My husband was a deer hunter all his life, and he always had knives, guns, and tools of all kinds. Plus, we each grew up in rural country three states apart, and all the people got along. Practically every house had at least one gun, but there was never violence. Boys started with BB guns as children, progressed to the 22, and on. In Massachusetts it would have been illegal to keep my husband's hunting rifles, shotguns and black powder gun after his death because nobody else here has a license to carry. So he donated all his hunting things to relatives, who came and picked them up, as they had carry licenses. The doctors had all told me that he was dying in 2013, yet he survived for three more years. In Massachusetts we have no right to defend ourselves, so the guns had to go. It's sad.