If you need them for work/hunting, keep them in a secure, locked box.
How about for personal defense ?
Should those be unloaded and locked up in my pocket when I go to the big Black city ?
Gun nuts like to fantasize about how they'd use their guns to heroically defend their families against intruders.
Now I agree with that 100% as many times I sit here shaking my head in disbelief after reading some of these John Wayne posts.
First of all when you are in a fire fight inside a home the sound of a gunshot is deafening, not like a in a soundproof shooting range, and third of all there is a huge difference between shooting at paper targets and a moving human being shooting back at you.
These armchair t.v. warriors are clueless to a real-life situation and would most likely **** their pants if they ever had to use their weapon against a bad guy that had little fear.
I have tried to explain this before here but of course the ones that it was directed at refused to get it followed by what a bad ass they are with their new shiny gun.
With that said Tacitus, I agree, well over 80% of the gun owners in America are not trained and should not be allowed to carry one and at least 50% should not be allowed to have a weapon in their home. IMO
See in rural America we are brought up with guns and are taught safety, how to load and unload, never point a gun at anyone and treat a gun like it is always loaded whether it is or not.
We go out hunting and target practice a lot while city folks are never exposed to any of that from childhood which is another big difference.
Chapter 2 next week.