When I first saw the headline for this post I was thinking I'd love to have a sizable piece of land where I could carry right outside my door and if I needed to shoot, it would be far enough from neighbors that it wouldn't cause alarm or fear, and I'd be protected from the law. Still thinking like that but my real world is different.
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Correct. Besides the obvious issue, this kind of an attitude would be extremely stressful. The mindset you want isn't the idea of looking for threats constantly, nor is it the idea that you can dismiss any possibility of a threat. The balance is remaining open to the idea that bad things can happen anywhere. Not EXPECTING them to, but just not expecting them NOT to. This will help avoid getting yourself into a situation where you don't have the ability and/or mindset to respond effectively and rapidly should the need arise.
The two things are not mutually exclusive. A person can make a commitment to carry anytime they can legally do so and still have a firm grasp on reality. If a person is starting to have issues with reality, the problem is a mindset issue, not the fact that they have a gun on them.
This is what is called a "snuck premise". It assumes that the only reason a person would carry is because of fear of other people. Preparation can be done simply out of a desire to be prepared without any fear being involved at all.
I've always loved shooting and anything involved in shooting. Firearms, airguns--any kind of projectile dispenser. I learned the carry laws because I didn't want to get in trouble when I transported my firearms; I learned the self-defense laws mostly because I'd heard so many different things from different people that I wanted to know the truth.
One day I realized that I had spent a lot of time building skill and learning the laws and it would be really stupid to have that skill and knowledge and then end up in a situation where a firearm was needed and not have one. So I started carrying. It was easy to carry and hard to come up with any useful way to predict when having a gun might be needed, so I decided to carry any time it was possible to do so.
I've always liked to be prepared. I carry a number of potentially useful items--a multi-tool, a flashlight, a pocketknife, a compact magnifying glass, etc. because they come in handy from time to time and a gun is just one more potentially useful item. When I can't carry for one reason or another, I don't get jumpy or nervous or fearful--I know the odds of anything bad happening are really small. But the other side of the coin is that having two improbable events line up is way more improbable than just having one or the other happen independently. So it makes sense to make one of the two things (carrying) as probable as possible to maximize the chance that IF something really bad happens, it happens when useful tool is readily available to deal with the situation.
Frankly, the way I live my life, I'll probably get through the rest of it without ever needing a gun again. It's a nice goal.
No worries John Ska. Im just trying to keep people on their toes and not let themselves get sucked into a mindset thats not "balanced". Im speaking in more of a general sense about many new and younger CCW holders and not directing anything at particular individuals. You have clearly thought about a lot of this stuff already so your fine. Im not sure if I like you or not because I dont know you that well but I wouldnt consider you an edgy person from what I have read the last few days since popping pock on this forum. Seems like you are dialed in pretty well. Lots of good statements in that last post... even if you are an administrator LOL. ... Just kidden.
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TY everyone for the good snake advice. This house and property were very run-down and neglected when I acquired them three weeks ago.
The medium-duty gasoline weed whacker took care of the tall weeds. I eventually realized that I didn't need a shotgun or anything else while I was holding the weed whacker. It would make copperhead hamburger pretty fast. I won't ever neglect the yard like that, so it won't be a problem again.
Now that the property is cleared, I can take my 120+ pound dog outside with me when I'm working and it's not too hot or noisy. He's good company and likes it a lot. Women or kids ask to pet him sometimes. He doesn't like men as much and kind of gives them the eye; they never come close or ask to pet him.
The medium-duty gasoline weed whacker took care of the tall weeds. I eventually realized that I didn't need a shotgun or anything else while I was holding the weed whacker. It would make copperhead hamburger pretty fast. I won't ever neglect the yard like that, so it won't be a problem again.
Now that the property is cleared, I can take my 120+ pound dog outside with me when I'm working and it's not too hot or noisy. He's good company and likes it a lot. Women or kids ask to pet him sometimes. He doesn't like men as much and kind of gives them the eye; they never come close or ask to pet him.
theotherwaldo
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There are no safe places this side of the grave.
After that, I'm not too concerned - I don't worry about what I can't change.
In the meantime, I go armed.
After that, I'm not too concerned - I don't worry about what I can't change.
In the meantime, I go armed.
bannockburn
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Since this is the Revolver Forum I will forego my semi-auto yard work choice and go with my lightest revolver, a S&W Model 638.
IWAC
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In this day and age, not always possible! Last night, we had a murder in my neighborhood.
