# Sigh...I guess I joined the gun culture...and it pisses me off

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**Created:** [October 29, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-i-guess-i-joined-the-gun-culture-and-it-pisses-me-off/973973 "2022-10-29T18:14:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 29, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-i-guess-i-joined-the-gun-culture-and-it-pisses-me-off/973973/18 "2022-10-29T19:29:48Z")

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I sympathize. I will make no judgement for the OP or the reasons, and will just say I’m glad you’re taking an effort to secure the firearm from other users, intentional or otherwise in the house, and that you’re taking an effort to train yourself in use and safety.

I did a thread on this issue almost a year ago, which I’ll like here:

> [@Have you or those close to you purchased a firearm in the last 2 years? (COVID/Insurrection/Mass Shootings)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-or-those-close-to-you-purchased-a-firearm-in-the-last-2-years-covid-insurrection-mass-shootings/941915):
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> Figured it was time for a slightly different discussion on the whole firearm issue. Rather than debate how/whether/should firearms be regulated, I wanted to see if anyone here was a part of the new demographic - post-disaster first time gun buyers. Previously, I linked in several gun discussion threads that in the last two years, first time gun owners have made a unusually high percentage of firearms purchased. This started (arguably) with the BLM unrest, but transitioned/evolved further with…

Which has a number of links in which I noted the changing demographics of new purchasers: POC, female, or liberal leaning. And the reasons boil down to fear of being targeted. Often a justified fear, but as stated in this thread and the current thread, the most important step is to protect yourself from accidental injury, which brings us right back to the beginning of my post.

Be safe, and may we all never need the firearms we have, nor be harmed by them.

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