Sat Jan 12, 2013, 01:16 PM

Iwillnevergiveup (5,807 posts)

Purchasing a gun vs. adopting a cat

Which is easier?

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13 replies	Author	Time	Post
Purchasing a gun vs. adopting a cat (Original post)	Iwillnevergiveup	Jan 2013	OP
Also which is safer?	whistler162	Jan 2013	#1
You must have cats	sarisataka	Jan 2013	#11
In New York the answer is adopting a cat.	In_The_Wind	Jan 2013	#2
Procedures	Iwillnevergiveup	Jan 2013	#3
Here's the solution:	Ezlivin	Jan 2013	#4
love that picture	dlwickham	Jan 2013	#7
Where I live, "adopting" a cat or dog is far simpler. But you do have yearly licensing fees	geckosfeet	Jan 2013	#5
"Psycho Cat Goes On Rampage, Kills 25"	Initech	Jan 2013	#6
I wouldn't have guns in the house with a cat	dlwickham	Jan 2013	#8
THIS ^^^^ - I have 2 cats, and one would definitely figure it out. And the other one would	kestrel91316	Jan 2013	#10
It wasn't easy to adopt my cat.	gollygee	Jan 2013	#9
About the same:	OneTenthofOnePercent	Jan 2013	#12
Though buying a cat is fairly straightforward	Recursion	Jan 2013	#13

Response to Iwillnevergiveup (Original post)

Sat Jan 12, 2013, 01:25 PM

whistler162 (5,614 posts)

1. Also which is safer?

I would tend to say purchasing a gun!

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Sat Jan 12, 2013, 02:46 PM

sarisataka (2,156 posts)

11. You must have cats

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Response to Iwillnevergiveup (Original post)

Sat Jan 12, 2013, 01:26 PM

In_The_Wind (42,788 posts)

2. In New York the answer is adopting a cat.

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Sat Jan 12, 2013, 01:28 PM

Iwillnevergiveup (5,807 posts)

3. Procedures

##snip##

"My husband and I adopted him in 2009. In order to do so, we had to get a background check, pay an application fee, fill out this form, and then wait to be approved. Obviously, we were, but the animal rescue has rejected numerous unfit people."

##snip##

Glad Nixon the cat got adopted to a responsible owner.

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Response to Iwillnevergiveup (Original post)

Sat Jan 12, 2013, 01:28 PM

Ezlivin (8,016 posts)

4. Here's the solution:

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Response to Ezlivin (Reply #4)

Sat Jan 12, 2013, 02:18 PM

dlwickham (716 posts)

7. love that picture

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Response to Iwillnevergiveup (Original post)

Sat Jan 12, 2013, 01:31 PM

geckosfeet (8,793 posts)

5. Where I live, "adopting" a cat or dog is far simpler. But you do have yearly licensing fees

Last edited Sat Jan 12, 2013, 01:32 PM USA/ET - Edit history (2)

and vet bills etc. Not to mention training, feeding and grooming.

on edit: I have never heard of anyone adopting a gun, but people do "buy" animals.

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Response to Iwillnevergiveup (Original post)

Sat Jan 12, 2013, 01:35 PM

Initech (38,792 posts)

6. "Psycho Cat Goes On Rampage, Kills 25"

Said no newspaper headline in the history of man.

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Response to Iwillnevergiveup (Original post)

Sat Jan 12, 2013, 02:20 PM

dlwickham (716 posts)

8. I wouldn't have guns in the house with a cat

the bastards would figure out how to use them

I have 5 cats

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Response to dlwickham (Reply #8)

Sat Jan 12, 2013, 02:43 PM

kestrel91316 (45,365 posts)

10. THIS ^^^^ - I have 2 cats, and one would definitely figure it out. And the other one would

just lay there watching him with a smile on his face.

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Response to Iwillnevergiveup (Original post)

Sat Jan 12, 2013, 02:22 PM

gollygee (12,318 posts)

9. It wasn't easy to adopt my cat.

I've never bought a gun but I had all sorts of paperwork and had to tell them what vet we were going to and promise all sorts of stuff. They said they sometimes visit people's homes first but I knew the person who was handling the adoption and she knew my home.

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Response to Iwillnevergiveup (Original post)

Sat Jan 12, 2013, 02:54 PM

OneTenthofOnePercent (6,268 posts)

12. About the same:

Look on craigslist for local kitten listings. Drive to owners house. Pay them for cat.
Spend the rest of your life in fear that your cat will try to eat you if you sleep too still.

Look on armslist for local gun listing. Drive to owners house. Pay them for gun.
Spend the rest of your life in fear that your own gun will be taken from you and shoot you.

I don't really see the difference other that the gun doesn't piss in the dining room corner and claw the shit out my couch cushions.

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Response to Iwillnevergiveup (Original post)

Sat Jan 12, 2013, 02:55 PM

Recursion (25,487 posts)

13. Though buying a cat is fairly straightforward

and significantly simpler than buying a gun.

They even have cat shows. Though you can't buy cats at them.

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