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Posted: 11/26/2015 7:26:54 PM EDT
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I have read posts where people say if they are wearing pants they have a holster and handgun on their hip but even inside your home ? I keep a couple of guns loaded inside my home but never even thought to carry one while inside my home. If I am not carrying in my home I have a loaded firearm within close proximity. |
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Posted: 11/26/2015 7:32:44 PM EDT
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Not carrying right now, but there is a .45 on my coffee table 2 feet from me.
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Posted: 11/26/2015 7:49:43 PM EDT
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90% of the time while inside the house...
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Posted: 11/26/2015 8:07:08 PM EDT
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" Never even thought"
Hold all calls, we have a winner in the " suprised by life " categroy |
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Posted: 11/26/2015 8:18:40 PM EDT
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87% of the time. Watching TV right now with my FNX.45 in an alien gear holster.
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Posted: 11/26/2015 8:21:25 PM EDT
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If it helps assuage your paranoia go for it by all means. Just realize if your family is murdered it means most likely you weren't even there. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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If I felt so insecure in my home that I'd need to carry then I'd move. Feels. He feels secure. I don't feel like taking chances when it comes to my wife and kids becoming play things for criminals before their killed in front of me. Criminals won't care how you feel if and when they randomly choose you for a victim. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile If it helps assuage your paranoia go for it by all means. Just realize if your family is murdered it means most likely you weren't even there. I don't need to have paranoia... I'm the one with a gun.... and its funny how folks think Home invasions happen in shitty neighborhoods... Why do you think home invasions have become more popular...??? You think your safe in your house in your nice neighborhood... |
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Posted: 11/26/2015 8:26:51 PM EDT
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Yes. If it isn't within arm's reach, a gun isn't a defensive weapon, it's a magical talisman.
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Posted: 11/26/2015 8:41:33 PM EDT
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If the house is closed up (doors shut/locked) there's usually a gun within reach. If I'm out in the garage, yard or if the screen doors are all thats shut then yes, I have a pistol on my belt.
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Posted: 11/26/2015 8:43:19 PM EDT
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The people who don't "carry" at home but "always have a gun available nearby" baffle me. What if you go to another room? Or out in the yard to do something? Or to another floor? Do you take the "nearby" gun with you? Or do you just have guns staged all over the place? What if the guy breaking into your house finds your "nearby" gun before you do, because you were in the garage or on the shitter? Seems like just carrying a pistol in your pocket would be much easier. I don't like leaving loaded guns laying around the house. Whatever is not in arms reach is in the safe. |
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Posted: 11/26/2015 8:53:12 PM EDT
[#10]
Yes.
Sometimes I will even...open carry... 
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Posted: 11/26/2015 8:58:07 PM EDT
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If I have pants on, I'm carrying. If I have a bra on, I'm carrying (LCP in Marilyn bra holster from the Flashbang company). Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 11/26/2015 9:00:25 PM EDT
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Not normally but on holidays like Halloween or when I have service companies over I've never dealt with before yes.
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Posted: 11/26/2015 9:02:40 PM EDT
[#13]
Yes I generally have at minimum a pocket gun on me
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Posted: 11/26/2015 9:10:26 PM EDT
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Yep, wearing pants, wearing a gun. We live in a good neighborhood but there was a home invasion less than a mile down the very street we live on. Mt neighbor is a county sheriff, he went fishing and left patrol car in the driveway and someone kicked in his back door while his wife was home alone not even 3 years ago. Shit happens and it doesn't matter where you live.
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Posted: 11/26/2015 9:11:20 PM EDT
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One is always within arms reach....
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Posted: 11/26/2015 9:22:07 PM EDT
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on me or near me.
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Posted: 11/26/2015 9:22:45 PM EDT
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yes
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Posted: 11/26/2015 9:24:00 PM EDT
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It always amazes me how some "gun owners" are so quick to pounce on anyone who does something different than they do. So what if someone carries at home? They shouldnt because you dont think they need to? An anti would say the same thing about carrying in a restaurant.
