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Wally 775,

All of the advice you give is good. And I DO carry my pistol pretty much 24/7. However, if I have the time, I go to ole' Bessy. Bessy is a Remington 870 12 ga 3". I have several hidden in my house. False door Jams are a door to a place where Bessy lives (She has a sister too). Cannot be seen, are up high enough and hard enough to open, to keep kids out.

If I have to use my pistol, I will. However, I like ole' Bessy better.

randomoutburst wrote:I'd say one on your hip should suffice.

I don't have my CHL yet (I turn 21 this month) but carry on my belt while I'm at home. At night it's on my nightstand and my shotgun's next to the bed.

I think putting guns around the house, kids or not, is irresponsible. Guests or invaders could happen upon them. I'm not worried about guests so much as invaders, simply because our friends are gun educated and know that if there's a firearm in our house, it is LOADED (even if it's not).

I can't shake the thought of a home invader shooting me with my own gun because I inadvertently armed him with it by leaving it in a "strategic" location.

I'm thinking more of a scenario in which, say, you're asleep or in your bedroom. An intruder is pillaging through your stuff and finds a gun. Now they're armed (if they weren't before) and you have no idea until they barge into the bedroom.

randomoutburst, while I appreciate your point of view, I must disagree. If you hide your guns properly, there is no issue. If you are handy with "interior decorating" you should be able to hide guns all over the place. In my house I have several guns hidden.

I have had many friends come to my house and have asked them to look for the "hidden weapon". There was a small prize for finding the "loaded gun". After they could not find them, I even told them what room they were in. They could still not find my weapons.

These are secrete locations built into the house. I have also done the same to my trucks.

If you are not handy with tools to do this there are other options:

http://www.nrastore.com/nra/Product.asp ... HO%2024670" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
(God bless the NRA)!!!

There are also many wall safes that you can hang a picture over.

So be safe and congrats to making to (almost) 21. Good luck and I hope you get your CHL.