gyp_c2
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Always at least one dog with me. Currently, "Fido".
Barks here, Bites down the street...
Barks here, Bites down the street...
If it is comfortable enough to wear while running around all day, it should be comfortable enough to wear at home.Even a full-sized polymer pistol in a good quality owb on a good quality belt is comfortable enough to forget about. Make it a small light gun instead and it's almost like it's not even there.
And so are you.The locks on my doors are to protect those outside...if someone comes thru that door they are in danger.
That goes for me, too.I only carry when I’m dressed. I get dressed when I wake up and undressed when I go to bed. I carry all day, every day, except for the few rare times I go to the hospital, cancer clinic, or the school. There are also a couple where I spend most of my time while in the house, within arms reach. It’s not paranoid, it is being prepared just like I learned as a scout.
"Comprehend"?I honestly don't comprehend the threat level that most of you seem to be experiencing.
I honestly don't comprehend the threat level that most of you seem to be experiencing.
The threat level is what it is, at any given moment. You really have no control over that, and that just is what it is. The question is, are you actually prepared at any given moment? Thats all this is about.I honestly don't comprehend the threat level that most of you seem to be experiencing.
These are the kinds of things that I do consistently. I might add that, by design, I live in a "safe" area, and one that has excellent police coverage.What can we do to avoid their occurrence?
The list could go on.
- Keep the doors locked
- Do not open the door to strangers
- Do not put packaging from things of value out for collection
- Prevent workmen and their helpers from seeing items of value in your house
- Pay attention to cars passing slowly when your attractive young daughter is playing outside
So do I, and I did when we were threatened with murder within our house.might add that, by design, I live in a "safe" area, and one that has excellent police coverage.
Protection of property is secondary at best on my priority lost.....the guns are by far the most valuable things that someone would want to steal.
Sure. It cannot put out fires, call for help, obtain weather information, be used to treat injuries....Focusing on a gun as an all-purpose crutch could lead you to overlook the other, more important things.
I don't want to pry, but what prompted the threat of murder? These things don't come out of the blue. A certain predicate has to exist. I make it a point to keep from creating enemies, or giving someone an excuse to come after me for whatever reason.So do I, and I did when we were threatened with murder within our house.
I've taken great pains to harden my perimeter. At the very least this will give me time to retrieve a gun and then call the police. My worry is what happens when I'm not home.So, what will you do when the door is breeched?
This one did.I don't want to pry, but what prompted the threat of murder? These things don't come out of the blue
Wrong assumption.A certain predicate has to exist.
Good.I make it a point to keep from creating enemies, or giving someone an excuse to come after me for whatever reason.
Good.I've taken great pains to harden my perimeter.
Or so you hope.At the very least this will give me time to retrieve a gun and then call the police
Alrighty then.When it comes to battering down doors, I think that's more likely to be done by the police themselves (by mistake) than by wrongdoers.
I've had three such persons enter tumultuously and with force, when there were cars in the driveway.What criminal is going to break down a door knowing that the occupants are inside (given that a high percentage of people are armed)?
What good might that do?That's why it's wise to be known by the local police as a "good guy."
It's up to you.What happens when, in spite of all this, the police start to break down your door at 3:00 a.m., and, roused from sleep, you pull out a gun to defend yourself?
Good grief. What kind of neighborhood are you living in?I've had three such persons enter tumultuously and with force, when there were cars in the driveway.
A very, very good one when that happened.Good grief. What kind of neighborhood are you living in?
You can say that again.I have to say this is not a typical occurrence.
I honestly don't comprehend the threat level that most of you seem to be experiencing.
Officers say Eifert was inside of the home alone helping her child move in. Annie Bryant and her husband were ready to start their new life in their new home in Garland. She said her mother had just put in her two weeks to retire, and all she wanted to see was her daughter settle into her new house. Instead, all of the new plans were wiped away from a senseless act.
"My mom was fixing a cabinet for me and the new place, and some people broke in and they shot and killed her and that was it, she was gone," Bryant said.