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Posted: 11/26/2015 9:26:43 PM EDT
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I live near a heroin and meth corridor, and the minimum response time of my sheriff's office is anywhere from 20 minutes to well over an hour. If I'm not carrying at home, I'm rarely more than a short reach from a firearm.
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Posted: 11/26/2015 9:32:25 PM EDT
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I have my Glock 19 in my pocket now... Empty chamber. I always unload it when I get home because I have kids. If it's not on me. It's very close by.
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Posted: 11/26/2015 9:32:51 PM EDT
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It's either on me or it's within arms reach.
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Posted: 11/26/2015 9:34:58 PM EDT
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Questions about what arms I own, ammo I own, and how and when I carry just seem like questions one would ask to fill a file...
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Posted: 11/26/2015 9:41:57 PM EDT
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If your first indication something's awry is guys pouring through your foyer, they're already chokefucking your OODA loop. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Yes. Do you really think bad people from outside your house can't simply open your front door if unlocked, crawl through a window, or kick in a door? If the gun is not on you, loaded and ready to rock you are unarmed. It doesn't matter how many awesome guns you have locked in your safe if you don't have a gun on you when you need it. If your first indication something's awry is guys pouring through your foyer, they're already chokefucking your OODA loop. Quoted:
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Yes, why in the name of God wouldn't you? Wrestling with kids, doing possum dance for the wife, watching tv in underwear, bathing, etc. So you maintain your OODA loop while wrestling with the kids, doing the possum dance for the wife, watching TV in underwear and bathing? You're like Jason Bourne n stuff! |
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Posted: 11/26/2015 9:48:35 PM EDT
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100 percent of home invasions happen in the home.
Edit - I see it's been posted a bunch already - but I don't care. Yes OP - I carry EVERYWHERE I go - especially at home. If it's not on me - it's within reach. |
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Posted: 11/26/2015 9:50:00 PM EDT
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In the house, no. Something within reach everywhere but the bathroom though.
Outside, yes. LCP in shorts or G20/1911 on hip when mowing, etc. |
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Posted: 11/26/2015 9:57:31 PM EDT
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And you have a greater chance of a meteor landing on you, than having your home invaded, or being killed in a terrorist attack. If you just like to wear your gun then say so, but if you really are afraid of having your home invaded at any time, you need to fucking move out of Liberia. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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100% of home invasions happen at home. Always have a pistol near by as long we arent all drinking or there are children over. Then its on my person. And you have a greater chance of a meteor landing on you, than having your home invaded, or being killed in a terrorist attack. If you just like to wear your gun then say so, but if you really are afraid of having your home invaded at any time, you need to fucking move out of Liberia. That's the dumbest shit I've read all month. Congratulations - you actually made my head hurt. |
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Posted: 11/26/2015 10:00:29 PM EDT
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So you maintain your OODA loop while wrestling with the kids, doing the possum dance for the wife, watching TV in underwear and bathing? You're like Jason Bourne n stuff! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Yes. Do you really think bad people from outside your house can't simply open your front door if unlocked, crawl through a window, or kick in a door? If the gun is not on you, loaded and ready to rock you are unarmed. It doesn't matter how many awesome guns you have locked in your safe if you don't have a gun on you when you need it. If your first indication something's awry is guys pouring through your foyer, they're already chokefucking your OODA loop. Quoted:
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Yes, why in the name of God wouldn't you? Wrestling with kids, doing possum dance for the wife, watching tv in underwear, bathing, etc. So you maintain your OODA loop while wrestling with the kids, doing the possum dance for the wife, watching TV in underwear and bathing? You're like Jason Bourne n stuff! No, I'm not the guy keeping a gun on me, loaded and ready to rock. |
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Posted: 11/26/2015 10:09:22 PM EDT
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I always carry a gun.
You never know when ISIS will attack. A man should never let his guard down. 
