I'm very anti-gun for myself and live in an area where it's fairly rare or at the very least open carry is not a thing cause it's weird to see guns in every day life. I have shot a pistol at a shooting range and I remember it being way more powerful than expected. I actually enjoy first-person shooter video games and whatnot but in actual life I don't want one. If I ever had to shoot someone...then I have to live with the fact that I shot someone. Not really how I want to be. I'm sure I'd shit myself in the moment but if it came to having to defend myself and I died cause I didn't have a gun...well I guess that was my time.

I love shooting but it really sucks to burn like 400 bucks plinking so i usually just shoot air rifle

Yes. When I was a kid and early adult I was pretty heavily involved in Boy Scouts and fired guns a lot through that. My dad also took me hunting a couple of times. I haven't fired a gun in probably close to 20 years, though.

I would fire a gun if I had a need to, but I have 0 interest in doing so for recreation. I don't own a gun, and don't really have any interest in one.

Yes and yes, but I don't own a gun at the moment.

Sure. Maybe one day. But not in a rush. Once I move out more into the country.

I own about 20 rifles and hand guns, mostly gifted. So 1. Yes, and 2. Sure, so long as you're a safe shooter.

Yes and yes.

A couple years ago I visited my buddy in Virginia and we decided to get out of the city to a trap shooting range. Neither of us had ever shot clay pigeons and we were surrounded by southern gun nuts. It was a trip.

Anyway, that was the first time I shot a gun. I've always been fascinated by guns but I've also held the belief that society would be better off without them. But society has been going down the shitter lately and I feel the need to prepare for the worst. I'll be buying my first gun once I find the time to go shopping for one.

I've never fired a real gun. I would not mind going to a range to feel it, nor would I mind shooting at ranges for recreation. Various other target practice seems fine too. I don't trust myself to own one. I'm not suicidal, but I can be a bit reckless playing with dangerous stuff: fire, knives, swords. I've opened a quick release knife into my thigh to see if the safety mechanism worked(after testing successfully on cardboard) and I've cut a very safe part of my forearm as kinda a.... what's it feel like? experiment before while drunk.

I know the dangers and I seldom actually do that stuff(those were years apart), but seldom doesn't mean never. In all honesty I probably wouldn't hurt myself, but I don't feel like risking it yet.

I've shot a lot of guns in the Scouts. A few times afterwards, but I don't own my own gun. The last time I had a chance to shoot a gun, I actually turned it down since the dude said the bullets were like $20/round and I was like "Dude, I don't wanna cost you $300."

I was raised 50/50 between my anti-gun mother and my gun-collector father. Being simultaneously raised to believe that guns are evil and nobody should own them but also here's how you fire a pistol and handle firearms safely also here's the reasons you should own one.

I was a whole ass adult before I was given a chance to form my own opinions away from my parents.

I love guns, I don't want to own one, I'll be purchasing one soon, I never want to use it, but target shooting is important so you know you can when you must, I don't want to carry it, but I live in a city with a severe mental health and drug abuse problem and frankly I don't care if there's a nonlethal way to deal with an attacker (I read enders game at 14 and it was a formative experience).

I have an opinion formed from contradiction, but balanced out it seems the points all land on "if you're responsible, and aim to never use the device unless absolutely necessary, it is an objectively good thing to own a firearm, at least where I currently live."

Oh uhh, I guess I missed the OG question, yeah I've fired plenty of guns.

Favorite to fire: Makarov, small, simple, low kickback, very accurate. Least favorite to fire: Idk what it was but my dads 2xBarrel Shotgun was fun to shoot skeet with but I wouldn't want one off the range, too much care involved in making sure my grip is perfect to brace against my shoulder. I don't eat meat, so the use case for a firearm like this is literally just sport.

The one I want: still deciding on brand but I'm planning on a hammer-less. 357+p

Yep, all the time. I'm one of Those People.

What if someone tries to shoot the orange Cheeto?

There's a fascist uprising in my country. Not only do I own multiple guns, I'm getting in shape and training with them.

No, cause I'm french and the only time I see guns is where there are military or police on patrol.

However, I did some air rifle when I was younger and it happen the club I was in had an ex olympic champion as member. He let me tried its olympic air rifle. Smth like this:

Such beautiful piece of machining ! But I didn't shoot better with it 😂

I used to be super anti-gun growing up, but here in Arizona and other red States specifically it seems like you're in a sort of arms race by default. The nutters aren't giving theirs up so it seems kinda naive not to have your own and know how to use them.

yeah as kid I regret that I stopped going to ranges with my dad