Do you carry ... at home?

[aray]

For those of you fortunate enough to live in a "shall issue" state and have a CCW permit I was wondering something. Do you carry just when you leave the house or do you also carry at home?

Reason I ask is because since I live in MD we can't carry. I have a non-resident FL CCW permit and plan to use it the next time we leave the state a few weeks from now. Until then, however, I've been carrying around the house some of the time after work or on weekends. I tell myself I'm really doing that so that I can get used to the holster, find out what clothing combinations "print" or don't work well, what's comfortable for me, etc. And that's all true up to a point. But I must admit I'm also doing that in part because it is borne out of frustration that we can't carry here in this state. Makes me feel as if I'm doing, well, something.

But on that latter point, I must further confess that I sorta feel a bit silly doing this. It probably is a bit more symbolic than actually required. (We live in a nice cul de sac where all of the neighbors know each other so there is only a slight chance of crime where we live.)

So I got to wondering, should I bother? Do other people do this? What is the common practice?

Just curious.

[Bawanna]

Life comes at you fast sometimes and while your home is your castle it is not a safe haven. I carry at home. I carry when I mow my lawn. I'm at a disadvantage there on account of I can't get off the mower and run. I'm forced to be a stand and fight kind of guy.
I know I'll probably earn a place on Americas Most Wanted but the fact that your state doesn't allow CCW carry would not influence me one iota. It would take CCW to the next level to insure neither the good guys nor the bad guys know your carrying a gun.
Firearms are forbidden on city campus where I work in the police department except for commissioned officers. My PM45 affectionately refered to as "Tiny" is on my ankle as we speak. If caught and pursued it is a firing offense. I'd rather have it on my ankle and take the chance than not have it. I've been here 13 years, what I do is common knowlege and blessed by the officers, I've applied for a special chiefs approval nearly every year and failed. But not one day has gone by when I didnt have a gun on me. My full size 1911 is on my desk in a city provided safe that only I know the combination too. It goes on my belt when I leave the building and usually but not always comes off when I get home depending on what I'm doing. As dept armorer I have access to 40 45 cal glocks, 45 AR 15's, a couple MP5's, numerous shotguns, and a pickup full of ammo. Makes no sense to be rolling around nekkid for stupid liability reasons.
I've really softened in recent years, I use to put my gun in a double ziplock bag when I was in the shower. Since I can't hear a B52 flying 20 ft over my head now, I see no need to do so any longer.
Last one out of MD, turn out the light.

[wyntrout]

I started trying to carry my P380 all the time around the house, so that I will always have something on me when I'm not near my other guns lying about the house. When I'm watering the yard, taking the trash out, or just talking with the neighbor or mail carrier, I feel a lot better. It's like insurance. You can't buy some after an accident or as a hurricane is battering your house... though Obama is trying to do just that... get sick and then buy insurance because you can't be refused over an existing condition.
When I'm popping in and out at night to move the hoses or the trash, I also carry my dim LED light with the 1 million-volt surprise, so that I won't have only one choice for pets or other animals roaming about.
It does seem like overkill since I have loaded pistols at my main positions about the house -- computer/dining area. TV chair, kitchen microwave cart, master bath's toilet, and bed. I will take the P380 off when I'm trying to get comfortable in the recliner... Boomer and a 7-round reload are right there.
The house has really become cluttered with gun-related stuff since I joined this forum and got back into guns and shooting.
I hope to never be at a disadvantage if any BG(s) come looking to share our/my stuff. The stun gun isn't for them. If I never need the guns, that 's good, but if I do... I want no regrets for not being prepared. You might think your neighborhood is pretty safe, but a lot of home invasions occur in places like that.
There's always Murphy, too, when you're lax or relax that one time....
Remember, you're not paranoid if they really are out to get you!
Wynn

[wyntrout]

It hit 95.9° on our back porch around 1PM and it just got below 90°, finally. And the two hours of thunder is finally producing a tiny bit of rain to further cool us off. 10 or 11 days to summer. I'm looking forward to late fall now.
Wynn

[Bawanna]

Gosh darn Wynn, you sound like Taxi Driver. You got land mines or ***** traps too. Scratch the ***** traps, I know you go to the mall to cool off and check out scantily clad babes...................

[wyntrout]

You can't say 'b00by" or Naz!, but a$$ is okay and the "censor/spell-checker" thinks Kahr is a misspelling.
Wynn

