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I drive my wife crazy because I always have 3 items with me, my gun, my blackberry, and a thumb drive around my neck. When I get home from work I take off my work gear, I slip on some shorts, an undershirt, and my sneakers...then put my 3 items back on. A few nights ago, my wife wife is cooking dinner, and I am standing in the kitchen sipping my "made it through the day" Sam Adams. She turns to me and says "why? why do you always have those things? No matter what you are wearing, or where you are going, even standing around the kitchen you always have your gun, your phone, and your thumb drive?" I tell her, "well, the gun is in case I have to shoot someone, the phone is in case someone needs to call me, and the thumb drive is in case I have to download something". She just looked at me like I was crazy. Seems logical to me.

This is an interesting topic, and one that I am considering. So far I am not actually carrying at the house. I have iron security doors which open outward and stay locked at all times, even when the main door is open. They would be pretty tough to break through quickly. I have a saiga 12 which I keep behind the bed for easy access at night, and a remington 870 in the den inside a compartment in the coffee table. Both are seconds away as I have a really small place, and I figure the security doors give me more than enough time to grab either one. (oh yeah, I have an AR-15 in the kitchen) If I had regular doors with standard deadbolts, I would probably carry at home. I am still considering it anyway! I am definitely not paranoid, it is just that things can happen so quickly and we have to be prepared and hyper-alert at all times. It's a full lifestyle adjustment. It seems that we have to prepare for every possible situation.