Why I keep guns in my home.

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64. or even defensive use

i keep a shotgun locked (and trigger locked) in a safe so i am 100 percent more likely to shoot some dove or quail, shoulD i get back into that one day. i have that and a couple more guns i inherited. i don't really think of the guns in my home in terms of protection but rather heirlooms and tools for hunting or target plinking. fyi - i own no assault weapons or anything with high capacity (or even interchangeable magazines.)

Now should I hear someone break into my house at night, after i locked my bedroom door and called 911 i would probably get a shotgun out of the safe while waiting for the cops to arrive - hopefully before anyone tried to get to me in my bedroom. but my door locks and telephone are my prime defense tools in the intruder situation.

i think the intruder thing is mentioned so much because gun nuts like to fantasize about shooting an intruder and engage in tough talk about defending their castle. this makes low hanging fruit for gun control supporters who can easily point to the much higher number of accidental, family murder, suicides that occur in homes with guns than actual instances of people saving their families from intruders with gun, which does happen. just not as much as the other stuff.