re: People are way too afraid of guns these days

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This is why I've held off on commenting. Pulling guns out in front of a close group of friends is one thing, doing it with casual acquaintances is something else entirely. OP hasn't really clarified how well these people know each other so I'm withholding judgement.

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This is a good point, and I agree I should've expounded further on this.

Yes, this group knows each other well. There were probably a couple of newer faces in the group, but for the most part everyone has known each other for years. On top of that, everyone knows the host is a firearms enthusiast and competition shooter.

As for why he has his gun safe in the living room, yes it's a small house.

As for the self righteous guy trying to bust me for having guns out at a "house party," those are your words, not mine. This wasn't a "house party" any more than having a group of friends over for a Sunday BBQ is a "house party." As I already mentioned multiple times, we had just arrived at the host's house from dinner. Probably the "drunkest" person in the group was the birthday girl (one of the only folks who didn't flip her shite BTW) and she could have been described as tipsy at worst. I don't think a single drink had even been poured by the time we had opened the gun safe.