If you always carry when out and about do you carry in your home - Page 2

bamaranger · October 29, 2020, 12:45 AM

With a shoulder holster or chest rig, you don't need a belt......or pants!!!

Brit · October 29, 2020, 05:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Carmady

I'm not really into stats, but here's one I made up with no research:

100% of home invasions occur at home.

That broke me up!

At home, in track pants, G19 in right-hand pocket, cell phone in left. At night, in bed, pistol on the bedside table. Out and about, Benchmade folder right-hand pocket, Glock 4th gen in holster, spare G17 magazine. And of course Surefire flashlight in belt holster always.
Just had my 85th birthday party at my Sons lakeside house, fantastic. Yes, we danced, my Wife of 28 years (Second try!) Gen 4 under shirt.

The freedom here in Florida! Fantastic.

Crankylove · October 29, 2020, 09:26 AM

If my pants are on, I’m armed.

Warhammer · October 29, 2020, 11:01 AM

I generally don't carry while in my home. I have hardened all of the entry points of my home and have exterior cameras with motion sensors. I'm alerted when anything (man or beast) steps on my property. Getting inside my house would take a helluva lot more than a boot to the door. I have weapons within quick access should I need them. If I'm in the garage, or stepping out to my truck or the mail box, I am armed.

Onward Allusion · October 29, 2020, 12:17 PM

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With a shoulder holster or chest rig, you don't need a belt......or pants!!!

Thank you so much for that visual. Oh my!

volkstrm · October 29, 2020, 07:40 PM

Yea that me also. Sig 226 357sig/40s&w or cz,75 9mm.

2cooltoolz · October 29, 2020, 10:35 PM

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CDW4ME: Affirmative. If I'm wearing pants I'm carrying.

This.

**44 AMP** · October 30, 2020, 12:51 AM

home is the place where I don't carry, or wear pants, if I don't feel like it.

mrt949 · October 30, 2020, 04:29 PM

ZOOM BABY

TailGator · October 30, 2020, 05:17 PM

I put on an IWB holster (or, once in a blue moon, a pocket pistol in a pocket holster) right after my belt goes on in the morning. In the evenings after I get home, it is either on me again after changing clothes, or close by in a Nemesis holster. Having it on an end table or bedside table like that is as close as I get to staging. It goes in a quick-access box at night.

But I have a 3-year-old granddaughter who visits at least twice a week, so any other kind of staging is not safe at my place.

Geezerbiker · October 30, 2020, 11:10 PM

Personally I think the best home defense weapon is a 12g shotgun. I keep one beside my bed and I think that if someone was coming through a broken window, I'd likely have time to go get it.

Tony

Stophel · October 31, 2020, 12:18 AM

I should get a shower gun...

PSP · October 31, 2020, 01:15 PM

I don't carry in my own home or out in the yard. There's one handy though.

TXAZ · October 31, 2020, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by crankylove

if my pants are on, i’m armed.

waaaaaayyyy. Tooooo. Much. Information!

TXAZ · October 31, 2020, 01:31 PM

Here's to wishing each of you the most boring and unexciting Halloween possible in your quiet home and neighborhood.

Cosmodragoon · October 31, 2020, 05:56 PM

No but only because I haven't found a pajama gun that I like. As I've gotten older, I've come to prefer comfortable clothes around the house and that usually means pajama, lounge, or flannel pants.

This is another chance to complain about how the tiny polymer revolution has largely ignored DA/SA. If somebody made a decent decocker-only DA/SA on par with the Sig P365 or some of the little polymer guns in .380; I'd buy one.

I almost bought a Taurus Spectrum right before the pandemic and now I wish I did. It isn't DA/SA but it is a true double action with no manual safety. That's the next best thing as far as I'm concerned.

Big Shrek · October 31, 2020, 08:59 PM

If one occasionally wanders around scantily clothed, it lets everyone in the neighborhood
know that 1. they don't want to fight with a half-nekkid or more nekkid grizzley bear...
and 2. getting shot might not be the worst thing that could happen to them...

Dave Chuppa · November 1, 2020, 09:41 PM

I always have a 442 in my pocket. Most of the time a second is in my waistband.

Tactical Jackalope · November 2, 2020, 08:38 AM

Yes.

dahermit · November 2, 2020, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big Shrek

If one occasionally wanders around scantily clothed, it lets everyone in the neighborhood
know that 1. they don't want to fight with a half-nekkid or more nekkid grizzley bear...
and 2. getting shot might not be the worst thing that could happen to them...

Good one.

tex45acp · February 12, 2021, 05:43 PM

Yes, my KelTec PF9 is carried from the time I get out of bed until I crawl into bed, where it goes into a hidden drawer in the end table. When bathing it is in a folded up towel next to the shower.

zeke · February 12, 2021, 08:41 PM

Am always armed, but not out and about much. Being 20 feet from the main county highway in the county's largest city (2000 pop) provides incentive to be armed at all times. Am right on main conduit from the Cities to points in NW Wi, which includes main drug running / degenerate conduit, as well as constant stream of vacationers in warmer months.

Kreyzhorse · February 13, 2021, 12:37 AM

I usually dont carry in the house, but several guns are peppered around the house.

TBM900 · February 13, 2021, 07:27 AM

If I believed there was a need to carry in my home...
I would either move or seek some therapy
A home should be a sanctuary
Not a paranoia filled prison

Crankylove · February 13, 2021, 11:44 PM

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If I believed there was a need to carry in my home...
I would either move or seek some therapy

If I knew exactly when and where I would need a gun, I wouldn’t go there.

I carry everywhere precisely because I don’t know.

I would like to think my home is safe for myself and my family, but I cannot control the actions of others.

