole experience. It would be great to find someone that shared that zeal.

[TheorionMage]

There WAS a time when male or female, EVERY person as they matured was armed with some type of openly-carried edged weapon... (as a human 'claw' surrogate); from pen knife to dagger to a full broad sword, as a matter of course of defense & utility. 'Civility' was enforced by the intimidating realization of the life-changing physical 'cost' of expressing aggression.

Daily news events illustrate humanity has NOT evolved significantly beyond these parameters... however it IS a matter of perspective, skill and awareness. ;)

[Raaj4you]

Keeping a gun for safety is a good thing. But the downside is some people used it to kill their own family members when they were mentally ill or they had life problems. I don't prefer keeping a gun. I think cops and God will take care of that.

In India, I have seen some stories about wealthy and powerful people, who killed their own family members. Wealthy people are allowed to buy weapons for their safety but they have to take permission from the local police and court. Some people buy weapons illegally.

I hate hooligans and weapons. I want to live peacefully.

[Raaj4you]

*Weapons look good only in the Action/ crime movies.

[BadApple69]

Well I wouldn’t date a girl that had a problem with me being armed.
Especially in the world we live in today… bad stuff happens to those who can’t defend themselves. That person is not me.
Now full disclosure I am a LEO so I can legally carry in all 50 states…. And I do.

[Meropatrick]

People are living in a fairy world. Thinking that life is safe and a fairytale. I remember reading that viking men never walked around without a dagger. Because those men knew enough about the world. They were connected to their instincts and reality and didn't have politicians to brainwash them. Good on you i respect American men more than european men for holding into your right to be armed. Gun control is the first step to become a weakling soy boy

[Siri137]

@Meropatrick Right to be armed? There is no such "right"! And gun control works. And life IS safe, but people like you do all they can to make sure it isn't.

[BadApple69]

@Siri137 first off in the USA we have the right to be armed. It’s the second amendment in the constitution.
I would disagree with you about gun control too. Chicago has the toughest gun control laws in the country but also has the highest murder rate. Remember this bad guys don’t follow laws. And for those that think they live in a safe area… maybe it is safe but that’s because a man/woman in blue is driving around your neighborhood with a gun keeping it safe.

[Meropatrick]

@BadApple69 so true the fact that any place is safe is not because its Originally safe but because there is police or alert neighbors and community. Other than that the world is very unsafe and there are people who are ready to hurt others just because they have the chance to do it

[BadApple69]

@Meropatrick you are correct. People are inherently bad…. Only laws and enforcement of laws keeps the peace.

[LazerBean]

I would not date a person who did not own at least one gun.

[madewithingredients]

I wouldn't date a man, but there's nothing wrong without owning a gun unless being a gun-owner becomes your whole personality (There's the mature, responsible citizen who happens to be a gun-owner, and then there's the gun-nut who takes readiness to the level of paranoia)

[genericname85]

honestly no. it's a cultural thing tho. because i live in germany and if you live in germany and you are willing to jump through all these hoops just for the right to have a gun in your home and shoot that gun exclusively at a legal range (which is the only place you can even legally take your gun to), something must be wrong with you. the last part is my opinion, not a fact.

[genericname85]

I mean if she works for the police or in security, she would carry a gun professionally. That's fine. She would not "own that gun privately" in that case tho.

[Meropatrick]

If i was a woman i would look for a man with a gun to date. There was a story on the news about the russia attack. How a russian man saved his wife by shooting one of the bad guys. Another one was a singer called nancy ajram. A burgler got into her house tried to rape her, take her gold, and kidnap her daughter. Her husband shot him to death and the whole family are healthy and safe

[KrakenAttackin]

Tell Pierce to take his fucking finger out of the trigger loop.

[The_Sexpert]

I'm meeting him tonight for some drinks, I'll convey the Message

[KrakenAttackin]

@The_Sexpert. Smak him upside his head.

[The_Sexpert]

Roger that

[LaurenM1997]

lol roger that I’ve not heard that saying in ages 🤣

[Siri137]

@LaurenM1997 Roger wilco, tally ho!

[msc545]

Yeah REALLY!

[The_Sexpert]

@LaurenM1997 We Secret agents use that on a daily basis..!

[FatNeville]

Does he even know his target and what is behind it way up there?

[LaurenM1997]

@FatNeville omg tally ho yes I love this haha 🤣

[KrakenAttackin]

@FatNeville He is doing what's called "the Sabrina", from Charlie's Angels. If that weapon discharged he would never hear out of his left ear again, and he might lose his left eye as well.

[PBandJ_Nerd]

Absolutely not. Having a gun around isn't going to make me feel safer or anything.

[Bipolar_Fashion]

Unknowingly... when I found out I was cautious... but I got over it... but if going into a fresh relationship if I know off the bat u won't be eager to... if he makes his life about guns then no... if it's just there and he isn't obsessed then maybe

[Siri137]

No, not even if owning a gun was a requirement for his job. People who own guns are, by definition, dangerous.

[BLP11520]

Woah? Really

[BoopBoopBeep]

I took out a guy with the broken handle of a coffee mug. Does that make Starbucks a mass casualty event waiting to happen?

[TheorionMage]

Dangerous? Of course... the quintessential issue IS 'toward WHOM?' When I applied to become a probationary police cadet in Vermont 1982, I was REQUIRED to be polygraphed and to pass the Minnesota Multi-phase Personality Inventory (MMPI) exam which seeks to expose antisocial deviance.

To date, society has NO 100% fool-proof litmus test for sanity vs deviance~
and even LESS 'NIMBY' general populace willingness to BE equally-so tested before being cleared to purchase.

And then there's lying on the famous BATF Form 4473 and 'straw man' purchases.

Like the parents recently sentenced to 15 years. for furnishing their minor son with a firearm used to slay his peers~ Reluctance to draconian-ly ENFORCE the '4473' is 'why' stricter firearms legislation will ALWAYS fail. >:(

[AmyHew1tt]

I'd feel very cautious and uncomfortable about it. Depending on how well I get to know him and what kind of person he seems like, I might be able to get over it though. But I'd prefer no guns.

[Rebecca08]

Once I dated a guy who claimed to have a gun. When asked where the gun was, he said "inside my pants" 🤦‍♂️

Neber again 🤣

[12karen]

@Rebecca08 lmaoooo 😂

[rosemilk]

yeah. i was even with my husband before he had a gun. and honestly i feel safer now that he has a gun rather than when he didn't have a gun.

[D4nielv]

In Europe, a gun is a weapon for murder. If you're carrying one, people will automatically assume that you either are an on-duty cop or an edgy lunatic.

[laly520]

he has a gun for safety purposes n a rifle for hunting

all good

[BCRanger10]

My father-in-law sent a gun with my wife when she first moved to the city.

[wiltingrosepetal]

It's not like he'll be able to bring the gun home with him. I don't see the issue

[Seinna]

Sure, if I lived in a place where gun ownership was legal then I'd prefer to date a guy who has one.

[BoopBoopBeep]

Most of the women I've dated have owned guns. All of the women I've dated would date a man with a gun.