Am I too careful

[sigp220.45]

You live in a gated community where there has been no crime the whole 8 years you lived there. You could get by with a 9 iron!

 

[Kanewpadle]

I would highly recommend a pistol lock box. Load the gun and put it in there. It's safe and mobile.

Many years ago during my commercial locksmith career, I got several calls to a 55+ gated community. They have ten foot fences. An automated gate controlled by armed guards and a roving patrol.

Over a three month period I went there 6 times. Every customer was the victim of burglary. The residents and local law enforcement were stumped.

A few weeks later I got called there again. The customer told me that the perps had been caught in the act.

Three youths between the ages of 14-17 committed all of the burglaries. They were the grand children of another resident. The grand parents thought it odd that the grand children kept asking them who the snowbirds were.

 

[ancient-one]

One, I should definitely not be posting at four in the morning.
Two, I did not explain the location of the referred gun correctly. It is easily within my reach but out of sight of others.
Three, there is the safety bunch and the non-safety bunch and there will never be an agreement on that subject.
Four, my apartment has four areas and there is a easily reachable loaded gun in all four besides in my car.
Five, my chair is my dry fire area and the only ammo is in the magazine and it is out of reach without expending some thought and effort when dry firing.
Six, the only reason the nurse knew about the gun was that she saw my American Rifleman magazine and said she and her husband were interested in guns and I showed her that one.
Seven, my Dad started my gun safety education when I was five years old. That was a little over ninety two years ago. I got my first gun at eight and at ten I was allowed to hunt my myself. So far I have killed or wounded no one and shot no inanimate objects besides targets.
Eight, I can get the safety off fast enough that you wouldn't want to try me and being blunt reminds one of braying.

 

[jimmyj]

Jimmy's Rule on CCW: "If it is not on your person, its too far away if you need it"

 

[BSA1]

Revolvers have been around longer than your 92 years. lol It is ready for use in a instant when loaded. For home/apartment a K-Frame size with 3 or 4" barrel is convenient to hide in a drawer and is easy to shoot. The .38 snubby is more of a experts gun. The 32 Magnum and 22 Magnum deserve a hard look.

My Taurus holds 8 rounds of 22 Magnum and with short barrel ammunition performs well in tests. Consider home invaders often operate in group of 2 or 3 eight rounds is as many as some semi-autos.

p.s. Here is a chance to teach your Grandson that revolvers are not a museum fossil.

 

[venomballistics]

An empty chamber is a forfeit in a gunfight.
At go time, the situation prompting you to seek that gun is dire and urgent. You may already be seriously wounded and down to the use of one hand. You may be of failing strength.
Study and understand how your gun works to a level that you can believe in it. If you cannot come to terms with it, get a gun that you do understand well enough to have faith in.

Most of the firearms we own are because we enjoy them for some reason or another.
This one is a little different. You need to be able to bet everything on it

 

[Bald1]

With so many quality firearms on the market, I would send the marginal P320 downriver and replace it with something worthwhile like a Beretta 92.

Whoa now!!!!! Marginal?
I say trade the 320 for a gun with a manual safety. Like a 365 or 365XL. Even a Hellcat…….. but not because it's only marginal.

 

[54ball]

One, I should definitely not be posting at four in the morning.
Two, I did not explain the location of the referred gun correctly. It is easily within my reach but out of sight of others.
Three, there is the safety bunch and the non-safety bunch and there will never be an agreement on that subject.
Four, my apartment has four areas and there is a easily reachable loaded gun in all four besides in my car.
Five, my chair is my dry fire area and the only ammo is in the magazine and it is out of reach without expending some thought and effort when dry firing.
Six, the only reason the nurse knew about the gun was that she saw my American Rifleman magazine and said she and her husband were interested in guns and I showed her that one.
Seven, my Dad started my gun safety education when I was five years old. That was a little over ninety two years ago. I got my first gun at eight and at ten I was allowed to hunt my myself. So far I have killed or wounded no one and shot no inanimate objects besides targets.
Eight, I can get the safety off fast enough that you wouldn't want to try me and being blunt reminds one of braying.

I think you would like my car....Maybe, a '51 Ford.
Untitled by Travis Brown, on Flickr

As far as your gun in your home,
That is your business.
What type of gun you have? Again, your business.
Where and how you keep said gun? Again, your business.
If you have no gun at all.... Your business. It's your home.
Who you tell about your gun in your home....Your business because.... it's your guest.

It you wanted to have a gun next to the chair, one next to the toilet, one next to the phone, one between the milk and cheese in the fridge, and three four hanging from the ceiling, making a very interesting mobile, that's your business.

It's your home.
You and your home need to be respected.

You like to dry fire...
A revolver with snap caps and a speed loader can be real fun.

There was absolutely nothing wrong with you keeping your magazine in that book.
It's your home.

We could get all tacticool but the chances of the "surprise attack" by invading thugs in your home are very, very slim.
In an emergency, there needs to be time for clarity. Loading the magazine may give you that clarity.
The person screaming beating on the door at 2AM may be there because the place is on fire...a much more likely scenario....

 

[BSA1]

We could get all tacticool but the chances of the "surprise attack" by invading thugs in your home are very, very slim.

Which is the most important part of a successful home invasion.

In an emergency, there needs to be time for clarity. Loading the magazine may give you that clarity.

How do you practice finding the gun, then the magazine, then loading the magazine into the gun and then chambering a round while under stress of a attack?

]The person screaming beating on the door at 2AM may be there because the place is on fire...a much more likely scenario....

Or drunk or high on drugs or trying to get the homeowner to open the door for easy invasion.

 

[WardenRoss]

Just a thought...

You could get a retention holster like a Safari or a Blackhawk.

They would keep the trigger covered and you have to manipulate the release lever to remove the pistol from the secure holster.

This would provide a layer of safety if the pistol is kept in easy reach for you. If a kid were to pick it up, they would have to figure out how to get to the trigger.

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[max503]

I thought this was going to be about the gated community.
We live in a very crime-free subdivision.
One day, during the Covid lock-downs, I woke up and found a pair of jeans and a pair of boots on the ground, just outside the back door.
Cops came and got the boots and jeans.
That's all I know.
Anything can happen anywhere, I recon.

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

For dry firing semiautos I use snapcaps and designated magazines. Nickel of stainless for blued guns, blued magazines for stainless/nickele guns.

 

[ancient-one]

Which is the most important part of a successful home invasion.



How do you practice finding the gun, then the magazine, then loading the magazine into the gun and then chambering a round while under stress of a attack?



Or drunk or high on drugs or trying to get the homeowner to open the door
for easy invasion.

iThe magazine is in the gun, I just have to rack the slide/

 

[BSA1]

You might consider getting a DA/SA semi-auto with exposed hammer such as the SIG P239 or Beretta 92FS. The heavier double action trigger pull along with the hammer being visually down should increase your confidence when handling it.

I just happen to own both guns. The SIG has nine rounds with one in the chamber and the Beretta 16 - 21 rounds with one in the chamber. I carried the P239 before switching to the 92FS.

 

[sotexas]

Paul (rest his soul) swore he center punched the ape, right in the head. He was only about 10' away with a rifle, had served in Vietnam as an armorer and was a good shot, so I had no reason to doubt him.

The actor portraying the ape went on with his career. Paul went to the dog house and the TV went to the landfill. Paul's dad Fred went through the roof.

The story you just heard is true. The names were not changed to protect the innocent.

Glad nobody got hurt and thanks for the story with a valid safety point swinging through the humor

 

[Tu_S]

I'm in my 50's now, and have my AARP card

The old school way that was driven into my head decades ago, you can never be too careful when it comes to guns.