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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DSD age 22 lives with me and 8 yo sibling in NOVA.  She’s “launched” and works FT, will shift to PT to attend grad school, is in a great job with room to grow.  Has her own social life, I’d respectful of house rules, and helps out.  Today she said she wants to open carry a handgun for protection “while she still can”. DSD is attractive and gets a lot of male stares and I guess she’s afraid of stalkers etc in parking lots.  Personally I think this is the dumbest thing in the world, that she will never be able to achieve a level of agility with a weapon that it could actually help her, and in no way would I feel comfortable with her level of responsibility to properly store a gun in our home with an 8 yo child present.  I would not even want to ride in a car with her while she has a gun.  Like, I’m laughing and cringing simultaneously as I think about this.  So, I just said “I don’t know the laws here but I think they aren’t very strict”. I guess if she mentions it again I’ll tell her she can’t have it in the house or the car, and just see if this is a fleeting thing that she never follows up on? [/quote]

Why open carry? I just think that's really weird.  Unless you are living in a place literally crawling with criminals and need it to warn people to stay away it seems super excessive. I get wanting to own one for protection. It is your home though and if you are really opposed then you should say so.  You said she is respectful of house rules so make it a house rule.

If she proceeds, she should take gun safety training and so should you and your 8 yr old. [/quote]

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