[jocko]

bawanna says

Life comes at you fast sometimes and while your home is your castle it is not a safe haven. I carry at home. I carry when I mow my lawn. I'm at a disadvantage there on account of I can't get off the mower and run. I'm forced to be a stand and fight kind of guy.
I know I'll probably earn a place on Americas Most Wanted but the fact that your state doesn't allow CCW carry would not influence me one iota. It would take CCW to the next level to insure neither the good guys nor the bad guys know your carrying a gun.
Firearms are forbidden on city campus where I work in the police department except for commissioned officers. My PM45 affectionately refered to as "Tiny" is on my ankle as we speak. If caught and pursued it is a firing offense. I'd rather have it on my ankle and take the chance than not have it. I've been here 13 years, what I do is common knowlege and blessed by the officers, I've applied for a special chiefs approval nearly every year and failed. But not one day has gone by when I didnt have a gun on me. My full size 1911 is on my desk in a city provided safe that only I know the combination too. It goes on my belt when I leave the building and usually but not always comes off when I get home depending on what I'm doing. As dept armorer I have access to 40 45 cal glocks, 45 AR 15's, a couple MP5's, numerous shotguns, and a pickup full of ammo. Makes no sense to be rolling around nekkid for stupid liability reasons.
I've really softened in recent years, I use to put my gun in a double ziplock bag when I was in the shower. Since I can't hear a B52 flying 20 ft over my head now, I see no need to do so any longer.
Last one out of MD, turn out the light.

Life comes at you fast sometimes ....

Well how true that statement just is, I just got back from riding my Harley to our local Dairy Queen for a shake, and some fella on a HONDER was riding his in front of me. I knew him not. anyway nice bike (if ur a honder fella) this guy was minding his own business going down our main street and damn if some broad just shot right out of a parking lot and nailed him big time. Scared the wheaties out of me. and the b--ch was on a damn ********* to boot. No one hurt seriously, except this fellas bike just plowed into her left front fender and tore the crap out of his bike. Yes Indeed: LIFE COMES AT YOU FAST SOMETIMES.

[aray]

Somehow I'm gonna have to get out of my mind the image of Bawanna nekkid in his shower with a B52 on a low level bombing run screaming over his house. Not a mental image conducive to a good night's sleep...

[wyntrout]

I didn't let that image in. I was thinking about all of the low-level bomb runs I've made in B-52's... most as the bombardier... training, though. I remember tossing a few "training aids" around Avon Park one night here in Florida... late 70's or early 80's. Ground guys couldn't find them. Nothing untoward reported... whew! I found the aiming point on radar late in the run and assured the pilot I was giving him good direction toward the "target". Close counts for handgrenades and nukes.
Wynn

[Longitude Zero]

I do not "carry" at home. I do however have concealed weapons secreted around my home that are instantly available.

[cgo99]

Somehow I'm gonna have to get out of my mind the image of Bawanna nekkid in his shower with a B52 on a low level bombing run screaming over his house. Not a mental image conducive to a good night's sleep...

Aray; I really, really dislike you at this moment for putting that image in my head :7:.
That was uncalled for, never mind a good night's sleep I don't I'll be able to have dinner.

[Bawanna]

Somehow I'm gonna have to get out of my mind the image of Bawanna nekkid in his shower with a B52 on a low level bombing run screaming over his house. Not a mental image conducive to a good night's sleep...

That image is rather alarming isn't it. I guess I never put it all together quite as effectively as you have. I think I'll refrain from using that analogy in the future. Jocko, analogy is like comparing something to something else for reference. Least ways that what I think it means, I reckon it could mean anything you want.

Although you've cleansed yourself of your Wheaties I'm glad you were clear of the little vehicle collision incident. Some of those close calls can really take the wind out of your sails. Car vs bike, car almost always wins but not always.

We had one couple years ago, an elderly gentlemen pulled in front of a scooter (good one Harley), Harley hit right in the drivers door so hard it rolled the car on it's side. Rider went over the top of the car and walked away with bruises and scratches. Car driver died in his seat, course both car and Harley were totalled. Wasn't pretty. Rare occasion, like a husband winning in a divorce case.

[Bawanna]

Aray; I really, really dislike you at this moment for putting that image in my head :7:.
That was uncalled for, never mind a good night's sleep I don't I'll be able to have dinner.

Maybe add a little Mr. Bubble to the image and it'll all be ok? Maybe lots and lots of Mr. Bubble?

[Ol'coot]

I do carry at home as does my wife as we firmly believe that bad things do just happen somewhere else or to someone else. We live in what I would consider a very safe area with a very low crime rate. It is even rare to have an occasional breaking and entering in the area in the 16 years I have lived here. But this is not to say that it doesn't happen here, About 10 years ago there was a contract murder only about 2 miles away a husband had his ex-wife killed as she left the local library (amateur was caught the next day), and about a mile away there was a woman grabbed in broad daylight going to her car from a K-mart store she was found murdered and raped the next day. My point is there are bad guys out there and they are not limited to the bad areas of town. We do defensive drills on a regular basis in our home, we have a plan and we practice our shooting skills weekly. We believe it is much better to be prepared and never need it than to be lax and need it just that one time and loose your life or the life of a loved one. Just my two cents worth!

[AFVet]

I pretty much carry all the time. If my Kahr or Seecamp isn't in my pocket, then I usually have a 1911 or Sig within arms reach.

Funny story for you: I was in the backyard watching my little girl while she played in her sandbox. Our neighbor stopped over with her little girl. So, her mother and I start chatting while our girls play. Anyway, the mother starts talking about how her little girl picked up some gun play from the little boys in her pre-school. She was pretty unhappy about it and starts telling me she's anti-gun. Wonder what she'd said if she knew what I had in my pocket?