Ever Lost a Friend Over Guns?

[Mr.Cip]

When I was kid, about 12, we lived on a farm. My best friend lived in town in a subdivision.
My friend would come over and we would go down to the creek with other farms boys and shoot targets. I had a single shot bolt action rifle. We had a great time. This was in 1962.
Somehow my best friend's parents found out I had a gun. It wasn't a secret. As far as my parents were concerned it was just a normal activity. My best friend's dad said that his son was no longer going to visit me ever again. My mom called him and after a long discussion things were settled and the dad was reassured that we were responsible gun owners and safety was a priority.
I almost lost a best friend. Fifty five years later we are still close friends. He never became a gun owner, but he respects gun ownership and supports the right of owning firearms.

https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2016/10/robert-farago/desantis-gunhide-question-of-the-day-every-lost-a-friend-over-guns/

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[Lumpia is sarap!®]

Different strokes for different folks.

[Divernhunter]

I have but it is no real loss if they cannot be friends and accept that I own firearms, shoot, reload and HUNT.
Also lost a wife. She knew I hunted when we married. Five years later she "got God" and told me he said I should not hunt and I had to choose between her and hunting. Thirty min later she was out the door with her bags and I had changed the locks. Later she came and took some other items and left. Never saw her again and did not care. Years later I ran into her uncle and he said I would not recognize her and she is spaced out(drugs) all the time. He said I was lucky to get rid of her when I did.

[bsg]

i have friendships that have lasted over a lifetime. despite our differences, we have shared what we have in common and appreciated the friendship that has withstood the test of time. the few friends that i have lost over firearms ownership were not true friends in the first place.

[NotPukeGreen]

Guns? "No" Politics, many!!!

[ZombieLivesMatter]

Not a friend, but my sister stopped talking to me this year after she found out I own guns now. She's far left and a diehard Hillary supporter and feels very strong in her beliefs. I may not agree with her views but they are her views and I respect that, but she doesn't respect my conservative views. I have tried reaching out numerous times, but if she feels that strongly to not talk to me then that's fine, she's an adult, she can do what she wants, just like I'm going to own firearms and not giving them up.

[beanz2]

Whenever someone is very much against what I'm into, that person was never a friend to begin with.

[Scratch705]

no lost friends here over guns.

if anything i gained a few friends b/c of guns.

most of all the people i am friends with either own guns or goes shooting with me.

[kustomkat1950]

My father (who got me into shooting), recently went all strange on me. Sold all but one (super nice '80s Colt 1911), let his CCW lapse...This is in a free state mind you...GA. He could have it all, FA, SBR,...What gives?

[Jimi Jah]

Yep. A good friend was shot point blank in the gut by a low life AA drug dealer in North Hollywood. They tossed his body into a dumpster. They are probably free. LAPD was useless.

[ZombieLivesMatter]

Yep. A good friend was shot point blank in the gut by a low life AA drug dealer in North Hollywood. They tossed his body into a dumpster. They are probably free. LAPD was useless.

That sucks sorry man, you literally lost a friend to a gun.

[bsg]

My father (who got me into shooting), recently went all strange on me. Sold all but one (super nice '80s Colt 1911), let his CCW lapse...This is in a free state mind you...GA. He could have it all, FA, SBR,...What gives?

despite that many enemies of the 2nd Amendment own firearms, i'd like to think that it's doubtful your father has been born-again-anti if he kept a pistol as he did.

[bsg]

That sucks sorry man, you literally lost a friend to a gun.

no, he lost his friend to the act of a criminal.

[kustomkat1950]

Yeah, with the tropical storms out on the east coast, I had to talk him into bringing a handgun with him...actually, my moms was the deciding factor in that one...and she hates guns (lil sis ate a round in the 90s) I understand.

[Chaparral]

I don't know about anyone I'd call a friend but several really friendly acquaintances over the years have just vanished overnight when they've seen what I had. I've also had people just drift away when they saw what I drove or found out I fixed up rental properties.