How many of you open carry at home? & how many open carry with people visiting? - Page 3

NightSleeper · January 26, 2009, 02:24 PM

I don't carry in the home, because violent crimes and home invasions in my town are non-existent. The day that changes (and sigh ... we all know it will) I will definitely begin carrying in my home.

ipscchef · January 26, 2009, 03:10 PM

When I go out on my farm I am always carrying. When I come in I usually just leave it strapped on until I go to bed.
We live out in the middle of nowhere, Police response time to our valley is at least 45min, and that is if they happen to by nearby the interstate exit.
Wherever we are in our home there is a loaded firearm within one step away but out of sight. That and Bonnie, our 140lb. Rotty gives us reasonable peace of mind.

I have a lot of respect for Law Enforcement Officers, especialy our State Troopers, but they are not there to prevent crimes, just to react to them after they have already happened.

The Great Mahoo · January 26, 2009, 03:39 PM

In a word, sometimes.

I generally don't carry around my house, as I am confident I can get to a gun fairly quickly. If I have gone out and carried (I don't always carry since it can be difficult at work) I usually just leave it on until I go to bed.

As for open carry, usually not. I do carry OWB often, and when I come home I won't make any effort to hide the gun, but it is usually concealed well enough by what I am already wearing; that is, I don't usually need my jacket to conceal.

JTMcC · January 26, 2009, 05:12 PM

I live in the sticks, so a paddle holster with a .45 is everyday wear outside. And I have a little .38 deringer in my pocket a lot of the time.
If I have company over, they probably came out to shoot on our little range, so no problem grilling steaks or dogs with the same .45 on. They are likely still wearing their pistol as well.
Inside the house the firearms are close at hand. My drive is over a quarter mile so we can hear anyone coming.
Arizona is an open carry state, I believe open carry is not just a right, but something that's needed. I open carry quite a bit and I've never yet read a real live instance where someone carrying openly was slaughtered in the typical internet "shoot me first" sceneario. Maybe those cases are out there, but my rights as a American citizen, in the state of Arizona, almost require me to exercise said rights.
So, I carry a .45 regularly (sometimes two), my Python often, and sometimes I even open carry my early 1960's Ruger single action Tactical Blackhawk Real Scarey Revolver.
But that's just me : )

JTMcC.

Alert · January 26, 2009, 05:25 PM

if I had to open carry at home I'd consider moving to a nicer neighborhood

JasonG · January 30, 2009, 11:53 AM

Simple:
Pants on = gun on.
Normally concealled, I don't own any OC holsters.
If I have a stranger coming in, IE bug guy, furniture delivery tonight, etc. I'll make sure the butt (of the gun) shows a bit.

besafe2 · January 30, 2009, 05:19 PM

IMHO open carry is not smart & I don't carry at home. With that I said I can obtain my weapon/s very quickly if need be.

armsmaster270 · January 30, 2009, 07:12 PM

Everyone I know knows I am LE if they visit they know I have a gun on so if it's cold hidden, summer exposed. If I don't know you, you aren't coming in so its a moot point.

Deet · January 30, 2009, 09:19 PM

I usually carry at home, and I usually have several within easy reach.

JohnPaul · January 31, 2009, 10:41 AM

unless my daughter has a friend coming over. My daughter is 16 and very pro-gun, she goes to range with me all the time, but her 16 year old girl friends are typically very gun shy so I just throw on a loose T-shirt when I get her text that she has a friend coming over.

12GaugeShuggoth · January 31, 2009, 12:01 PM

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I voted concealed, but would like to note that I spend a lot of time open carrying.....just not out in public. Around the house or on the farm, I see no need to conceal so I just strap on and go about the usual business. I could carry either way legally in public, but choose to carry concealed.

This was my post from another open vs concealed thread recently. If I'm out in public, concealed. If I'm at home/on the farm, open. Everyone who would normally be visiting are accustomed to seeing firearms, and most of them are usually carrying anyway.

coondogger · January 31, 2009, 10:41 PM

I don't carry at home. And I only carry outside the home if I'm going to a bad neighborhood. However, we don't have any bad neighborhoods in my state. One of our bordering states is a bad neighborhood. But my permit is not honored there.

vytoland · January 31, 2009, 10:50 PM

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How many of you open carry at home? & how many open carry with people visiting

never

BobR · January 31, 2009, 11:00 PM

If I have been out earlier in the day I already have my gun on, so I don;t take it off just because I am at home.

