I am trying to figure out what to do and was wondering if i could get some opinions to help with my decision.
Tomorrow i am flying to Mass to go back to college and leaving my Glock 19 and AR-15 down here as they are not legal in the state of mass. Having said that, my mother and sister are still living here as my dad is working up in mass at our house there until he can find a job down here. We live right outside of a dangerous neighbor hood where house break ins are fairly common. I am concerned about the safety of my sister and mom and am wondering if i should leave them my glock for protection.
My predicament is that my mother has never fired a weapon in her life even though i have urged her to come with me multiple times, and my sister has fired firearms, however, not my glock yet.
I have instructed both of them on the use of it as it is rather simple and wish I had some time to take them to the range with me so they could learn to use it properly.
I was thinking about leaving it somewhere that my mom can access it with a loaded magazine in it but not a round in the chamber.
Do you think it is a good idea to leave it for them to access even without having much shooting experience, or is it better to leave it locked up and have them rely on the police in case of a break in?
BTW we live in Florida so if someone break's in the house the castle law allows for defensive usage.
Tomorrow i am flying to Mass to go back to college and leaving my Glock 19 and AR-15 down here as they are not legal in the state of mass. Having said that, my mother and sister are still living here as my dad is working up in mass at our house there until he can find a job down here. We live right outside of a dangerous neighbor hood where house break ins are fairly common. I am concerned about the safety of my sister and mom and am wondering if i should leave them my glock for protection.
My predicament is that my mother has never fired a weapon in her life even though i have urged her to come with me multiple times, and my sister has fired firearms, however, not my glock yet.
I have instructed both of them on the use of it as it is rather simple and wish I had some time to take them to the range with me so they could learn to use it properly.
I was thinking about leaving it somewhere that my mom can access it with a loaded magazine in it but not a round in the chamber.
Do you think it is a good idea to leave it for them to access even without having much shooting experience, or is it better to leave it locked up and have them rely on the police in case of a break in?
BTW we live in Florida so if someone break's in the house the castle law allows for defensive usage.