I always have one on me at home. That is where the most important things in my life reside, and if I had to defend them, I don't want to have to run for a gun. If you invest in a good holster and belt, you don't notice it there. No reason in the world for me to not carry 24/7. My door does not provide a magic barrier against crime.
Don't go to places where you feel a greater need to be armed...those are un-safe places and you are placing yourselves in harms way. I know you joked about Chicago...that is a place that I no longer visit because it is unsafe and I can't take my firearm.
Carry around your child. Remove the fascination about firearms. Let him see it whenever he wants, let him handle it, touch it, whatever. Teach him the 4 rules right away. Get him the Eddie the Eagle video from the NRA.
I'm not trying to be snarky, but that makes no sense. Random is exactly that. There's no justifiable reason to think a robbery or mass-killing outside of your home is more likely than an invasion of your home when you are present.I don't worry about home invasion nearly as much as robberies or mass-killings while I'm out in the world. Nothing leads me to believe that my home is a likely candidate for home invasion while two cars are parked prominently in the driveway on our small cul-de-sac.
That said, I tend to keep it on me while wearing a belt. Many days, this means from 7:30am to about 10pm. It's in the GunVault on my night stand otherwise.
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Carry around your child. Remove the fascination about firearms. Let him see it whenever he wants, let him handle it, touch it, whatever. Teach him the 4 rules right away. Get him the Eddie the Eagle video from the NRA.
Yeah, my 3y/o doesn't bat an eye when I strap on the holster when we run errands. Sometimes he'll ask me why I don't have it if I'm being lazy and just CCing the .38 in the purse.
My 6y/o think it's old hat now and it bored with it unless he can actually shoot them (with Dad).
I'm not trying to be snarky, but that makes no sense. Random is exactly that. There's no justifiable reason to think a robbery or mass-killing outside of your home is more likely than an invasion of your home when you are present.
Yeah, that's exactly what I'm saying. Or are you trying to say that home invasions don't happen?Are you trying to say that my home is as likely to be robbed while we're home & have two cars in the driveway as a ghetto convenience store is to be held up? You seem to be ignoring that violence isn't random. This isn't Dawn of the Dead. Even the "scumbags" run risk-vs-reward calculations.
I have an $85k house on a small diameter cul-de-sac tucked way back in a housing edition with a very small .15 acre yard and 5 other yards touching mine, all with short fences. Four of our neighbors are retired & nosy. Nothing about our home screams "valuables inside". If my home is invaded, it'll be by someone I know. Fortunately, I only know two people who I would suspect of trying such a thing at my home (of those who know where I live)...and they're both so cowardly that they wouldn't even do it if my neighbor was home, let alone our cars in the driveway. Apart from them, I don't know anyone who's still alive & lives in the region who's had substance abuse issues or has sketchy sources of income. The vast majority of people I associate with tuck their shirts in & have salaried jobs (if you can accept a bit of basic statistical profiling).
Contrast that to my chances of being at a place of business or public space where violence could occur. Security through obscurity really does work.
Of course, if you're convinced that robbers just randomly pick homes to rob & don't care whether they're currently occupied...I don't really know how I can have a conversation about this with you.
Have a gun in each room I would walk to. No reason to carry, that'd be silly.
Are you trying to say that my home is as likely to be robbed while we're home & have two cars in the driveway as a ghetto convenience store is to be held up? You seem to be ignoring that violence isn't random. This isn't Dawn of the Dead. Even the "scumbags" run risk-vs-reward calculations.
I have an $85k house on a small diameter cul-de-sac tucked way back in a housing edition with a very small .15 acre yard and 5 other yards touching mine, all with short fences. Four of our neighbors are retired & nosy. Nothing about our home screams "valuables inside". If my home is invaded, it'll be by someone I know. Fortunately, I only know two people who I would suspect of trying such a thing at my home (of those who know where I live)...and they're both so cowardly that they wouldn't even do it if my neighbor was home, let alone our cars in the driveway. Apart from them, I don't know anyone who's still alive & lives in the region who's had substance abuse issues or has sketchy sources of income. The vast majority of people I associate with tuck their shirts in & have salaried jobs (if you can accept a bit of basic statistical profiling).
Contrast that to my chances of being at a place of business or public space where violence could occur. Security through obscurity really does work.
Of course, if you're convinced that robbers just randomly pick homes to rob & don't care whether they're currently occupied...I don't really know how I can have a conversation about this with you.
Paco, people have big mouths. It doesn't have to be anyone who knows you at all... it can be as simple as somebody overhearing a conversation that happens to include info about your shooting and realizing you've got stuff to swipe.Are you trying to say that my home is as likely to be robbed while we're home & have two cars in the driveway as a ghetto convenience store is to be held up? You seem to be ignoring that violence isn't random. This isn't Dawn of the Dead. Even the "scumbags" run risk-vs-reward calculations.
I have an $85k house on a small diameter cul-de-sac tucked way back in a housing edition with a very small .15 acre yard and 5 other yards touching mine, all with short fences. Four of our neighbors are retired & nosy. Nothing about our home screams "valuables inside". If my home is invaded, it'll be by someone I know. Fortunately, I only know two people who I would suspect of trying such a thing at my home (of those who know where I live)...and they're both so cowardly that they wouldn't even do it if my neighbor was home, let alone our cars in the driveway. Apart from them, I don't know anyone who's still alive & lives in the region who's had substance abuse issues or has sketchy sources of income. The vast majority of people I associate with tuck their shirts in & have salaried jobs (if you can accept a bit of basic statistical profiling).
Contrast that to my chances of being at a place of business or public space where violence could occur. Security through obscurity really does work.
Of course, if you're convinced that robbers just randomly pick homes to rob & don't care whether they're currently occupied...I don't really know how I can have a conversation about this with you.