home invasion and other tips

I know an old retired sheriff that had a home invasion. He keeps a .45 in the cushions of his couch, which he happened to be sitting on at the time. The dude had a metal bar and then a little lead. This same guy had an attempted carjacking. His wife was with him. That dude didn't make it either. Funny how some people sometimes seem to be a magnet for these situations. Luckily he was prepared. Having weapons stashed around is wise. A little more difficult if you hav ekids.
Terry
 
Reasonable stuff. I know a lot of people who CCW in their homes for this reason. They had a good point in there: the gun doesn't do a whole lot of good if it's locked up in the closet when the perps bust through the door.

Thanks, Bladite

Chris
 
good article. personally i usually have three bedside firearms. a 12 guage coach gun, 38 snubby, and my duty weapon. maybe a little extreme. and i have knives everywhere anyway. pretty sure id win a gunfight in my home.

i dont always keep my guns locked up because i live alone, so no one to accidentally grab one and hurt themselves, except me :)
 
I believe California still has storage laws of firearms which would make defense very difficult.


munk
 
One of the guys I worked with, another officer, bought a place through the Cop Next Door programs where you can buy a home in a high crime area for half the value and live in it for five years. I told him that the area he was looking at was probabley not worth the problems and look somewhere else. Well, he bought the place for $75,000, value $150,000+ and moved in. He had an Uzi under the coffee table, guns in kitchen drawers, guns in the walls behind pictures...the whole bit. He came home one day and surprised a burglar, who was armed with a crowbar and he shot the guy in the stomach. He sold the place at the end of the 5 years and I still don't think it was worth it.
 
munk said:
I believe California still has storage laws of firearms which would make defense very difficult.


munk
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only if there are children in the home. but when you buy a gun you have to buy a lock with it and prove you have lockable storage.
 
MORIMOTOM said:
good article. personally i usually have three bedside firearms. a 12 guage coach gun, 38 snubby, and my duty weapon. maybe a little extreme. and i have knives everywhere anyway. pretty sure id win a gunfight in my home.

i dont always keep my guns locked up because i live alone, so no one to accidentally grab one and hurt themselves, except me :)
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there i was officer, cleaning uh 15 guns on the couch, and i just HAPPENED to be holding my GE minigun and checking the sights, when zombies stormed in the door? well, nothing else for it, and here we are...

:)

bladite
 
Bladite said:
there i was officer, cleaning uh 15 guns on the couch, and i just HAPPENED to be holding my GE minigun and checking the sights, when zombies stormed in the door? well, nothing else for it, and here we are...

:)

bladite
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how did you see that report? the case is still pending.......:D
 
Speaking of "Home Intruders," a 73 year old guy in town just blew one of 'em away this week with a .22 rimfire rifle on Monday. He is not being charged with any wrongdoing, but half the folks around here seemed to think there was something illegal about it.

So, the newspaper clarified how things are in the State of MN (Land of 10,000 Lakes):

"Here's what the law says: Taking a life is not authorized except when necessary in resisting or preventing an offense which one reasonably believes exposes one to great bodily harm or death or preventing the commission of a felony in one's place of abode.

That includes stealing valuable property, worth at least $250. It's what the law calls "defense of dwelling," and the intruder doesn't even have to have a weapon."
 
The .22 is certainly lethal, but 'blowing' someone away not really in its universe.


munk
 
Posted by munk
I believe California still has storage laws of firearms which would make defense very difficult.


munk

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only if there are children in the home. but when you buy a gun you have to buy a lock with it and prove you have lockable storage. MORIMOTOM

Interesting. I think you'll agree 'only' is a bit of understatement for a household population in the majority- that of having children.

Still remember the famous case where the teenage girl watched her family being butchered but could not get to the firearms in her home. She was trained in their use to no avail.

munk
 
I carry all the time, home or not.

If I am home, which I am most of the time, nobody answers the door but me.

We have a small, but VERY alert dog. If anyone walks up to the house or pulls into the drive, we know about it before the doorbell rings..

Andy
 
Hey, Morimotom - I would really like to read your posts, but I am having trouble getting past your avatar. :D

Eric
 
munk, perhaps. lawmakers and voters rarely remember those instances like the one you mention, they remember the small child who got his dads gun and shot himself.

it may have been in order to allow the teenager 'special' access to the gun cabinet, giving her the combo, whereabouts of the key, etc. but im in no postition to tell anyone how to parent. i would, however, suggest that parents, within the perameters of the law, make their own decisions regarding firearm safety and responsibility based on the maturity and character of the child.
 
Eric006 said:
Hey, Morimotom - I would really like to read your posts, but I am having trouble getting past your avatar. :D

Eric
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the avatar is simply a tool that allows my posts to be viewed by the most readers.

when scrolling through all the others, you see the avatar, and MUST stop, and hopefully read my post as well. although my writings are far less interesting.:D :D :D
 
MORIMOTOM said:
the avatar is simply a tool that allows my posts to be viewed by the most readers.

when scrolling through all the others, you see the avatar, and MUST stop, and hopefully read my post as well. although my writings are far less interesting.:D :D :D
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What did you say? ;)

Eric
 
I don't know either, but doubt the State of California is going to allow access to safe storage of firearms for children in an emergency or any time. That defeats 'safe storage."

"Would you mind waiting a few moments while I get the firearms from their secure location?" Is not something I'd like to ask a crook in my home.
John Lott did some math on this one, and there is much question about whether such measures save or doom lives.


munk
 
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