Barred from concealed EDC at home

[WR Moore]

Let's see now, most localities require you to have a fire extinguisher in the kitchen area. Now the chance of fire exists, but is variable. It's prudent to have a means for dealing with the problem at hand should it occur. [Slightly related, but when was the last time any of us checked the expiration date on said extinguisher and bought a new one? Yes, I have and added one for the garage area.]

Several people have noted that home invasions "don't happen here". 20 odd miles or so away, they seem to be quite common. In the surrounding areas, we also have gang issues. [You probably do too, they exist even in rural areas.]

Now about "doesn't happen here". One of the times I was the intended victim of an armed robbery it was just before noon and we were in front of the Federal Court House in a major city. Traffic cop on the corner.

Remember the Boy Scout motto (or what it used to be): Be Prepared. Doesn't mean you need to look like you're about to patrol Fallujah.

 

[dlombard]

Indeed, I do keep fire extinguishers about our home (kitchen area and places with concentrated electrical circuits), and replace them over time. I also agree with the idea that you don't have to look like a commando just to be prepared. All I wanted to do is just not have to take off my shield that I was already wearing AIWB in the first place. To anyone looking at me, they'd see no difference. I just wouldn't have wanted it to be an unpleasant surprise and did the courtesy of just asking about it first.

Oh well. Perhaps I can just "forget" to take it off and see how bad it is for me. I'd rather have a dumb argument over this than for something life-threatening to happen, and I'm victimized by having inadequate tactics.

 

[Watchdog]

Last but not least, I've read about people who will EDC at home rather than hope they can get to the room with the gun in it in time if one (or more) assailants breach your windows or door, or (even more silly) hide one in every room.

I have a gun in every room of my house. That includes the main bathroom. Not exactly "hidden", but often somewhat camouflaged...like maybe under an opened magazine, or just laying on top of the printer next to this keyboard, or maybe under a couple of sheets of scratch paper that look as if they're just randomly laying there. Right now, I can drop my right hand to a Glock 30S that's laying about 18 inches away. It's a much simpler movement than trying to get a gun out of a pocket or a holster. For me, at any rate.

If I'm in whatever particular room a gun is in, that gun is always within arm's reach. To reiterate: Always.

I don't consider myself paranoid, nor do think I'm silly, except under certain conditions that we won't go into here.

Besides, I think I've lived long enough that I can be silly if I please.

So...why do you think having a gun in every room is "silly"?

Enlighten me, please.

 

[Walkingwolf]

You are not really prepared unless you have a shower gun...(sarcasm)

 

[Watchdog]

You are not really prepared unless you have a shower gun...(sarcasm)

You are correct.

Mine (a Model 36 snubby) hangs on a bungee cord around my neck, like that soap-on-a-rope thing.

I don't worry about rust, either. It gets wiped down, then baked dry in the oven after each shower, then sprayed down with WD40. Then it's ready for the next time.

Disclaimer: I sure hope none of y'all are dumb enough to believe this B.S.

 

[keith44spl]

You are not really prepared unless you have a shower gun...(sarcasm)

Always keep a gat-on-a-rope.....That and Old Spice.


It's the civilized thing to do...






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[Chief Wiggums]

I strip off the gun as soon as I get home. If I felt a need to carry in my own house, I'd move.

yup.....

related:
I do carry at church.
why , some have asked....
simple , the Sunday collection basket could be tempting for outsiders , and the obvious threat of "other" religious groups who differ from our faith.

 

[Pondoro]

yup.....

related:
I do carry at church.
why , some have asked....
simple , the Sunday collection basket could be tempting for outsiders , and the obvious threat of "other" religious groups who differ from our faith.

A buddy in a rural area said his church decided to make an armed intruder plan. It was complicated because they realized that maybe 75% of the members carry. If the proverbial maniac with a gun walks in the property damage alone might exceed $200K!!

 

[SOTVEN]

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[elm_creek_smith]

You are not really prepared unless you have a shower gun...(sarcasm)

Only when I travel without my dog. A S&W Model 642 fits nicely in a Ziploc sandwich bag in the soap dish. [emoji41]

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[forrestinmathews]

Whomsoever is incapable of target identification should not carry a gun for self defense. Surely a pet name called out softly or a "You alright?" is better than pointing a gun at a loved one. Not​ being present mentally enough to reach out 18" for a warm body could have led to a cold one. Obviously I'm Monday morning quarterbacking, but why would you ever post something so foolish? Other than that, did you sleep well Mr. Pistorius?

