dalea said:Color me cynical this morning but I believe the folk that would ask such a question would blab it all around if you told them you DID have guns...e.g. 'You have to be careful about Jim's house THEY HAVE GUNS! They say they have them locked up, but still...'
They'd do this to show how 'concerned' they were or just to gossip.
So what if they "blab it all around"? Are you ashamed that people think you have guns? Do you live in an area where you're afraid that if someone thinks that you have a high value article such as a gun ($500 or so?) that they will come steal it?
I've been taking my kids, grandkids, and all their friends shooting since they were 5 or 6 years old. I have people ASKING me to take their kids shooting. Pretty hard to do if they don't know that I have guns.
If you think that there's any way you're going to stop people gossiping, you're living in a dream world.