I think you may be right about his motivations. Again, good on you for standing up to your principles. It does sound like his dad is better equipped to properly store his gun where it is brought out only to hunt dinner. Nothing finer than a perfectly cooked moose roast. YUM!

Another bit of research you might be interested in exploring is how many of those guns in the hands of criminals were stolen from the homes and cars of law abiding citizens. The numbers are mind boggling!