do you ask about guns at a family's house before letting your kid go to a playdate there?

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Anonymous wrote:I learned here on DCUM that many people lie about it.

You betcha. I am not going to tell you that I own guns unless you are a close personal friend. If you ask, I will lie.

Wow, so moral!

You have no moral right to ask me, so I have no moral obligation to tell you the truth in response.

Yes, I do.

You go ahead and live by your moral code, and I'll live by mine.

I'm not going to try and force my moral code on you, and you are wasting your time trying to impose your moral code on me.

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Anonymous wrote:I learned here on DCUM that many people lie about it.

You betcha. I am not going to tell you that I own guns unless you are a close personal friend. If you ask, I will lie.

Wow, so moral!

You have no moral right to ask me, so I have no moral obligation to tell you the truth in response.

Yes, I do.

You go ahead and live by your moral code, and I'll live by mine.

I'm not going to try and force my moral code on you, and you are wasting your time trying to impose your moral code on me.

it's a question. I'm not going to tell you to get rid of your guns. you can't answer a question?

[Anonymous]

PP's comments about "security" and lying about their guns just enforce in my mind that many mentally unstable individuals own guns and I'm better off staying far, far away.

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Anonymous wrote:I learned here on DCUM that many people lie about it.

You betcha. I am not going to tell you that I own guns unless you are a close personal friend. If you ask, I will lie.

Wow, so moral!

You have no moral right to ask me, so I have no moral obligation to tell you the truth in response.

Yes, I do.

You go ahead and live by your moral code, and I'll live by mine.

I'm not going to try and force my moral code on you, and you are wasting your time trying to impose your moral code on me.

NO here. Sorry but you are way too defensive to try to play the "live and let live" card. You are a liar - stop trying to rationalize it.

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Anonymous wrote:PP's comments about "security" and lying about their guns just enforce in my mind that many mentally unstable individuals own guns and I'm better off staying far, far away.

agreed. I'm the PP he/she called a "moron."

what does he/she think I'm going to do -- tell everyone "hey, bob has guns! let's go steal them!"

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Yes, I always ask. People may lie, but most are honest. If they hesitate or fumble when responding, they may be lying. I'm not going to forbid my child to go to their house if they have a gun but I want to know that the gun is locked up, inaccessible, etc. In this day and age, parents can understand the concern about access to guns in the house. If they are responsible gun owners, they won't be afraid to tell you how they ensure that kids don't have access.

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Yes, I always ask. People may lie, but most are honest. If they hesitate or fumble when responding, they may be lying. I'm not going to forbid my child to go to their house if they have a gun but I want to know that the gun is locked up, inaccessible, etc. In this day and age, parents can understand the concern about access to guns in the house. If they are responsible gun owners, they won't be afraid to tell you how they ensure that kids don't have access.

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Anonymous wrote:PP's comments about "security" and lying about their guns just enforce in my mind that many mentally unstable individuals own guns and I'm better off staying far, far away.

+1

OP, there are a LOT of unstable individuals that own guns - as we have seen. There are some normal people, too. Just approach the subject ("are there guns in your home" followed by "how are they stored" if the answer is affirmative). Depending how they answer your questions, you can easily gauge whether or not you are comfortable. In some cases, the gun is a "freudian thing", and that might be unsettling. IME.

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Anonymous wrote:I learned here on DCUM that many people lie about it.

You betcha. I am not going to tell you that I own guns unless you are a close personal friend. If you ask, I will lie.

Wow, so moral!

I lie that we have guns.

You are a liar, PP.

I only happened couple of time, and it was preceded by a "I don't want my kid in a house with guns". I don't want your kid in my house, because of that phrase. I said that we have guns, problem solved.

Great! Please keep your kids away!

Great. We agree. I want to avoid you, though, I don't care about your kids.

And people say we can't find common ground!

Meet at a playground after lunch?

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Anonymous wrote:We don't ask. We assume many families have guns, and we'd only send our kid to houses where we know the parents well enough that we can trust them to keep the guns locked away.

