If a robber really wants something he's going to steal it period, still does not take away from the fact that I am safer in my home with accessible loaded weapons.
---------- Post added 2013-01-04 at 07:42 PM ----------
guess I better not have any fertilizer in my garage then either.... while we're at it better get rid of all my knives... that propane tank is explosive too, and better get rid of the gasoline to power my lawnmower as it could be made into a incendiary device as well.
Last edited by Clevername; 2013-01-04 at 07:43 PM.
I feel perfectly safe in my home without a loaded weapon or a weapon of any kind (unless you count kitchen knives). The funny part is someone did try and break into my house once almost 14 years ago and never got beyond the basement window burglar bars, they gave up before I was even done with the 9-1-1 operator and never saw me or heard me.
Maybe it's just me or my 10 years of Tang Soo Do training/hobby. Gun vs. Knife/bat/bar/fist/etc. is not self defense imo.
At the times I'm alone in the house (living at my parents again due to employment issues) I keep a rather large wrench by the stairs up (yay for renting a basement room). For when i think someone's breaking in.
Since the chance anyone breaking in has more than a knife is basicly nothing, and they'll more likely bolt the minute they hear someone is home, I feel very protected with it.
It's a good size to give me better reach than general easily hidden knives, and can easily be used in tight corridors. I feel far safer with that close than I would with guns lying around.
If swung propperly and hit correctly I can easily down someone in one hit. So why do I need a gun for home protection?
Gun owner who keeps his guns in a safe here! Let me run you down the list, OP.
1. Keep your safe in an easily accessible area.
2. Keep your key in a hidden place near the safe. Always know exactly where that is.
3. Practice a few times. If you can't get from any point in your house to having your gun safe open in about a minute or less, you need to move your gunsafe/key.
Having you firearms out in the open is not the answer. People want to steal your guns, so lock them up!