Brother, you seem oddly defensive about what I said. If you truly do not know what I am referring to when I say "that way", its simply pointing out that carrying a gun inside your own home is rather fringe.
So "fringe" is a neutral/positive term, in your opinion? Ok, so no reason to be defensive.
When I carry a gun, I am ON.. some people know what that means. I have no desire to be ON when I am at home in my easy chair.
When I carry a gun, I am carrying a gun. Sort of like when I'm carrying a flashlight I'm carrying a flashlight. I guess if you feel different when you are carrying a gun and it's an unpleasant feeling, it makes sense that you wouldn't want to do it any more than you have to. I don't feel different based on whether I'm carrying a gun or not, so carrying at home doesn't bother me at all. If by being "ON", you mean paying attention to what's going on around you, I find that I don't enjoy life as much if I don't pay attention to what's going on around me. Some people find it to be a chore, I find it to be interesting and pleasant.
As far as it being unusual, that's probably true. There are probably many other things about me that are not average or mainstream. I'm ok with that--I've never aspired to be either, nor considered either to be worthy goals.
Being prepared doesnt necessairly mean that you must carry everything on your person.
Sure. I don't carry everything on me, not by a long shot.
But you knew that.
I do carry more things than most folks, I suppose, and I find it amusing how often I use the things I carry, and also how often folks are surprised that I have them--when THEY need them.
Do you carry a fire extinguisher on your person while inside your home. If your answer is [no], then why not?
No. Because they don't make any that are small enough for me to conveniently carry, in my own estimation of what it means to carry something conveniently, and because it's not possible to carry everything. I have to prioritize based on my own ideas of what I consider to be useful and worthy of being carried. You might prioritize differently, and if you feel that carrying a fire extinguisher is worthwhile and it makes your list of things to carry at home, why would that be any concern of mine? Do you think I would post that carrying a fire extinguisher was "fringe" behavior and state that I refuse to live "that way" or ask you why you don't also carry tourniquets at home? If you do, you'd be wrong.
It doesn't bother me that I make different choices than other people do--in fact, just the opposite tends to be true.
Now, if someone tries to justify their choices and the reasons aren't logical, I might point that out because logic isn't the same as personal preference. It follows the same rules for everyone.
But it's unreasonable to assume that everyone is going to make identical decisions to everyone else or that the only reason they wouldn't is because of some deficiency or problem they have.
I am simply suggesting that if you adopt that (gun in your pocket) level of preparedness while inside your home, you might examine why.
Didn't you read my first post? I provided a number of reasons why some people might find that it makes sense to carry at home--maybe even more sense than carrying elsewhere.