{"id":20438,"date":"2015-07-14T10:30:50","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T17:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/offgridsurvival.com\/?p=20438"},"modified":"2023-10-31T22:39:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T05:39:28","slug":"shouldyoubuyagun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offgridsurvival.com\/shouldyoubuyagun\/","title":{"rendered":"Should you buy a firearm? The Pros & Cons of Gun Ownership"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are over 310 million privately-owned firearms in America; a number that works out to roughly 1 gun for every man women and child in this country. While the anti-gun crowd would like you to believe that guns are evil and that there\u2019s a so-called epidemic of mass shootings in this country, the truth is, as gun sales have skyrocketed in recent years, gun crimes have actually dropped.<\/p>\n

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Anecdotal evidence seems to suggest that more guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens actually stop the bad guys from committing these heinous crimes.<\/p>\n

So what’s the truth about guns? Should everyone own one?<\/h2>\n

Well, before we jump into the reasons why owning a firearm is a smart idea, let’s look at some of the downsides to gun ownership. Yes, the downsides.<\/p>\n

While I’m about as Pro-Second Amendment as it gets, I do feel like it is our responsibility as responsible, law-abiding gun owners to tell the truth about firearms; and the truth is some people probably shouldn’t own them.<\/p>\n

Guns are not for everyone!<\/h3>\n

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While I 100% believe that a gun in the hands of a responsible, trained gun owner is a good thing, one in the hands of some guy who has never bothered to take a firearms safety course, or learn how to use that firearm in a self-defense situation is downright dangerous.<\/p>\n

There are far too many people who put their lives at risk, and their family\u2019s lives in danger, by not taking gun safety and training seriously. Before you ever buy your first gun, you need to learn:<\/p>\n