Why Carry A Holstered Gun At Home?
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rgs1975
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If you think a physical location is inherantly safe simply because you happen to be there often and you call it "home" you've got another thing comin'.
Savage Shooter
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DUH for when the....ZOMBIES attack 
but seriously you can never be to prepaired for an home emergency.
but seriously you can never be to prepaired for an home emergency.
I was catching up on this thread when I saw an earlier poster, about page 3, said he never carries at home; all his guns are in safes at home. And he would never live in a town where home invasions are more than rare. He lives in San Diego.
http://www.google.com/search?q=san+...t:*&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1
Interesting results. There was even a cop arrested for several home invasions in the Los Angeles area.
Keep in mind, folks, it only takes one home invasion for your family or loved ones to be dead. Ad you can't open your safe in time no matter what you think.
http://www.google.com/search?q=san+...t:*&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1
Interesting results. There was even a cop arrested for several home invasions in the Los Angeles area.
Keep in mind, folks, it only takes one home invasion for your family or loved ones to be dead. Ad you can't open your safe in time no matter what you think.
Two events in the Atlanta area this week are prime examples of why. Familly gets assaulted, battered, robbed, tied up in their home in the middle of the day and a local deputy shoots and kills a home intruder who had shot and killed the deputies wife, report at this time is that robbery was the apparent motive also during daylight.
wristtwister
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Of the 23 murders in our county last year, 17 occurred in our zip code. We are rift with illegals in the area, gang activity, and they are "branching out" into home invasions, ATM robberies, etc.
Several months ago, I was going to the ATM at night, and a van load of illegals bailed out and tried to "bum rush" my car. I simply held up my Smith 4006 and racked one into the chamber, and they ran all over each other getting back in their car and speeding off.
I carry concealed, and try to carry or have within arm's length at all times at least one high capacity pistol... and when carrying "out", I'm usually also carrying a backup gun and a couple of extra high capacity clips. Around the house, I'd rather have it on me than have to run to another room to find it. It's MY property... and if I need a gun, there's no legitimate reason for me to have to expect to follow some imagined protocol of manners for dealing with a bad guy. As an ex-LEO, I don't have much sympathy for them if they're in MY house. That's why the state passed the "castle doctrine" ordinance for self defense.
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Several months ago, I was going to the ATM at night, and a van load of illegals bailed out and tried to "bum rush" my car. I simply held up my Smith 4006 and racked one into the chamber, and they ran all over each other getting back in their car and speeding off.
I carry concealed, and try to carry or have within arm's length at all times at least one high capacity pistol... and when carrying "out", I'm usually also carrying a backup gun and a couple of extra high capacity clips. Around the house, I'd rather have it on me than have to run to another room to find it. It's MY property... and if I need a gun, there's no legitimate reason for me to have to expect to follow some imagined protocol of manners for dealing with a bad guy. As an ex-LEO, I don't have much sympathy for them if they're in MY house. That's why the state passed the "castle doctrine" ordinance for self defense.
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Treo
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QUOTE: " I simply held up my Smith 4006 and racked one into the chamber,"
If you're gonna carry a gun why carry a gun W/ an empty chamber?
What would you do if they pulled up right next to you ?
If you're gonna carry a gun why carry a gun W/ an empty chamber?
What would you do if they pulled up right next to you ?
papajohn
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I wear a gun at work, in a relatively "Normal" part of the city. My neighborhood at home is a lot less safe. Why would I come home, and stop wearing a gun? That's backwards.
I think it was Mark Moritz who best answered this whole carry/don't carry thing 20 years ago when he said, "You can't make an appointment for an Emergency."
Exactly. Everyone I say that to, immediately gets it. Succinct is Good.
Papajohn
I think it was Mark Moritz who best answered this whole carry/don't carry thing 20 years ago when he said, "You can't make an appointment for an Emergency."
Exactly. Everyone I say that to, immediately gets it. Succinct is Good.
Papajohn
koja48
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it is only ten feet away from me right now
To each his/her own, but I'll continue to prefer mine closer than 10 feet away & on my person. I wouldn't describe owning guns, having a gun 10 feet away, or carrying at home as paranoia. Nor would I describe not carrying as unsafe . . . I would simply describe carrying as more prepared & not carrying as less prepared than one could be. Carrying on my person is a convenience, and one that may make all the difference if a threat to mine or me suddenly appears . . . the term "more tactical advantage" comes to mind. Guess I'd rather pull my handgun than scramble to retrieve it in times of trouble. I live in a nice, quiet middle-class neighborhood where folks keep nice, desirable things in their homes. Now apart from gang & drug-related type activities/assaults in seedy neighborhoods, I just don't recall many home invasions/burglaries in such locales . . . predators tend to hunt where the game resides, or as my Dad used to say: "You can only pick the fruit where you find the tree."
To each his/her own, but I'll continue to prefer mine closer than 10 feet away & on my person. I wouldn't describe owning guns, having a gun 10 feet away, or carrying at home as paranoia. Nor would I describe not carrying as unsafe . . . I would simply describe carrying as more prepared & not carrying as less prepared than one could be. Carrying on my person is a convenience, and one that may make all the difference if a threat to mine or me suddenly appears . . . the term "more tactical advantage" comes to mind. Guess I'd rather pull my handgun than scramble to retrieve it in times of trouble. I live in a nice, quiet middle-class neighborhood where folks keep nice, desirable things in their homes. Now apart from gang & drug-related type activities/assaults in seedy neighborhoods, I just don't recall many home invasions/burglaries in such locales . . . predators tend to hunt where the game resides, or as my Dad used to say: "You can only pick the fruit where you find the tree."
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LAK said:
I find pocket carry quite convenient and I don't have to wear a belt. Always have the PM9 on me, even in sweats. My only other option aside from IWB/OWB, which requires a belt, is my Smartcarry, but I don't find it all that comfortable so pocket carry reigns supreme with me.
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