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Oh but they police will save you. Keep believing that..lol.
I never said that the police would. You're arguing against a point nobody is making, lol. In an earlier post, I mentioned an alarm system and a trained dog as an alternative. To me, that's enough.
Trained dog..but they are dangerous and unpredictable. What about the children around the dog? They could get bit. Alarms? You mean those things that most people ignore?
Now how about baseball bats. Do you thing they are a reasonable alternative to dialing 911?
Now how about baseball bats. Do you thing they are a reasonable alternative to dialing 911?
Ha! I sleep with a heavy, professional camera monopod next to my bed. Better than a baseball bat since I'm better at shooting pictures than I am at hitting home runs (a whole lot better!). LOL! Best part is that it can be extented to switch off the lights when I'm done reading and don't want to get out from under the covers. Oh, but I'd still dial 911 and push the panic button on the house alarm too.
I have the right to bear arms, and arm bears or whatever.
With the dramatic increase in home invasions and robberies at any given time of day, you can't be too safe. Not that I live in total paranoia and fear, but you hear about these random home invasions in average, ordinary, everyday communities, you just can't help but be a bit leary. Had one happen right up the street from me last year.
Couple of thugs kicked open the door armed with guns at like 6AM.
6AM! WTF is that all about? And it seems to be a trend now.
Early morning hits, when people are getting out of bed and ready for work/school.
There's also been a bunch of daytime robberies in my neighborhood as well.
People coming home to a ran-sacked home. Sucks.
reality is if you have kids and cant leave a firearm accessable and loaded for the most part its useless..
as it is there are very few scenerios that will let you unlock a firearm ,load it and get your head together with enough time... yes they do have those fingerprint safes but again once someone is in your home and comes after you there will be no time to futz with the fingerprint safe.
unless its the rare scenerio where they make lots of noise outside first any firearm thats not ready ,accessable and loaded will not be deployed.
its hard enough when you carry a firearm on your person and someone gets the drop on you for you to even get to your gun.
reality is if you have kids and cant leave a firearm accessable and loaded for the most part its useless..
as it is there are very few scenerios that will let you unlock a firearm ,load it and get your head together with enough time... yes they do have those fingerprint safes but again once someone is in your home and comes after you there will be no time to futz with the fingerprint safe.
unless its the rare scenerio where they make lots of noise outside first any firearm thats not ready ,accessable and loaded will not be deployed.
its hard enough when you carry a firearm on your person and someone gets the drop on you for you to even get to your gun.
You're right!
That's why I don't advocate having a gun in the house for "home protection."
But let the macho boys on here dream their dreams of shootouts with the bad guys who bust down the door to steal their wife's C.Z. solitaire (set in 14K to look "real") or their 30" italian gold chains.
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Oh, but I'd still dial 911 and push the panic button on the house alarm too.
Bingo!
