Do you carry at home - Why do people feel safe at home?

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At home there is an 870 within arms reach always. There are also 2 pittbulls on my security detail.

I try to keep my Tops 7" Bowie near me at all times as well but Im not as good about that.
 
Your post asks two questions: "Do you carry at home - Why do people feel safe at home? "

To the first: Yes.

To the second: I feel safe because nothing has ever happened in 67 years to make me wish I had a gun in hand. Absolutely zero threats.
 
No I do not. I have little kids and wrestling in the floor with my Glock on is just not safe nor feasable for me. Its kinda like asking if I carry while I swim.
My home is in a fairly safe neighborhood and I keep my shizz locked up at all times. I can access my guns in a matter of seconds if need be. Now if the doorbell rings after dark I'll be armed. I do carry my spyderco on me when Im around the house sometimes but thats it.
 
It rests (now this is the fruity part) on a very nice 8"x10" royal blue satin pillow which (now this is the weird part) is actually the resting pillow from a guinea pig coffin...from back when I used to build the occasional cremation box and pet coffin
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LOL thats awesome.

Is it fruity if mine resides in a purple and gold Crown Royale bag?
 
Is it fruity if mine resides in a purple and gold Crown Royale bag?
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Yeah... that's a little fruity, but in a manlier fashion! And at least you didn't rip your gun pillow out from under some poor, dead guinea pig!:D:p

I pretty much do all the stuff pax says not to, but for this post, I strapped on the GLOCK.:p
 
yes and in respose to the following ANTI GUN propaganda.

"I know a number of acquaintances who "pack heat" around the house. I'll also bet my airplane, boat and other toys that if someone kicked in their door, the heat-packers would freeze up and not be able to draw and fire. They'd end up getting way hurt or just plain dead". :barf::barf::barf::barf:
 
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I carry pretty much 100% of the time at home. It isn't because I'm paranoid, unprepared mentally, or whatever the hell other voodoo is in this thread.
It is because i've been underprepared in a violent confrontation before and swore to myself and my family i'd never let it happen again.
 
It never made me feel safer.
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If someone asked me how carrying a gun makes me feel I would respond that it makes me feel prepared. Just the same as having the other items I carry on my person (or in my vehicle) makes me feel.

NOT having some of those items could negatively impact my safety, I suppose, but to date, that's not really been the case. Even the one time I actually needed a firearm, it was not related to my safety or anyone else's.
 
Gives new meaning to "mouse" gun?

I'm within 3' of a 9mm right now. I'm no more than 3-4 steps from a boomstick anywhere in my house, except for the guest room... I'm not paranoid - I just have storage and organization problems...

"Ah... This is a good spot... Let's leave it here..."

It think it may stem from when I moved a 3 bedroom house, with dining room, into a 900 square foot apartment... My bookshelves had books in them - and behind the books was the ammo, etc., etc...

Just got used to it.
 
I carry at home because being prepared is a 24/7 kind of deal. There is no "time off". I've been doing it the same way for years.

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OK so Im sitting here on the couch in my stained BVDs, one sock on and one sock off with no shirt, belly acting as a computer stand. Should I have a holster on?:D

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Its a free country so folks can do as they like. Thats said, I've always thought that people who felt the need to carry a gun at home would be better served by swapping zip codes. If you're living in an area that you don't feel safe behind locked doors, then you have a problem that isn't going to be solved by just carrying.


As for being safe (as opposed to feeling safe) in your own home, check out these stats from the US Dept of Justice:
Of the 207,240 rapes and sexual assaults in America in 2004, 30% happened inside the woman's own home.

Of the 83,920 rapes and sexual assaults committed by a stranger, 42% happened inside the woman's own home.

Of the 99,130 incidents of completed robbery in which the victim was injured, 31% happened inside the victim's own home.

Of the 895,340 cases of aggravated assault, 18% happened within the victim's own home.
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But as the first stat bears out, most crimes commited in the home are done by someone the victim either knows or is related to. If you look at your rape figure, more than half of all the rapes were comitted by someone the victim knew. Of the remaining number, less than half were committed in the victims home. I have no doubt that most of the cases of assault fall into this category as well.

As such, these stats aren't quite as imposing as has been suggested... unless you plan on shooting your friend/brother/father/husband.
 
OK so Im sitting here on the couch in my stained BVDs, one sock on and one sock off with no shirt, belly acting as a computer stand. Should I have a holster on?
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First...Ugh...thanks ever so much for that mental image. :barf: :p

Second, of course you should. Doesn't Seecamp make a g-string holster? :)
 
OK so Im sitting here on the couch in my stained BVDs, one sock on and one sock off with no shirt, belly acting as a computer stand. Should I have a holster on?
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You should have an LCP in Thunderwear :D.


And having said that I sincerely hope you didn't................:eek:
 
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But as the first stat bears out, most crimes commited in the home are done by someone the victim either knows or is related to.

What bearing does this have on anything?
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Reckon the bearing this has on the discussion is that those who feel so paranoid about being attacked in their own home to the point they need either constant valium or a constant sidearm strapped to them should probably start doing some background checks on their acquaintances. . .

That is, if they truly believe the statistics they like to trot out.

Jeff
 
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