BLACK NUGGET: look at www.kramerhandgunleather.com. click at the top of the page - says something like Leather holsters, then look on the left side of the page and click on "Confidant". pictures are shown, this is the perfect way to carry a small weapon concealed. I have one, there is a "pocket" under the left and rite shoulder, pistol in one and clip in the other. Lite weight nylon mesh, worn under your shirt. As someone has stated, NEVER leave your weapon in your car unless you have a steel lock box bolted to the floor in the trunk, and even then very seldom.

 

Hence: DETERRENT

Am I still not getting it?

 

NO.... That's called defense. They were breaking in - I defended myself (they did not know I had a weapon). Now if I were to post a sign or a picture of myself packin', then that would be a deterrent (hey, don't break in there... she might kill us).

 

I take it you're not an English teacher either.

 

R11,

Thank you for your opinion. I am new to these board but get very upset when people pass judgement on gun ownership. I am not a " Chip on the shoulder" type of guy. As a matter of fact my fiance had no clue I owned a gun until the night my house alarm went off. Now I at the time I did not own and house in the best part of town. I woke up grab the pistol out of the safe in the closet and walked down the hall with it drawn ready to shot a intruder. Turns out it was a good friend from New Orleans trying to get in the house after I had gone to sleep. This would have been the 3 time the house had been broken in to over 3 years. I knew he was coming just set the alarm by habit. Now you will say well you could move some place else. You are correct but try to fund a house in Downtown Austin under 200k in a nice safe place. 5 years latter I have moved to the other side of the Hyw. So in the 8 years I have had a permit to carry the gun, I have drawn it one time on another human and that was in my house. I will continue to carry it travel with it etc. I fly with it, take it most every place I go. I hope you take a step back and look at all the responsible gun owners. I will be the one checking mine at the Airport when I travel.

 

Guns are cool. But, there is very few times when people need the lethal force of a gun to protect or defend themselves. Atleast in America. Now if you're a true hard ass. Or feel the need to carry a weapon, try Marshal Arts. Chances are it will get you out of every bind you ever get in, and without the consequences of using unneccessary force. Not to mention its good excercise.

 

 

LOL, good thing you're in Texas not some northern state where it snows. He might be wearing a balaclava and then what would have happened?

Seriously, someone more cynical than me is going to say that the fact that the only time you've drawn your weapon was in a case of mistaken identity that fortunately turned out alright the cost may not be worth the benefit.

But it won't be me!

 

You are correct. But to each ther own. This is why I live in Texas. Kinda strange two weeks ago there was a muder 5 blocks from my old house. Some un-documented workers killed another with an ice pick made from a coat hanger. Glad I live in a new part of town.

 

And that would be your personal choice to do so. I do not personally know uppitychick any more than i have read through this thread. However i do know that typically if someone comes in your house to rob you, they are not going to come in empty handed, they are going to be prepared. It is known that most males have more physical strength than a female... what makes you think that her use of "unreasonable force" could not end up back-firing and causing more pain on her?