Schwing
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I carry almost all of the time. About the only place I don't carry is church... I figure if I die on God's watch then I might gain a few points 
I carry around the house does this sound crazy
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dmurdach
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Not crazy at all, I think many people will also add in that they carry at home too. I live in Illinois and am still waiting for our CC laws to get carried out, but I can and and do carry on my own property and at my business (I am the owner) which is legal.
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Kleanbore said:
And where we differ in opinions on this subject probably only falls under the "effort free" and "convenient" sections... the reason I don't wear the gun while lounging around the house is that I simply don't find it to be comfortable in this environment. As such, I choose to compromise a little bit on the "effective" aspect for the sake of some returns on the "effort free/convenient" side of things.
Given how many of my neighbors are totally unarmed, and given how many of my armed neighbors would need five minutes to get to a loaded gun, I figure my 3-second compromise is one I'm willing to make. Obviously others want a higher degree of preparedness, but the whole thing comes down to a balancing act, and everyone has a different opinion of where they want that balance to be, I suppose.
If my living situation was different, I might also feel different about my answer to this question. I have a friend (an unarmed one at that) who lives in the middle of a high-crime neighborhood that I police, where a gang war is currently on-going. I can't fathom why she'd live without a gun, but I'd surely be wearing my pistol around the house if I lived on that particular block! Here in my 'hood I know all of my neighbors, and I feel that I can let my guard down a bit more.
Arkansas Paul
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Where I live is far from ghetto, but we have indeed had 2 home invasions in the past three months within a mile of me where the residents were home and were assaulted during the robbery.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that I go around my house with a gun strapped on all the time. I don't. Like coloradokevin, I like to be comfortable when I'm kicked back in the recliner. But I certainly won't disparage anyone who does. Its crazy times we live in friends.
I carry there too. Here is why.
http://www.wnd.com/2007/12/45077/
If I die there it will be on my own watch.
answerguy
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I'll take a shot at it:
I carry around the house, does this sound crazy?
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Ok guys I carry a gun around the house. Well, when my better half's sister found out you would have thought I was loaded for bear all the time. I assure you I am not. I do carry my ccw and a spare mag. Does this sound crazy to y'all?
This could easily degenerate into useless hypothesis and palaver, when the answer is going to be one of personal choice.
I think that coloradokevin's comment "...where we differ in opinions on this subject probably only falls under the "effort free" and "convenient" sections... the reason I don't wear the gun while lounging around the house is that I simply don't find it to be comfortable in this environment" sums it up for many of us.
So, the questions for each individual would seem to be,
In our case, we move from living room to dining room to kitchen and onto our front porch and back porch and back again rather frequently. Each location is, to a varying degree, isolated in terms of lines of sight from the others, and a person in one location could be cornered by someone in another. And then there is the basement, and the upstairs.
There is no single place in which to stow a firearm that would enable fast access in the event of a tumultuous or stealthy entry from any of four possible points of ingress. We could either move one around all the time; stow more than one; or carry.
I have found carrying to be secure and comfortable and unnoticeable by others, and it obviates the need to move a firearm around or to stow more than one where someone else might access one of them.
Personal dress preferences, floor plans, physical condition, and/or other circumstances of others may lead to a different decision.
A little floor-plan analysis and what-if charting led to my decision for me, after many years of not having given it adequate thought. For others, a different decision may be equally obvious. If there is doubt, perhaps some simulation would settle it.
I will say that there are probably several other mitigation strategies to attend to first, such as locks, door integrity, gravel under windows, lighting, some thorny bushes properly placed, and so on.
I will also say that, had someone suggested to me several years ago that I would ever be outlining reasons for carrying a firearm around the house in our or any peaceful neighborhood, I would have immediately questioned their judgment and perspective.
Heck, when I got my CCW permit five years ago, I intended to only carry on the odd occasion on which I might "feel the need" to....
Sometimes all it takes is a little analysis to cause one to discard long-held assumptions and paradigms.
I think that coloradokevin's comment "...where we differ in opinions on this subject probably only falls under the "effort free" and "convenient" sections... the reason I don't wear the gun while lounging around the house is that I simply don't find it to be comfortable in this environment" sums it up for many of us.
