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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 6658829" data-attributes="member: 8835"><p>This last part's a little complicated. You seem to imply that a home invader is after my TV. If I am not home, sure, that's the case. If I am home, it is quite likely for a violent reason. We just had 2 home invasions in the last month near my home. One, the resident got shot, the other, he was tied up. And I think it was last year, a guy dang near wiped out his ex-wife's entire family. That was just miles from my home.</p><p></p><p>Maybe in NYC you can expect courteous crooks to take the cash and run if you carry some dough to give them. But here in Texas, if a bad guy is in your presence, you have a pretty good chance he means to do you harm because he could have hit a zillion unoccupied places.</p><p></p><p>That said, I agree with your assessment that a gun in the home is of unlikely use in a home invasion. If it's locked up, obviously not. If it's in a pistol safe for quick access, it assumes you have time from door kick-in to he's shooting at you to get your gun. Only works at night, in your bedroom. If you are not wearing your gun during all waking hours, it will likely be too far away from you when the attack begins. So you're going potty and the invasion starts. You left your gun on the coffee table while you went to the bathroom. There's just too many things I could be doing at home and logically not have my gun on me to make it a certainty that my gun will be ready when a home invasion starts. </p><p></p><p>I'm not even keen on taking the gun out to investigate a noise if there's people living at home who you can't assert immediately where they are. With zero kids, if I hear a noise, I reach over and confirm my wife is in bed. If she is, I can get up and shoot anybody else I find in my house because I control the population count absolutely. Once I can't assert where she is or where kids or guests are, I'm likely to have a bad shooting accident.</p><p></p><p>As a practical matter, I don't think home invasion risk is that high. Sure some have happened within miles of my home. And there are some corner cases where you can be expecting trouble. After a hurricane. After one of your family members has been followed home suspiciously (that was just last week for one of my neighbors).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janx, post: 6658829, member: 8835"] This last part's a little complicated. You seem to imply that a home invader is after my TV. If I am not home, sure, that's the case. If I am home, it is quite likely for a violent reason. We just had 2 home invasions in the last month near my home. One, the resident got shot, the other, he was tied up. And I think it was last year, a guy dang near wiped out his ex-wife's entire family. That was just miles from my home. Maybe in NYC you can expect courteous crooks to take the cash and run if you carry some dough to give them. But here in Texas, if a bad guy is in your presence, you have a pretty good chance he means to do you harm because he could have hit a zillion unoccupied places. That said, I agree with your assessment that a gun in the home is of unlikely use in a home invasion. If it's locked up, obviously not. If it's in a pistol safe for quick access, it assumes you have time from door kick-in to he's shooting at you to get your gun. Only works at night, in your bedroom. If you are not wearing your gun during all waking hours, it will likely be too far away from you when the attack begins. So you're going potty and the invasion starts. You left your gun on the coffee table while you went to the bathroom. There's just too many things I could be doing at home and logically not have my gun on me to make it a certainty that my gun will be ready when a home invasion starts. I'm not even keen on taking the gun out to investigate a noise if there's people living at home who you can't assert immediately where they are. With zero kids, if I hear a noise, I reach over and confirm my wife is in bed. If she is, I can get up and shoot anybody else I find in my house because I control the population count absolutely. Once I can't assert where she is or where kids or guests are, I'm likely to have a bad shooting accident. As a practical matter, I don't think home invasion risk is that high. Sure some have happened within miles of my home. And there are some corner cases where you can be expecting trouble. After a hurricane. After one of your family members has been followed home suspiciously (that was just last week for one of my neighbors). [/QUOTE]
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