cautiously answering a door knock

[InsideWaist]

 

[Rustyt1953]

I don't live in the safest of neighborhoods. In 5 years I have been burglarized twice. I have 3 grandchildren living under my roof so I am a little protective of them and, as such, I don't keep firearms stashed in places in the house.

A mouse gun in my pocket is no different than carrying an inhaler or a pack of Rolaids. It's there if I need it.

Fear? No. Paranoia? No.

Thinking ahead like Bobby Fischer? You betcha.

 

[misswired]

I stopped at a Ruby Tuesday's in Cullman for lunch once several years ago on the way back from Pensacola Beach. The only Ruby Tuesday's I've ever been in that didn't sell beer. My vision of the community has been colored thereafter . . .

So you drove an eighth mile off the interstate, ate in a fast food chain....and left with a bad impression?
Wow.....
I've never dined in a Ruby Tuesdays....Anywhere.
Ours may genuinely suck....I've never been there...

 

[Muss Muggins]

So you drove an eighth mile off the interstate, ate in a fast food chain....and left with a bad impression?
Wow.....
I've never dined in a Ruby Tuesdays....Anywhere.
Ours may genuinely suck....I've never been there...

You have described my experience exactly, although Ruby Tuesday can't properly be described as a fast food chain, and I suspect it was further than one eighth of a mile off the interstate. A chain, surely, but a sit down restaurant with real silverware. I would have liked to have had a beer with my meal, an experience that every Ruby Tuesday I have ever dined at offered, and believe me, I've eaten at them all over the continental US. It would be nice if Cullman posted big signs at the city limit describing your impending journey into Prohibition. The restaurant did not meet my expectations. Since you're not exactly an expert at the Ruby Tuesday's experience, you really have no basis to criticize. And you offered your unsupported opinion why?

Edit to add this from your previous post from three days ago:

Rodger that muggins... We been wet a few years now
I've lived here many years in a dry' county...

You start day drinking and decide all of a sudden you'd been insulted? It happens . . .

 

[hardcase60]

By no means am I one to be critical of those that carry in their homes. I get that it's a personal preference. Me personally I don't. It's not because I'm complacent in my environment or that I don't think bad things can't happen to bad people. You see, I spent almost thirty years in either a uniform with a Sam Browne strapped on or in a long sleeve starched shirt button down shirt, tie, and a sport coat with a side arm stuck in my crack holster or some other form of carry, along with a pager and a cell phone that was the size of a large brick. So now me's be retired. My residential mode of dress is just NOT conducive for carry and it ain't gonna be. Oh, I could. But just how stupid would I look walking around the house in my BVD's (white) or nylon shorts with an 1.5" belt equipped with a holster for a Model 36 plus the two speed loader pouches or a shoulder rig. I could slip on a pair of black full quill Justin's and the new custom creased panama straw hat and be a little more formal, but why??? As to how we answer the door for unannounced visitors, that's classified. However, we do have a more respectful postman and the grandson calls before arriving. Think he may have talked to the mail carrier. Be safe, it's a jungle out there. hardcase60

 

[hardcase60]

I knew darn well the shoulder holster part should have been left out. However, IMHO the pic makes my point valid. Plus we are back to the unannounced visitors. LOL hardcase60

 

[gman51]

One ounce of prevention is worth more than a casket. Casket, I mean case closed.

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

A mouse gun in my pocket is no different than carrying an inhaler or a pack of Rolaids. It's there if I need it.

Fear? No. Paranoia? No.

I also pocket carry. LCP carries unnoticed like my wallet. I don't think about it during the day unless talking to you fine folks about gun carry in general.

As far as carrying in the house, I do. I'm in and out of the house a lot during the day. The idea of disarming myself every time I walk in the house and then rearming when I walk out the door again is silly. Besides, I'd never remember to anyway. I'm in the habit of tossing the LCP in my pocket in the morning, and that's the best place for it throughout the day.

Gun carry can be emotionally stressful and/or physically uncomfortable for some folks. If they wish to relieve themselves upon entering their home by disarming that's their business. But to suggest that those who are mentally and physically comfortable with gun carry both in and away from home translates to being paranoid? No.

 

[ditrina]

Yeah, or a quarter-pound of C4 with a remote detonator.

Or a couple of big guys with a battering ram, maybe Vikings wearing horned helmets and stuff.

Or who knows what all.

Best bet is to just stay away from the door.

To be really safe, though, why not just brick up the front entrance.

Really. I mean, who still uses the front door to enter their home? They're mostly for show, anyway.

" How did things ever get so far? I don't know. It was so unfortunate, so unnecessary. "


Thank you all..