Interesting...
I agree that the plan the couple had... could use some work.
I am armed from the moment I get dressed till I crawl into bed.
When I shower, my pistol is in the room with me usually.
The same goes for my wife.
When I leave the house, I am armed.
When I cook supper, I may have to wipe bacon grease spatter off my grips.
It is not a strange thing for us.
When I go to bed, my 1911 is on the nightstand within reach. As is hers on her side of the bed.
We sit down to eat and our pistols are not any more out of place than someone wearing a pager, cell phone, or leatherman tool.
Large crash in the house? Instantly I know there "could" be something wrong.
If it is during the day and we are in seperate rooms, then I call out to her before leaving the room I am in. Her response dictates what happens from there.
If we are in the same room and it comes from a different one, I draw as I stand and make my way to the noise... her keeping 10 foot or so back.
There are bad people in the world, and bad things happen to people every day.
I dont see that I have an extreme lifestyle. I carry a pistol as anyone else carries a cell phone.
When it is a part of your life, a part of your wardrobe... you stop making concessions to wearing it.
I have a gun on my side, just like I have a 42" waist and a 36" inseam... These are 3 things to be taken into consideration when clothes shopping.
I have OC and CCed since the age of 21, thats 16 years now.
If I have to go somewhere and NOT carry, I feel self conscious and not totally dressed.
If I am lounging around the house in shorts and no belt, my pistol is on the table next to me.
I know people who you dont see without a coffee cup in their hand or next to them, just like me with my pistol.
Making the decision to be armed... not just armed when you go out, or armed when there may be trouble... is a lifestyle decision.
I dont know if and when there will be trouble.
I will do my best to be in the proper personal situation and mindset if/when it happens.
I have been shot once and attacked with a knife a few times... once was a honest life and death situation, not a punk looking for a few bucks.
I will do my best to not be a victim, and to make sure that my family wont be either.
Jim