If I lived in a place where I was that scared that I felt a need to carry a gun, inside my own home...., I'd move.
There is a basic assumption in your sentence that simply is not true.If I lived in a place where I was that scared that I felt a need to carry a gun, inside my own home...., I'd move.
C'mon folks. You can't live your life afraid of everything. You can't make yourself completly safe everywhere, all the time. You take reasonable risks all day and you also take reasonable precautions.
If I lived in a place where I was that scared that I felt a need to carry a gun, inside my own home...., I'd move.
Personally, I could care less about who I offend. Those who regularly come into my home already know I own guns and carry, and respect me for that. Those who don't....well....it is MY home, right? I've been at my neighbor's house downstairs (I live in an apartment building) when on two separate occasions a police officer stopped by for a noise complaint (first time was his fault - had the speakers up a little too loud, second time was someone else). The first one saw my openly carried gun and simply asked me to make sure it's covered up if I go outside. The second one actually asked what make/model of pistol I was carrying and asked to see it (he's a bit of a "gun nut" himself).I can throw on a windbreaker or jacket, and quickly cover the gun so as not to freak out the Mormons, Mailman, neighbor kids, or whoever else might knock on my door.
"In 2003 about a quarter of incidents of violent crime occurred at or near the victim's home"
(Emphasis added)Twenty-two percent of victims of violent crime reported being involved in some form of leisure activity away from home at the time of their victimization. Twenty-three percent said they were at home
Just chipping in again for myself. My alert level is not artificially raised thru constant carry - it is a comfortable yellow all time - with or without a piece. And - no, there is nothing tiring about it whatsoever and equally nothing is more dangerous because of it.I still think there are those who need to ratchet down the alert level they live under. Holding on that tight for too long is tiring and inherently dangerous.
Now there you see is where we differ - in theory my situation does NOT warrant it - probably never will - but as I said in earlier post - for me, that piece must be there - and not a ''hoped for'' if the unlikely event occurred that would require it - maybe that once in a lifetime unexpected deal - for which I have no precognitive means of seeing.I have carried around my house when the situation warranted it
,I still think there are those who need to ratchet down the alert level they live under. Holding on that tight for too long is tiring and inherently dangerous.
And - no, there is nothing tiring about it whatsoever and equally nothing is more dangerous because of it.
But Colin - you forget - I have the fire extinguisher open carried on my back - against just such a contingency!Well, it could go off if you caught on fire somehow...