It's 4 a.m., the car alarm is blaring. What do you do?

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Here's what I did and what I think about it.

The 1911 sits on my nightstand/footlocker. It is between me and the Mossberg 500 and is only there in case I can't get to the Mossberg, which is unlikely. Once I made my mind up to go out there, I decided I wasn't going to go out unarmed.

My first instinct was to strap on the 1911. I shoot it better, it's harder hitting and like I said, holstered.
But then I realized that if the SHTF at close range, I'd rather have 20 9 mm Gold Dots out of a pistol I can barely group into 12 inches at 10 yards than the alternative. If I had some hydrashoks loaded up in the 1911, the choice would have been very easy.

Also factored into the equation: encountering a concerned neighbor. I was worried that a concerned neighbor may confuse me with a burglar being that I would be snooping around my car so soon after the alarm went off. In that case, i'd rather have the Glock well hidden in my pocket than a 1911 hanging off my hip. That could lead to a really ugly case of mistaken identity and/or being phoned in to the author-a-tays as a burglar.

Of course, I had no intention of using the gun except for in a life/death confrontation. I was not anticipating such a confrontation since I couldn't see anyone in the parking lot. I carried it as insurance in the case of a surprise confrontation with someone wishing to have such a confrontation.

Still, introducing a gun to the mix in a situation where one has to leave the safety of his home can cause a lot of problems in court, especially if you think like MyXD40.

Another note about guns and waking up too quickly:
My concealed carry course was taught by SWAT officers and police trainers. I was taught that if I intended to keep a loaded weapon for home defense, to have it far enough away that I would have to get up and do something significant to get to it in order to make sure I was awake enough to use it.
Last night has made me reconsider my choice to ignore this advice. Before I packed up the G26, even after walking around the apartment for a few minutes, I was still fumbling with the flashlight. Thankfully, that scared me enough to wake me up all the way.
 
The haughty condescension and arrogance displayed around here is truly distasteful.
Agreed, and neither does it reflect well on TFL. This has become nothing more than a pissing contest and a waste of bandwidth.

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