None of my friends! No facts available, but it is the second shooting in like 5-6 years. The first one was a "wrong house" situation. Would I move if possible? You bet, but economics, etc. make that unkikely. Besides, I like where I live. So, I will increase security as possible and try to be aware of my surroundings. Being in Jeff Cooper's "Condition Orange" all the time is exhausting, tho.
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Old Dog
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Back before the turn of the century, the family was living in temporary accommodations (waiting on our new house), an upscale apartment complex with a great pool and fitness center. A creep that hung out there, constantly making the women feel uncomfortable, followed a young female resident home, apparently clever enough to realize the first thing she'd do would be showering, watched her enter her front door, then went around the side of her unit and entered through the sliding glass door. He found her in the shower, and her body was found in her bedroom; she'd been stabbed to death. She was not his first nor last victim. But she was one of two killed in our complex, and it could have been my wife or oldest daughter, who both fit his victim profile and spent time swimming, lifting weights and using the exercise machines.
I'm familiar with other cases where some serial armed robbers used to follow well-dressed (presumably businessmen) people into the restrooms of the city's transit centers (subway and train stations) and kick in the doors to toilet stalls and rob their victims.
I recall reading about a case in another state where some local tweakers, one apparently who worked as a laborer for a contractor that had done work on a guy's house, and was thus familiar with his habit of leaving his home unlocked while he worked on his large subsistence garden on his acreage, arrived and loaded up half his house. For some reason, the victim had needed to go back to his house (bathroom or meal break?), confronted the robber and was beaten severely.
Again, it's not the odds, it's the stakes. There are few safe places these days since the bad guys are mobile and gravitate towards areas full of unexpecting, compliant and convenient victims.
I'm familiar with other cases where some serial armed robbers used to follow well-dressed (presumably businessmen) people into the restrooms of the city's transit centers (subway and train stations) and kick in the doors to toilet stalls and rob their victims.
I recall reading about a case in another state where some local tweakers, one apparently who worked as a laborer for a contractor that had done work on a guy's house, and was thus familiar with his habit of leaving his home unlocked while he worked on his large subsistence garden on his acreage, arrived and loaded up half his house. For some reason, the victim had needed to go back to his house (bathroom or meal break?), confronted the robber and was beaten severely.
Again, it's not the odds, it's the stakes. There are few safe places these days since the bad guys are mobile and gravitate towards areas full of unexpecting, compliant and convenient victims.
NeroM
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Sorry - This is my world.
sit on the front porch - have targets to 350 yds, shoot when ever I desire.
back patio has a 30 yd target, mostly for revolver and 22 RF shooting, when ever the mood strikes me - has a flood lamp over it - can shoot at night.
NeroM
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Depends upon what area is getting mowed,
orchard area, i do with a walk behind field mower.
lawn, a regular ride on.
fields with tractor and attached rough cut mower; this is the most fun - as moles rush ahead and aside of the tractor for target practice
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well dam! sounds like a blast for the Moles! pol
Mark_Mark
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ever go on vacation and start patting around for your gun. Or leave the house without one and start rethinking life! Yeah… we all haveLOL. Are you fixin to drop that last one in and flush it?
Im kind of amazed too at the number of people who think that because you might wear a gun on a daily basis and no matter where you are, means you live in a war zone. Its just a gun, and no different than anything else you might carry with you on a daily basis.
Old Dog
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Sam Spade, Philip Marlowe, Lew Archer would approve. But I don't think Bogey, Cagney or Mitchum ever carried their DS revolvers in striped pajama pants...
KevininPa
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My fave for outdoor work depends on the chore. If I'm on foot working, Ruger LCRX in 9mm. Snake shot moonclip is loaded with one loaded with fmj if needed. If I'm on the Kubota, my Single Six is is the onboard tool box.
lightman
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If it just has to be a revolver it will be either a S&W model 60 2 inch or a S&W model 66 2-1/2 inch. With 125 grain hollow points.
doubleh
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Shoot a dog in this state and you better have toothmarks to prove it attacked you. You can get a harsher sentence for animal cruelty than murder. Of course you can sometimes get away with murder even if if evidence proves you guilty. It just depends on what part of the state you are in.
I have seen exactly one live raccoon not in a zoo in my life and that was as a farm kid in Texas. The rascal was helping himself to a meal in a shed full of milo and he didn't survive the encounter. It was there to feed cattle, not coons.There are some down off the cap west of me where there is some food and cover for them but all I have ever seen are their tracks around water holes. No food on top except buffalo grass and no trees or cover either.
Speedo66
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I see raccoons coming out of storm drains around here.
Them, and the occasional snake.
