Tactical Jackalope
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Wow...Everyone should have a read at what Dr. Meyer mentioned. Here's the link. Petit Family
Call me paranoid for carrying 24/7 again.
Call me paranoid for carrying 24/7 again.
If I were afraid enough either to carry or "stage weapons" around my home, I'd move.
I've seen this misconception stated many times but still, it never fails to generate an amused head shake.Be prepared - yes; but also be realistic and stop living in constant fear
Agree - all the examples have been one of a kind extreme examples where the odds are as great as winning the lottery or being hit by lightning. You have a better chance of dying in a car wreck or a simple fall inside your home (unless you live in a place like Detroit or the south side of Chicago), so keep it realistic. You cannot prepare for every scenario, and to go about your entire life living with the fear and paranoia that it might, sometime, possibly happen, is just as unhealthy as smoking and drinking a lot or facing an armed intruder.
Be prepared - yes; but also be realistic and stop living in constant fear
I've seen this misconception stated many times but still, it never fails to generate an amused head shake.
Do people think that because I take CPR and have a first aid kit in my car I'm living in constant fear of being injured?
Do people think that because I have flashlights in my cars and in my house that I'm living in constant fear of darkness?
Do people think that because I try to have a few days worth of drinking water on hand at all times that I'm living in constant fear of thirst?
Do people think that because I have fire extinguishers that I check regularly and smoke detectors that I change the batteries in regularly that I'm living in constant fear of a house fire?
Do people think that because I get my flu shot each year that I live in constant fear of getting the flu?
Do people think that because I have a gun safe, deadbolts on my doors and a security system and that I activate/lock all of them when I'm out of the house that I'm living in constant fear of being burglarized?
Why is it that I can prepare for other events, some of them quite unlikely, without being accused of living in constant fear but if I prepare for someone trying to invade my home some people assume that I must be living in constant fear?
I prepare for the possibility of a home invasion just like I prepare for the other events I listed above. I don't live in constant fear of home invasion now, nor did I live in constant fear of home invasion before I owned guns. But I do prepare for the possibility better now than I did at one time.
pax? Isn't that why we are all here? It's not the "only" mode of defense by any means. BBB- brains before bullets. That goes without saying. It's a last resort. I haven't seen anyone say anything "magical" about guns. It is what it is, a first like of defense in worst case scenario "stopper" when bullets hit their mark. What's so wrong with that?
I think you're missing the perspective she writes from, C. She carries everywhere. I can see how it might be possible to read it as you did, though.
In this thread, we have had several people – who are gunowners, who do own guns presumably for self-defense, who are interested in self-defense or they would not be posting in the tactics and training forum – who have told us that wearing a gun around the house is akin to "walking around like I'm on a mission." Or that it means we are paranoid. These people are ascribing mystic powers to the gun. They are investing the gun with a great deal of emotional content that does not need to be there. This puzzles and befuddles me.