Parking a gun on the table

[03Lightningrocks]

Just to clarify... it's not "my thinking". I just think the quote is funny and this thread has mentioned "paranoid" a few times.
I see no issues with people carrying at home or anywhere for that matter.

Yep, they all laugh that you carry your gun on you at home, until the day that it saves your life, then whose laughing? You are, because you are alive

LOL... this is great!!! I found someone who sleeps less than I do. Didn't we just post to each other a few hours ago?

[Scott in Houston]

Agreed... where one carries is an individual choice. We all have a different threshold of what we consider to be acceptable risk. Life is full of risks, that is what makes life exciting. One thing your post points out is that one persons caution is another persons paranoia. To point out an example of what I am saying and it fit's in with your post, I think. I know folks who would ask me why I feel I need a gun while in a theater. they would think I am paranoid. Of coarse, I know that the people who are out to get me are waiting for me at the theater, so I don't have to worry about them at home.

Is that you Mr. Lincoln?

[marksiwel]

Just to clarify... it's not "my thinking". I just think the quote is funny and this thread has mentioned "paranoid" a few times.
I see no issues with people carrying at home or anywhere for that matter.

Yep, they all laugh that you carry your gun on you at home, until the day that it saves your life, then whose laughing? You are, because you are alive

LOL... this is great!!! I found someone who sleeps less than I do. Didn't we just post to each other a few hours ago?

I got called in early to work, I'm just waiting for my work clothes to come out of the dryer.

Sleep? who needs sleep? I've got a gun

[03Lightningrocks]

Agreed... where one carries is an individual choice. We all have a different threshold of what we consider to be acceptable risk. Life is full of risks, that is what makes life exciting. One thing your post points out is that one persons caution is another persons paranoia. To point out an example of what I am saying and it fit's in with your post, I think. I know folks who would ask me why I feel I need a gun while in a theater. they would think I am paranoid. Of coarse, I know that the people who are out to get me are waiting for me at the theater, so I don't have to worry about them at home.

Is that you Mr. Lincoln?

That is funny. In a sick and twisted sort of way. Now I have to figure out how to get coffee out of my keyboard.

[croc870]

Until recently, I wouldn't have thought much about leaving a gun on the table. I live in a pretty safe part of a safe little town (College Station). Two weeks ago however, the neighbor I share a balcony with had a home invasion. I didn't realize the whole story when it happened, since I just heard screaming and headed over there. Honestly, I thought it was just a roommates fight turned ugly at first, and I didn't find out the whole story until a little later. My point however, is that the only reason I stuck my glock in my pants however, was because I had left it on the coffee table when I walked in exhausted and collapsed on the couch. From that perspective it doesn't seem like such a paranoid idea anymore.

[PeteCamp]

You are just as likely to be a victim of violent crime in your home as you are anywhere else - statistically. The odds are you will never be a victim, but if you are, there is very little to suggest it may not happen just about anywhere - including your home even in the best of neighborhoods. If you're not worried about lightning, why worry about crime? Sell the guns, quit carrying, and go play golf in a thunderstorm.

It seems to me that paranoia is not the problem. Ignoring reality is the problem. If you feel no paranoia in your home, why do you keep a gun where you can get to it in a hurry? What makes someone who does that different as opposed to someone who carries a weapon in a holster? Someone who has a loaded 12ga leaning in the corner of the bedroom and pistols in drawers around various parts of the house is a "little cautious" while someone wearing a handgun around the house is "paranoid"?

Having GFCI circuits in your bathroom is being paranoid? Owning a fire extinguisher or having a smoke alarm is paranoid? Having locks and deadbolts is being paranoid? Getting in the most protected part of your home if a tornado threatens is paranoid? Wearing a seatbelt is paranoid? (Come on, if there was no law, would you just leave it off forever?) Riding a motorcycle with a helmet or fastening a seatbelt in an airplane is paranoid? To realize and prepare against such hazards is not paranoia, it is acknowledging reality.


