canav08
Final Select SNA OCS 08 July 12
Kind of a dumb/presumptuous thing to ask considering there is no guarantee I will make it into this position but here goes.
From your experience, how "hard" is it to own multiple firearms while living the life/living situations of a new officer, particularly in the aviation community? I don't mean afford all the guns you want but, assuming you live off base, is it a big deal to own a decent sized safe like a ~500lb, 24 gun? Is something big like that best putting off until the career is a little less fast paced with frequent moves, potentially having roomates, etc? When you went through API/Primary/RAG was it common for others like yourself to own guns? Multiple guns? Safes? Or would I be considered nuts by my classmates if I was the housemate/roommate showing up with a fairly big safe?
What happens during deployments or if you ended up living on base for some reason?
I only ask because I'm kind of possessive/attached to my firearms, I like them to all be in one place under my control as much as possible. I do not come from a gun friendly state and leaving them at home could mean loosing them all if somebody in my family had even a minor run in with the law. No history of that but I'm talking even restraining orders from a crazy ex or something could do in the entire family owning guns and start a loosing legal battle to get them back without paying $100K. This does happen in the great state of Massachusetts, fairly regularly.
Sorry for the weird question, I know I made it sound super important but its far from my mind vs concentrating on actually getting into this game and staying there.
From your experience, how "hard" is it to own multiple firearms while living the life/living situations of a new officer, particularly in the aviation community? I don't mean afford all the guns you want but, assuming you live off base, is it a big deal to own a decent sized safe like a ~500lb, 24 gun? Is something big like that best putting off until the career is a little less fast paced with frequent moves, potentially having roomates, etc? When you went through API/Primary/RAG was it common for others like yourself to own guns? Multiple guns? Safes? Or would I be considered nuts by my classmates if I was the housemate/roommate showing up with a fairly big safe?
What happens during deployments or if you ended up living on base for some reason?
I only ask because I'm kind of possessive/attached to my firearms, I like them to all be in one place under my control as much as possible. I do not come from a gun friendly state and leaving them at home could mean loosing them all if somebody in my family had even a minor run in with the law. No history of that but I'm talking even restraining orders from a crazy ex or something could do in the entire family owning guns and start a loosing legal battle to get them back without paying $100K. This does happen in the great state of Massachusetts, fairly regularly.
Sorry for the weird question, I know I made it sound super important but its far from my mind vs concentrating on actually getting into this game and staying there.
