Fleetman
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Just wondering how some of you folks might handle a situation like this:
The "other" and I have always kept loaded firearms strategically placed around the house, normally a minimum of one per room that we most often frequent. However, just recently she started working again and we (shudder...lol) commute together and we're normally gone about 12 hours a day. Both of us are licensed to carry in our home state of Pennsylvania.
The problem:
Aside from putting all of the firearms in the safe except our carry guns, we are now effectively unarmed when we return at night. Unfortunately, we commute to a state where our permits are not valid (nor are any other permits...Maryland sucks!) so we are tasked with taking our carry guns with us, unloading them prior to entering Md and, upon returning to Pa, loading up again. You can probably see where this is going....most people will do this for a short time at best and/or occasionally "forget" to re-load. We are forced, by Maryland law, to have our firearms and ammo separated in a vehicle, therefore we use small gun safes in our vehicle for the guns and mags/speed-loaders go in the glove compartment. Sure, we can stop and reload upon returning to Pa but it is a major inconvenience to pull off the highway each time and reloading while traveling, IMO, is not a good idea since other vehicles COULD possibly see what you're doing and freak out. Effectively, we are unarmed when we return home if we "forget" or simply choose not to re-arm.
Although this may seem to be a trivial problem, going through this routine EVERY day, five days a week, leads to eventually entering the house the majority of the time unarmed OR leaving the guns at home which then leads to either putting the carry guns in the safe or leaving them "hidden"....neither of which is a good idea. Yes, I could open the safe each night and re-arm, then put them back in the safe the next morning, and repeat, etc, etc, etc, etc but in all honesty, how many people will REALLY go through this routine each day? After all, everybody has their normal routines every day when they return home....feeding pets, cooking dinner, etc and although opening the safe is not that big of a deal (I guess I could upgrade to an electronic lock) it is still somewhat of an inconvenience.
This post is probably more of a rant than anything but I am just curious if anyone else faces a similar issue. Your thoughts/opinions?
The "other" and I have always kept loaded firearms strategically placed around the house, normally a minimum of one per room that we most often frequent. However, just recently she started working again and we (shudder...lol) commute together and we're normally gone about 12 hours a day. Both of us are licensed to carry in our home state of Pennsylvania.
The problem:
Aside from putting all of the firearms in the safe except our carry guns, we are now effectively unarmed when we return at night. Unfortunately, we commute to a state where our permits are not valid (nor are any other permits...Maryland sucks!) so we are tasked with taking our carry guns with us, unloading them prior to entering Md and, upon returning to Pa, loading up again. You can probably see where this is going....most people will do this for a short time at best and/or occasionally "forget" to re-load. We are forced, by Maryland law, to have our firearms and ammo separated in a vehicle, therefore we use small gun safes in our vehicle for the guns and mags/speed-loaders go in the glove compartment. Sure, we can stop and reload upon returning to Pa but it is a major inconvenience to pull off the highway each time and reloading while traveling, IMO, is not a good idea since other vehicles COULD possibly see what you're doing and freak out. Effectively, we are unarmed when we return home if we "forget" or simply choose not to re-arm.
Although this may seem to be a trivial problem, going through this routine EVERY day, five days a week, leads to eventually entering the house the majority of the time unarmed OR leaving the guns at home which then leads to either putting the carry guns in the safe or leaving them "hidden"....neither of which is a good idea. Yes, I could open the safe each night and re-arm, then put them back in the safe the next morning, and repeat, etc, etc, etc, etc but in all honesty, how many people will REALLY go through this routine each day? After all, everybody has their normal routines every day when they return home....feeding pets, cooking dinner, etc and although opening the safe is not that big of a deal (I guess I could upgrade to an electronic lock) it is still somewhat of an inconvenience.
This post is probably more of a rant than anything but I am just curious if anyone else faces a similar issue. Your thoughts/opinions?