Would you carry during a Wake/Funeral?

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I carried at my mother-in-law's funeral. Found out one of my female cousins was carrying as well. Didn't even know she was into guns. We had a good talk, considering the circumstances.
 
I have carried at funerals and according to my will I will be buried with my S&W Model 38 Bodyguard in my pocket. I also specified it be loaded but I confess I might have a hard time guaranteeing "my will be done." :)
 
I guess I need to sharpen my paranoia to fit in with you folks.

24/7? You sleep, shower, and have sex (assuming you do all these things) while armed?
 
I have slept with a gun on. I tend to try and keep it near me, not on me, while I sleep.

I have showered with a gun on, but that's a long story. Haven't done it since.


I had sex with a gun on, but that's an even longer story and one not appropriate for THR. Let's just say, we had to make do with the space we had, which did not allow us to undress, or for either her or myself to remove our sidearms. :neener:



Funerals? +1
 
I've carried to a couple of funerals. Co-worker family members, during work hours. Didn't carry to my father's funeral. Too emotional to trust myself. Didn't carry at my wedding. I knew I'd be drinking, and had other CCW plans. :D

But, to go along with the latest posts, I have slept with a firearm, first while in the military, then while camping far from civilization. No to the other two. ;)
 
"I guess I need to sharpen my paranoia to fit in with you folks."

"24/7? You sleep, shower, and have sex (assuming you do all these things) while armed?"



No

But......

I have enough sense to know that if criminals respected the dead they wouldn't be killing folks.
 
Is there really a serious chance of being attacked at a funeral?
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Yet another instance of the generic question "Is there really a serious chance of being attacked at <insert 'safe' location here>?"

1. Yes, there is a chance, and should that chance arise I'm sure you'd find it quite serious. Statistics don't matter when "it" happens to YOU.

2. It's not the destination I'm worried about, it's the trip.
It's not the funeral/job/home/theater/bar that I think I'll be attacked in, it's when I go to my car at night in the semi-deserted parking lot in the wrong section of town; it's the flat tire and flat spare on the side of the wrong road; it's the McDonald's parking lot; it's the nightly stroll with the dog - any of which may suddenly produce a two- or four-legged predator who decide's I'm dinner or an ATM.

I've had enough instances where someone wierd and suspect rather unexpectedly decided to give me his full attention, and I became keenly aware that no weapon was at hand. Fortunately none have attacked, but it's clear that an attack wasn't a stretch.

FWIW: yes, I did carry at my own wedding.
 
"I guess I need to sharpen my paranoia to fit in with you folks."
"24/7? You sleep, shower, and have sex (assuming you do all these things) while armed?"
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It's not paranoia, it's reasonable personal philosophy.

Which makes more sense:
- Assume you will be disarmed, and justify being armed case-by-case
- Assume you will be armed, and justify being disarmed case-by-case

Just get used to having weapons handy - not out of paranoia, but out of preparedness and state-of-being. Doing so assures that you will be ready, and don't have to worry about it. This opposed to being in a vulnerable state most of the time, and fuss over when/whether a situation is dangerous enough to arm oneself.

Having lived both, I find being armed by default is far less "paranoid" because one is just plain ready for anything anytime, vs. being vulnerable by default and having to worry about what's dangerous.

As some wag put it: "I have a gun - why should I be paranoid?"

And yes: sleep/shower/sex all include, by lifestyle, a gun being accessable within a very few seconds. What better time for a predator to attack?
 
If there is a place that makes you feel uncomfortable to carry, well then don't. You play the odds every time you fly or get into a car. Life involves many calculated and estimated risks, weigh the chances of being attacked against the uncomfortableness that may be caused to you or others. Whichever is more important to you, go with it.
 
I guess some people aren't comfortable if unarmed. I spent the first 40 years of my life living in states where you couldn't legally carry. Then I moved to where I could 10 years ago and I carry off and on since then. I simply don't feel the need to be armed every waking moment. Sure, there is the one in 10,000,000 chance a terrorist will attack a funeral, but the overwhelming odds are it won't happen. If I was going to fret over "odds" I sure as hell wouldn't get into a car. Much greater chance of buying it in a MVA than by being killed in a criminal attack.

I've actually pulled a concealed pistol three times. All three were in places that were high risk for criminal attack. Twice when I was working nights in a convenience store and the third while while working as a bouncer in a bar. I wouldn't want to be unarmed in these places. Good chance of needing a gun. But a funeral? C'mon. I carry when going out most of the time, and always have a defensive pistol in my car when traveling. But there are a few places where I just don't feel particularly threatened.

I think some people are just "into" packing heat. Whatever makes you happy. But if you feel the need to carry at funerals, weddings, bar mitzvahs, children's birthday parties or while mowing the lawn (I know of a guy who shot himself in the groin with a 1911 doing this, removing one of the two most precious things in his life) then just go ahead, OK? You don't need the forum's permission.
 
But there are a few places where I just don't feel particularly threatened.
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I can label countless places I could put in that category but - it still comes down to the vehicular analogy - how does one ''know'' that on a particular day - at a time and place - you won't get a flat!

Answer? We don't.

Anyways - it is of course every individual's decision how much or little they carry - no problem with that. For me tho - until I succeed in total precognition I will continue to cover all 16/7 when I legally can.

I fully expect however to achieve worm-food status never having fired a shot in anger - that would please me no end :)
 
But there are a few places where I just don't feel particularly threatened.
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I don't feel threatened in 99.99% of the places I go. If you feel threatened, I figure it's time to get somewhere else. Avoidance is a central tenant of most CCW classes and license holders. But threats don't stay in easily defined "danger" zones or else we shouldn't need the pistol unless we visit those places. I don't fear danger or threats everywhere I go but they could be there. Now, an irrational and paranoid response would be going to great lengths to conceal a shotgun in my pants. Or never leaving my home and having groceries delivered to my door.

However, given all the wonderful holsters and pistols out there, carrying isn't a big ordeal. A P-32 or Rohrbaugh R9 can fit in just about any pocket. If not, they are light and small so carrying isn't a major pain. It's easy and cheap insurance.
 
I think some people are just "into" packing heat. Whatever makes you happy.
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That's great that you think that, but since many people have actually given their sound reasons for why they "pack heat" perhaps your thoughts are both wrong and unnecessary.

I generally try to accept people's explanations at face value and don't presume to know their thoughts better than they themselves do.

But whatever makes you happy. :rolleyes:
 
However, given all the wonderful holsters and pistols out there, carrying isn't a big ordeal. A P-32 or Rohrbaugh R9 can fit in just about any pocket. If not, they are light and small so carrying isn't a major pain. It's easy and cheap insurance.
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This will still keep the topic on track ..... kinda. I'm still hangin' in the death department here.

Carrying a gun should get you a reduction on your life insurance rates. Well, what do you think? ;)
 
It depends on whose funeral? If it were Osama bin-laden yes just to make sure he was really dead. lol
 
But a funeral? C'mon.
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As many have tried to explain, and I'll try to keep this simple:

1. You never know.
2. Travel to and from safe location/event X is usually the greater concern (flat tire in a bad neighborhood, etc.)
3. Just do it = no worries.
 
24-7 is 24-7

At a funeral yesterday. Armed. after that went to the home of the family did not take it off there. I guess the answere is yes.
 
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