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the yetty · 05-12-2006, 03:28 PM

I was looking at the poll on what your wife/girlfriend thought of guns and one person (i forget who now) raised the point that his girl didn't grow up in a family exposed to firearms. This made me realize that most of my friends from the city or suburbs did not have any experiance with guns and generally feared them and the operation of them.

I decided that this would be a good group to poll what type of setting you live in and exposure to guns when growing up.

**PackerfanXD** · 05-12-2006, 04:05 PM

All off the above as far as places lived growing up.

I grew up with firearms but developed an interest later (late twenties).

Boricua · 05-12-2006, 08:15 PM

I could not decide on a choice. I have lived in all three and have been exposed to guns in all three. I really got interested in guns when my mother stopped buying my brother and I those sucker guns. You know the ones that where spring loaded and you shot a suction cup at the TV and it stuck. Problems was that when we broke the suckers we would sharpen pencils and shoot each other with them. We really did not agree with my mothers decition to have no more toy pistols though.

dave_in_delaware · 05-15-2006, 11:19 AM

I assumed you meant where we live NOW, so I voted for "City (did not grow up with firearms)."

I grew up more in a small town. I didn't grow up w/ firearms at all. I knew my grandfather had a shotgun, but I didn't really "get into" asking him about it. It wasn't until I was older (early 30s) that I started getting interested, and then finally bought my first "real" firearm in 2005.

jednp · 05-15-2006, 11:52 AM

I grew up in a smaller town, well somewhat smaller.. 24,000 people but it's definitely not huge. I grew up with firearms. I have had a BB gun since I was probably about 5. Think I shot my first shotgun at about the age of 7 and had my own shotgun by the age of 8 or 9 I think. Had hunted since I was young too. So, I grew up being around guns pretty much my whole life... however I didn't buy my own gun with my own money, until I purchased my XD in january this year. Now the disease has caught on as I now have my AR on the way to me, and will have more pistols soon too hah. And I now live in a city with 300,000 people or so. Which by the way, seems to be a lot different than where I grew up, the officials here are very anti-gun so I suspect the view of some of the population is the same too, a lot more than where I grew up.

the yetty · 05-15-2006, 01:47 PM

Thanks for all the replys, I am actually suprised at some of the results. I really thought that their would be a larger proportion of people previously exposed to firearms. It would be interesting to see how many people got involved with shooting through a friend or family and how many people decided to on their own (ie for personal protection, new sport, played too many video games, airsoft, etc.).

Thanks to all that voted.

mr0w1 · 05-15-2006, 02:18 PM

Very, very rural. The ONLY way to live.

**PackerfanXD** · 05-15-2006, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by mr0w1

Very, very rural. The ONLY way to live.

Atlanta is rural?

R/T Performance · 05-22-2006, 07:56 AM

Small town country side/Farm.

Hell ya we had firearms are nearest neighbor's was a prison

mr0w1 · 05-22-2006, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by XpackerfanD

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr0w1

Very, very rural. The ONLY way to live.

Atlanta is rural?

Well, I say Atlanta because people know where that is. Anyone in GA knows that nobody actually lives in Atlanta. If you must know, I live about 50 miles south of Atlanta. In what many consider the "sticks".

View Poll Results: Where do you live and what exposure did you have to firearms prior to purchase?
City (grew up with firearms)	7	8.75%
City (did not grow up with firearms)	4	5.00%
Suburbs (grew up with firearms)	19	23.75%
Suburbs (did not grow up with firearms)	9	11.25%
Small Town (grew up with firearms)	18	22.50%
Small Town (did not grow up with firearms)	5	6.25%
Countryside / Farm (grew up with firearms)	16	20.00%
Countryside / Farm (did not grow up with firearms)	2	2.50%
Voters: 80. You may not vote on this poll

05-12-2006, 03:28 PM	#1
the yetty XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 179	Where do you live? (ie City, Suburbs, ....) I was looking at the poll on what your wife/girlfriend thought of guns and one person (i forget who now) raised the point that his girl didn't grow up in a family exposed to firearms. This made me realize that most of my friends from the city or suburbs did not have any experiance with guns and generally feared them and the operation of them. I decided that this would be a good group to poll what type of setting you live in and exposure to guns when growing up. __________________ ----------------------------------- XD40, Beretta 92s (yes you read it right, not a 92fs), Sig p6, Kel-tec SU-16ca (I live in CA), Ruger M77 w/ Leopold 3x9, Winchester .22, Ruger MarkI, Remington 870 (the real "Jack of all trades").

