Posted on 10/10/2023 5:25:07 PM PDT by CFW
Humans tend to be creatures of habit.
Even if you think you’re not, you really are. After all, what happens if you go to bed without brushing your teeth? If you brush right before bed every night, you probably feel a little weird skipping it.
[snip]
When it comes to your guns, you have habits there as well. You lock your guns up every night. You put your holster on every morning. You do things with your guns just like you would with anything else.
And according to one study, there’s supposedly a problem.
"In terms of firearm use, Mississippi and Texas stood out for riskier behaviors. Owners from these states more frequently stored loaded guns, carried firearms outside their homes, and in Mississippi, often stored them openly in vehicles. These states are known for their relaxed firearm regulations. Conversely, in New Jersey, where gun regulations are stricter, the use of gun safes is more common. Minnesota differed again, with firearm owners more inclined towards rifles and shotguns, and primarily citing hunting as their primary reason for ownership. In contrast, the main reason in all other states was home safety."
(Excerpt) Read more at bearingarms.com ...
Oh dear! Whatever shall we do?
I do not believe people should just leave their firearms anywhere without knowing their location. You should know whether or not your gun has a round chambered or if the safety is in the "on" or "fire" position (double check anyway--no matter what you think).
However, what good is a gun in a safe (with the ammo locked away elsewhere) when trouble bursts through your door? What is "troubling" to me, is when government officials require you to be without your firearm at the exact moment you may need it most. And note the author's comment giving some slight approval for those who keep a gun for hunting, but for "home safety", well "how dare you"? Do you think so little of your fellow man?
For a prime example of the importance of having a firearm handy when you need it (along with plenty of ammo), take a look at what is happening in Israel right now. Only after many have been slaughtered does the government graciously "allow" their citizens to be armed.
Cuz “The Constitution”, is the one that get’s them really going.
Troubling habits
Like picking their nose in public.
what if i brush my teeth with a loaded gun every night? I’d feel weird if I didn’t. /s
I don’t store a gun openly in a vehicle, because I don’t want my windows smashed or my guns stolen. Otherwise, the things this piece describes as risky aren’t risky at all in my house, because my wife and I both know how to handle guns and there aren’t any children in residence. If children visit, then everything gets locked up except what is being carried on our persons, and the kids don’t even see those.
Too bad most Israeli’s didn’t have the chance to behave in this “risky” behavior of carrying loaded protection.
“Cuz “The Constitution”, is the one that get’s them really going.”
Note that the editors did not write “Pro-Constitution”. They wrote “pro-gun”. That gives it the same negative connotation they give to those who are “pro-life”. They use the two positions to mock people. “How can you say you are “pro-life” when you are also “pro-gun”? Or, “Pro-gun and pro-life? Oh, you are one of THOSE people”.
I guess i should be in prison already.
I guess I have a lot of bad habits
Not every place can be as safe as Chicago.
“carried firearms outside their homes”
The horror!
/sarc
A risky habit is when you have a firearm locked away and not available for use. Personally, I never bought into any argument for keeping firearms locked away. As a child I grew up with firearms all around me, in my home, my grandparent’s home and uncles’ homes. They were in drawers and on walls. There was no mystery about. I was shooting at a young age. The rules were simple and safe. My children grew up the same way. They were shooting .22 pistols by age 7 and understood by being on the range that they couldn’t handle deer rifles or AR’s. Eventually they migrated to greater firepower. All of that was done with safety and respect in mind. In all seriousness, it was no different than other potentially dangerous things like cleaning products and chemicals. No child locks because my children were supervised and taught not to do stupid stuff.
My late wife always kept her gun on a night stand on her side of the bed and I kept mine on my side night stand. For decades.
It sends chills up my spine now to think, “What if the two guns had a fight with each other”? We would have been slaughtered in the cross fire.
I store my handguns loaded. Because, as the great Col. Jeff Cooper once said,
“That’s what they’re SUPPOSED TO BE….
Given the events in Isreal, gun control f@ggots can just shut the hell up.
My late wife always kept her gun on a night stand on her side of the bed and I kept mine on my side night stand. For decades.
It sends chills up my spine now to think, “What if the two guns had a fight with each other”? We would have been slaughtered in the cross fire.
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Lol
Well played.👍
I had an aunt that slept with a loaded H&R revolver UNDER HER PILLOW.
After she passed, one of my uncles found it…
+1
“Do you have “risky” behaviors?”
Darn near all of the ones mentioned.
Darn it.
I have never owned a gim.
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