OT A gun in the house
07-10-2008, 07:23 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: OT A gun in the house
My views:
1) I have about 30 guns in my house and none are loaded. Certainly not now that my 14-month-old is mobile. I will not keep a loaded gun in the house under any circumstances until I get a quick-release safe. I was raised with appropriate fear and respect for firearms and knowing a gun is loaded but not in my hands and under my immediate control makes me incredibly nervous. I still open the action on an unloaded gun before I hand it to someone. I would like to have a readily available weapon in case of home invasion, but I just can't do it unless it is fully secured. I would also not be able to live with myself if I left a loaded gun, then someone broke in and used it against my family because I had left it loaded for them. My parents kept the guns leaning in the corner, but the ammo was all out of my little hands' reach.
2) I would never let my wife carry a gun. She is a wonderful, empathetic, non-confrontational person and would hesitate and be disarmed/have it used against her if she ever tried to draw one. While I pray the circumstances never require it I am confident I would act if I had to, so I carry. If you take a gun into a self-defense situation, it is a liability if you won't react when you need to.
1) I have about 30 guns in my house and none are loaded. Certainly not now that my 14-month-old is mobile. I will not keep a loaded gun in the house under any circumstances until I get a quick-release safe. I was raised with appropriate fear and respect for firearms and knowing a gun is loaded but not in my hands and under my immediate control makes me incredibly nervous. I still open the action on an unloaded gun before I hand it to someone. I would like to have a readily available weapon in case of home invasion, but I just can't do it unless it is fully secured. I would also not be able to live with myself if I left a loaded gun, then someone broke in and used it against my family because I had left it loaded for them. My parents kept the guns leaning in the corner, but the ammo was all out of my little hands' reach.
2) I would never let my wife carry a gun. She is a wonderful, empathetic, non-confrontational person and would hesitate and be disarmed/have it used against her if she ever tried to draw one. While I pray the circumstances never require it I am confident I would act if I had to, so I carry. If you take a gun into a self-defense situation, it is a liability if you won't react when you need to.