05-12-2006, 04:05 PM	#2
PackerfanXD XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ground zero of the invasion Posts: 7,226 Blog Entries: 1	All off the above as far as places lived growing up. I grew up with firearms but developed an interest later (late twenties). __________________ The wealthiest nation in the world with the mightiest army man has ever assembled could not stop them. http://www.break.com/usercontent/200...00-358890.html Welcome to the Socialist States of Barakistan An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject. -Author unknown.

05-12-2006, 08:15 PM	#3
Boricua XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Arizona Posts: 790	I could not decide on a choice. I have lived in all three and have been exposed to guns in all three. I really got interested in guns when my mother stopped buying my brother and I those sucker guns. You know the ones that where spring loaded and you shot a suction cup at the TV and it stuck. Problems was that when we broke the suckers we would sharpen pencils and shoot each other with them. We really did not agree with my mothers decition to have no more toy pistols though. __________________ Make a decision not an emotion!

05-15-2006, 11:19 AM	#4
dave_in_delaware XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Wilmington, DE Posts: 6,191	I assumed you meant where we live NOW, so I voted for "City (did not grow up with firearms)." I grew up more in a small town. I didn't grow up w/ firearms at all. I knew my grandfather had a shotgun, but I didn't really "get into" asking him about it. It wasn't until I was older (early 30s) that I started getting interested, and then finally bought my first "real" firearm in 2005. __________________ Dave Daily carry = XD-9 service in a Blackhawk CQC SERPA holster, a Spyderco Native, and a Streamlight Scorpion. "Everything matters... unless it's antimatter." “A person has the right to keep and bear arms for the defense of self, family, home and State, and for hunting and recreational use.” [Delaware Constitution, Article I, § 20 Right to keep and bear arms]

05-15-2006, 11:52 AM	#5
jednp XDTalk 4K Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 4,691	I grew up in a smaller town, well somewhat smaller.. 24,000 people but it's definitely not huge. I grew up with firearms. I have had a BB gun since I was probably about 5. Think I shot my first shotgun at about the age of 7 and had my own shotgun by the age of 8 or 9 I think. Had hunted since I was young too. So, I grew up being around guns pretty much my whole life... however I didn't buy my own gun with my own money, until I purchased my XD in january this year. Now the disease has caught on as I now have my AR on the way to me, and will have more pistols soon too hah. And I now live in a city with 300,000 people or so. Which by the way, seems to be a lot different than where I grew up, the officials here are very anti-gun so I suspect the view of some of the population is the same too, a lot more than where I grew up.

05-15-2006, 01:47 PM	#6
the yetty XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 179	Thanks for all the replys, I am actually suprised at some of the results. I really thought that their would be a larger proportion of people previously exposed to firearms. It would be interesting to see how many people got involved with shooting through a friend or family and how many people decided to on their own (ie for personal protection, new sport, played too many video games, airsoft, etc.). Thanks to all that voted. __________________ ----------------------------------- XD40, Beretta 92s (yes you read it right, not a 92fs), Sig p6, Kel-tec SU-16ca (I live in CA), Ruger M77 w/ Leopold 3x9, Winchester .22, Ruger MarkI, Remington 870 (the real "Jack of all trades").

05-15-2006, 02:18 PM	#7
mr0w1 XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 2,537	Very, very rural. The ONLY way to live. __________________ guns.freaksho.net - My awesome gun website! More guns than ever! (Last updated: July 24, 2006)

05-22-2006, 07:56 AM	#9
R/T Performance XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Saranac Mi Posts: 3,489	Small town country side/Farm. Hell ya we had firearms are nearest neighbor's was a prison __________________ XD-9 Tacticle Tru-glow tfo's 3# Canyoncreek trigger Dillon Rl550 1911 Springfield Champion loaded 45 acp Kahr p40 Watch me shoot http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...32660329653237

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