Why Carry A Holstered Gun At Home?

[Treo]

I just live in a weird neighborhod there are people moving through it all night long. Also we've had bears ,mountain lions & quite a few coyotes, as well as, foxes in this neighborhood (and I live in the center of town). I think I'd be a fool not to carry at home.

As for those who chose not to , your choice. I don't think any thing I would say is going to change your mind.

According to legend Billy The Kid felt safe in Ft. Sumner that's why he wasn't carrying a pistol when Pat Garret shot him in Pete Maxwell's Bedroom.

For the record has the OP participated in this discussion since he started it?

 

[45crittergitter]

Here's why:

Just last week this occurred directly across the street from a friend's house in a nice rural subdivision-type neighborhood.

http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008805010379

 

[TallPine]

do you carry chambered at home?

Life is a lot simpler when you carry a revolver

 

[1911Tuner]

Life is a lot simpler when you carry a revolver

Hey! Ain't a thing wrong with a revolver. In this day of hi-cap wondernines and picatinny rails...the ol' wheelgun will still toe the mark with the best of'em if it's shot well.

 

[Cosmoline]

I put my handgun up when I get home.

Because when I'm home I carry a RIFLE. I have no intention of giving any intruder a fair fight if I have any choice in the matter.

 

[kermit315]

well, I cant carry where I live now, I live on a Navy base. Security would probably have a hard time with it. Anywho, when I lived at home(rural Illinois), and when I was in Washington State, I lived in the country and when I owned a pistol, I kept it very close by. Saw some weird stuff at night, and you just never know what will happen. Even here on the base, I keep stuff close enough to me that I can load up quick if I need it, and deal with the military aspect of it later. Part of the whole judged by 12/carried by six thing.

 

[packnrat]

do you have insurance coving your home?

are you safe from all at home?

and having the gun on you and you have little ones..
.the gun is in very safe mode.


just a choice for safety. pistol on my hip,
shotgun behind door number one,
and rifle behind door number two.

bad guy should pick door number three,
it has steel bars.

 

[ImARugerFan]

Why Carry A Holstered Gun At Home?

Paranoia mostly.

 

[1911Tuner]

Paranoia mostly.

Which ain't entirely a bad thing. A little paranoia will help keep ya above ground...

 

[Sato Ord]

Which ain't entirely a bad thing. A little paranoia will help keep ya above ground...

In the words of Doctor Johnny Fever, "When the world is out to get ya, paranoia is just smart thinkin'."

To quote my friend Rick, "No, I'm not afraid, I'm the one with the gun!"

 

[REB]

I put my handgun up when I get home.

Because when I'm home I carry a RIFLE. I have no intention of giving any intruder a fair fight if I have any choice in the matter.

I find it much easier to carry my handgun at home and that will allow me to get to my long gun.

 

[Hot brass]

Dad told me it is better to have a gun and not need it, than to need a gun and not have it.

 

[dalepres]

The safest storage for a gun in your house is in a holster that is on a belt that is around your waist. That way you always know where the gun is. You always know your kids or grandkids are not playing with it. You can always reach it when the bad guys come in the door.

The question is not why people holster carry in their homes, the question is why doesn't everybody holster carry in their homes?

 

[Aguila Blanca]

Why Carry A Holstered Gun At Home?

Paranoia mostly.

There's an old line that goes, "Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they're not watching."

And just being NOT paranoid also doesn't mean they're not watching. I just read within the past week a follow-up report on the Petit home invasion in Connecticut. I don't recall reading this in any reports around the time of the incident, but it seems the two perps had been watching the Petit house for a period of several days or even weeks before they pulled off the invasion.

This all took place in a typical upper-scale suburban neighborhood. In fact, IIRC the Petit's house had an alarm system, which they did NOT use ... because "it was such a safe neighborhood." Even so, it's tough to accept that a pair of thugs could spend days or even weeks scoping out a house for an invasion and not ONE of the neighbors saw anything suspicious enough to have called the cops.

I'm sort of coming around to the mindset that a little paranoia is a good thing.

 

[AStone]

There is a subtle but significant distinction between paranoia and metanoia.

When it comes to carrying at home, I think of myself as metanoid.

Nem, at home, x42 in an OWB.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

Paranoia mostly.

I assume that comment was being humorous.

But to repeat myself: in the last set of 3 years that I looked at my hometown murders, of the eight murders in those three years at least FIVE were home invasion killings.

If they really are out to get you and you are not paranoid, then you are in denial.

 

[1911Tuner]

of the eight murders in those three years at least FIVE were home invasion killings.

Any info on how many of those were staged during daylight hours?

 

[RifleGuy]

Why Carry A Holstered Gun At Home?
I've noticed quite a few who post here claim they carry a holstered gun at home while going about their daily routine around the house. I'm not being critical here, it's certainly your right to do so. But, I have to ask why? Do you feel unsafe at home?

