I bought my shotgun in summer 1999 "just in case" Y2K turned into a disaster zombies in the street type nightmare. Unfortunately, they are not legal in NYC, so I had to keep it at my folks house in L.I. (which would have done me no good during the apocolypse) and now it is living with my brother upstate until NYC's gun laws are overturned. With that said, with a 6 year old boy in the house I might re-think that, although I could keep it locked up and such.
I have never fired anything more than an air gun. Typical city kid (who isn't a gang banger or drug dealer). My father was in the marines in WW II and was a sharp shooter, my older brother learned how to handle a rifle and is a good shot, I just never got around to it. I would like to shoot some skeet or something, that looks fun.
Honestly, I feel uncomfortable around hand guns, though not rifles. When I went to college in Texas some wackadoodle brought a handgun into the dorm and was always playing with it and all I could think about was the darn thing going off (even though it wasn't loaded)
that'll never happen. You also need a permit just to transport it from up state to LI. If you get caught, you can be arrested. gotta love nyc.