Should I talk to the neighbours?

[TheHydrant]

I had been friends with my neighbors for some time before telling them about my guns. It would be difficult for them to make a pariah out of me after all the free snowblowing I had done for them,over the years. Some have expressed that they don't care for guns, and have given me the "you're twice as likely to shoot a family member than an intruder" argument, but I still get invited to bbq's and for wobbly pops in the driveway. Hasn't had a negative effect on my friendships. It's not like I just sit on the stoop twirling my pistols anyway.

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[awndray]

I agree with Yogi. Just the same, I wouldn't go knock on my neighbor's door to tell him I have a workshop that looks like a Home Depot catalog.

[Waterloomike]

My neighbours know I have guns. The next door neighbours and i collaborate for a huge neighbourhood fireworks party on May 24 and July 1st. I Give all the kids baseballs and have suffered little to no animosity. I know of one liberal neighbour that despises guns, but say little to me about it anymore, as their arguments are the usual claptrap which is easily dispensed with.

[blacksmithden]

A few weeks back, I was just coming back from the range and my neighbor from across the street came over to say hi. He asked what was new. I pulled out my AR-10, made sure it was safe, and handed it to him. He was looking it over, and before he was done, the other 2 neighbors (who aren't a waste of oxygen) were over having a look. One asked me what I needed it for. I told him 'to shoot'. We all laughed. I have made sure to be the best neighbor I can be. I've also made sure that it's no secret that I own a fair chunk of firearms. The one guy jokes 'if the zombies ever come, I'm heading to your house' lol

Sure.....everybody makes fun of the Redneck....until the zombie apocalypse happens. Lol.

[awndray]

The one guy jokes 'if the zombies ever come, I'm heading to your house' lol

Sure.....everybody makes fun of the Redneck....until the zombie apocalypse happens. Lol.

Yup. It's not uncommon to hear that from many people who oppose civilian gun ownership, whether it's a redneck or a city slicker who owns them. These people who bitch and moan about "easy access to guns" are the same ones who say, "I know who's house I'm going to when shit hits the fan."

[Waterloomike]

odd statement that. If my guns would not be wanted at their house why would they assume they are welcome at mine when they want my guns to serve them?

[Yogi05]

odd statement that. If my guns would not be wanted at their house why would they assume they are welcome at mine when they want my guns to serve them?

Which is why I tell them if they survive the zombies, can find my place and can get past the claymores on the perimeter they're welcome.

They get first watch. I ain't doing all the work.

And bring coffee and donuts.

[Waterloomike]

My first thought is to ask them what they want since guns are visible? Why aren't they campaigning for more money for a zombie rehab social program?

[TheHydrant]

It can be fun to mess with certain neighbors. My very next door neighbor saw me unloading my car of ammo boxes and rifle cases and he asked why I had them. I answered "I was watching Walking Dead the other day and started thinking 'what if...?'"
He looked at me for second unsure if I was kidding or not before making some sort of nervous laughter. Ironically he is probably nicer to me than anyone else I know.

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[nlitend1]

It can be fun to mess with certain neighbors. My very next door neighbor saw me unloading my car of ammo boxes and rifle cases and he asked why I had them. I answered "I was watching Walking Dead the other day and started thinking 'what if...?'"
He looked at me for second unsure if I was kidding or not before making some sort of nervous laughter. Ironically he is probably nicer to me than anyone else I know.

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Haha thats funny
Almost all my neighbors are packin!

[CORBETT]

Tell.... don't tell... as long as your weapons are stored safely with no chance of the wee ones getting into them the problem is solved... you can't change how some feel about guns so don't worry about it......

[Deuce-deuce]

Yeah. I know it's a necro thread...

For some brain washed reason, you're looking for approval from your neighbors for your hobby. If you bought a fast motorcycle, would you do the same ? If you bought a riding mower, would you seek their approval for that ? I don't need my neighbor's approval for stuff that doesn't effect them. My neighbors should be no more concerned about my guns than they are about my fishing rod. If there is ever a question about it being dangerous, ask them straight out...in a non-apologetic way, what rational reasoning they used to come to believe there was the slightest question of safety. The news ? The news sensationalizes every damned thing to the greatest possible extent, up to and including inventing complete fabrications, and calling them facts, to make their story get one more hit on the internet. Any neighbor who would blindly believe what they read on the internet or see on the news as absolute truth is a moron who isn't worth my intellectual time.

Dude... I grew up around guns. Always in the house. I also grew up around fishing rods... you could throw a rock of my childhood deck and easily hit the ocean.
I've been hooked hundreds of times including one pretty darn close to my eye. I've seen dogs, children, old people, birds and anything else you can think of hooked. It happens.
How many shootings have I seen or how many times have I been shot? Zero.

[Joshua13]

Sooo I too have small children and they have friends over. I happen to have one out while I was watching TV and the kids who came over had never seen one before and were quite interested in it. I decided to just put it away instead. And second story: my kids teacher was talking about making their homes better and thing they could get or do so my kid decided to tell his teacher that we needed more guns at home and he could buy me some, and drew it all in a very nice picture. The teacher approached my wife about it. Wanted to make sure everything was OK at home. My wife just said I was a hunter and my old rifle broke so I needed a new one.

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[TheHydrant]

I told my closest neighbors about my guns just to avoid any unnecessary alarm if they ever saw my with them loading the car or whatever. I got the usual lefty talking points but I think they have long forgotten about it. Never been an issue. Snow blow a few driveways to be a good neighbor and you stop being scary pretty quick.

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[blacksmithden]

Sooo I too have small children and they have friends over. I happen to have one out while I was watching TV and the kids who came over had never seen one before and were quite interested in it. I decided to just put it away instead. And second story: my kids teacher was talking about making their homes better and thing they could get or do so my kid decided to tell his teacher that we needed more guns at home and he could buy me some, and drew it all in a very nice picture. The teacher approached my wife about it. Wanted to make sure everything was OK at home. My wife just said I was a hunter and my old rifle broke so I needed a new one.

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Snoopy uneducated liberal teachers are the best argument on the planet for home schooling.