So, the questions for each individual would seem to be,
- What is comfortable;
- what is convenient;
- what is safe; and
- what is effective?
In our case, we move from living room to dining room to kitchen and onto our front porch and back porch and back again rather frequently. Each location is, to a varying degree, isolated in terms of lines of sight from the others, and a person in one location could be cornered by someone in another. And then there is the basement, and the upstairs.
There is no single place in which to stow a firearm that would enable fast access in the event of a tumultuous or stealthy entry from any of four possible points of ingress. We could either move one around all the time; stow more than one; or carry.
I have found carrying to be secure and comfortable and unnoticeable by others, and it obviates the need to move a firearm around or to stow more than one where someone else might access one of them.
Personal dress preferences, floor plans, physical condition, and/or other circumstances of others may lead to a different decision.
A little floor-plan analysis and what-if charting led to my decision for me, after many years of not having given it adequate thought. For others, a different decision may be equally obvious. If there is doubt, perhaps some simulation would settle it.
I will say that there are probably several other mitigation strategies to attend to first, such as locks, door integrity, gravel under windows, lighting, some thorny bushes properly placed, and so on.
I will also say that, had someone suggested to me several years ago that I would ever be outlining reasons for carrying a firearm around the house in our or any peaceful neighborhood, I would have immediately questioned their judgment and perspective.
Heck, when I got my CCW permit five years ago, I intended to only carry on the odd occasion on which I might "feel the need" to....
Sometimes all it takes is a little analysis to cause one to discard long-held assumptions and paradigms.
I live in a nice area, and I still carry at least 1 pistol always. When in the bathroom, it's within army's length. This past week, these three clowns paid our community a visit at midnight, then the next night around 2:00 am.
Link: http://theoaklandpress.com/articles/2013/07/28/news/cops_and_courts/doc51f53f9fe51ac074297644.txt
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Link: http://theoaklandpress.com/articles/2013/07/28/news/cops_and_courts/doc51f53f9fe51ac074297644.txt
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MedWheeler
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Care to expand on this any?
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Z1D2
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You are crazy and so are many others.
I may leave my gun somewhere. But its not far. Mainly I didn't carry at home. Sometimes I will. And sometimes around the outside. Even sometimes I put it on to check the mail, sometimes it's toted room to room. Surprised my wife today. I came in from outside, got a drink and deliberately wiped sweat from my face with my shirt. She saw my gun, and just asked if sweat was ok on it. I said, "that's why I use oil." And went back out. She don't keep track of my "weapons" and I don't tell her when I carry. If she can't tell, then I'm doin good... She does assume now I have my carry gun around close or knifes or something.... Hate leaving it in the truck. But sometimes you have too.
And I read here earlier about church carry. There have been "hits" at church's. I think unless its marked you may carry there. I have nothing against it. KEEP UR mouth closed and protect the flock if you must.
I may leave my gun somewhere. But its not far. Mainly I didn't carry at home. Sometimes I will. And sometimes around the outside. Even sometimes I put it on to check the mail, sometimes it's toted room to room. Surprised my wife today. I came in from outside, got a drink and deliberately wiped sweat from my face with my shirt. She saw my gun, and just asked if sweat was ok on it. I said, "that's why I use oil." And went back out. She don't keep track of my "weapons" and I don't tell her when I carry. If she can't tell, then I'm doin good... She does assume now I have my carry gun around close or knifes or something.... Hate leaving it in the truck. But sometimes you have too.
And I read here earlier about church carry. There have been "hits" at church's. I think unless its marked you may carry there. I have nothing against it. KEEP UR mouth closed and protect the flock if you must.
I was as well. There is no 'one size fit's all solution'. I note that several people here say that they don't carry at home, but that a firearm is 'accessible'. Isn't that kinda the same thing? I believe the intent of carrying is more ready access. I also note that, depending upon the living situation, some here have what could be considered a 'layered defense' (dogs, heavier doors, etc). Those things seem to all work toward the same end.
Example 1: living in the country, with a couple of dogs. The dogs give a 15 second warning of a possible intruder. Owner has time to get a gun that may be in the next room.
