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panader0

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42. Me too Don
Wed Dec 26, 2012, 09:20 PM
Dec 2012

I live in the wooded boonies 15 miles from Mexico. Don't own a gun. Jeannie makes me lock the door at night, but when we're away I leave everything unlocked. If someone wanted to get into my house they could easily break a window or knock the door in.
I have nothing anyone would want to steal. "You want that old POS computer? That old TV? Really?" My one possession that I value is a guitar. I do not live in fear at all. No one wants what I "own". I've made through 62 years without shooting anyone and don't intend to in the years I have left.

I am a rural non-gun owner [View all] NNN0LHI Dec 2012 OP
Same place. Whovian Dec 2012 #1
I was starting to feel like a weirdo because I wasn't all armed up NNN0LHI Dec 2012 #5
not rural - suburban ... zbdent Dec 2012 #2
I'd be more worried about mice if I were you :) Taverner Dec 2012 #3
So you don't have any trouble with animals? Indydem Dec 2012 #4
You either don't live in the country or you are an idiot. Whovian Dec 2012 #7
Um, yes. I live in the country. Indydem Dec 2012 #10
Geez, do you shoot all the songbirds and squirrels and rabbits too? Jamastiene Dec 2012 #19
Squirrels and rabbits are good to eat and tasty too. N/T GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #33
so you shoot random animals from just outside your house? CreekDog Dec 2012 #47
Me too. I'm sure the neighbors love some dude popping off at all hours. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2012 #51
Bullshit. I've lived in the country for a long time. cali Dec 2012 #54
but you didn't grow up there, i think. i think you said you're a transplant from suburban ct. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #66
so what? And in suburban cali Dec 2012 #69
a whole half mile. jeepers. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #70
I did grow up there, right across the state line... countryjake Dec 2012 #72
i didn't say anything about old-timers with guns being hell-bent on killing things. i said that HiPointDem Dec 2012 #73
Well, when city slickers decide to encroach... countryjake Dec 2012 #74
Didn't work for me and I live in the middle of no where sunwyn Dec 2012 #106
we have a rash of dogs being shot recently for going after livestock loli phabay Dec 2012 #113
he "hunts varmints" corkhead Dec 2012 #14
I believe Sherman A1 Dec 2012 #24
I am surrounded by them by the hundreds. NNN0LHI Dec 2012 #8
There are people, usually transplants, who move to the country and then decide Jamastiene Dec 2012 #22
When I bought my current place, LWolf Dec 2012 #38
+1000 countryjake Dec 2012 #61
and there are people, usually transplants, who move to the country & then decide that the HiPointDem Dec 2012 #67
Ever seen a cat that's been mauled by a coyote or dog pack? Know any families that RELY on deer meat KittyWampus Dec 2012 #111
My fences LWolf Dec 2012 #16
We are all wide-open where I'm at. Indydem Dec 2012 #18
I have horses and a sheep, LWolf Dec 2012 #37
Lol, you don't need to shoot every coyote, raccoon, opossum and fox you see! Jamastiene Dec 2012 #17
If an animal does something to damage or destroy my property. Indydem Dec 2012 #20
I get it. laundry_queen Dec 2012 #84
Your approach of killing all wildlife is so enlightened. Whatever justifies owning geek tragedy Dec 2012 #88
Maybe because I'm a long time member. Indydem Dec 2012 #99
A long time member who somehow takes the conservative side of virtually every issue in discussions geek tragedy Dec 2012 #103
That's malarky Indydem Dec 2012 #105
The poster didn't say they shot every animal they see. You are projecting here. KittyWampus Dec 2012 #112
I only eat people who shoot at me. hunter Dec 2012 #41
nobody needs to thank you for anything CreekDog Dec 2012 #48
LOL I live in the Raleigh suburbs and have seen... WorseBeforeBetter Dec 2012 #57
I just thought I wasnt rural enough. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #6
If they are Go Vols Dec 2012 #9
I don't know where my keys are. We had a murderer running around in my "back yard" not too long ago. Gregorian Dec 2012 #11
thanks Voice for Peace Dec 2012 #60
My grandmother laundry_queen Dec 2012 #85
Blasphemer!!!! JoePhilly Dec 2012 #12
You must not have a big weapons cache you need to protect corkhead Dec 2012 #13
Lol Jamastiene Dec 2012 #27
I've got the keys. LWolf Dec 2012 #15
Only reason I seen them ten years ago is I changed doors and locks NNN0LHI Dec 2012 #21
I am a rural gun owner. Rex Dec 2012 #23
I don't own a gun but.... Skittles Dec 2012 #25
