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Plan9 · 08-10-2010, 08:36 AM

Maturity and common sense are big factors. There are a lot of Hoplophobes out there (another zinger from our Lord and Savior Colonel Jeff "All Balls" Cooper) that want nothing to do with firearms because they've seen too much TeeVee. So, yeah, it would depend on the type of people that live in the house and the threat level of a given area. Are they Dial-a-Prayer suburbanites that assume the cops and EMTs and fire will solve all of life's little problems in 2.8 seconds? These type of people don't own and can't understand why you'd own a gun. Or an Israeli bandage. Or a fire extinguisher. Or a few dozen bottles of water in a crate in the basement. Your perceived threat in the area is the other factor. If it's a creepy neighborhood where you get the thousand yard stare and tough man posturing and gibberish calls from the locals, you're probably packing. You live in Seattle, right? Not Baltimore.

As an aside, my favorite type of disdain for the OP's CCW situation is that of "There are children in this house!" That's funny; I don't recall my gun ever jumping out of the holster to kill a kid. In fact, I don't recall guns ever doing anything on their own. Huh! And just like I don't leave jars of skull 'n crossbones labeled poison, toe popper landmines, and dialed up acetylene torches just scattered about the house, I don't leave firearms unattended. I wouldn't be outed if I carried into someone's home and didn't tell them, but I would leave assuming I was outed and they didn't approve of my status.

More intimate (and hopefully secure) settings make off-body carry (a cardinal sin of regular carry), such as stuffing your piece into a backpack and cuddling up to it, far more practical, especially if you're carrying a cannon. I've seen guys use some foam and cardboard to make a concealed carry cases outta zip up netbook sleeves. Nobody questions why you're babying your iPad case, right? Hell, people have lost fingers over those nerdy gizmos.

Thank Jeebus all of the guys I hang out with, families or not, own and use firearms on a regular basis. Most of the Type A guys carry most of the time.

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The opposite argument would be that since you're most likely in a suburban home in the whitey-white northwest United States, you could probably do without concealed carry completely when in residential areas. Leave your piece in your car with your first aid kit and your tow strap and all that crazy paranoid survivalist guy stuff. I'm basing this assumption on the FBI's UCR and the NCVS. Your city/state is far from a gangsta's paradise.

08-10-2010, 08:36 AM	#3 (permalink)
Plan9 I Confess a Shiver	Maturity and common sense are big factors. There are a lot of Hoplophobes out there (another zinger from our Lord and Savior Colonel Jeff "All Balls" Cooper) that want nothing to do with firearms because they've seen too much TeeVee. So, yeah, it would depend on the type of people that live in the house and the threat level of a given area. Are they Dial-a-Prayer suburbanites that assume the cops and EMTs and fire will solve all of life's little problems in 2.8 seconds? These type of people don't own and can't understand why you'd own a gun. Or an Israeli bandage. Or a fire extinguisher. Or a few dozen bottles of water in a crate in the basement. Your perceived threat in the area is the other factor. If it's a creepy neighborhood where you get the thousand yard stare and tough man posturing and gibberish calls from the locals, you're probably packing. You live in Seattle, right? Not Baltimore. As an aside, my favorite type of disdain for the OP's CCW situation is that of "There are children in this house!" That's funny; I don't recall my gun ever jumping out of the holster to kill a kid. In fact, I don't recall guns ever doing anything on their own. Huh! And just like I don't leave jars of skull 'n crossbones labeled poison, toe popper landmines, and dialed up acetylene torches just scattered about the house, I don't leave firearms unattended. I wouldn't be outed if I carried into someone's home and didn't tell them, but I would leave assuming I was outed and they didn't approve of my status. More intimate (and hopefully secure) settings make off-body carry (a cardinal sin of regular carry), such as stuffing your piece into a backpack and cuddling up to it, far more practical, especially if you're carrying a cannon. I've seen guys use some foam and cardboard to make a concealed carry cases outta zip up netbook sleeves. Nobody questions why you're babying your iPad case, right? Hell, people have lost fingers over those nerdy gizmos. Thank Jeebus all of the guys I hang out with, families or not, own and use firearms on a regular basis. Most of the Type A guys carry most of the time. ... The opposite argument would be that since you're most likely in a suburban home in the whitey-white northwest United States, you could probably do without concealed carry completely when in residential areas. Leave your piece in your car with your first aid kit and your tow strap and all that crazy paranoid survivalist guy stuff. I'm basing this assumption on the FBI's UCR and the NCVS. Your city/state is far from a gangsta's paradise. __________________ *Whatever you can carry.* "You should not drink... and bake." Last edited by Plan9; 08-10-2010 at 07:53 PM..