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You are simply not in a position to say that going armed at home is always wrong. What is not right for you may be the right thing for others. You are making judgements based upon a single incident you experienced.
The bottom line here is that I think it wise to at least have access to a defensive firearm nearby whenever possible. You do not have to tell anyone about it. It will not make you a social outcast (though I question the value of such 'friends' if it did). Being prepared does *not* make you a crazy person. A couple generations ago, keeping a gun handy would have been considered the norm in many if not most parts of this nation. I think our forebearers had it right.
What purpose does exaggerating and then denigrating the views of others serve?"But when you hear certain folks who can't take a dump, without a gun next to the toilet, that goes way past normal. There is a point of paranoia, that is just not healthy, and serves no real purpose."
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In your circumstances, perhaps. In everyones' circumstances, there are bound to be exceptions to broad absolute statements like this. When I lived in a very bad neighborhood once, I carried most of the time while at home. Shootings in that neighborhood were common. I got out as soon as I could, of course, but when I was forced by circumstances to live there, going armed was the sensible thing to do. My friends did not abandon me. Most of them were just jealous that I had better firearms than they did."Unless you are a fugitive there is no reason to walk around the house armed."
You are simply not in a position to say that going armed at home is always wrong. What is not right for you may be the right thing for others. You are making judgements based upon a single incident you experienced.
The bottom line here is that I think it wise to at least have access to a defensive firearm nearby whenever possible. You do not have to tell anyone about it. It will not make you a social outcast (though I question the value of such 'friends' if it did). Being prepared does *not* make you a crazy person. A couple generations ago, keeping a gun handy would have been considered the norm in many if not most parts of this nation. I think our forebearers had it right.