The "I'll wake up & catch him" theory is all wrong. I woke up one night to find someone going through the stuff in my bedroom. The light was off and I didn't move. The person walk out of the room, I waited a few moments & sat up. Then I heard someone walk (not run) through and out of the house - he left the back door open. Apparently, the person was watching to see if he had woken me up. I had a loaded N frame S&W .357 in the nightstand and I'm convinced that he would have stolen it if I had not woken up. I own hand guns and these days they stay locked up at night. I forgot to mention - I'm about to test for my TaeKwonDo black belt. Providing I get close enough, the next intruder is going to be in some serious pain!
Thanks, Tom Hargrave 256-656-1924 www.kegkits.com _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JabbaHursty Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 12:48 PM To: Mercedes mailing list Subject: Re: [MBZ] the reality... loaded guns and kids! my strategy is simple. i live alone. i keep the bedroom door locked. if you break in and i hear you in the living room, i'll call the police and wait. if you try to break the bedroom door down in the interim (can't imagine why you would, but if you did) you get shot through the door by a large calibre handgun. it's a simple plan if my kid is over, the guns stay locked up. it puts me at a large disadvantage, but i can't see having any sort of loaded weapon around a child. i keep a .45 in the car and carry it into my office. our office park is secluded and has a history of crime, including violent crime. when i leave at night, i am almost always the last one in this area to leave, but i'm carrying the .45 i also have a .380 keltec that is so light i can wear it anywhere as easily as wearing a cellphone. i think i've got it fairly well covered At 12:38 PM 8/30/2005, you wrote: sirs the reality or this matter is you are no safer with a gun in your home than without as a matter of fact firearms can and have been used against the owner either by a thief ( rarely) or during a domestic disturbance ( common) my point here is a crook breaks it might be at 4:00 am will a person be able to do all of the necessary stuff quickly,quietly and legally think about it... you are sound a sleep and all of the sudden your wife wakes you and all hell breaks loose can a gun be retrieved loaded police called and on and on??? and what if you found later it was your son sneaking in from a late night with his buddies ???? I have more guns than the navy I don't want ppl to be disarmed ...ever what I want is for folks to at least understand is guns can and often are stolen and later used against regular ppl it seems like most ppl who own firearms never receive any training in the care storage and use of them ( just going off to a range or shooting a few rounds off into the woods aint gonna get it AND HAVE NOOOOOO IDEA of the law it is my strongly held belief for home protection a 410 pump shotgun with 00 buckshot is really the way to go A its is intimidating as hell ... you rack a pump gun in any house EVERYTHING STOPPS!!!! B it has the unequaled stopping power of a 41.cal. magnum C it for all of its power can be fired quite comfortably by a woman D ammo is cheep it can also be used to hunt ,sport shoot , and the gun does not cost a lot to get the thing ideally it could be loaded, and locked with the cable lock made by mossberg running thru the action so it could not be closed and therefore fired the gun can be locked to a radiator or something heavy in a bed room multiple keys then made and placed in strategic locations .. unlocking is simple lastly by the time recruits are taught anything about firearms its AFTER 7 MONTHS OF ....LAW LAW...LAW!! our "one hour firearms course" has been expanded to 3 weeks! 500 rounds in the morning, 500 rounds in the afternoon weapon retention , combat shooting, judgement, firearm safety, cleaning ,action drills, then go run (fast)... stop!!! draw weapon and shoot accurately... it goes on and on I am sure you had the same training we did I an sure you have actually picked up dead kids all shot to hell I am sure you have seen the parents of these kids in anguish I am sure you have talked to ppl who thought you could get a gun , make there home safe ,and a tragedy happened I am sure you have heard that single bagpiper playing amazing grace.. and the 21 gun salute that follows.... so keep giving these people advice on keeping a loaded firearm in the house around kids because I am sure about you mike collins 1985 500 sec On 8/29/05, Kaleb C. Striplin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A gun that is locked up and unloaded will do NO good when its needed. > People who keep their guns locked up etc probably should not be owning > guns in the first place if they are worried about their kids. When you > are a serious gun owner the first thing you should do is start out very > early educating your kids about guns, and not touching them. Sort of > takes the mystery out of it and they dont go messing with them when you > are not at home. I have plenty of weapons all loaded up and ready to go > around the house and the kids know not to mess with them. They have no > interest in messing with them. Now on the other hand, when we get to the > stage of them having friends over, a different approach will have to be > taken as most other kids will not have this sort of training. > I agree with you 100 percent. I was raised in a house with loaded guns available all the time, and we never played with them. We were taught what guns could do. We watched livestock and game die from a gunshot, so the danger was impressed on us. Nowadays, folks don't want to "traumatize" their kids, so the kids never really KNOW the dangers of discharging a firearm. Also, Mr. Policeman and his ilk think that because they took a one-hour course in firearm training at the academy, they should be the only ones allowed to carry weapons because they KNOW how to handle them. I think the weapons should be taken away from the cops for a while so they could experience being disarmed while the criminals preyed on them. I think they would change their tune. Just my 2 cents. Thomas E. Potter Telephone: (713) 215-2877 Fax: (713) 215-2551 Mobile: (832) 794-0536 _______________________________________ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
