Did anyone else grow up in a similar situation...and please no anti-hunting rants?

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My mother and stepfather (at the time) were avid hunters and had many guns in the house, kept in a locked cabinet of course. The ammunition for these guns was kept in an undisclosed location in a locked box with the key hidden elsewhere.

The reason for this was not gun safety for the children as one might think (all of us kids had respect for weapons, etc and would NEVER have touched a gun other than our BB guns without an adult present) but to keep them from killing each other impulsively.

Did anyone else grow up with parents this hostile towards each other?
@Jojo...that's why I asked for no anti hunting rants...this wasn't about hunting, but rather my parents being hostile. They managed just fine with shovels, fence posts, belts, toasters, plates of food etc.
 
Not quite that bad. But my parents have been hostile towards each other for as long as I can remember. They'd throw things at each other. And if any of the kids got near it we'd be dragged into the hostility. I think it's normal for some parents, but it shouldn't be.
 
I grew up in a hunting family, and we're a hunting family even now. We keep the ammo locked up separately from the guns, and did when I was a child. My parents wouldn't have killed each other though...they had too much fun verbally tormenting and abusing each other and wouldn't have wanted that to end. Plus, in jail you can't drink beer, and what fun would that have been for them?

We were just as dysfunctional.
 
I heard stories about my parents (I was a baby when they split) that my father pulled the trigger on a shotgun in my mothers face, but it misfired.


fun times.
 
my dad has always had guns.. for hunting for protection.. we've never had a problem.. so no, my family is not prone to being trigger happy..
 
When my parents divorced, us kids had ABSOLUTELY no clue it was going to happen. My parents NEVER argued, disagreed or had a cross word for each other that we knew of.
 
you can be a hunter without being hostile. what does hunting have to do with the way your parents acted as husband and wife. Uhmmmm no i didn't grow up with guns in my home. however we did have baseball bats, and tennis rackets, and a knife set in the kitchen. humans can be tempted with any weapons.
 
I'd say that is pretty uncommon. Hopefully, if I knew that the only thing preventing myself or a family member from murdering someone in a fit of rage is a lock, I would get rid of the guns altogether or get some serious anger counseling. Most of us are better able to control our tempers.
 
No....but I swear I can't own a gun because I tend to throw things when I get mad.....the funny thing is I truly love my husband and rarely ever feel any hostility. Yet I still fear I would kill him, LOL!
 
My dad was abusive but my parents split when I was 3 and my dad found a younger hotter woman and ran off .... thank god because I would not want to have had to grown up with that kind off stress.
 
My dad was abusive but my parents split when I was 3 and my dad found a younger hotter woman and ran off .... thank god because I would not want to have had to grown up with that kind off stress.
 
No....but I swear I can't own a gun because I tend to throw things when I get mad.....the funny thing is I truly love my husband and rarely ever feel any hostility. Yet I still fear I would kill him, LOL!
 
I keep the clip loaded in my top drawer!


Not for my wife I am very loving towards her, but for those damn groundhogs out back!


My wife laughs at me she thinks I am like Bill Murray in Caddy Shack going after gophers!


But so far this spring it is Answerdude 1 groundhogs -1
 
I keep the clip loaded in my top drawer!


Not for my wife I am very loving towards her, but for those damn groundhogs out back!


My wife laughs at me she thinks I am like Bill Murray in Caddy Shack going after gophers!


But so far this spring it is Answerdude 1 groundhogs -1
 
No....but I swear I can't own a gun because I tend to throw things when I get mad.....the funny thing is I truly love my husband and rarely ever feel any hostility. Yet I still fear I would kill him, LOL!
 
My family always hunted and had guns with locked ammo. But, no, I don't think that thought ever crossed any of our minds. I'm so sorry you had to live with that, though. Better life now, I hope...?
 
I'd say that is pretty uncommon. Hopefully, if I knew that the only thing preventing myself or a family member from murdering someone in a fit of rage is a lock, I would get rid of the guns altogether or get some serious anger counseling. Most of us are better able to control our tempers.
 
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