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kingmonkey
Although I found it utterly staggering, good thread all the same.
Not wishing to get into your right to own or carry, but you describe your home as being relatively crime free yet you are sitting on your couch with a weapon. I feel genuinely sorry for you. Sorry that you exist in a life of perpetual fear.
There has to be a better way than this?
Peace
alienreality
kingmonkey
Although I found it utterly staggering, good thread all the same.
Not wishing to get into your right to own or carry, but you describe your home as being relatively crime free yet you are sitting on your couch with a weapon. I feel genuinely sorry for you. Sorry that you exist in a life of perpetual fear.
There has to be a better way than this?
Peace
I can't speak for others, but from my observations, it isn't fear at all, it is simply a willingness to be prepared and having the right tools at hand for any contingency. Carrying a gun doesn't imply that the carrier is fearful.
mysterioustranger
reply to post by CeeRZ
As crime increases in my nice suburban neighborood on the West Side-my wife was held up by two lowlifes with guns IN OUR DRIVEWAY.
Sadly...I carry at home as well. Even taking out the trash.
So should you. Its happening everywhere. Good luck to you.
PS (Get floods outside with motion detectors (not TIMERS)...that automatically turn on).
kingmonkey
alienreality
kingmonkey
Although I found it utterly staggering, good thread all the same.
Not wishing to get into your right to own or carry, but you describe your home as being relatively crime free yet you are sitting on your couch with a weapon. I feel genuinely sorry for you. Sorry that you exist in a life of perpetual fear.
There has to be a better way than this?
Peace
I can't speak for others, but from my observations, it isn't fear at all, it is simply a willingness to be prepared and having the right tools at hand for any contingency. Carrying a gun doesn't imply that the carrier is fearful.
Sitting on your couch in your own home with a weapon on your person suggests that you fear home invasion at any moment.
This is a very sad reflection on society, or the OP's view on society.
bastion
I'm confused, you have a gun on you at all times inside your house but usually leave the doors unlocked? Or am I interpreting that wrong.
Wrabbit2000
I carry my weapon when I'm outside the home (and not at the campus of course) but I can't see carrying it with me at home?
Having said that, I'll note I have guns sitting in all 4 rooms I spend 99% of my time in and I know where they are to be within short reach at all times...but they sit there too. Every month or two, I'll rotate ammunition and every few months I'll break them down and clean them for good measure, if nothing else.
The only time I can say I've had my gun at home and not where one is normally just sitting anyway? It's been when a specific reason, at that moment, has caused an issue ..then it's very obvious in my hand ..or if I'm in the bedroom? Well... I always have liked the sound of tromboning a pump shotgun. It's a sound I think is ingrained or something, as people seem to know what it is without even being in the room to see or claiming to have heard it before.
* We do get home invasions and home burglaries turn fatal for homeowners regularly enough to keep those I have, spread around in regular spots tho... I can understand that.
alldaylong
reply to post by CeeRZ
This thread is just one reason why i am glad not to be living in The US.
2nd
justreleased
reply to post by zilebeliveunknown
I can defend myself without carrying a weapon.
Just saying. It's my point.
I said if weak people feel the need to carry a weapon then it's their right.
justreleased
DocScurlock
reply to post by justreleased
Hey look guys, its the toughest guy I have ever read about on the internet!!!
so can most of us, thats why criminals use guns to get the upper hand. Talk about thick......
What makes you think I don't own a weapon?
All I said is most of the time I don't carry. I sure don't carry a weapon while in my home.
You want to find out how tough I am, boy?