Gun Cabinet

A few months ago my younger brother came to visit and somehow it came up that I was looking into getting a gun safe and he volunteered to make me a gun cabinet. Since most gun safes are ugly and need to go in a closet or the garage, I was pretty excited since a gun cabinet is something you can proudly display. As you can see by the pictures, he did an excellent job of building the cabinet. I ended up staining it myself and while I was working on it in my garage, my 70 or 80 year old neighbor walked by and asked what I was doing. I told her I was staining a gun cabinet and she responded, "Oh, you are one of those." I responded "Well, I am a police officer." to which she said, "Well that is part of your job but I didn't think you would have all kinds of extra guns. I never allowed guns in my house." So here is my question-How do you respond to that:)

I didn't respond at all. I do find it interesting that somehow people feel it appropriate to comment negatively and give their opinion about my gun ownership, which is of course a Constitutional right. I don't go up to people of different religions or people exercising freedom of speech, assembly, or any other constitutional rights and say, "Oh, you are one of those". It seems a little wierd to me that people feel they can say whatever they want and treat gun owners as though they are some sort of right wing nutjob.