{"id":81401,"date":"2017-10-25T09:20:22","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T13:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=81401"},"modified":"2017-10-25T09:20:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T10:41:51","slug":"top-five-questions-i-get-as-a-gun-owner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/top-five-questions-i-get-as-a-gun-owner\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Five Questions I Get as a Gun Owner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Cannon-ArmoryA54.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-five-questions-i-get-as-a-gun-owner\" title=\"Top Five Questions I Get as a Gun Owner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Top Five Questions I Get as a Gun Owner\" class=\"alignright wp-image-81406\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Cannon-ArmoryA54-379x300.jpg\" alt=\"Top Five Questions I Get as a Gun Owner\" width=\"484\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Cannon-ArmoryA54-379x300.jpg 379w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Cannon-ArmoryA54-150x119.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Cannon-ArmoryA54-768x608.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Cannon-ArmoryA54-1024x811.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Cannon-ArmoryA54.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/><\/a>Editor\u2019s Note:<\/strong>\u00a0The following is a post by\u00a0Mark Kakkuri, a nationally published freelance writer who covers guns and gear, 2nd Amendment issues and the outdoors. His writing and photography have appeared in many firearms-related publications, including the USCCA\u2019s Concealed Carry Magazine. You can follow him on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/markkakkuri\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-five-questions-i-get-as-a-gun-owner\" title=\"Top Five Questions I Get as a Gun Owner\">Twitter @markkakkuri.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Read Mark\u2019s previous articles in this \u201cTop Five\u201d series:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/top-five-reasons-carry-backup-gun\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-five-questions-i-get-as-a-gun-owner\" title=\"Top Five Questions I Get as a Gun Owner\">Top Five Reasons to Carry a Backup Gun<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/top-five-backup-guns\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-five-questions-i-get-as-a-gun-owner\" title=\"Top Five Questions I Get as a Gun Owner\">Top Five Backup Guns<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/top-five-security-measures-traveling\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-five-questions-i-get-as-a-gun-owner\" title=\"Top Five Questions I Get as a Gun Owner\">Top Five Security Measures to Take While Traveling Unarmed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/top-five-revolver-myths\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-five-questions-i-get-as-a-gun-owner\" title=\"Top Five Questions I Get as a Gun Owner\">Top Five Revolver Myths<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/top-five-types-revolver-grips\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-five-questions-i-get-as-a-gun-owner\" title=\"Top Five Questions I Get as a Gun Owner\">Top Five Types of Revolver Grips<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you\u2019re a gun owner and haven\u2019t been peppered by questions from others as to why you\u2019re a gun owner, then you\u2019re either very good at keeping your gun ownership under the radar or you live in a rural area with very few people to deal with.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve all experienced our share of questions about guns \u2014 with corresponding attitudes ranging from subtle inferences about our sanity to genuine interest in learning more. I try to do my part by helping people learn and even changing antagonistic attitudes when I can. With that, here are the top five questions I get as a gun owner.<\/p>\n<h2>1. \u201cWhy Do You Need a Handgun\/Rifle\/Shotgun?\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Sometimes, rather than launching immediately into the rights recognized by the 2nd Amendment \u2014 which isn\u2019t necessarily the point of the question, anyway \u2014 I start by reversing the question and saying something like this: \u201cThanks for asking! I am happy to discuss this with you but would like to ask you this: Do you own a fire extinguisher? If so, why?\u201d That\u2019s usually a useful enough contemplation to get them thinking in terms of having defensive tools on hand in the event of an emergency.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, I try to get the questioner to think in terms of who determines what my needs are, which, of course, is me and not the broader culture, the government, etc. Later, the conversation generally turns to the matter of individual rights, the reality of the world we live in, the inability for police to be in all places at all times and so on.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, the question gets asked about a rifle or shotgun from a purely utilitarian perspective. Answering that I simply need the proper tool to hunt deer or waterfowl is often enough. As for the handgun, that usually gets us talking about personal defense and the associated reasons for concealed carry.<\/p>\n<h2>2. \u201cSo, Self-Defense\u2026 Does It Have to Be a Gun?