 

[hdwhit]

Chief Wiggums wrote:
I do carry at church.
why , some have asked....
simple , the Sunday collection basket could be tempting for outsiders ,

I have authored and help implement security plans for numerous churches in the Dallas suburbs. On any given Sunday, somewhere between 5% and 35% of the people in attendance are armed. Even so, if someone comes in and wants the collection, we would hand it over with no resistance. The last place we need a gunfight is in a crowded church santuary where the backdrop to any shot is liable to be your "brother or sister in the Lord".

and the obvious threat of "other" religious groups who differ from our faith.

If someone from another faith shows up at our church, we'll offer them a donut and a cup of coffee.

Sectarian violence is so far down our list of likely threats that it hardly merits consideration.

 

[hdwhit]

I just don't understand the world view that has someone saying to themselves that they have to have a gun strapped to them to sit comfortably in an easy chair in their own living room to watch television, cook dinner or take a shower.

Someone used fire extinguishers as an analogy. Well, to the extent they are a sutiable analogy for a gun, then I guess I would have to point out that I have fire extinguishers in readily accessible locations throughout the house, but I don't walk around with one strapped to my hip. Similarly, I have weapons in secure locations in the house, but I don't walk around with one strapped to me.

To each his own, but in answer to the OP's question, No, I don't carry a gun with me when I'm in the house.

 

[Autonomous]

I just don't understand the world view that has someone saying to themselves that they have to have a gun strapped to them to sit comfortably in an easy chair in their own living room to watch television, cook dinner or take a shower.

Someone used fire extinguishers as an analogy. Well, to the extent they are a sutiable analogy for a gun, then I guess I would have to point out that I have fire extinguishers in readily accessible locations throughout the house, but I don't walk around with one strapped to my hip. Similarly, I have weapons in secure locations in the house, but I don't walk around with one strapped to me.

To each his own, but in answer to the OP's question, No, I don't carry a gun with me when I'm in the house.

Oddly enough, home invasions happen at home.

 

[Smoke]

I have authored and help implement security plans for numerous churches in the Dallas suburbs. On any given Sunday, somewhere between 5% and 35% of the people in attendance are armed. Even so, if someone comes in and wants the collection, we would hand it over with no resistance. The last place we need a gunfight is in a crowded church santuary where the backdrop.

This is my church's plan also. I'm not worried about the offering, God doesn't need the money and (Biblically) He has been known to strike people dead for robbing him.

 

[Smoke]

I just don't understand the world view that has someone saying to themselves that they have to have a gun strapped to them to sit comfortably in an easy chair in their own living room to watch television, cook dinner or take a shower.

Someone used fire extinguishers as an analogy. Well, to the extent they are a sutiable analogy for a gun, then I guess I would have to point out that I have fire extinguishers in readily accessible locations throughout the house, but I don't walk around with one strapped to my hip. Similarly, I have weapons in secure locations in the house, but I don't walk around with one strapped to me.

To each his own, but in answer to the OP's question, No, I don't carry a gun with me when I'm in the house.

If you don't want to carry a gun at home that's your prerogative but don't presume that I'm some wild-eyed paranoid gun nut because I do. That's something Shannon Watts would do.

I personally think leaving random guns scattered through out your house is kinda dumb and I think you're far more likely to lose them to a burglary than use them in self defense.

I'm paraphrasing Tamara Keel here but I don't carry a gun at home so much as I carry a gun. When I get dressed in the morning I put on my gun when I get undressed at night I take it off.

I may have said this elsewhere but the primary reason I carry at home isn't to protect against a home invasion it's so that when it's time to walk the dogs or I need to run to Walmart for bread or milk I don't have to stop and put on my gun.

 

[Jeppo]

We each have different situations.

Personally, instead of keeping all my pistols in the safe, several are "scattered" throughout the house so that I'm never far from one. Those are in addition to the 12ga that's well-located and always ready to go.

The only time I "carry" at home is when I'm getting used to a new gun/holster combo. In that case, I load filled snap caps to simulate the weight of a loaded magazine.

 

[sousana]

in the house on me is usually a mod36, but, when the house was being built I had biometric safes built into each wall in each room hidden. Inside each is a S&W 325 Thunder Ranch in 45acp with a Viridian laser mounted.

 

[STCM(SW)]

All I say is I was a Boy Scout many years ago. And the Scouts motto is "Be Prepared!"
Yea, I have a handgun on me some ware all the time. I have a convicted felon who did burglaries armed at times living next door. Have know him since he was born. Drugs was his down fall. Maybe the kid has changed his life around since he got out of jail, but I'm not taking any chances. Want to go of old age, not a victim!

 

[deadear dan]

Honestly I consider home carry just as important. What plays through my mind mostly in a SD scenario is a home invasion. Yes it happens, happened to someone I know. Pocket carry a J frame, and concealed means concealed.