Maybe I am unusually up tight about the thought of a deaf person owning so many guns. My partner and I talked about it because we are in NC. She took the conceal to carry class and owns something she studied and bought. But she's hearing. I signed up for the class, thinking I own a gun, so it seemed like a good idea but then... I can't hear unless I'm turned on (we "ate" the money and I didn't go). So, we both have them (my aim after all these years is still pretty good and I have a kicker of a gun - the place I practice talked about the good shape it's in). But if Marcus barks in the middle of the night, I will not be the one who grabs my revolver. I might shoot my partner.
I suppose it's another matter if she's not here and I am alone but that doesn't happen often and I would likely use it in that case. It's tricky, though.
Help me out here. Do not attack me for being concerned about being deaf. I am and I own a gun. But I own it because I was hearing when I first started shooting. 30 years later, I have the same gun. That makes sense. But I don't advertise it - my neighbors do not know - and wouldn't want to advertise it. Deaf woman/gun/... a setup? I do talk about my prior skydiving adventures and have no problem letting people see that I do ride a motorcycle. But a gun and advertising it and being deaf? It seems rather stupid.
-- Sheri