About 90% of my carry is open carry, so at home that contnues.

If I haven't put on the gun for the day to go out, then I probably won't be carrying around the house, but I am never more the 10 steps from a gun.

bob

Wildalaska · February 1, 2009, 12:39 AM

Doesnt anyone here other than me walk around naked at home?

WildducttapeAlaska TM

SilentHitz · February 1, 2009, 12:53 AM

Yea, I just didn't wanna be the 1st to broadcast it.

IZinterrogator · February 1, 2009, 12:54 AM

That's why they invented shoulder holsters, Wild.

Wildalaska · February 1, 2009, 12:58 AM

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That's why they invented shoulder holsters, Wild.

If someone dares to admit walking around nude in their house with a shoulder rig on, I will praise bersas in one post.

WildwhilstprayingforthisthreadtobelockeddownbeforeanormalpersonseesitAlaska TM

SilentHitz · February 1, 2009, 01:01 AM

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If someone dares to admit walking around nude in their house with a shoulder rig on, I will praise bersas in one post.

Duz rolling in a wheelchair count??? LOL

Now get started on that thread.

IZinterrogator · February 1, 2009, 02:31 AM

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If someone dares to admit walking around nude in their house with a shoulder rig on, I will praise bersas in one post.

Let me go get my old shoulder holster from Bosnia, my Beretta, and my camera...

ETA: Couldn't find my shoulder holster, I think it's out in my gear locker in the garage. Oh, and all of my holsters are IWB concealment holsters, so when I do carry in the house, I carry concealed.

TheNatureBoy · February 1, 2009, 05:18 AM

I never carry inside of my home. When I'm in my garage reloading or messing around I carry or make sure that something is close at hand.

Rich Miranda · February 1, 2009, 05:28 AM

There was no option in the poll for "I carry concealed at home", which is my choice. I carry regardless of who is at home and who visits. Open carry at home is perfectly legal but it would just scare visitors and my 2-year old son becomes very interested in my gun. If he doesn't see it, he doesn't care.

FoMoCowboy · February 1, 2009, 05:35 AM

I have a few strategically placed guns around the house- next to my recliner, on the fridge and naturally in the nightstand.

but no need to carry.

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If you were shopping in a store and a couple of bad guys were going to rob it, who do you think they would take out first? The guy they saw with a gun.

Not only that, but when the Police arrive, you'll look no different than the bad guys......even the same concept for CONCEALED carriers, police show up and you've got your gun out shooting at the bad guy.....at that point you'll probably look no different than the bad guy.

CajunBass · February 1, 2009, 07:40 AM

You know. This is something I don't even think about. If I'm home and not expecting anybody, I'm pretty much layed back in sweat pants or shorts during the summer. Most of the time, like right now, I don't have a gun on me. If I'm expecting someone, I might get dressed up and put on a pair of jeans and a clean shirt. Then I'll have my Commander on, because the holster gets swapped when the belt gets changed and an empty holster really looks silly.

Had a lady from Social Service come by one day to visit my wife (she's disabled). I had gotten dressed up and was wearing the Colt naturally. She didn't say anything until she was ready to leave then asked me if I'd walk her to her car. She said she saw I was "packing" and I could defend her from the ol' rooster that made a run at her when she got out of her car.

I can understand that. I had to kick the fire out of that stupid rooster a few times myself. He ended up in the stew pot, victim of "the great rooster purge of 08."

Socrates · February 2, 2009, 04:54 PM

When I have people over, I usually end up with the 360PD in my pocket, because that's what I check the door with, if it's daytime, and, I'm expecting someone.

View Poll Results: How many of you open carry at
Home?	64	36.57%
At home when you have friends over?	60	34.29%
You don't carry a gun at all	51	29.14%
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January 26, 2009, 02:24 PM	#51
NightSleeper Senior Member Join Date: April 6, 2008 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 449	I don't carry in the home, because violent crimes and home invasions in my town are non-existent. The day that changes (and sigh ... we all know it will) I will definitely begin carrying in my home. __________________ *I have rounds yet to fire before I sleep ...* Last edited by NightSleeper; January 26, 2009 at 02:50 PM.

