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Lynyrd wrote:

The Annoyed Man wrote:

jed wrote:While I'm not Lynyrd and you didn't ask me, I will tell you what I do. At night I have a fairly obnoxious blue heeler with alpha issues with people she doesn't know sleeping beside the bed. Any sound not normal in or outside of our house at night, she goes ape-poop. She will wake me with plenty of time to reach for any one of many firearm options.

That's why I never intended the questions to come off as condescending or intrusive. I am by nature a very introspective person.....not in an antisocial way, but rather in the sense that I spend a lot of time examining my own motives about almost anything, and it is often helpful to me to know how others answer these kinds of questions as a backboard against which to judge my own motives. A LOT of the time, when I ask questions that appear on their surface to be rhetorical during discussions like this one, I am actually engaged in this process of self examination. So apologies to all who were offended by my line of questioning.

Sir, you did not offend ME in the slightest!

As for the dog, that luxury it is not an option for me. Not being retired yet, I spend way too much time away from the place to treat a good dog the way I would want them to be treated. When I retire, and slow down some more, I definitely see a couple of dogs on my wish list. Makes sense that my habits will then adapt to that situation.

i have a large yard the dog stays in during the day. She's only in the house when we are there. We are home every night so being gone days at a time does not happen. I can understand not having a dog if one has to travel with work.

Lynyrd wrote:

Oldgringo wrote:Nope. We live in a small rural town in the Pineywoods. Should someone come unannounced to the door after dark, they will be cordially met by me with my Compact 1911 by my side.

I think we'd be long gone from any location that required me to walk around the house/yard with a gun on my person.

Required is a pretty strong word. I always carry a sidearm on my place outside the house. Snakes, hogs, coyotes, and any other number of varmits are apt to be encountered at any moment. I don't like varmits, especially around the house. And I wouldn't choose to live anywhere that i have to worry about gunshots hitting a neighbors house, or a neighbor seeing me on the porch in the morning in less than acceptable public attire.

I understand people not wanting to be armed in their own home. Different strokes for different folks and all that. I'm not criticizing anyone for carrying in their home, or not carrying in their home. I just wanted to find out how many other like minded people there were out there.

The Annoyed Man wrote:

Lynyrd wrote:

The Annoyed Man wrote: My caveat, of course is that I live in a very quiet, low-crime suburban neighborhood. Perhaps if I lived out in the country, I might feel different about it.

I live out in the country. My house is 1/4 mile back in the trees off of a black top road, and I'm 30 miles from the nearest LEO response (unless a deputy is nearby on patrol). Me and my neighbors are pretty self reliant. We have to be. Generator for the house/water well, clear the roads when need be, etc., etc. If somebody comes to my place without me knowing they are coming, it's probably someone I don't want there.

If I lived in similar circumstances, I would probably feel exactly the same way. But I have the admitted luxury under my current circumstances to not have to live that way. OTH, and I've posted this several times, my plan is to buy a large piece of rural property in the next 5 years or so, and so my situation may well change; and if it does change, then I'll adapt to to it.

I'm not criticizing those who carry in the home at all times. I'm just seeking to understand why they feel the need. So Lynyrd, what do you do when you're asleep?

I am in about the same situation as Lynyrd, by choice of course. I am armed anytime I am out on the place, handgun and or shotgun and or ar15, you just never know what you may need. When I come in the house from OCing on the place or CCing off the place, I continue to wear until I turn in for the night. When not carrying in the house, one of the above mentioned options is just a reach away.

While I'm not Lynyrd and you didn't ask me, I will tell you what I do. At night I have a fairly obnoxious blue heeler with alpha issues with people she doesn't know sleeping beside the bed. Any sound not normal in or outside of our house at night, she goes ape-poop. She will wake me with plenty of time to reach for any one of many firearm options.