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Originally Posted by HardDrive
My daughter lives near her college campus. She has had a couple scary incidents at her apartment. Someone kicked in their door when they were not home to try and rob the place, they caught it on camera. I just want her to move home, we live a few miles away, but she is having none of it. She mentioned wanting a gun.
I like shooting, and on one level, I'm stoked. She never had any interest in hunting, or guns. But I do worry. I did not raise her around guns, I worry she won't have the kind safety disciple that I had hammered into me as a kid. I also worry about her really understanding when its ok to deploy a gun. Yes, it can be learned, but she is a college student very much going out drinking with her friends. Maybe I am underestimating her, she is an organized kid with a great capacity to plan.
My other concern is that she is on an SSRI. Can't recall what she is on, but it has a been a huge benefit to the kid. Way happier than she was before. I can't point to any evidence saying that should preclude a person from having a weapon, except in the first few weeks when a person is adjusting to the medication. Should I be concerned?
Have I already started looking at options? Oh yeah.
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“Their door”?
Is the room mate/boyfriend/whatever responsible enough for a gun?
But still having her move home is the best solution for the immediate problem.