January 26, 2009, 05:25 PM	#55
Alert Senior Member Join Date: July 8, 2007 Location: Mobile, Alabama Posts: 203	if I had to open carry at home I'd consider moving to a nicer neighborhood __________________ "One man with courage makes a majority" Andrew Jackson

January 30, 2009, 11:53 AM	#56
JasonG Senior Member Join Date: August 14, 2008 Posts: 209	Simple: Pants on = gun on. Normally concealled, I don't own any OC holsters. If I have a stranger coming in, IE bug guy, furniture delivery tonight, etc. I'll make sure the butt (of the gun) shows a bit. __________________ "Bones, what killed him ?" "Acute lead poisoning Jim....." ST-TOS#61

January 30, 2009, 05:19 PM	#57
besafe2 Senior Member Join Date: March 29, 2008 Location: NC Posts: 117	IMHO open carry is not smart & I don't carry at home. With that I said I can obtain my weapon/s very quickly if need be. __________________ "Blessed be the Lord my strength,which teacheth my hands to war and my fingers to fight". Psalm 144:1 KJV Be safe: Paul

January 26, 2009, 03:10 PM	#52
ipscchef Senior Member Join Date: November 1, 2008 Location: South Central Pa. Posts: 427	When I go out on my farm I am always carrying. When I come in I usually just leave it strapped on until I go to bed. We live out in the middle of nowhere, Police response time to our valley is at least 45min, and that is if they happen to by nearby the interstate exit. Wherever we are in our home there is a loaded firearm within one step away but out of sight. That and Bonnie, our 140lb. Rotty gives us reasonable peace of mind. I have a lot of respect for Law Enforcement Officers, especialy our State Troopers, but they are not there to prevent crimes, just to react to them after they have already happened.

January 26, 2009, 03:39 PM	#53
The Great Mahoo Senior Member Join Date: June 3, 2008 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 1,269	In a word, sometimes. I generally don't carry around my house, as I am confident I can get to a gun fairly quickly. If I have gone out and carried (I don't always carry since it can be difficult at work) I usually just leave it on until I go to bed. As for open carry, usually not. I do carry OWB often, and when I come home I won't make any effort to hide the gun, but it is usually concealed well enough by what I am already wearing; that is, I don't usually need my jacket to conceal.

January 26, 2009, 05:12 PM	#54
JTMcC Member Join Date: October 23, 2005 Posts: 64	I live in the sticks, so a paddle holster with a .45 is everyday wear outside. And I have a little .38 deringer in my pocket a lot of the time. If I have company over, they probably came out to shoot on our little range, so no problem grilling steaks or dogs with the same .45 on. They are likely still wearing their pistol as well. Inside the house the firearms are close at hand. My drive is over a quarter mile so we can hear anyone coming. Arizona is an open carry state, I believe open carry is not just a right, but something that's needed. I open carry quite a bit and I've never yet read a real live instance where someone carrying openly was slaughtered in the typical internet "shoot me first" sceneario. Maybe those cases are out there, but my rights as a American citizen, in the state of Arizona, almost require me to exercise said rights. So, I carry a .45 regularly (sometimes two), my Python often, and sometimes I even open carry my early 1960's Ruger single action Tactical Blackhawk Real Scarey Revolver. But that's just me : ) JTMcC.

January 30, 2009, 07:12 PM	#58
armsmaster270 Senior Member Join Date: November 25, 2008 Location: California Posts: 1,951	Everyone I know knows I am LE if they visit they know I have a gun on so if it's cold hidden, summer exposed. If I don't know you, you aren't coming in so its a moot point. __________________ http://www.armsmaster.net-a.googlepages.com http://s239.photobucket.com/albums/f...aster270/Guns/ Retired LE, M.P., Sr. M.P. Investigator F.B.I. Trained Rangemaster/Firearms Instructor & Armorer, Presently Forensic Document Examiner for D.H.S.