\u201d or \u201cWhy don\u2019t you use a blunt force instrument such as \u2026?\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Here, the conversation is progressing, but the questioner is showing his or her bias against guns, in particular, or perhaps his or her ignorance of self-defense techniques in general. I usually find it to be the latter.<\/p>\n<p>Asking \u201cDoes it have to be a gun?\u201d might suggest a classic \u201cguns are evil\u201d way of thinking. Typically, the person thinks that attackers using a weapon less than a gun deserve some kind of balanced response from you. A brief review of how weapons function and the proximity required in order for them to be effective usually serves to make the point that a gun is likely going to be the best self-defense weapon choice.<\/p>\n<h2>3. \u201cAren\u2019t You Afraid of Someone Stealing Your Gun?\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>This more practical or safety-minded question usually means the person with whom I\u2019m talking has moved a bit toward my position and is now working through other issues related to gun safety. They might still be grasping at straws, trying to make a case against even owning a gun, but this one is easily handled.<\/p>\n<p>Someone who is interested in stealing a gun realizes there is a gun to be stolen. Which means there\u2019s an owner of the gun. Which means there\u2019s likely a defense-minded person who knows how to use it. Which means this will not be an easy theft. Regardless, guns not in use are locked up in a gun safe and not easily stolen anyway.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ve seen those clever house signs that say things like, \u201cThis house guarded by shotgun three nights a week. You guess which three.\u201d Or, \u201cWe don\u2019t use 9-1-1, we use .357.\u201d I don\u2019t recommend such antagonism, but the point is clear: The owner takes his or her responsibility to defend this home very seriously. Violate the property or break-in at your own risk.<\/p>\n<h2>4. \u201cWhere Is It?\u201d or \u201cHow Do You Secure Your Gun In Your Home?\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>With these questions, I might be getting some buy-in to the efficacy of owning a firearm from the questioner. I don\u2019t outright answer these questions but simply explain that guns should be safely stored and easily accessible.<\/p>\n<p>There are logistical matters to address in terms of how some gun safes work, where to locate them and so forth, but the main point for the questioner to understand is that the firearm safety rules are always in effect. Often, I\u2019ll explain to a questioner how I carry concealed, even at home, as this provides me with maximum control and accessibility to my gun.<\/p>\n<h2>5. \u201cWhat Is It With Americans and Guns?\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Sometimes this is an antagonistic question. But, sometimes, a person realizes firearms are simply a part of the fabric of American life. With the presentation of a few simple statistics demonstrating how responsibly armed, law-abiding American citizens are not a problem but a solution to a problem, it\u2019s just a short jump to discussing the history of the country and its Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>If the questioner really wants to try to make a point about gun ownership being for the paranoid or some other abnormal worldview or way of thinking, I like to ask if the questioner knows any other gun owners and the extent of their conversations. Usually, there aren\u2019t many \u2014 known gun owners or conversations \u2014 and the questioner sees how they\u2019ve built a view of gun ownership based not on facts but on speculation.<\/p>\n<p>So, what is it with Americans and guns? We recognize our right to self-defense, gun ownership and use, and our commitment to the 2nd Amendment as a protection for society to continue under principles of freedom.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shop for a new revolver on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/Search.aspx?Keyword=revolver\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-five-questions-i-get-as-a-gun-owner\" title=\"Top Five Questions I Get as a Gun Owner\">GunsAmerica<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Discover how you can join more than 200,000 responsibly armed Americans who already rely on the USCCA to protect their families, futures and freedoms: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscca.com\/GunsAmerica\" campaign=\"USCCATop5\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">USCCA.com\/gunsamerica<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re a gun owner and haven\u2019t been peppered by questions from others as to why you\u2019re a gun owner, then you\u2019re either very good at keeping your gun ownership under the radar or you live in a rural area with very few people to deal with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":81406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,234,340],"tags":[132,586,127,626,544],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-81401","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-columns","9":"category-columns-ccw-edc","10":"tag-buzz","11":"tag-column","12":"tag-concealed-carry","13":"tag-opinion","14":"tag-top-5"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Top Five Questions I Get as a Gun Owner<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Questions, questions, questions. 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