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IdaBriggs

(10,559 posts) Tue Sep 17, 2013, 11:18 AM Sep 2013

Do you know one or more people you don't think should be trusted with a gun? [View all]

Last edited Tue Sep 17, 2013, 11:59 AM - Edit history (3)

PERSONALLY know. Not "that guy I see on the street / television" but "yes, someone I interact with socially in either a family or professional relationship."

ON EDIT: Clarified the first option.

ON EDIT 2: DU put weird marks in the poll questions; cleaned it up.

12 votes, 0 passes \| Time left: Time expired
	Certainly not! No - everyone I know would be great with a gun (if they wanted one).
	0 (0%)
	I have met a couple randomly, but I do n0t hang out with them.
	2 (17%)
	Eh, what can you do? It is a free country, and they are only scary when they drink/are otherwise altered.
	0 (0%)
	I know several; someday they will be in the news, and I will not be surprised.
	4 (33%)
	Know one? I am RELATED (or formerly related) to one. If I could get/keep guns away from him/her, I would be a happy person.
	4 (33%)
	Have you been to a holiday at my house? I am surrounded by people who should not be allowed to be armed.
	0 (0%)
	Other. (Please explain).
	2 (17%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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Do you know one or more people you don't think should be trusted with a gun? [View all] IdaBriggs Sep 2013 OP

More. Scuba Sep 2013 #1

There are people I wouldn't trust with anything more complicated than a spoon and a fork. hobbit709 Sep 2013 #2

Mother in Law recently slipped a gear and started walking around with a butcher knife. Loudly Sep 2013 #3

Holy Shit Aerows Sep 2013 #18

We had a hell of a laugh. Loudly Sep 2013 #66

I'm glad she is getting some help Aerows Sep 2013 #68

Thanks. Everyone she and we have gone through does not prevent her from getting a gun. Loudly Sep 2013 #70

I disagree Aerows Sep 2013 #71

To be honest, some of the attitudes towards guns and their use expressed or hlthe2b Sep 2013 #4

I'm not sure anyone should be trusted with a gun. ananda Sep 2013 #5

Our neighbor brought his hunting rifles and shotguns to our house because he has appleannie1 Sep 2013 #6

I was a social worker for awhile and met several folks who had no business having a gun yet had them gopiscrap Sep 2013 #7

Ban steak knives. FarCenter Sep 2013 #8

Got that right seabeckind Sep 2013 #9

Yup ismnotwasm Sep 2013 #10

Too general a question Half-Century Man Sep 2013 #11

The question is specific. Do YOU know someone YOU wouldn't trust with a gun? IdaBriggs Sep 2013 #17

Yes, I know a few Half-Century Man Sep 2013 #23

The question is really about where to start the discussion. IdaBriggs Sep 2013 #30

I believe that changing control of a firearm should require a background check Half-Century Man Sep 2013 #55

You refer to a logical fallacy known as the Complex Question. The OP did not illustrate that. LanternWaste Sep 2013 #50

It was a question phrased in such a way as to only get a "yes" answer. Half-Century Man Sep 2013 #52

Right now, the NRA believes "darned near everyone SHOULD have a gun." IdaBriggs Sep 2013 #67

The NRA is wrong, simply mistaken. Half-Century Man Sep 2013 #69

Where is the NO option? ileus Sep 2013 #12

Option 1. It starts with "Certainly not!" IdaBriggs Sep 2013 #14

Come on. Be honest. You spend a lot of time at gun ranges, gun shows, gun stores, etc. Hoyt Sep 2013 #56

Not that I've ever known... ileus Sep 2013 #72

"Trust" is not my default position. Orsino Sep 2013 #13

No (nt) bigwillq Sep 2013 #15

No...n/t ileus Sep 2013 #16

Of course I know several madokie Sep 2013 #19

I am totally one of them. IdaBriggs Sep 2013 #21

that's the part the NRA never pays attention to... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #27

Agreed. I am a law-abiding citizen, happily married, mother of two. IdaBriggs Sep 2013 #34

I can understand 100% madokie Sep 2013 #38

Any of you going for a "NO" option lead very sheltered lives. Paladin Sep 2013 #20

I am thinking agoraphobic perhaps... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #36

You're staying tactful, as I am. Well said. (nt) Paladin Sep 2013 #39

Even if I were agorophobic, I'd still know myself and I should never have a gun mythology Sep 2013 #63

No that was meant for people who said NO they don't know any that should not... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #64

I know a lot more people I don't trust driving a car .... oldhippie Sep 2013 #22

Damn near everyone I know. Iggo Sep 2013 #24

Sure do. Myself. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #25

Same here. Myrina Sep 2013 #45

Interestingly, out of all the people I know, Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #26

Luckily those who should not have guns sarisataka Sep 2013 #28

I attended one funeral of a person who opted not to undergo cancer treatment. IdaBriggs Sep 2013 #43

My boss is blind KamaAina Sep 2013 #29

About half the cops in the country? Jackpine Radical Sep 2013 #31

In all cases, they have an extreme fascination with weaponry of all types. alarimer Sep 2013 #32

A whole bunch of cops. n/t tazkcmo Sep 2013 #33

You know them *personally* -- ??? IdaBriggs Sep 2013 #35

Other: The Police. grahamhgreen Sep 2013 #37

See post #35 - do *YOU* know them *PERSONALLY* - IdaBriggs Sep 2013 #41

Yes. i think we should do a trial of beat cops with no guns and see how it works out. grahamhgreen Sep 2013 #47

Have you ever met some you trusted with a gun? Johonny Sep 2013 #40

Some law enforcement officers (all?). closeupready Sep 2013 #42

If my grandma had gone for her guns when the police and paramedics came to remove her... hunter Sep 2013 #44

Yeah, I know someone. rrneck Sep 2013 #46

A Facebook friend of mine, an old friend from high school. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2013 #48

Very good question marions ghost Sep 2013 #49

I know a few. All of them own guns already. MineralMan Sep 2013 #51

i had to vote other. Sissyk Sep 2013 #53

My son is a gun collector and I have been asking him to give me one. RebelOne Sep 2013 #54

I wouldn't trust myself with a gun! Initech Sep 2013 #57

under a lot of circumstances i dont trust anyone with a gun La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2013 #58

I don't trust anyone with a gun, including cops. bluedigger Sep 2013 #59

My ex- husband Blue_In_AK Sep 2013 #60

I wish I could vote for more than one option. n/t gollygee Sep 2013 #61

I have a few friends who love to go shooting at the range, but ManiacJoe Sep 2013 #62

I have an uncle everyone's been more or less afraid of treestar Sep 2013 #65