molly1255
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Our issue has been home invasions and even during the day home invasions. We have had numerous intruders killed because people were at home and had their gun on their person.
I keep a gun with me at all times, sometimes it may be on my purse and sometimes it is on my person. I conceal carry because if I'm out somewhere and something happens and I'm open carrying, they are going to take me out right away.
One real interesting thing was Chicago, when they started allowing conceal carry, their gun violence started dropping. Bad people are going to go the path of least resistance. I would have no problem with a huge sign in my front yard that my house is armed and armed well.. That is the house they aren't going to want to come in.
Just a few weeks ago, a man was a few minutes late getting home and some people broke in the house right after his kid got home from school. The kid was like 10. The father got there and killed one and two got away but they were caught. The family of the dead guy wanted to sue the father because they said there was no proof the kid's life was in danger, which is nuts. But here, with the castle doctrine, you don't have to prove anything if someone comes to your house. Also the criminals will never have a shortage of guns when gun laws are strict, Chicago and DC have proven that.
I understand the conceal carry! I did take a course when I got my permit that was taught by our city's SWAT team. We were told that if we became the victim of a home invasion that we should shoot to kill because most of these people have already been in prison and they will not leave a living witness who will put them back in prison. We have had daytime home invasions in our city recently where the homeowners have shot and killed the intruder (s) and not one of these homeowners have spent one minute in jail.
Such is the world we live in. But it has always been a violent world. My Appalachian ancestors survived generations ago because they had firearms and they knew how to use them very well and when trouble came to them, they dealt with it. I completely understand that, so I guess it is in my gene pool!