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I do not. I have to be honest, I don't think it'd be that easy for me to shoot someone, or even take a life.
Sure if my family was in danger, perhaps I'd resort to what needed to be done in a do or die situation, but other than that, I am not sure if it's worth it.
Perhaps I'll create a panic room and some secret hallways, that'd at least be pretty awesome lol.
I don't. I may have a gun soon, but not for self defense. I've thought about it. I"ve looked int articles on it. i don't think it would be super effective. Basically two choices, either they run or they may have a gun and use it. If they run, great, if they don't we're betting whether i'm better/ quicker shot from a dead sleep compared to someone who actually knows he's having a confrontation that night....
in close quarters leverage makes it very easy to grab a barrell and remove it from someones hands. its hard to deploy and awkward at close range.
at that close of a range a shotgun barely has the spread of a pack of cigerettes making it not the cant miss kind of weapon folks think....
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Take a pack of cigarettes and place it anywhere on your body - now imagine how likely it is you would survive such an injury on 90% of your body mass - 100% not likely. What is the most probable scenario is you will bleed out or lose your hands while you try to grab the barrel. In other words, there are no experts until they are facing the same exact situation as you yourself experience.
BTW - on the disclosure of how many LI'ers are actual firearms owners - I'm reasonably sure there are far more than this poll or any other would disclose.
Since burglars for the most part tend to try and get in a home when nobody is there, having a gun in the house will only give them another thing to steal.
Good point. Gun safes do exist. However, according to someone on this thread, people tend to store the guns above ceiling tiles, not in gun safes. I am sure burglars look above the ceiling tiles for guns.
So when an intruder is in my house I can say, "Hold on there! Let me get my gun out of the gun safe ..."
I just don't think having a gun is a great method of home defense.
Good point. Gun safes do exist. However, according to someone on this thread, people tend to store the guns above ceiling tiles, not in gun safes. I am sure burglars look above the ceiling tiles for guns.
So when an intruder is in my house I can say, "Hold on there! Let me get my gun out of the gun safe ..."
I just don't think having a gun is a great method of home defense.
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I'm a fan of a 500 lb. anvil rigged over the door like the Roadrunner used on Wile E. Coyote.
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