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Storing weapons at home. Reality, safety, advice.

Guy Oser (taught over 1,500 armed self-defense classes)

Storing weapons at home. Reality, safety, advice. photo 1Storing a handgun doesn't make much sense for self-defense purposes, since storage is defined as being securely locked in a gun safe, which, by the way, is the safest way to store a firearm.

If you can't reach it within arm's length, it probably won't do you much good. If there's no round in the chamber, it probably won't do you much good. Therefore, to be useful, it must always be under your personal control, meaning you will be the weapon's storage device. You cannot leave him lying unattended, he must be with you.

Storing weapons at home. Reality, safety, advice. photo 2Now let's look at the risk of someone forcibly entering your home with the intention of causing you grievous bodily harm. This proposal simply identified the need for the use of deadly force. If these criteria are not met, you cannot use the weapon.

Do you live in an area where drug dealers and gang members live? Do you have friends, neighbors or yourself who use drugs or are involved with gangs? If the answer is no, the likelihood of someone targeting you for a home invasion is close to zero.

Storing weapons at home. Reality, safety, advice. photo 3Have you attended any firearms training courses? I think not, since all the professional instructors I know personally teach this in their initial classes.

So let's go back to the beginning. You probably won't need a gun to protect your home unless you're in a high-risk group. If you need a gun for self-defense, start with training, then buy a gun and a safe to store it for when you can't keep a gun on hand. Understand that if you cannot reach it if necessary, then the gun will not help you.

I'll end with one last piece of information: guns are not just for fun, but they are also tools that can be used for a specific purpose. It is not intended to scare people or scare off anyone you might be suspicious of. It is designed to give you the ability to defend yourself if someone poses an imminent threat of serious bodily harm to you or another person.

 
Rick Orlando (well educated gun owner)

Owning a gun is a serious responsibility. When buying a gun, you must remember that you are responsible for everything that happens to it. The gun is not responsible (since it is an inanimate object), you and the person using it are responsible.

Children, the insane, the elderly, or the illegal (criminals) get their hands on guns, and tragedy soon follows. Even if none of these people are in your home, they may come from outside one day.

Storing weapons at home. Reality, safety, advice. photo 4A friend comes to visit and brings his child with him. A child asks to go to the toilet, wanders into the wrong room, and... we know how it happens.

A plumber has come to your place to fix your drain. It turns out that he has repeatedly committed violent crimes. Your gun is missing.

You have an elderly dad who is starting to age. He had an accident and needs to stay with someone. You didn't plan ahead, so your gun just sits in the closet. When you need to go to work...

I think you get the idea. I can think of a dozen scenarios where someone grabbed your gun and turned you into a cautionary tale.
What else is a safe important for protecting against? Obviously this is theft.

Bottom line: I couldn't feel comfortable owning a firearm without a safe. Buy a safe. Get a good deal. The last thing we need is another tragedy or more guns in the hands of criminals.
 
John Tringali (over 30 years as a civilian, military and airline pilot)

Storing weapons at home. Reality, safety, advice. photo 5The best way that worked for me, my home and my children was training and trust. The location of the weapon was known to all family members, including children. They also knew how to safely handle guns (as well as other tools around the house such as a staple gun, oven, iron and blender, etc.).

We all trained together so they knew how the tools worked, how dangerous they could be, and how to avoid accidents. And it was all safety training.

They couldn't "accidentally find" the hidden treasure because they knew what it was and where it was. They weren't interested in them because they knew everything about them. These were not taboo because, again, they were not taboo, they were simply dangerous tools that required careful and responsible handling.

Therefore, they never felt the need to “show off” in front of other children. If they had friends who also wanted to learn, my children would ask me and we would all go and train.

 
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