Carry at home?
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spwenger
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At All Times...
...unless I'm lying in bed, at which time the revolvers are resting in the headboard and there is usually an AR-15 variant on the floor, next to the bed.
Many years ago I heard a graduate of a John Farnam DTI course talk about the value of taking John's advice not to divide life between "safe" and "unsafe" time. On the Saturday morning in question, this single father in rural Idaho was not wearing his usual belt gun because he was wearing some sort of pants with a drawstring in place of belt loops. As a result, he was carrying a .380 in a pocket when the door from his carport to his kitchen was kicked in. Having heard voices in the carport seconds earlier, he was alert and drew from the pocket as he ducked behind the refrigerator for cover. The lead man for what may have been two or three invaders screamed, "He's got a gun!" and reversed direction. He and his companion(s) in the carport took off as fast as they could run. End of incident.
...unless I'm lying in bed, at which time the revolvers are resting in the headboard and there is usually an AR-15 variant on the floor, next to the bed.
Many years ago I heard a graduate of a John Farnam DTI course talk about the value of taking John's advice not to divide life between "safe" and "unsafe" time. On the Saturday morning in question, this single father in rural Idaho was not wearing his usual belt gun because he was wearing some sort of pants with a drawstring in place of belt loops. As a result, he was carrying a .380 in a pocket when the door from his carport to his kitchen was kicked in. Having heard voices in the carport seconds earlier, he was alert and drew from the pocket as he ducked behind the refrigerator for cover. The lead man for what may have been two or three invaders screamed, "He's got a gun!" and reversed direction. He and his companion(s) in the carport took off as fast as they could run. End of incident.
12131
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Always next to me.
Mad Magyar
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No, but they are always close in any part of the home....
Ala Dan
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Sometimes with my everyday gun~!
PennsyPlinker
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I run my own business here on my property, and strangers are always stopping by. There is always a gun in my pocket or on my belt.
Not only do I carry my ccw at home, I keep it concealed, too, b/c
- I want it to be a habit;
- I can walk out the door any time without changing my gear;
- I may have company and they don't know I carry, and I am no safer just because there's company;
- I may need to answer the door, and there can be a BG on the other side;
- I practice at the range the way I carry - that is, I draw my CC weapons at the range the way I would anywhere - including at home.
What good's the Castle Doctrine when a BG barges in and I'm not armed?
- I want it to be a habit;
- I can walk out the door any time without changing my gear;
- I may have company and they don't know I carry, and I am no safer just because there's company;
- I may need to answer the door, and there can be a BG on the other side;
- I practice at the range the way I carry - that is, I draw my CC weapons at the range the way I would anywhere - including at home.
What good's the Castle Doctrine when a BG barges in and I'm not armed?
Glockman17366
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There are firearms located through out the house. I'll have a .38 snubby on me on occasions
24/7, usually only my EDC primary without the BU gun, and generally with my surefire light (both concealed). I have a waterproof bag for the shower (not as crazy as it sounds, you just never know)
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Black Adder LXX
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I have some 'sprinkled' throughout the house...
I'm with esq_stu & Glockman17366 ..... I keep a CONCEALED .38 on me at all times so I don't have to worry about concealing it and spooking somebody if they come to the door or if I have to step outside. I also have various firearms in bolted down concealed strongboxes through out the house which I can easily get to.
Lonestar49
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Both ways
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Not while IN the house, as I have my Sig P229 9mm (night gun) out on the living room table, within reach, watching TV or watching and listening to a DVD Concert. And I have my Sig P220 45 in my office on top of PC tower that is under my desk at easy hand-reach.
For any quick, or extended, front yard duties, along with the backyard, I carry either my Sig P232, or my SA EMP..
Ls
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Not while IN the house, as I have my Sig P229 9mm (night gun) out on the living room table, within reach, watching TV or watching and listening to a DVD Concert. And I have my Sig P220 45 in my office on top of PC tower that is under my desk at easy hand-reach.
For any quick, or extended, front yard duties, along with the backyard, I carry either my Sig P232, or my SA EMP..
Ls
sagebrushjim
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Always have my M85 Ultralite on me...As a matter of fact I think I'm the only one in my neighborhood that has a "paddle holster" mounted to the lower front (down between my legs) on the seat of my "Toro Rider" ... Never get caught off gaurd...
possum
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if i am out and about i have my carry gun on and it stays on until i go to bed, so if i have been out and about, which means i have been carrying then i have it on. but there are always guns readily avaliable in the house in the case that i don't have one on my hip.
fletcher
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Rarely will I actually carry at home, but there is always a firearm within arm's reach or a couple steps away.
guns are around the house in safes...
If I felt the need to carry on self sitting around my house I would move.
reasonable precautions....but sitting on the couch with a pistol on my lap and AR leaning against the couch waiting for the impending invasion?....
If I felt the need to carry on self sitting around my house I would move.
reasonable precautions....but sitting on the couch with a pistol on my lap and AR leaning against the couch waiting for the impending invasion?....
boalex207
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Plenty of home invasions happen at nice homes in nice neighborhoods in nice towns.
rero360
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most of the time, but if not then its always within arms reach, habit I gained from the military.
tc7458
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always .. but I move to OWB for comfort
308win
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boalex207
You can move to Columbus; buy a house in German Village (upper class neighborhood) and trust you won't be a victim of one of the multiple perpetrator home invasions that are occurring more and more frequently to persons who have no relationship to/with the perpetrators. Who knows, maybe your neighborhood will escape this increasingly common phenomenon; if it doesn't you can always move if you survive.
You can move to Columbus; buy a house in German Village (upper class neighborhood) and trust you won't be a victim of one of the multiple perpetrator home invasions that are occurring more and more frequently to persons who have no relationship to/with the perpetrators. Who knows, maybe your neighborhood will escape this increasingly common phenomenon; if it doesn't you can always move if you survive.
boalex207
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308win,
I'm with you !!
Did you read the quote or my rebuttal ?
I'm with you !!
Did you read the quote or my rebuttal ?
308win
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Oops, I am not sure what I read
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