I know that gun ownership is a hot button issue but I was just wondering how you all feel about nurses being gun owners. I recently acquired a very nice hunting rifle that was handed down from my dad. None of the boys wanted it so I jumped at it since I had many happy memories of hunting and target shooting with my dad. It is a stunningly Beautiful Henry Golden Boy in perfect condition. I have not gone shooting in almost 30 years so I took it to the range and familiarized myself again with all aspects of the gun and how to clean and store it with a range master.
Someone at work asked me what I had done that weekend and I said I went shooting. She arched her eyebrows and said something guns weren't very nurse-like.
This is not a handgun - but a family heirloom. I doubt I'll ever shoot it off the range but I may give it to my son when he is a grown man.
Wow, I feel like the only people who walk around with guns on the east coast are police, govt security, and criminals.
Sure people own guns but they aren't walking around with a gun holstered to their hip out in the open.
As for all the liberal talk and not owning guns, one of my nurse friends is the biggest liberal except when it comes to owning guns. So yeah, liberals can definitely own guns.
Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).
Reading some of these posts caused me to recall a situation occurring at the hospital where I work, in the days before we were given our own personal keys to the psych units.
An RN was not feeling well and thought she should go to ER, so the House Sup requested that I sit in for her. As the ill RN was leaving the unit, I suggested she leave her keys in the event she did not return.
Some nurses do not need to own firearms in order to be scary.
I know that gun ownership is a hot button issue but I was just wondering how you all feel about nurses being gun owners. I recently acquired a very nice hunting rifle that was handed down from my dad. None of the boys wanted it so I jumped at it since I had many happy memories of hunting and target shooting with my dad. It is a stunningly Beautiful Henry Golden Boy in perfect condition. I have not gone shooting in almost 30 years so I took it to the range and familiarized myself again with all aspects of the gun and how to clean and store it with a range master.
Someone at work asked me what I had done that weekend and I said I went shooting. She arched her eyebrows and said something guns weren't very nurse-like.
This is not a handgun - but a family heirloom. I doubt I'll ever shoot it off the range but I may give it to my son when he is a grown man.
Hppy
Who cares(why ask) if other people don't like your constitutional right to bear arms?
Wow, I feel like the only people who walk around with guns on the east coast are police, govt security, and criminals.
Sure people own guns but they aren't walking around with a gun holstered to their hip out in the open.
As for all the liberal talk and not owning guns, one of my nurse friends is the biggest liberal except when it comes to owning guns. So yeah, liberals can definitely own guns.
You are more likely seeing many more guns than you realize. Conceal carry is much more common in heavily urbanized areas so unless you know what you are looking for you would never know it.
I lived in Arizona where it was not uncommon to see guns carried openly but the amount carried concealed was far greater.
They've murdered many a motorcyclist or auto driver.
True...I just couldn't resist referencing the deers!
But yeah I have cared for cycle vs deer pt in my ICU. When I was 19 or 20 I hit one on my way home from work (rural WI -- surrounded by woods, and late at night.) That animal came out of nowhere! For a second I thought I was going to die because this big buck's body hit my windshield on the driver's side. Fortunately the windshield held up, and the buck's trajectory was diverted up over the car. The car was totalled.
It's not uncommon for myself and several co-workers to go to the shooting range on the weekend. We're all RN's and love shooting. I own several handguns and a shotgun. I don't own any rifles yet. I just haven't been able to justify the expense as of yet. If I could ever track down a person with some land I'd probably invest.
I live in an open carry state. I have been licensed but I'd rather not open carry. In fact, rarely do I see someone openly carry their weapon.
But seriously, "not nurse-like?" Get a grip. I would be wary of talking about that subject with that coworker. I am a female psych nurse and proud to exercise my right to defend myself. I have a concealed handgun license, a shotgun, a bolt action 22, a shotgun, and an AR-15. My coworkers know that I enjoy hunting and target shooting but you have to know who your audience is. There is nothing wrong with inheriting that family heirloom and being proud of it!
At one point foregoing wearing nylons and nursing cap was considered "not very nurse-like" behavior. Just something to keep in mind..
I don't own guns and am not likely to change that in the future but whoever made this comment to the OP need to get over themselves and step out of the dark ages.
Glycerine82, LPN
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I thought that too, until I moved to SC.