On 6/23/16 2:33 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 23 Jun 2016 13:58:30 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 6/23/16 1:35 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 23 Jun 2016 10:25:25 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 6/23/16 9:49 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 23 Jun 2016 06:29:33 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

How many times have you *had* to use a firearm to defend yourself over
the same period of time?

A couple.


Oh, well. Go for it.

You seem to be fairly well armed and you have made no secret of the
fact that you would use deadly force if it was necessary so you do not
really have a stand here.

BAO trusts the police to respond before anything bad can happen to
him. I hope he is right but they usually just show up in time to take
a report and, maybe, call the coroner. The number of these crimes that
are actually closed is frighteningly small.


Ahh, but my primary purpose in having a few firearms is to participate
in target shooting. At one point, there were two morons here who
threatened physical violence, so I "gunned up" and got a carry permit,
but those morons -the crazy guy from the Pacific Rim who lived in Canada
and nutball Scotty from Connecticut- seem to have disappeared.

If we had a home invasion here and we somehow weren't warned by the
security system, I probably could get to a sidearm or shotgun in time to
defend us. If thugs trip the property lights at night or the perimeter
alarms, there's no question I'd have time to grab a firearm. I certainly
wouldn't hesitate to fire into the center of body mass of a home
invader. My "trusty" S&W revolver would do the job, and I wouldn't need
more than six rounds.

That is why I have a big dog. If the bad guy gets in and the dog does
not wake me up, I am shooting the dog first ;-)

I am really in a pretty safe place but there is plenty of stuff going
on a short car ride away. I am sure you feel the same way.
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/PG%20crime%20map.jpg

If I am going to take armed self defense seriously, I think I need to
train. Otherwise I would not have the gun in the first place. The only
thing worse than being unarmed is to make a mistake and arm your
attacker. Hence I learned retention techniques and train from that
position. Most of the crap you see on TV is what you hope the bad guy
will do, so you can take his gun away.





We don't have a big crime problem in our county. We also have two cops
and a secret service agent living in our little subdivision, and the
cops park their patrol cars in their driveways.