SWAT tells us that when they do a dynamic entry into a home, there is a 12 second window that they have to subdue the people inside before they can recover and start shooting. 12 seconds for SWAT or for a home invasion. I'm not paranoid. I just want as much of that 12 seconds to be on my side as I possibly can if a home invasion happens to me and my family. I'm not paranoid - I'm prepared.

And yes, I agree leaving a loaded handgun on the table is a good strategy. Perhaps a holster that covers the trigger would ease your mind?

[CompVest]

Well said, PeteCamp!

[joe817]

Well said, PeteCamp!

Indeed! Well said Pete!

[Dragonfighter]

Agreed... where one carries is an individual choice. We all have a different threshold of what we consider to be acceptable risk. Life is full of risks, that is what makes life exciting. One thing your post points out is that one persons caution is another persons paranoia. To point out an example of what I am saying and it fit's in with your post, I think. I know folks who would ask me why I feel I need a gun while in a theater. they would think I am paranoid. Of coarse, I know that the people who are out to get me are waiting for me at the theater, so I don't have to worry about them at home.

Yeah, I ...uh...what?

My head hurts.

[03Lightningrocks]

Agreed... where one carries is an individual choice. We all have a different threshold of what we consider to be acceptable risk. Life is full of risks, that is what makes life exciting. One thing your post points out is that one persons caution is another persons paranoia. To point out an example of what I am saying and it fit's in with your post, I think. I know folks who would ask me why I feel I need a gun while in a theater. they would think I am paranoid. Of coarse, I know that the people who are out to get me are waiting for me at the theater, so I don't have to worry about them at home.

Yeah, I ...uh...what?

My head hurts.

Too deep for you?

[03Lightningrocks]

Be careful the fear you instill in your children. I would be willing to bet very few of you grew up watching your parents walk around the house with a gun strapped to their side like the Indians where coming. You send the message to young ones that danger is imminent. This does not teach them to be self assured. It leaves them with doubts about their safety. That gun on your side while in your home may make you feel better, but it is actually sending the message that you are living in fear.

[KD5NRH]

That gun on your side while in your home may make you feel better, but it is actually sending the message that you are living in fear.

Just like wearing seatbelts leaves them terrified of cars.

[03Lightningrocks]

That gun on your side while in your home may make you feel better, but it is actually sending the message that you are living in fear.

Just like wearing seatbelts leaves them terrified of cars.

Not the same thing. I guess a toothbrush fits in that group as well. You folks really don't know the difference in a weapon designed to take a human life and a seat belt??? You really believe that a seat belt has the same psychological impact on a child as a gun?

[joe817]

Be careful the fear you instill in your children. I would be willing to bet very few of you grew up watching your parents walk around the house with a gun strapped to their side like the Indians where coming. You send the message to young ones that danger is imminent. This does not teach them to be self assured. It leaves them with doubts about their safety. That gun on your side while in your home may make you feel better, but it is actually sending the message that you are living in fear.

Oh dear. Mine did. At least dad did. Does that mean I am deranged? It instilled in me.....envy! My how times have changed.

[davidtx]

That gun on your side while in your home may make you feel better, but it is actually sending the message that you are living in fear.

Just like wearing seatbelts leaves them terrified of cars.

Not the same thing. I guess a toothbrush fits in that group as well. You folks really don't know the difference in a weapon designed to take a human life and a seat belt??? You really believe that a seat belt has the same psychological impact on a child as a gun?

I almost forgot that I'm the OP. I don't OC at home. 95% of the time I CC. I hand carry to and from the car in my attached garage when I go to the gym.

My buddy from California arrived last night to stay with us for a week. Right before bed time, the subject came around to my CHL and he said I'd have to choose between a small gun and a big gun soon (he thought I was supposed to get my CHL this month). I removed by BUG and said "like this" and then removed the Kimber and said "or like this". We had previously gone out to dinner and he never suspected anything. All wearing cargo shorts, sandals and a t-shirt. I love CC.

-davidtx (AKA 06SRTrocks )