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Posted: 11/26/2015 10:17:22 PM EDT
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And you have a greater chance of a meteor landing on you, than having your home invaded, or being killed in a terrorist attack. If you just like to wear your gun then say so, but if you really are afraid of having your home invaded at any time, you need to fucking move out of Liberia. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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100% of home invasions happen at home. Always have a pistol near by as long we arent all drinking or there are children over. Then its on my person. And you have a greater chance of a meteor landing on you, than having your home invaded, or being killed in a terrorist attack. If you just like to wear your gun then say so, but if you really are afraid of having your home invaded at any time, you need to fucking move out of Liberia. You must use common core math. Or just don't understand actual reality, you are wrong on both counts. But your probably just trolling, no ones that stupid. |
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Posted: 11/26/2015 10:18:06 PM EDT
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If I have pants on, I'm carrying. Even when I'm not wearing pants I carry. |
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Posted: 11/26/2015 10:29:52 PM EDT
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Even when I'm not wearing pants I carry. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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If I have pants on, I'm carrying. Even when I'm not wearing pants I carry. I bet you make a mean pruno too
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Posted: 11/26/2015 10:30:06 PM EDT
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90% of the time I'm armed.
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Posted: 11/26/2015 10:53:12 PM EDT
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In my house? No. Not worried about it though for a variety of reasons. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Well if I lived in Alaska I might well carry in my house. https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmadworldnews.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fbear21-620x465.jpg&f=1 Not all predators have 4 legs. I bet you never carried a gun either. In my house? No. Not worried about it though for a variety of reasons. WTF are you talking about? "You don't carry at home" - You've never carried anywhere except maybe a couple times you went to a range or had a grandpa take you shooting long ago. 99% of the people you hang with (Socialists) would freak out if they knew you carried let alone owned a gun. And when you get back to DC from your temporary stint in TX you won't EVEN BE ABLE TO HAVE A GUN. Your request to the Government for 'permission' to even have a gun WILL be denied by the people you and yours vote for. GTFO. |
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Posted: 11/26/2015 11:02:25 PM EDT
[#34]
Usually, once its on my hip, it stays til my pants come off
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Posted: 11/26/2015 11:14:07 PM EDT
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Mine stays about 2-3 feet away from me at all times. I have a loaded gun in just about every room in my house.
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Posted: 11/26/2015 11:26:59 PM EDT
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Most definitely.
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Posted: 11/26/2015 11:30:34 PM EDT
[#37]
I do. It's not inconvenient, really. I am in and out of the house a half-dozen times a day, it's less weapon manipulation to just wear it all day.
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Posted: 11/26/2015 11:41:53 PM EDT
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One of the great things about being in New York is that your home is the only place you can carry, which means every time you need to step beyond your driveway, it has to go back into a safe, makes it really impossible to carry at home unless you don't plan to leave and come back 5 times...which is never, as the only time I'm home I'm working something that requires trips to hardware store, food, etc.
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Posted: 11/26/2015 11:43:34 PM EDT
[#39]
Yep I carry in the house all the time because having my gun upstairs doesn't really do me a whole lot of good if I'm downstairs.
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Posted: 11/26/2015 11:43:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I may not be carrying, but I'm never more than arms reach from a long gun or pistol. |
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Posted: 11/26/2015 11:47:29 PM EDT
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One of the great things about being in New York is that your home is the only place you can carry, which means every time you need to step beyond your driveway, it has to go back into a safe, makes it really impossible to carry at home unless you don't plan to leave and come back 5 times...which is never, as the only time I'm home I'm working something that requires trips to hardware store, food, etc. I'm very sorry that you have that problem, but just for clarification, many of us in NY outside of the downstate area can carry unrestricted. |
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Posted: 11/26/2015 11:50:00 PM EDT
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And you have a greater chance of a meteor landing on you, than having your home invaded, or being killed in a terrorist attack. If you just like to wear your gun then say so, but if you really are afraid of having your home invaded at any time, you need to fucking move out of Liberia. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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100% of home invasions happen at home. Always have a pistol near by as long we arent all drinking or there are children over. Then its on my person. And you have a greater chance of a meteor landing on you, than having your home invaded, or being killed in a terrorist attack. If you just like to wear your gun then say so, but if you really are afraid of having your home invaded at any time, you need to fucking move out of Liberia. 
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Posted: 11/26/2015 11:55:09 PM EDT
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Part of the definition of a home invasion is that the homes occupants must be home, if no one was home it would just be a burglary. So technically yes 100% of home invasions occur when someone's home.