Mmm. I live in the Detroit Metro area; feel unsafe at home? Yes. I feel a bit of precaution is in order. Violent, daylight hours home invasions are on the rise, and as our local economy makes great strides towards being the worst in the US (Thanks Jenny Gandholm!!) I suspect the problem will worsen.
Our fair city already boasts one of the worst crime rates in the nation; depending upon which Federal statistics you read, arguably the worst city in the nation.
In conversation with one of Detroits finest, I asked the young officer what she did when a call came in declaring "shots fired". The young lady advised me, "I drive slow; it's all sorted out when I get there, nothing but paperwork."

Remember; when seconds count, the police are only minutes away.

Good day to you all.
-RG

 

[RifleGuy]

...of the eight murders in those three years at least FIVE were home invasion killings.

And that would be an average week in Detroit.

 

[30 cal slob]

ah, i have to confess. after ccwing all day, i want to take the durned things OFF and run around the house in my skivvies. ccw just ain't comfortable.

i've got lockboxes with pistols and ammo strategically placed around the house instead. not as good as carrying on my person, but better than nothing.

 

[beretta92d]

gun goes on as soon as i get dressed and will stay there till i go to bed..
(now maybe once in awhile i'll un-holster it while watching T.V.but it ends up right next to me.)

at bed time,it goes under the pillow..(or next to pillow on bed)

Granted,i live in a 6 apt building with locked outer doors and which is within a nice quiet area of manchester(but you never know..)

 

[mhillsing23]

ah, i have to confess. after ccwing all day, i want to take the durned things OFF and run around the house in my skivvies. ccw just ain't comfortable.

Maybe you need to look for a new CCW setup. Mine is very comfortable no matter what I am doing: lounging, working, driving, hiking, etc.

 

[beaucoup ammo]

I haven't read all 147 posts, so please excuse if this is a duplication. My wife and I are in our 60's, retired, no kids in the house, a life time of possessions under the roof and I'm in a wheel chair or on crutches. To not carry around the house, IMO, would be crazy.

In addition to carrying on my person, there's a handgun in every room and in both vehicles. Again, no kids. We live in an area of San Antonio that's seen the crime rate go up steadily over the past 10 years. Home invasions, the sound of police helicopters and robberies of businesses in the area aren't uncommon.

That's why I carry a holstered gun at home. Not to mention I'd never be able to live with myself if anything happened to my wife, home or me for lack of a weapon at the ready.

 

[docmagnum357]

As I sit at the computer, wearing my shorts that I sleep in, my Smith and Wesson modewl 19 sits on the computer desk. If I am gardening, or working around the house, or mowing the grass, I carry a GLOCK 23, or a S&W model 629 or The trusty,rusty model 19. When I am working, the 19 or the 629. At church, the 19 or the GLOCK. If I am awake, I have a gun on me, and It is never a " mouse gun". I don't worry about the power factor so much, as long as it makes "major", but I do worry about handling qualities, and the accuracy. My neighbor knows that I carry, and a few very close freinds. I teach concealed carry classes, so more and more people know. I personally just don't feel comfortable without a major power handgun within arms reach. As one person posted above, it is almost a duty to resist evil. The the Bible tells us to resist evil, and it will flee. I would hate to think that the carjacker or home invader that I don't shoot ( I am six feet tall, and weigh 295 lbs. I am a stonemason by trade. No one in their right mind would attack me unarmed.) might meet one of my older neighbors, or some of our wives or children. There really are goblins out there. Always have been, always will be.
I tell all my students that the safest place for a handgun is holstered, and on your hip, for the reasons that are mentioned above. Out of reach of children, always there when you need it, always in your control. I would like to see carry laws relaxed so that I can carry anywhere, with the exception of places that screen everyone (metal detectors) and allow you to check your guns, no questions asked. My handgun is a lot more dangerous in the seat, or under the seat of my car in the parking lot of a school, bank, or post office than it is in a holster on my side. It is more likely to be stolen in the vehicle.

 

[Ben Shepherd]

One more post from me on this:

In the last year my neighborhood has changed, and not for the better. The house across the street that was built when my town was founded, and the family that built it had lived there for generations? Yeah, they moved out.

The folks that moved in? Both parents have been arrested for drug offenses, and the home is now in foreclosure.

The home over my east fence? Bought by a developer. He's going to put homes in the vacant inner block. This is a good thing.

The bad? In the mean time, he rented the house to the state. They put a lady in there who is trying to get clean so she can get her kids back. She's been hauled off in cuffs three times in the last month. Her live in boyfriend? He got hauled for public intoxication last week.

So I finished my fence, put up no trespassing signs, and now have motion sensing lights covering my property 360 degrees.

With this in mind(and the fact we had over 40 vehicle burglaries in just over a week) leads me to believe I'd be foolish not to live the boy scout motto.