Any of you guys carry?

[pbkid]

Thanks for the input guys. Where I live there have been a few home invasion. One of my families friends happen to be one of the victims, he was stabbed a couple of times and had all his front teeth kicked in. Not real sure if a gun would have helped out in his case, because the man broke in knowing our friend was home. He awoke to being stabbed and then the struggle ensued.
I have rifles for hunting and studied jujitsu for 3 years when I was in my twenties, but now with my back problems not so sure about my physical stability when it comes to hand to hand. I think it is important to explore all your options when it comes to protecting yourself and your family.
And for you English guys, I have a couple of English friends and they have more guns than anyone know. My friend Ned(English)told me the first thing he bought when he moved to the state was 44Mag like dirty Harry. Why I asked and he reply "Bescause I could.". Which at the time struck me really funny because my boy Ned was not right in the head and anyone lookin at Ned for the first time would see i. So to mess with Ned you would have to be alittle touched.

Thanks again for the input . I have much thinking to do. I will be taking a concealed weapons training class, but they recommend you use your own weapon. Here in Maine you need to have had weapons training to get a conceal permit.

two things-
1- i think you are looking at a concealed weapons permit wrongly...you DO NOT need a concealed permit to keep a weapon in your own home! if your truely worried about home invasion buy some guns and keep em hidden around your home (no need to have a permit)

2- a gun is NOT going to help you at 'teeth kicking in' range....if they are that close to you, there is no way that you are going to be able to get your gun and get it all ready to go...buy a TASER, click a button, drop someone really quick (refer to riff raff, he explained how well they work at close range)

if you guys wanna discuss what type of guns everyone likes, there was a thread about 3 or 4 months ago about guns in general...as pertaining to the concealed permit, it sounds like you dont need one for your purposes..

[psychos2]

1- i think you are looking at a concealed weapons permit wrongly...you DO NOT need a concealed permit to keep a weapon in your own home! if your truely worried about home invasion buy some guns and keep em hidden around your home (no need to have a permit)

It depends on the state. NY state in order to OWN a pistol you must have a concealed weapon permit. In Fl you can own one without a CWP (3 day waiting period ) .If you want to carry concealed you need a permit. In NY I believe tasers are illegal. shawn

[VX KAT]

Read entire thread with great interest. Growing up in Pennsylvania, my grandfather taught my brother & I how to shot when we were young, he lived in a very small, rural town. But then some 2nd cousins had a mishap where the 6 y/o shot/killed 3 y/o brother playing cowboys & indians. Careless, reckless father left loaded gun on table. It made a BIG impact on me...I was terrified of guns, never touched one since.

BUT THEN........I lived in Los Angeles (Long Beach)...during the Rodney King riots. My hubby had just left on a mexican fishing trip and was unreachable by phone. We didn't have a gun. I was all alone. I listened to radio 24/7 and learned how to work hubby's police scanner. Heard random shootings getting closer & closer to my HOUSE. I was scared to death. Luckily nothing ever happened. But we had a Glock and a .22 w/in a week or so of hubby's return. (Can't recall if there was a waiting period or what).

I certainly wish we had low violence in this country but the reality is just plain different. I've always been very impressed by the UK stats on gun crime (lack thereof). What I saw on TV happening just blocks from my home (in a "decent" neighborhood I might add) changed my mind forever, and I NEVER thought that was possible. They had caught footage of young teen riding a bike and some random thug shooting him in the head, RANDOMLY!.....like 5 miles from my house. Then another teen sitting at a bus stop, bam, right to the head, again random, during the riots. I've never been the same.

Zoom forward 12 yrs to 2003........ to getting stuck in the Rio Grande river in our D90 (see my gallery pics). We were in one of the most remote places in the Country, on xmas day, stuck in the middle of the frikkin' Rio Grande, 10 feet from Mexican border. We'd been told by the Park Rangers that many drug deals and other illicit activity takes place along this portion of the R.G./ border, and to be very careful. So we were there in daylight, in 4" of water (we thought), then wham, we got stupid and got stuck. We ALWAYS carry a gun on any of our off road trips or driving vacations.....but the gun was in a compartment under the drivers seat...really difficult to get to in the best of circumstances. With us basically sinking further into the silt, trying to wrangle the seat to get to the gun caused the truck to sink uneven, and the water was JUST at the door level....any more movement and we would be flooded, and way above the D90's threshold w/o a snorkel.

Long story short, nothing happened, but our gun will never be "inaccessible" again. We've learned from our stupidity and believe we all have the right to bear arms.....doesn't mean I'm going to touch it, but I can if I want to. It might be a false sense of security, but it's better then being w/o.