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GummyBearz

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32. My dad always kept one in his night stand

Mon Jun 13, 2016, 04:18 PM

Jun 2016

We practiced with it around once a month, shooting targets outside of city limits. We disassembled it and cleaned it, reassembled it and put it back. He was a battle tested veteran from Vietnam, his respect for guns and what they can do, and how to safely handle them was pretty high. I'm glad he taught me those things. My gun is locked up in a closet in my parents house, my wife doesn't want it in our house. And I'm fine with that given we live in a freakin fortress of a gated building complex with guards 24/7. If we lived in a single family house, that gun would be in my night stand for sure.

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Lets say you're keeping a gun at home for "protection." Then you have a break-in. [View all] Gomez163 Jun 2016 OP

What if you don't have one for "protection". Then you have a break in. Glassunion Jun 2016 #1

Don't they usually just want your TV? Gomez163 Jun 2016 #2

Then, in your rhetorical OP, why is the bad guy in your bedroom? Glassunion Jun 2016 #3

Im just working out the worst case scenario. Gomez163 Jun 2016 #5

What's the worst case scenario? Glassunion Jun 2016 #7

Nabbing the TV. But who actually has a loaded gun at the ready? Gomez163 Jun 2016 #9

At the ready and quickly accesible are two different things. Glassunion Jun 2016 #22

Do you practice? Drill? Gomez163 Jun 2016 #24

I don't do anything. This entire conversation is rhetorical. Glassunion Jun 2016 #29

I think if a had a gun, I would want to have the drill down. Gomez163 Jun 2016 #30

So be my gest. Glassunion Jun 2016 #37

If I feel the need to get protection, I'm getting a dog. Gomez163 Jun 2016 #39

Sweet... They tend to be much smarter than a gun. Glassunion Jun 2016 #42

That is smart thinking. ManiacJoe Jun 2016 #40

My dad always kept one in his night stand GummyBearz Jun 2016 #32

Ever been in a really serious fistfight or adrenaline NoMoreRepugs Jun 2016 #31

Not 100% but I think I've seen safes with no combination. Just finger prints. Glassunion Jun 2016 #34

I used to wrestle when I was younger. Long ago. I remember the adrenaline. Gomez163 Jun 2016 #35

When you're in a house-a-fire emergency... Jerry442 Jun 2016 #38

I didnt say he was in my bedroom. I said there was a break in. Gomez163 Jun 2016 #6

Thieves who want your TV don't break in when you're home ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jun 2016 #13

Of course. If you don't have a gun, your only other option is to cower. uppityperson Jun 2016 #10

I can do cower. Gomez163 Jun 2016 #12

Or hide. Either works for me. They can have the tv. Eom Blanks Jun 2016 #45

Best video on the subject Dawgs Jun 2016 #14

heh Gomez163 Jun 2016 #17

I would tell you... NaturalHigh Jun 2016 #4

Do you have a quick response plan worked out? Gomez163 Jun 2016 #11

No matter the answers, you are many times more likely to use your gun on a family member at home... onehandle Jun 2016 #8

Or yourself! n/t TexasBushwhacker Jun 2016 #15

That would be a gross misstatement of that flawed study. ManiacJoe Jun 2016 #41

And if you had MY family, you'd understand WHY! John Poet Jun 2016 #47

Dunno TeddyR Jun 2016 #16

"Why are bad guys that interested in killing you?" jmg257 Jun 2016 #18

I think you hit on something. Get a dog. Gomez163 Jun 2016 #19

Easy enough to answer Lurker Deluxe Jun 2016 #20

I live with a dragon. He eats the bad guys. hunter Jun 2016 #21

My attack kitty and I faced him in the living room with a baseball bat Fresh_Start Jun 2016 #23

I'm thinking of a Guns for Goggies Trade Program. Gomez163 Jun 2016 #26

I'm thinking of telling children the truth about guns Fresh_Start Jun 2016 #27

I would agree with you in most instances. Gomez163 Jun 2016 #28

What terrible questions to ask! guillaumeb Jun 2016 #25

Why exactly do you want to know what guns people own and where they are stored? REP Jun 2016 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author MFM008 Jun 2016 #36

Answers to your questions. ManiacJoe Jun 2016 #43

Sorry about the one snotty question Gomez163 Jun 2016 #44

Most people end up shooting themselves or one of their family members Dem2 Jun 2016 #46