just get a fucking guard dog...'nuff said. On 8/30/05, Tom Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mine were locked too - with deadbolt locks. The locks did not stop him > from dragging over a chair and prying open the laundry room window. > > Thanks, > Tom Hargrave > 256-656-1924 > www.kegkits.com <http://www.kegkits.com/> > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *JabbaHursty > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 30, 2005 1:54 PM > *To:* Mercedes mailing list > *Subject:* Re: [MBZ] the reality... loaded guns and kids! > > the door is locked. he'd have to break it open to enter. i imagine this > would even wake me up > > > At 02:00 PM 8/30/2005, you wrote: > > 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 <http://www.kegkits.com/> > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<[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. 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