Why Do People Apologize For Keeping Loaded Guns In The House?
BY Herschel Smith
6 years, 9 months ago
Anthony Bieker.
Do you keep them in a gun safe?
Yes. Always.
Jay Daley.
Do you keep them in a gun safe?
Yes, locked full size safe.
Mike Potter.
Do you keep them in a gun safe?
Yes.
Richard Troxel.
Do you keep them in a gun safe?
No, a locked closet.
Peter Boelter.
Do you keep them in a gun safe?
No, but they are not readily available for use.
Nick Booth.
Do you keep them in a gun safe?
Always. We have a daycare in our home.
Isaac Lees.
Do you keep them in a gun safe?
No. I live in a small town where we don’t even need to lock our doors because there is no crime. There are also no children in my house. If I lived in a high-crime area like the Twin Cities or had underage children in the house, I would absolutely use a safe if I kept guns in the house, but safes are extremely expensive both to purchase and to have installed, and since it is not necessary in my situation and I can’t really afford one I don’t use one.
Julie Mills.
Do you keep them in a gun safe?
Yes.
Ron Smith.
Do you keep them in a gun safe?
Most of them. I keep two pistols handy for self-defense/home protection. I keep a rifle handy for varmints.
Brad Leeser.
Do you keep them in a gun safe?
Of course.
Daniel Becker.
Do you keep them in a gun safe?
No, my rifles are kept in cases and stored. My handguns are out of sight and kept unloaded but are accessible for self-defense purposes. If there were children in the house all firearms except my handgun used for my concealed carry [would be in a safe], but my girlfriend and I don’t have children. I’m former infantry and she grew up with a firearms instructor father.
Melissa Timm.
Do you keep them in a gun safe?
Yes.
First of all, I realize that these gun owners aren’t exactly apologizing for anything, but there’s an undertone here I don’t like. It’s a man’s own business what he does with his guns and how he keeps them (I’m not giving legal advice or recommending that you keep firearms unsecured with children around).
Furthermore, while I get the idea that you want to keep firearms secured with children around, there are many ways to do this, including putting them out of reach, not allowing children unsupervised time where there could be firearms, and perhaps the most effective, putting your home defense gun in a biometric safe where you can open it immediately with a thumbprint.
But let’s be clear about one thing. When one respondent says “my rifles are kept in cases and stored. My handguns are out of sight and kept unloaded but are accessible for self-defense purposes,” he’s just kidding himself. An unloaded gun is not for self defense or defense of home and hearth. It’s an expensive paperweight. An unloaded gun may as well not be considered accessible at all.
Having them “accessible” means the home invader has a loaded weapon and you do not, and thus when he sees you attempting to load a weapon he has two choices: (1) risk the outcome, be that death, injury, and/or prison, or (2) shoot you.
Don’t give him that choice.
On March 25, 2018 at 11:48 pm, SGT.BAG said:
For the love of God. Don’t talk to LEO’S or the MSM about your weapons.
The first rule is you don’t advertise, the second rule is you don’t advertise.
On March 26, 2018 at 7:17 am, Frank Clarke said:
“…that you want to keep firearms secured with children around…”
You can child-proof your guns or you can gun-proof your children. I never had to lock my guns away (except when other people’s children were in the house) because I trained my children from a young age, and they knew that guns were not forbidden fruit to be enjoyed in secret. I’m confident they understood guns were dangerous when carelessly handled. This, to my mind, is the only safe way to mix guns and children.
On March 26, 2018 at 10:22 am, Duke Norfolk said:
Yeah, I agree with you on this. These people have simply been tamed (and brainwashed) by the media to meekly follow the crowd. And saying this stuff has become a form of virtue signaling. Who knows if they’re even telling the truth?
The fact that they’re speaking to the media about this at all tells me all I need to know about them. Meek cowards. They’ll be turning their guns in when they’re banned.
On March 26, 2018 at 10:51 am, MamaLiberty said:
I have a loaded gun in almost every room, and the best one on my hip when I’m awake. My children are long grown and gone. If visitors bring children, I make sure to put the guns out of reach (for whatever that’s worth) and caution the parents that there ARE loaded guns around. They can watch their children or leave.
On March 26, 2018 at 11:18 am, George said:
” It’s a man’s own business what he does with his guns and how he keeps them…”
That is very similar to what I said to my Doctor’s nurse a few years ago when she was asking me if I owned any guns:
” It is nobody else’s business whether I own any guns or not”. Though that was my answer to her, I made it clear that I understood that it was her job to ask that (and a raft of other questions) the Physician’s Association that they were affiliated with demanded. She seemed to accept it with no feathers ruffled.
On March 26, 2018 at 2:02 pm, Unclezip said:
What gun?
That’s always the proper answer.
On March 27, 2018 at 2:47 pm, Doug said:
Guns! Guns in my home? Don’tcha know that people with guns in their homes are 43 times more likely to be shot! You-all trying to get me killed!
On March 28, 2018 at 12:04 pm, revjen45 said:
Any gun that’s stored away unloaded is not available for SD/HD.
My answer to the question would be about like Doug’s above.
On April 1, 2018 at 5:11 pm, Bill in Lexington,NC said:
I lock my doors and windows.
I also don’t presume that anyone but me has any right to the answer to that question. It just isn’t any of their business.