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I carry at home about 90% of the time.
When I do not have a gun physically on me, there are a few usually within 10 seconds of my hands

I live in a senior citizen complex (well, 80% anyway) and it's very safe. I do check the peep hole in the door whenever someone rings my door bell. I keep my pistol on my table next to me when I'm watching TV or reading. I do put something over the gun to hide it when friends come to visit. It makes them nervous if they see it - old people, you know.

No, but I have a firearm in each room, ready to quickly rock and roll if need be, and no, there are no children in my house, ever.

Sadly, the Grandkids moved far away, though I taught them how to shoot and respect firearms.

One is now an adult and the other soon to be, so they're not really kids any longer...

Teamless wrote:I carry at home about 90% of the time.
When I do not have a gun physically on me, there are a few usually within 10 seconds of my hands

Interesting. It's the 10 seconds part that has me really thinking. A bad guy can do a lot in 10 seconds. I used to think in the next room was okay, but in today's world I have changed my habits.

Yes, I have a holster mounted in a pouch on my power chair.

Lynyrd wrote:LEO response for me is at least 20 minutes away. Even if they weren't, a few seconds can make a world of difference. My family doesn't always agree, but I carry until bedtime. Just wondering if I am alone.

I'd be lucky to see a 20 minute response. Outside I always carry. Inside, when I'm not dressed for it, I have a gun within reach. Even if I'm outside shooting rifle or shotgun I still have a handgun in a holster.

FCH wrote:Yes, I have a holster mounted in a pouch on my power chair.

I like that idea. It would have to be the recliner for me but I bet it's doable? I carry a Beretta on me but I also keep a RIA 1911 and a Ruger .380 at the house. Hmmmmm? I think I'm going to construct me a holster in my couch or chair.

TexasGal wrote:Yes. My firearm is either on my person or in easy reach at all times. And I never answer the door without it. If someone is at the door we don't know, my husband and I are both armed and stay out of each other's line of fire just in case. We have had some cases of people at our door that were up to no good.

If someone's at my door I know they're up to no good BECAUSE they're at the door. To get to my front door you'd first either have to climb over the front gate or cut the lock and open the gate. Then, 50 yards on down the drive at the house, you'd either have to cut the lock off one of the gates or climb over a 6' fence. At that point, even before you knocked on the door, my 5 barking dogs would be raising a ruckus. If I was on my computer I'd turn to look at the monitor displaying the feed from the security cameras and decide what to do next. If we were watching something on TV I'd switch over to the security camera input and decide what to do next. If a neighbor, relative, or friend wants to drop by they call and I open the gates.

I have kids at home, so I CC at home. At night, it goes in the bedside safe right next to my night gun (G21 with a light and laser).

Rarely carry at home, always within arms reach.

I've got a couple of bulldogs that like to be lap dogs. 70 pounds of dog sitting on a holstered gun gets uncomfortable fast.

It depends..... If I'm heading out in the near future, or if I've been out and will be leaving again soon, then I'm carrying. If I'm home for the rest of the day, then I'm not carrying, but I have at least a pistol close at hand, and/or a shotgun, depending on where I am in the house.

aaangel wrote:100% of home invasion happens at home. So yes i carry at home.

How about when you are asleep in bed?

At least some home invasions happen to people who are asleep in bed. If you don't wear a holster and pistol when you're asleep, why not? Could it be that you think you can reasonably get to your firearm in time if you wake up to the sound of someone kicking down your door? If you think that, then why do you think you can't if you are awake?

You see where I'm going with this? I am sincerely NOT mocking you, but I am pointing out an inconsistency that is apparent to me regarding people who say that they carry 100% of the time in the home. Most who say that actually don't carry 100% of the time. They don't carry in the shower or bathtub. They don't carry while asleep. They don't carry while enjoying "personal time" with their significant others. At some point everybody makes the decision to set aside the gun, but keeping it close at hand where it can be quickly re-acquired if necessary. In other words, they do the calculus and come to the conclusion that, for the period of time that they set the gun aside, the exposure to additional risk is actually fairly minimal, and they are comfortable with that risk exposure.

So, if they are comfortable with that risk exposure during times when they are arguably the most vulnerable (i.e. asleep, naked in the shower/tub, in the midst of an intimate moment, etc), then why do they feel that the risk is NOT acceptable when they are the least vulnerable?

That is an inescapable point of logic that I can't let go of, and that is why I am comfortable not carrying, but having a firearm close at hand when I am home, indoors.

The Annoyed Man wrote:It depends..... If I'm heading out in the near future, or if I've been out and will be leaving again soon, then I'm carrying. If I'm home for the rest of the day, then I'm not carrying, but I have at least a pistol close at hand, and/or a shotgun, depending on where I am in the house.

aaangel wrote:100% of home invasion happens at home. So yes i carry at home.

How about when you are asleep in bed?

At least some home invasions happen to people who are asleep in bed. If you don't wear a holster and pistol when you're asleep, why not? Could it be that you think you can reasonably get to your firearm in time if you wake up to the sound of someone kicking down your door? If you think that, then why do you think you can't if you are awake?

You see where I'm going with this? I am sincerely NOT mocking you, but I am pointing out an inconsistency that is apparent to me regarding people who say that they carry 100% of the time in the home. Most who say that actually don't carry 100% of the time. They don't carry in the shower or bathtub. They don't carry while asleep. They don't carry while enjoying "personal time" with their significant others. At some point everybody makes the decision to set aside the gun, but keeping it close at hand where it can be quickly re-acquired if necessary. In other words, they do the calculus and come to the conclusion that, for the period of time that they set the gun aside, the exposure to additional risk is actually fairly minimal, and they are comfortable with that risk exposure.

So, if they are comfortable with that risk exposure during times when they are arguably the most vulnerable (i.e. asleep, naked in the shower/tub, in the midst of an intimate moment, etc), then why do they feel that the risk is NOT acceptable when they are the least vulnerable?

That is an inescapable point of logic that I can't let go of, and that is why I am comfortable not carrying, but having a firearm close at hand when I am home, indoors.

I hear you, loud and clear. Very well put, and very logical. For me, it's the "close at hand" that could be improved. When I am asleep I have a gun within arms reach and I practice putting my hand on it with my eyes closed. It has a laser, and there is a tactical flashlight that will blind you right beside it. When I'm in the shower, my gun is just outside the shower door. Other places in the house, not so much within arms reach. And when the grandkids are over everything is locked up in the safe except for the one on me. I think it all depends on how you operate at home, how many other people in the house, etc. Different circumstances drive different decisions.

Maybe my question was an effort to gather other examples to show the family that I'm not alone in my desire to carry at home. Thanks for all the responses.

I carry almost always when I am home. My Glock 43 in my Blackhawk Serpa holster is very comfortable and serves me well. I also have other handguns in every room in my home.
Hope I never have to use them.

USMC

Semper Fi

Lynyrd wrote:

Teamless wrote:I carry at home about 90% of the time.
When I do not have a gun physically on me, there are a few usually within 10 seconds of my hands

Interesting. It's the 10 seconds part that has me really thinking. A bad guy can do a lot in 10 seconds. I used to think in the next room was okay, but in today's world I have changed my habits.

A lot can happen in 10 seconds, I agree.

I feel OK in my house, as our front and back doors have an added security door on them, and hopefully will afford me the 10 seconds necessary to get to a gun.

I also feel I am more at risk when I walk into a Post office for 25 minutes without my weapon than my 10 seconds at home

Yes, I do carry at home. I always carry unless the law (30.06) disarms me. At home, I may put it on my hip but in public, I am a CC person.