We have guns locked away. We've been asked occasionally, and we've said that "No, we don't own any guns."

It's not information that we wish to disclose to anyone. It's a private matter. As far as other parents need to be concerned, there is absolutely no way that their kids will get their hands on our guns.

I don't get this. If you own guns, why are you ashamed to tell people? And as for other parents, aren't they to judge the situations they put their kids into?

I'm not ashamed. But it's a security issue, and it's a personal, private choice. Are you too "ashamed" to tell people your garage door code, or the balance of your investment holdings, or what medications you're taking? Absolutely not about "shame."

It's private information. Plain and simple.

Do you feel someone will try to kill you with your gun if you tell them you have it? I don't tell people my garage door code because I don't want them taking my stuff. Also the balance of your investment holdings will not kill my child.

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Anonymous wrote:I learned here on DCUM that many people lie about it.

You betcha. I am not going to tell you that I own guns unless you are a close personal friend. If you ask, I will lie.

Wow, so moral!

You have no moral right to ask me, so I have no moral obligation to tell you the truth in response.

Yes, I do.

You go ahead and live by your moral code, and I'll live by mine.

I'm not going to try and force my moral code on you, and you are wasting your time trying to impose your moral code on me.

it's a question. I'm not going to tell you to get rid of your guns. you can't answer a question?

Are you going to ask me about my tools too? I have all those saws and other sharp I instruments. Not locked.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I learned here on DCUM that many people lie about it.

You betcha. I am not going to tell you that I own guns unless you are a close personal friend. If you ask, I will lie.

Wow, so moral!

You have no moral right to ask me, so I have no moral obligation to tell you the truth in response.

Yes, I do.

You go ahead and live by your moral code, and I'll live by mine.

I'm not going to try and force my moral code on you, and you are wasting your time trying to impose your moral code on me.

it's a question. I'm not going to tell you to get rid of your guns. you can't answer a question?

Are you going to ask me about my tools too? I have all those saws and other sharp I instruments. Not locked.

The chances of my kid killing herself or someone else with your saw is infinitesimally small compared to the chances of that happening if she messes around with a gun. You can't possibly compare the two.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I learned here on DCUM that many people lie about it.

You betcha. I am not going to tell you that I own guns unless you are a close personal friend. If you ask, I will lie.

Wow, so moral!

You have no moral right to ask me, so I have no moral obligation to tell you the truth in response.

Yes, I do.

You go ahead and live by your moral code, and I'll live by mine.

I'm not going to try and force my moral code on you, and you are wasting your time trying to impose your moral code on me.

it's a question. I'm not going to tell you to get rid of your guns. you can't answer a question?

Are you going to ask me about my tools too? I have all those saws and other sharp I instruments. Not locked.

Yes.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I learned here on DCUM that many people lie about it.

You betcha. I am not going to tell you that I own guns unless you are a close personal friend. If you ask, I will lie.

Wow, so moral!

I lie that we have guns.

You are a liar, PP.

I only happened couple of time, and it was preceded by a "I don't want my kid in a house with guns". I don't want your kid in my house, because of that phrase. I said that we have guns, problem solved.

Great! Please keep your kids away!

Great. We agree. I want to avoid you, though, I don't care about your kids.

And people say we can't find common ground!

Meet at a playground after lunch?

No. I don't like liars.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I learned here on DCUM that many people lie about it.

You betcha. I am not going to tell you that I own guns unless you are a close personal friend. If you ask, I will lie.

Wow, so moral!

I lie that we have guns.

You are a liar, PP.

I only happened couple of time, and it was preceded by a "I don't want my kid in a house with guns". I don't want your kid in my house, because of that phrase. I said that we have guns, problem solved.

Great! Please keep your kids away!

Great. We agree. I want to avoid you, though, I don't care about your kids.

And people say we can't find common ground!

Meet at a playground after lunch?

No. I don't like liars.

Swear that you never ever told a lie, including a lie by omission or by politeness (it tastes good, I love your present, you look good in this dress, etc). If you work in a corporate world then it, by itself, full of lies.