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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are the gun owners so afraid to tell people they have guns? [/quote]

I’m a gun owner and when I become friends with another mom (let’s say we’ve gotten together a handful of times), I usually mention it casually. Not because I want to be in your face about guns, but as some Pps have shown, there are people who just are not going to like you or think you are an evil, stupid person for having guns. So if you feel that way about gun owners, you may as well know upfront. I’m also upfront about my politics (moderate conservative, not a Republican), because again, there are people who think you are the devil if you aren’t an Obama supporting liberal Democrat. [/quote]

but would you mention it before hosting a playdate? [/quote]

I haven’t. Usually it’s after we’ve met a few times. My kid is young so we’ve only had completely supervised play dates. The guns are in a safe 2 levels away in a locked hallway. I’m not telling people as a safety thing, it’s more like a heads up to be courteous and also to alert you to whatever assumptions you want to make about my ideology. [/quote]

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