.455_Hunter
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Who else lives with you? If under 21 lives with you I wouldn't use the stash approach. If you live alone the stash approach would have MUCH less liability.
Under 21 doesn't have right to self defense in the home?
Who else lives with you? If under 21 lives with you I wouldn't use the stash approach. If you live alone the stash approach would have MUCH less liability.
Under 21 doesn't have right to self defense in the home?
I submit that if one can not, then the gun, whatever else it is, is not really a home defense gun.Can you reasonably get to your HD gun in an HD situation?
Who else lives with you\? If someone under 21 lives with you I wouldn't use the stash approach. If you live alone the stash approach would have MUCH less liability.
Under 21 has a much higher liability when it comes to unsecured hand guns. Whether guardians want to assume this liability is their choice.
My 18yo daughter has pretty much no interest in guns and I trust her. I still keep my guns secured because she has friends that come over. That is my choice.
My options, as far as I can figure, are:
I'm leaning towards #3. Is your home setup based on likely scenarios of potential cutoff routes?
- Accept the risk of a home invasion happening when I'm not asleep
- Carry while I'm at home
- Stash guns in such a way that I can get to a gun no matter what part of the house I'm in
Skribs - I'm kind of a #3 guy. While I have some handguns secreted around my house, I also have a large chef's knife (blade is 2" high at the heel and 12" long) in the kitchen as well as some "unconventional weapons".
As I currently live alone, I (thankfully) don't have to worry about kids getting into my guns. But all are loaded and ready at a moments notice. I don't have a CCP as IL-ANNOY is too expensive and I don't particularly care for it. And, the legal "climate" in this area is such that it is sometimes called "Chicago South".
I've always felt like I would have time to get to a long gun in a situation like that, because the dog alerts me any time someone pulls into the driveway.
I solve this problem by always having a minimum level of armament in my pants pocket. This leaves just the time in bed, in the shower, or bathroom during the night as times where I am unarmed. This can be easily supplemented at any time. The dog and I just took the kitchen compost out to our bear-proof composting cage. Instead of holstering up with a full-power sidearm, I just grabbed the M1 Carbine out of the closet and slung it for the 100 yard round trip in the late dusk semi-darkness. The pocket gun was the BUG.
Under 21 doesn't have right to self defense in the home?
I really don't think that makes sense at all.Their ONLY purpose is to allow me to touch-off a few rounds as cover as I run to get a REAL weapon (shotgun).
If you are on your feet and someone is throwing a flurry of haymakers, any one of which could knock you out, can you defend yourself well enough to buy time to be able to draw your gun without letting a punch slip through?
The pattern is much larger at hunting distances than across a room.A human hand is a much easier target to acquire than any jittery squirrel running around up in a tree.
when the adrenaline kick In you’ll move so fast you’ll be shock.Can the passive defenses slow a person down in time for you to get to a firearm? Can you really get to the gun in time.
Here's a test I heard of in class. Now obviously, you don't want folks to break your door and windows. However, get some folk. Outfit them with airsoft guns or even water guns (you can get cheap airsoft at the toy store, even if they are single shot spring, the shoot out is not the point). Put your airsoft where you would stash your SD guns. Now have a seat (even on the pot), lay down in bed, in places you might be. Have the friends enter the house at speed and go for you. Can you get to your gun before they get to you and shoot a pellet?
You really need to see the times involved.
Also, check out videos of SD dogs fleeing in terror or just sniffing the bad guy. You supposed terror pup might not appreciate the situation. If it is an automatic attack a stranger dog, that has its own risks.
At which time it could be too late,when the adrenaline kick In you’ll move so fast you’ll be shock.