October 29, 2020, 12:45 AM	#26
bamaranger Senior Member Join Date: October 9, 2009 Location: North Alabama Posts: 8,799	Did you know? With a shoulder holster or chest rig, you don't need a belt......or pants!!!

October 29, 2020, 09:26 AM	#28
Crankylove Senior Member Join Date: July 8, 2008 Location: 4B ID Posts: 1,770	If my pants are on, I’m armed. __________________ The answer to 1984 is 1776

October 30, 2020, 12:51 AM	#33
44 AMP Staff Join Date: March 11, 2006 Location: Upper US Posts: 30,477	home is the place where I don't carry, or wear pants, if I don't feel like it. __________________ All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.

October 30, 2020, 04:29 PM	#34
mrt949 Senior Member Join Date: November 16, 2008 Posts: 1,692	ZOOM BABY __________________ No Gun Big Or Small Does It All

October 31, 2020, 01:31 PM	#40
TXAZ Senior Member Join Date: September 5, 2010 Location: McMurdo Sound Texas Posts: 4,322	Here's to wishing each of you the most boring and unexciting Halloween possible in your quiet home and neighborhood. __________________ Cave illos in guns et backhoes

October 29, 2020, 11:01 AM	#29
Warhammer Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2009 Location: North Texas Posts: 163	I generally don't carry while in my home. I have hardened all of the entry points of my home and have exterior cameras with motion sensors. I'm alerted when anything (man or beast) steps on my property. Getting inside my house would take a helluva lot more than a boot to the door. I have weapons within quick access should I need them. If I'm in the garage, or stepping out to my truck or the mail box, I am armed.

October 29, 2020, 07:40 PM	#31
volkstrm Senior Member Join Date: November 10, 2007 Posts: 222	Yea that me also. Sig 226 357sig/40s&w or cz,75 9mm.

October 30, 2020, 05:17 PM	#35
TailGator Senior Member Join Date: May 8, 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 3,809	I put on an IWB holster (or, once in a blue moon, a pocket pistol in a pocket holster) right after my belt goes on in the morning. In the evenings after I get home, it is either on me again after changing clothes, or close by in a Nemesis holster. Having it on an end table or bedside table like that is as close as I get to staging. It goes in a quick-access box at night. But I have a 3-year-old granddaughter who visits at least twice a week, so any other kind of staging is not safe at my place.

October 30, 2020, 11:10 PM	#36
Geezerbiker Senior Member Join Date: March 20, 2011 Location: Willamina, OR Posts: 1,909	Personally I think the best home defense weapon is a 12g shotgun. I keep one beside my bed and I think that if someone was coming through a broken window, I'd likely have time to go get it. Tony

October 31, 2020, 01:15 PM	#38
PSP Senior Member Join Date: June 2, 2006 Location: Bowling Green Virginia Posts: 4,496	I don't carry in my own home or out in the yard. There's one handy though.

October 31, 2020, 05:56 PM	#41
Cosmodragoon Senior Member Join Date: March 18, 2013 Location: Northeastern US Posts: 1,869	No but only because I haven't found a pajama gun that I like. As I've gotten older, I've come to prefer comfortable clothes around the house and that usually means pajama, lounge, or flannel pants. This is another chance to complain about how the tiny polymer revolution has largely ignored DA/SA. If somebody made a decent decocker-only DA/SA on par with the Sig P365 or some of the little polymer guns in .380; I'd buy one. I almost bought a Taurus Spectrum right before the pandemic and now I wish I did. It isn't DA/SA but it is a true double action with no manual safety. That's the next best thing as far as I'm concerned.

October 31, 2020, 08:59 PM	#42
Big Shrek Senior Member Join Date: August 6, 2009 Location: NorthWest Florida Posts: 1,358	If one occasionally wanders around scantily clothed, it lets everyone in the neighborhood know that 1. they don't want to fight with a half-nekkid or more nekkid grizzley bear... and 2. getting shot might not be the worst thing that could happen to them...

November 1, 2020, 09:41 PM	#43
Dave Chuppa Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Posts: 448	I always have a 442 in my pocket. Most of the time a second is in my waistband. __________________ TWO HANDGUNS AND RELOADS, EVERY DAY ALL DAY

November 2, 2020, 08:38 AM	#44
Tactical Jackalope Senior Member Join Date: December 5, 2010 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 6,454	Yes.

February 12, 2021, 05:43 PM	#46
tex45acp Senior Member Join Date: March 18, 2005 Location: The Great State of Texas Posts: 1,033	Yes, my KelTec PF9 is carried from the time I get out of bed until I crawl into bed, where it goes into a hidden drawer in the end table. When bathing it is in a folded up towel next to the shower. __________________ “All that is required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.“

February 12, 2021, 08:41 PM	#47
zeke Senior Member Join Date: November 17, 1999 Location: NW Wi Posts: 1,759	Am always armed, but not out and about much. Being 20 feet from the main county highway in the county's largest city (2000 pop) provides incentive to be armed at all times. Am right on main conduit from the Cities to points in NW Wi, which includes main drug running / degenerate conduit, as well as constant stream of vacationers in warmer months.

February 13, 2021, 12:37 AM	#48
Kreyzhorse Senior Member Join Date: April 12, 2006 Location: NKY Posts: 12,464	I usually dont carry in the house, but several guns are peppered around the house. __________________ "He who laughs last, laughs dead." Homer Simpson

February 13, 2021, 07:27 AM	#49
TBM900 Senior Member Join Date: November 2, 2015 Posts: 780	If I believed there was a need to carry in my home... I would either move or seek some therapy A home should be a sanctuary Not a paranoia filled prison __________________ Playboy billionaire Retired Colonial Marine 1st to walk on the moon without a spacesuit