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After the night of the car burglary, when I went crashing through the bedroom one way with a flashlight in hand, and crashing back the other way with two guns in my hands and the flashlight in my teeth, she suggested keeping something bigger elsewhere in the house.Pete92FS wrote:I always try to keep one within reach. The One with the Wagging Finger snickered at first but after a few explanations I just get "The Look" sometimes.
I used to keep a shotgun in the living room, where if you knew exactly where to look, you could see a bit of the barrel from outside. Anyone inside wouldn't have missed it, and I can't imagine a burglar passing up a decent pump gun sitting out like that, so it was a good indicator that the house was probably clear. It helped that any car within a quarter mile of the house would have been in full view, so not much chance of a burglar still being there without us knowing about it.mr.72 wrote:If I had walked in and seen the living room torn up and the back door standing open or my guitars not hanging on the walls or a blank spot where the TV used to be, then I would have turned back around, gotten back in the car, driven down the street and called 911.
Apparently not; he didn't shoot his partner in the back and plant evidence on an innocent victim. Nor did he kill a subdued child or slip with his finger on the trigger and seriously injure a compliant suspect (or like this, either). Heck, he didn't even mistake himself for a valid target.DoubleJ wrote:so, you've had extensive training in clearing a house?
My wife asked at one point what we would have to do after a breakin. My response was that I will handle 911, and she should call the lawyer and the pediatrician, because the baby would probably be at least temporarily deaf, and we would be suing the estate of the person who initiated the events to cause that.texas1234 wrote:It is just too dangerous. You got to remember, in a door kicking home invasion they are instantly in your home, its not like you have a lot of time to react or determine what their intention is.
Consider a concealment vest from Coronado or 5.11. You can take it off when you get to work, put it on when you get back to the car, and the gun is never exposed. If you keep a flashlight and other accessories in it, you can hang it by the bed and have everything you need for a late-night problem ready to go.Ghostdiver wrote:I cannot carry at work, so my Sig 229 357SIG is in the center console.