locking the doors does keep the axe murderers away CreekDog Dec 2012 #49
Careful With That Axe Eugene NNN0LHI Dec 2012 #98
One reason I've given for locking doors, kentauros Dec 2012 #55
aw HECK yes Skittles Dec 2012 #63
Often, I have to unlock my car kentauros Dec 2012 #78
All of our friends know we don't appreciate unanounced visits NNN0LHI Dec 2012 #100
Also, as you're rural, kentauros Dec 2012 #102
I am a rural non-gun owner too. Jamastiene Dec 2012 #26
You should have let us known sooner, Don. Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #28
Small towner here, grntuscarora Dec 2012 #29
where i live first thing animal control asks you when you have a rabid animal is if you have a gun loli phabay Dec 2012 #35
As if rabid animals are all that common today. Whovian Dec 2012 #39
lol simpler more humane really loli phabay Dec 2012 #45
LOL???? Really? Shooting a pup is LOL? Whovian Dec 2012 #58
lol i cant believe you think you handled the rabid animal in any way humane loli phabay Dec 2012 #68
They're not all that uncommon either. JoeyT Dec 2012 #64
I used to be that guy. Robb Dec 2012 #30
Thank you for sharing that information. I also leave in a rural area and never owned a gun southernyankeebelle Dec 2012 #31
When I was six years old, my mom used to give me money for bread and milk, and let me walk alone... slackmaster Dec 2012 #32
Curious - what do you consider rural? How many acres do you live on; how close are neighbors? nt DeschutesRiver Dec 2012 #34
i use if you are on a well and septic system and not on google maps loli phabay Dec 2012 #36
I thought about those distinctions, but just that alone doesn't really address density DeschutesRiver Dec 2012 #40
i remember some poster talking about his rural apartment block and was wondering if thats really loli phabay Dec 2012 #46
Dirt roads would work as a criteria. DeschutesRiver Dec 2012 #90
Being on a well doesn't work anymore. JoeyT Dec 2012 #65
I can step out my back door and take a leak without being seen by anyone NNN0LHI Dec 2012 #71
I've never lived where you couldn't hear the coyotes; this is probably the first place where DeschutesRiver Dec 2012 #91
That first scene with the fawn and coyote would disturb some people NNN0LHI Dec 2012 #92
It would, but that is how nature works. DeschutesRiver Dec 2012 #95
Me too Don panader0 Dec 2012 #42
That's nice. PavePusher Dec 2012 #43
The violent crime rate in my state of New Hampshire is vanishingly small. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #53
Which doesn't make the occasional need any less real or more predictable. n/t PavePusher Dec 2012 #82
Got it, so you need semi auto guns in rural areas because the crime rate is so low. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #86
Have a great day. PavePusher Dec 2012 #89
Same, including the keys. riderinthestorm Dec 2012 #44
Doesn't anyone around here own a German shepherd or something? mainer Dec 2012 #50
Me too. I know I had them but Raven Dec 2012 #52
Also rural, xmas74 Dec 2012 #56
Rural, no guns, but I definitely lock up the house when I leave and at night. Dems to Win Dec 2012 #59
Rural...very rural...gun owner here. beevul Dec 2012 #62
Get a Jackass.... jdadd Dec 2012 #81
That is a beautiful dog you have guardian Dec 2012 #93
Sadly, that isn't our dog, just an example. We would like to have a pair of them though. beevul Dec 2012 #104
great photos and info guardian Dec 2012 #114
Rural but do have close neighbors madokie Dec 2012 #75
We have deer and squirrels and a bear or three every once in a while graham4anything Dec 2012 #76
+1 Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #80
I was getting ready to change the name of this place to NRA Underground in my bookmarks. aandegoons Dec 2012 #77
Well, you certainly came for rational conversation. PavePusher Dec 2012 #83
OK your choice your life Resonance_Chamber Dec 2012 #79
Because they will shoot you? Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #87
It happens but not annoying the neighbors is just a good way to go through life Resonance_Chamber Dec 2012 #94
So you actually think you should be armed in case of a war with your neighbors. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #96
No but my neighbor IS a paranoid teahadist nutjob with guns Resonance_Chamber Dec 2012 #97
I would move if I found myself in that situation NNN0LHI Dec 2012 #108
Well his house is 1,225 yards from my property line Resonance_Chamber Dec 2012 #109
You're not the NRA's target audience bongbong Dec 2012 #101
Lots of priveleged people here. Jim Warren Dec 2012 #107
Priveleged in what way? Resonance_Chamber Dec 2012 #110
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