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I noticed several threads where the people posting responses that when the situation went south at their home they went to go get their firearm of choice to confront the person or persons who tried to enter their house uninvited.
I wonder that some of us feel that we need to carry a weapon even in our own home. Can you relate why you feel that you needed a gun at hand rather than in a "safe location?" somewhere in your house?
I carry at home because when I was at my mom's house on Halloween to watch over her. She was in her 70's and she loved giving candy to the young Trick or Treaters but she mentioned seeing some strange boys (about 16 years old or older and bigger than me) were seen in her little neighborhood I decided that I needed to be there.
At about 9:00 p.m. when the young folks had quit knocking on the door for about 40 minutes that night, my mom decided to lock up and call it quits for the night. We were sitting in the living room talking about some of the kids when I heard loud banging on the door. My mom got up and I yelled at her not to open the door. Too late! She opened the door but she later said that she thought the security gate was locked.
This big boy was standing in the doorway with the gate open, so when my mom opened the front door, she was pushed aside by this big guy. I rounded the corner into the hallway to the front door and I went into the motion of drawing my Govt. Model from its holster. He immediately backed up and fell backwards off the front steps into two boys who were following him into the house.
That experience taught me to have a gun on me even at home because you never know when someone might open that door to a perfect stranger and that stranger has thoughts of invading your home. I don't think that gun in another room would be that accessible fast enough in those situations unless I were in that room at the time things went south.
Do you folks have story that helped you decide to carry a gun in your home?
I wonder that some of us feel that we need to carry a weapon even in our own home. Can you relate why you feel that you needed a gun at hand rather than in a "safe location?" somewhere in your house?
I carry at home because when I was at my mom's house on Halloween to watch over her. She was in her 70's and she loved giving candy to the young Trick or Treaters but she mentioned seeing some strange boys (about 16 years old or older and bigger than me) were seen in her little neighborhood I decided that I needed to be there.
At about 9:00 p.m. when the young folks had quit knocking on the door for about 40 minutes that night, my mom decided to lock up and call it quits for the night. We were sitting in the living room talking about some of the kids when I heard loud banging on the door. My mom got up and I yelled at her not to open the door. Too late! She opened the door but she later said that she thought the security gate was locked.
This big boy was standing in the doorway with the gate open, so when my mom opened the front door, she was pushed aside by this big guy. I rounded the corner into the hallway to the front door and I went into the motion of drawing my Govt. Model from its holster. He immediately backed up and fell backwards off the front steps into two boys who were following him into the house.
That experience taught me to have a gun on me even at home because you never know when someone might open that door to a perfect stranger and that stranger has thoughts of invading your home. I don't think that gun in another room would be that accessible fast enough in those situations unless I were in that room at the time things went south.
Do you folks have story that helped you decide to carry a gun in your home?