No one takes a shower with their pistol belt on.
...There was a murder 2 years ago on my street. The first one in 30 years! Turned out to be a love triangle, jealousy!...
I carry when legal. In MA that means I don't get to walk around the house in my underwear unless I lock up the gun or carry it in my hand. Either one is more trouble than putting on a pair of shorts.
It is quite a burden to have to wear shorts in my own house, but being deprived of my own private nudist camp is still better than living in New Jersey or Hawaii. Since this is not a poltical forum, I will refrain from commenting on California, even though MA is only a little better.
The only correct answer here is 0%. It's simply impossible to be armed (in this context I'm taking "armed" to mean that a gun is being carried) 100% of the time.
... No one takes a shower with their pistol belt on...
I think it's more correct to say that you carry whenever legal. Of course no one here carries into a post office or federal court house.
I don't carry in the shower or when cutting the lawn. My employer absolutely forbids it and has massive legal consequences to enforce it. I try to be armed enough to be a hard target. Joe
So he has 'massive legal consequences to enforce it' - how about his 'legal consequences' should he have to deal with a robbery and /or injury or death of an employee ?My employer absolutely forbids it and has massive legal consequences to enforce it.
Why would you lock it up, you could have the gun on the table next to you, if had underwear or not. In Ma,do you have to be wearing it, if it is not in the safe? Just curious?? Be Safe,
And the only thing that was different was that Pastor Ingqvist had dropped off a bushel of Sweet Corn.I carry only when visiting kids and grand kids in larger cities such as the Twin Cities and Sioux Falls. The town I live in is so safe that one time we were gone for 3 days and didn't notice that the overhead garage door went back up after we left. It was wide open for the whole time and nothing was touched including power tools, bikes, lawn mower, snow blower etc.
AFAIK, LenS is regarded as THE expert on MA gun law.Also living in MA and with significant expertise in MA gun laws, I'll answer that. MA law makes it a felony to have any gun unsecured unless it is under your control at all times. So it is illegal to leave it on a table near you if you walk away without taking it with you. What constitutes "under your control" is intentionally left up to the police and DA to interpret when they arrest/prosecute you in front of judges that are almost 100% anti-2A.
I have at least one gun on me all the time. More than one at work.
Off duty I always have a gun. Until yesterday. I have an eye injury to my dominant eye. Now I can barely read the second line on the eye chart. Can’t even see my gun sights when held out to arms length. So until that heals, I feel carrying a gun is more of a danger to everyone else and not responsible for me to carry. So for the next few days/week(s) it takes to heal, it will be just a knife. It feels strange not to have a gun.