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Posted: 11/27/2015 12:01:28 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm very sorry that you have that problem, but just for clarification, many of us in NY outside of the downstate area can carry unrestricted. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: One of the great things about being in New York is that your home is the only place you can carry, which means every time you need to step beyond your driveway, it has to go back into a safe, makes it really impossible to carry at home unless you don't plan to leave and come back 5 times...which is never, as the only time I'm home I'm working something that requires trips to hardware store, food, etc. I'm very sorry that you have that problem, but just for clarification, many of us in NY outside of the downstate area can carry unrestricted. |
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Posted: 11/27/2015 12:03:38 AM EDT
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Unfortunately you're like 3% of the population of the state. Reproduce faster, we need more voters. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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One of the great things about being in New York is that your home is the only place you can carry, which means every time you need to step beyond your driveway, it has to go back into a safe, makes it really impossible to carry at home unless you don't plan to leave and come back 5 times...which is never, as the only time I'm home I'm working something that requires trips to hardware store, food, etc. I'm very sorry that you have that problem, but just for clarification, many of us in NY outside of the downstate area can carry unrestricted. I'm trying!  
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Posted: 11/27/2015 12:07:11 AM EDT
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I have several very dependable fighting style handguns. They were not cheap. I have a great selection of carry holsters.
I have made a career of supervising convicted felons in a community setting and when necessary sending them to prison. I make a lot of people (and their families) unhappy. I have to see them in Wal-Mart, the mall, the grocery store. Its a small area. They know what I drive and most know where I live even though I keep it as quiet as possible. I carry my gun at home or it is near me. My Glock 43 is sitting next to me on the couch. If you think that is stupid....well I don't really give a shit. 
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Posted: 11/27/2015 12:08:30 AM EDT
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Carry at home Yes, always, or gun within reach, extra mag's in every room
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Posted: 11/27/2015 12:11:28 AM EDT
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Not as much as I should, but I'm getting in the habit. I live out in the middle of nowhere in a very low crime part of the state, but the meth heads around here break into homes that fit the description of mine. Isolated and new. Always have one in reach but I'm starting to carry on me. I've got a little one on the way so I'm trying to adjust my firearms habits at the house. In a situation like that I totally respect a desire to carry in your house. For that matter, anyone can do just about anything they want to in their home. I just think it odd for many people to attempt to articulate a rationalization for carrying in their house without an air of paranoia wafting around the words. If you just say you wear it out of force of habit or simply because you like your gun a lot and it simply pleases you to have it on -- both sound perfectly rational to me. But to state that a boogieman might come and get you when you live in the middle of Crackerville Suburbia, then it sounds a little unhinged. |
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Posted: 11/27/2015 12:14:11 AM EDT
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I do. It's not inconvenient, really. I am in and out of the house a half-dozen times a day, it's less weapon manipulation to just wear it all day. This. When carrying a light/compact enough pistol it can be easy to forget you have it on, or that you don't. After a few incidences of leaving the house only to realize I had forgotten to re-holster my weapon, it seemed simpler and more convenient to just wear it continuously. If it is physically and legally possible, you can bet I'm armed. |
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Posted: 11/27/2015 12:18:37 AM EDT
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Unless you are involved in dope or have a street beef with morons the chances of a home invasion is extremely slim.
With that said if you don't have a gun handy and one does happen chances of you having time to go get one is slim to none. Your screwed. I don't wear a gun in my house. Mainly because after I go through the front door and lock it my first steps are to remove shirt and pants (only wear boxer briefs in my house). However I keep a gun handy (yet hidden) in every single room of the house save the kitchen. I've a nice knife handy there though. Realistically home invasions are pretty rare for normal citizens. However on occasion there are random/innocent victims of them. I also keep my front and door locked every time I go through. Unless of course I'm in the yard in and out grilling or something. If I had to guess I'd say bout 20-30% of people don't bother locking their doors either. You'd be surprised to know how often drunk individuals walk into some random unlocked house and pass out on the couch. Its actually a fairly common occurrence. |
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