Example 2: Living in a suburb, or an apartment, no dog or other warning system. Intruder kicks in the front door violently and runs to your couch (where you are sitting) within 3-5 seconds and attempts harm, but your gun is in your belt, or on the table next to you. You can get your gun in time.
The net result is the same. It all really depends on the individual situation, and any risk mitigation one might want to do. More advanced warning will let you get inside the decision cycle of an intruder more quickly. Less warning time will make that more difficult. The way to counter that is to have a more ready access to the firearm.
788Ham
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I've been retired for a few years now, usually always home during the day, always have my weapon on me whenever I'm at home, always. Most folks in the neighborhood work, usually a very quiet place to live, this is why I carry in the house. I've had "folks" ring the door bell, then again and again, then knock, or should I say pound on the door a couple of times. Once i answered the security door, just to see why they had to pound the door to death, "Oh, just wondering if I could possibly use the phone, my car broke down out on the main drag..... ", my house by the way is 6 blks inside the development. I told him if he kept pounding on my door, I'd be using that same phone to call the police myself. The nice guy saw my carry piece, then changed his mind. I did call the police when he left my stoop, he never did ring the bell again though.
RBid
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I have a friend who lives in a clean, safe suburb. One evening, he was sitting on his couch, watching a movie.
BOOM!!!
Front door gets kicked in. G turns, and sees a masked individual with a bat standing in his living room, between G and the stairs or garage (his big safe is in the garage, another in his bedroom).
The man stepped toward him, and began to draw the bat back. G drew the full size 1911 he carries everywhere.
Bad guy freaked out, and scrambled to escape.
Nobody got hurt.
I like G. Good guy. Father, husband, friend. Works hard. Thankfully, he never fell into the view that "low crime" = zero crime. He's just one example that I personally know of.
BOOM!!!
Front door gets kicked in. G turns, and sees a masked individual with a bat standing in his living room, between G and the stairs or garage (his big safe is in the garage, another in his bedroom).
The man stepped toward him, and began to draw the bat back. G drew the full size 1911 he carries everywhere.
Bad guy freaked out, and scrambled to escape.
Nobody got hurt.
I like G. Good guy. Father, husband, friend. Works hard. Thankfully, he never fell into the view that "low crime" = zero crime. He's just one example that I personally know of.
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Kleanbore, How is this a mitigation strategy? I must be missing something.
Bufford t. Justice
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Some of your weaker minded women are afraid of guns and so will think you nuts for just owning one. I stay as far from these types as possible. I also sleep with a 45 under my pillow and carry it 24/7 when awake. Am I crazy? Depends who you ask.
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Ahhh. I gotcha
stonecutter2
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If you have the right to carry, and choose to exercise it, the do so unless your significant other objects or has concerns. You're not married to their sibling, they have no vote in what you do in your home.
bdickens
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If I'm dressed, I'm carrying (unless of course I'm entering some place that is proscribed by law, in which case it is in a lock box in the car). If I am not dressed, my defensive sidearm is in it's bedside resting place.
As a practical matter, this greatly simplifies things as there are only three possible places for that sidearm to be. I never have to remember where I put it.
As a practical matter, this greatly simplifies things as there are only three possible places for that sidearm to be. I never have to remember where I put it.
riceboy72
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This happened this morning, in a very nice, gated community where homes are well kept and lawns are manicured. This is one of those "it'll never happen here" kind of places, if you will.
I walked into work and they were still working on this one. Credence for carrying at home, or having one immediately nearby.
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/...shoots-and-kills-man-in-Orting-217704231.html
Granted, his take home car was in the driveway, but the homes are close enough that it could've carried over into any of the driveway surrounding the house.
I walked into work and they were still working on this one. Credence for carrying at home, or having one immediately nearby.
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/...shoots-and-kills-man-in-Orting-217704231.html
Granted, his take home car was in the driveway, but the homes are close enough that it could've carried over into any of the driveway surrounding the house.
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I think Geno has got it together more than any of us!
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We just moved out of 6 apartment townhome complex to a more rural area. Every unit of the townhouses have had attempted breakins or successful ones at least once in the past year and two have been broken in to while occupied in the month we have lived at the new place. May not apply so much out here where banjos are new, but old habits die hard.
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