January 30, 2009, 09:19 PM	#59
Deet Senior Member Join Date: October 12, 2008 Location: INDIANA Posts: 191	I usually carry at home, and I usually have several within easy reach. __________________ Ruger P95, GP100, KelTec P11, Mossberg 500, Mosin Nagant 91/30, S&W M&P 45

January 31, 2009, 10:41 AM	#60
JohnPaul Senior Member Join Date: December 14, 2008 Location: UTAH Posts: 218	I open carry at home almost always.... unless my daughter has a friend coming over. My daughter is 16 and very pro-gun, she goes to range with me all the time, but her 16 year old girl friends are typically very gun shy so I just throw on a loose T-shirt when I get her text that she has a friend coming over. __________________ Infidel ? - Who, me??

January 31, 2009, 10:41 PM	#62
coondogger Senior Member Join Date: January 24, 2009 Posts: 120	I don't carry at home. And I only carry outside the home if I'm going to a bad neighborhood. However, we don't have any bad neighborhoods in my state. One of our bordering states is a bad neighborhood. But my permit is not honored there.

January 31, 2009, 11:00 PM	#64
BobR Senior Member Join Date: December 4, 2000 Location: The Dry Side of WA Posts: 561	If I have been out earlier in the day I already have my gun on, so I don;t take it off just because I am at home. About 90% of my carry is open carry, so at home that contnues. If I haven't put on the gun for the day to go out, then I probably won't be carrying around the house, but I am never more the 10 steps from a gun. bob __________________ Sarcasm.....just one more service I offer.

February 1, 2009, 12:39 AM	#65
Wildalaska Junior member Join Date: November 25, 2002 Location: In my own little weird world in Anchorage, Alaska Posts: 14,172	Doesnt anyone here other than me walk around naked at home? WildducttapeAlaska TM

February 1, 2009, 12:53 AM	#66
SilentHitz Senior Member Join Date: February 28, 2008 Location: Ms. Posts: 1,984	Yea, I just didn't wanna be the 1st to broadcast it.

February 1, 2009, 12:54 AM	#67
IZinterrogator Senior Member Join Date: November 8, 2004 Location: Prescott Valley, AZ Posts: 2,457	That's why they invented shoulder holsters, Wild. __________________ "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!” - Samuel Adams

February 1, 2009, 05:18 AM	#71
TheNatureBoy Senior Member Join Date: September 6, 2007 Posts: 1,204	I never carry inside of my home. When I'm in my garage reloading or messing around I carry or make sure that something is close at hand.

February 1, 2009, 05:28 AM	#72
Rich Miranda Senior Member Join Date: May 4, 2008 Location: San Antonio, not San Antone... Posts: 1,203	There was no option in the poll for "I carry concealed at home", which is my choice. I carry regardless of who is at home and who visits. Open carry at home is perfectly legal but it would just scare visitors and my 2-year old son becomes very interested in my gun. If he doesn't see it, he doesn't care. __________________ Read this!: I collect .38 Special and .357 Mag cartridges and I will PAY CASH for the headstamps I don't already have! Please PM me. Please donate blood, plasma, and platelets - people's lives literally depend on it.

February 1, 2009, 07:40 AM	#74
CajunBass Senior Member Join Date: May 6, 2005 Location: North Chesterfield, Virginia Posts: 4,767	You know. This is something I don't even think about. If I'm home and not expecting anybody, I'm pretty much layed back in sweat pants or shorts during the summer. Most of the time, like right now, I don't have a gun on me. If I'm expecting someone, I might get dressed up and put on a pair of jeans and a clean shirt. Then I'll have my Commander on, because the holster gets swapped when the belt gets changed and an empty holster really looks silly. Had a lady from Social Service come by one day to visit my wife (she's disabled). I had gotten dressed up and was wearing the Colt naturally. She didn't say anything until she was ready to leave then asked me if I'd walk her to her car. She said she saw I was "packing" and I could defend her from the ol' rooster that made a run at her when she got out of her car. I can understand that. I had to kick the fire out of that stupid rooster a few times myself. He ended up in the stew pot, victim of "the great rooster purge of 08." __________________ For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 (NKJV)

February 2, 2009, 04:54 PM	#75
Socrates Junior member Join Date: January 5, 2005 Location: East Bay NorCal, People's Republik of Kalifornia Posts: 5,866	When I have people over, I usually end up with the 360PD in my pocket, because that's what I check the door with, if it's daytime, and, I'm expecting someone.