IdealFugacity
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- May 7, 2007
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Is it likely that the NRA shotgun home defense course, or any other NRA home defense course, covers storage in the home? Such as discussing the pros and cons of "Cruiser Ready", "Condition 1", etc?
My significant other is recently waffling between opinions on firearm storage in the home (which has no children present) and from her upbringing I have a significant hurdle to overcome when trying to discuss our storage situation when there are only adults present who know how to safely handle the firearm.
An argument I faced is that "What if an intruder comes in and gets the gun and shoots us with it?" ... My response to this is that if an intruder has made it as far as the gun to shoot us with it, we're already screwed anyway whether it is loaded or not. She is a highly intelligent and analytical person, however she, like MANY other people in this world, seems to "take/retain" information when it is given to her in a more formal classroom setting. If an off-duty police officer NRA instructor discusses shotgun usage in the home and common storage methods for firearms intended to be used as home defense, I think that she and I can have a much more productive discussion on the issue.
She is definitely open to any and all ideas, so I'm not fighting against a brick wall here. But she has already said she wants to take some NRA courses and I'm just looking to get the most bang for the buck in terms of addressing our most serious concerns.
Thanks!
My significant other is recently waffling between opinions on firearm storage in the home (which has no children present) and from her upbringing I have a significant hurdle to overcome when trying to discuss our storage situation when there are only adults present who know how to safely handle the firearm.
An argument I faced is that "What if an intruder comes in and gets the gun and shoots us with it?" ... My response to this is that if an intruder has made it as far as the gun to shoot us with it, we're already screwed anyway whether it is loaded or not. She is a highly intelligent and analytical person, however she, like MANY other people in this world, seems to "take/retain" information when it is given to her in a more formal classroom setting. If an off-duty police officer NRA instructor discusses shotgun usage in the home and common storage methods for firearms intended to be used as home defense, I think that she and I can have a much more productive discussion on the issue.
She is definitely open to any and all ideas, so I'm not fighting against a brick wall here. But she has already said she wants to take some NRA courses and I'm just looking to get the most bang for the buck in terms of addressing our most serious concerns.
Thanks!