Gun Ownership | Imamother

amother

↑ Bisque ↓

Thu, Dec 26 2024, 5:25 am

amother Zinnia wrote:

Curious: people who carry guns, what do they do at night? Sleep with them? Lock them up?

My husband has a gun safe hidden brhind his bedside table. Locked there at night.

shabbatiscoming

Thu, Dec 26 2024, 5:27 am

amother Lemon wrote:

Oh my goodness, I live in Switzerland and reading those comments reminds of the comic books I used to read as kid, about the Wild West.
Just that nowadays frum Jews also carry guns, and not just in the West apparently.

Somehow, Israeli's carrying guns make sense. About every second week there's an "incident", where a civilian carrying a gun saved the day.

When was the last time, you know of a frum Jew in the US, that had to use his gun?

Thats a very naive way to look at thing. People want to be prepared, just in case.

amother

↑ Bisque

Thu, Dec 26 2024, 5:28 am

amother Daffodil wrote:

We are chareidi in Israel and dh has a gun. He wears it hidden. Our kids know about it but we've told them not to advertise it to the public.

But why? So many wear guns. It doesnt have to be a secret.

amother

↑ Daffodil

Thu, Dec 26 2024, 5:30 am

amother Bisque wrote:

But why? So many wear guns. It doesnt have to be a secret.

Not so common the Chareidi community. He's not looking to advertise it. He just wants to be armed to protect us or others if need be (may he never need it).

amother

Honey

Thu, Dec 26 2024, 6:11 am

amother Lemon wrote:

There is more than one frum Jew in Switzerland who carries a gun or has one in shul. Just FYI.

amother

Razzmatazz

Thu, Dec 26 2024, 6:46 am

amother OP wrote:

Do you/DH own a gun? If yes, where do you keep it for safety purposes, and like the poll says, do you kids know you own one?

Does your DH (or you 😜) carry regularly?

If you have a regular safe for legal docs and jewelry, do you have a separate safe for the gun, or same safe?

My dad has a gun. He has three locked safes- one in his room, one in his office, one in his car. He only carries it to shul. The older kids know. He puts it away the second he gets home.

amother

↑ Lemon

Thu, Dec 26 2024, 8:04 am

amother Honey wrote:

There is more than one frum Jew in Switzerland who carries a gun or has one in shul. Just FYI.

I know, and I'm very grateful.
But there's a difference between +/- a Minyan of men carrying guns (hidden guns) for the safety of all of us, and whole families practicing shooting in their backyard, just in case...

And as I previously said, what's the likelihood of them using it.

I think the Americans went overboard with their Hishtadlus.

But the beauty of this website, is me learning different perspectives, so please go ahead and tell me why you disagree with me

Iymnok

Thu, Dec 26 2024, 8:35 am

My sister has some friends who carry. They wear long flowy skirts to hide the leg holster.
Most assume that the long skirts are for tznius. That's true too.

amother

Tulip

Thu, Dec 26 2024, 8:39 am

Yes. Husband has license.
Husbands has multiple guns
My oldest knows. It is kept in a case w a lock and in a closet that is usually locked
I don't even know how to get to it.

amother

↑ Lightcyan ↓

Thu, Dec 26 2024, 9:29 am

amother Outerspace wrote:

Where might a child find a gun lying around?

I have heard anecdotal stories of very naive children finding guns lying in the street or in old grandpa's basement. They pick them up, thinking they are a toy and try to pull the trigger. A child who grew up in a house with a gun would never do that.
We start teaching our kids how to shoot at around 10/11, but they are all taught gun safety from very young. My 4yo knows not to ever ever touch.
And by the way, for those who are scared of having a husband carry, if your husband is trained properly and is responsible and has a tight enough holster, there is no way a little kid could somehow get that gun out of the holster.

amother

↑ Lightcyan

Thu, Dec 26 2024, 9:32 am

amother Lemon wrote:

Lol, I guess you live in a much safer city than I do.
Many of my neighbors have been carjacked at gun point over the last decade.
I'd actually worry more about terrorism/antisemitic attack in Europe than in USA. In my neighborhood, the main problem is black violence.

amother

Waterlily

Thu, Dec 26 2024, 9:33 am

Live in Israel. DH has a gun and carries it always. I know how to shoot it too. It is either on my DH body or in the safe. Children are very aware of it.

amother

Aconite

Fri, Dec 27 2024, 11:56 am

This probably won't be a popular opinion, but I think the obsession many have with guns has more to do with the Frum world's consumption of right wing media and alignment with the conservative culture than with actual necessary "hishtadlus". I think its just a way to make themselves feel better, as if their is something Jewish to their hobby. Go ahead, enjoy your hobby, but don't blame it on needing to do your hishtadlus. Hkol Kol Yaakov vhayadayim yeday Eisav.

eta: I'm talking about Americans, not Israeli's