Carry at home, Married or Single?

[tpaw]

I'm a single female who carries at home. I live alone out in the country with credible threats against me and my property documented with the county sheriff, state patrol, state fire marshal, and my attorney. I'd be stupid if I didn't carry at home.

Roger that BIG time! I commend you on your courage, good luck!.....

 

[KBintheSLC]

My guess is that if you carry at home and male, you are more likely to be single. Women are the balm that calms mens passions. In other words, they put a clamp on it.

Sounds like you are hanging out with the wrong women. I am married to a great gal that has no issue with me carrying a gun around the house. In fact, she encourages me to... believe it or not.

 

[tpaw]

When I am around my wife and son, I have a responsibility to them. The times I *DON'T* carry are when I'm out by myself running errands or such.

Why not?.......

 

[guntotinguy]

The little lady and I BOTH carry at home,in fact neither of us have an problems with doing this,it gives us 'an advantage' if we need one.Our area has 'turned' so to speak,in the last 2 years so we got into the practice of the 24/7 all year carry.

 

[plexreticle]

When I get home first this I do is lose the gun. Why anybody would want to carry around their house is beyond me.

 

[hoosier8]

KBintheSLC said: Sounds like you are hanging out with the wrong women. I am married to a great gal that has no issue with me carrying a gun around the house. In fact, she encourages me to... believe it or not.

Don't you know it brother, I think it is my curse.

 

[halfbreed808]

Well lets see. I can't carry any other place except at home. (Living here can really suck sometimes.) But I don't carry while I'm home. My guns are loaded and close by no matter where I go in my house. Gotta be prepared.

 

[BHPshooter]

I'm single, and carry everywhere -- home or not. If I'm not dressed, there's at least one (usually two) withing arm's reach.

However, I have had "significant others" in the past. Some had a problem with it, and I am no longer seeing them. That's not coincidence. To be fair, some have been more supportive of it, so I guess it's a crap shoot.

When I get home first this I do is lose the gun. Why anybody would want to carry around their house is beyond me.

Stats -- and my personal experience -- show that S is just as likely to HTF at home as it is elsewhere. Additionally, the more you carry, the more comfortable it gets.

Wes

 

[xsquidgator]

Married, and carry at home. My wife has a CCW but doesn't carry all the time; I carry whenever and wherever it's legal. I wish she would carry more, but I'm just glad that she does so at all. I'm of the school of thought to carry everywhere, so my normal habit is to have it with me and not have to think about "do I have it or don't I". I don't expect to have trouble at home, but then I don't expect trouble anywhere else either but it could still happen. I'm sure that none of the people who got shot in any of the recent public place or church shootings thought anything was going to happen to them that day either, yet still it did. Hope for the best but be ready for the worst just in case, especially since it's so easy to do and to do it safely.

Re-carrying at home, that is concealed and not open carry. If I do it properly, it won't show and it's thus not even an issue of contention. Baggy cargo shorts are good for this.

 

[Paragon]

I carry at home, and I am married, with a 10 month old son. I figure having it on me is the safest place it could be.

 

[WDGF]

Why anybody would want to carry around their house is beyond me.

Once you've been robbed - at the wrong end of a 12ga., in your own driveway - you tend to get a bit impatient with statements like this.

 

[Zedicus]

Once you've been robbed - at the wrong end of a 12ga., in your own driveway - you tend to get a bit impatient with statements like this.

+1

Whoever posted what you quoted needs to take a whiff of what they just shoveled.

Single, Carry as often as possible, even looking at a micro compact do I can carry at work with out any chance of it being noticed.
(Construction related Job that would cause anything else to print badly)

 

[shootergirl88]

I'm a single female and I always carry in the house. In addition, there is a loaded gun in every room just in case (where only I would know to find them). Working in a gun store, you hear far too many stories about people getting caught at home unarmed to take chances.

As an aside, two of the main reasons I chose my apartment are because there's only one entry point unless you feel like bringing a ladder, and it's very easy to clear with no blind corners and such. Do any of you also put thought into things like that when choosing houses or apartments, or am I the lone paranoid?

 

[jakemccoy]

Folks,

There's no use trying to convince anyone to carry at home. I've seen about 25 threads like this. The folks that don't carry at home, come into the thread, read the original post, ask a rhetorical "why?" and then leave. They're not interested in any reasons. Their minds are made up.

-Jake

 

[bobbarker]

I definately carry at home. My wife asked me why once. I told her, Just in case. And that was that.

 

[LightningJoe]

I always have my gun on me; that way I don't need one of those "quick-opening" gun safes. My 5-year-old can't get at my gun, because she can't pick my pocket.


Teenage step daughters (raised elsewhere by a Liberal) tried an anti-gun end run with my wife for a little while (when I wasn't around), but my wife apparently advised them there was no hope of making me see reason. Now the older one has shot a few guns* and says she'll probably get one some day.


*I can't claim credit for that; it was her boyfriend.

 

[Zach S]

Yes, I carry at home.

Yes, I am married.

No, I dont shoot or work on the hot rod as much as I used to. However, being a family man cost more than being a bachelor.

 

[Templar223]

Carry at home?

Only if I forget to take it off.

If I perceive a 'need' to carry at home, it's time to consider a new neighborhood.

Single male here.

John

ETA: Which isn't to say there isn't a loaded gun within easy reach in every room there.

 

[HunterGirl]

I currently live in Chicago - I don't carry anywhere

 

[guntotinguy]

Do any of you also put thought into things like that when choosing houses or apartments, or am I the lone paranoid?

I think your a smart lady,in fact I was told once by a good friend that theres a few letter's difference between prepared and paranoid.

 

[hoosier8]

Shootergirl88, probably means you are at least 20 (I am assuming with the 88), sigh! Why could I not meet someone with that mindset? Like older men? LOL

Huntergirl: Move. I mean MOVE NOW!

 

[rdoggsilva]

My wife likes the idea that I carry at home. We have had several home break ins in our area.

 

[anygunanywhere]

Married 33 years to the most beautiful woman in the world. I am who I am because of her.

I carry always except in the shower but a rifle and shotgun are just around the corner...

Anygunanywhere

 

[ColinthePilot]

I'm single, and carry sometimes while home. Its always close, always loaded condition 2(DA first shot), the doors are always locked, and my building is very limited access, requiring a remote to get into the garage and a swipe key to get into the stairways after that before they can get to my 2 deadbolts. I just find a 2lb weight on my belt to be uncomfortable when i'm just sitting around. I need to get a smaller pocket gun for home carry.

 

[Area 52]

Shootergirl88, I do the same thing. When I walk through malls, I always keep an eye out for concrete planters to take cover behind. Just in case. But thats because I KNOW I'm weird.