What do you carry for protection?

A dacshund with bad breath and an attitude to match...

2gypsies wrote:
We've camped/RV'd for 50 years and full-timed for 16 years. We travel constantly and boondock in remote areas..we have never felt uneasy about the places we've been. We use common sense and don't look at every person as a threat. We would hate to have to live that way. Paronoria can't be a good feeling. What are all of you teaching your kids? That you shouldn't trust anyone and you need to be ready to shoot? Egads!!

You've never done a search of RV park shootings have you? I'm guessing that you have never been in a McDonalds, a cafeteria, or a movie theater either. There have been mass shootings in those locations. Maybe you have never been on a college campus or a military base either. I'm also guessing that you have never been to Yellowstone or other National parks that have had abductions and murders. Maybe you would feel safer in an elementary school in Connecticut. Or perhaps the safest place is in an Amish school in Pennsylvania. More shootings. Nope, you live in a fantasy world and avoid keeping up with current events. I hope that you have been able to shield your children from the real world so that they will be surprised the first time they experience evil. Common sense or stuck with your head in the sand?

rfryer wrote:

Goldencrazy wrote:

rfryer wrote:
I have quite a few options but I usually carry a 45 handgun. While a shot gun is the ultimate deterrent, at the range someone would be a threat it would make an awful mess. After a lifetime of camping and working in some relatively rough and wild areas I found you rarely ever are confronted with one perp, typically it’s three. So I consider bats, tazers and such as useless. And a long gun is awkward in tight quarters or sitting around the campfire.

I’ve never had to draw one in 50 years of camping. But on at least three occasions my well developed sense of a threat was deafening and I was glad I had it. On the other hand, at home in the city I’ve had four occasions I recall where someone was trying to break in and once I came home early from work and had a burglar at gunpoint in the bedroom. So I think msmith1199,s post is right on the money.

My youngest son is in his early thirties and likes to shoot occasionally but isn’t into guns like I am. So I was a little surprised years ago when he asked me for a handgun to keep at the house. And not long ago he reminded me of an incident when he was young where someone was working on a kitchen window to break in. He was scared to death and it made a big impression on him that I was calmly sitting in the darkened kitchen with my handgun on the table waiting. And he realized he shouldn’t be scared, the guy outside should be.

So my thought is if someone has the means and temperament to protect themselves they have that right. And if they are willing to trust in faith it won’t happen to them they also have that right.

So don't keep us guessing. Did you should him when he got the window open?

No, he wasn’t able to get the window open. I have no desire to shoot anyone at all, but he’s the aggressor and it’s his choice how the situation ends. Of the break-ins I mentioned only once did one actually get in the house, very late at night. I was waiting for him behind the door at the top of the basement stairs and heard him coming up. Then DW #1 came out and put her hand on my shoulder. Big mistake, I decked her and he heard it and got back out the basement window before I could get down there.

And I neglected to mention the incident where I left the house one night and two drunks tried to beat down the kitchen door. The DW, understandably, isn’t as aggressive as I am but our two kids were in bed and she wasn’t going to let them come in. So she called 911 and stood in the kitchen with my shotgun pointed at the door. Fortunately for them they were apparently so drunk or stupid they didn’t realize it was a solid core door and opened out, not in. But then those sorts of people aren’t too high on the intellectual scale anyway.

They finally exhausted themselves and left before the police officer got there. He told her I couldn’t do it, but as a woman protecting her kids she could have shot them through the door. I told her I didn’t think that was a good idea, Give them an opportunity to weight the risk and reward first and then shoot if they came within about 10’ of her.

Ok, now you are putting me on. No way you decked your wife.

2gypsies wrote:
We've camped/RV'd for 50 years and full-timed for 16 years. We travel constantly and boondock in remote areas..we have never felt uneasy about the places we've been. We use common sense and don't look at every person as a threat. We would hate to have to live that way. Paronoria can't be a good feeling. What are all of you teaching your kids? That you shouldn't trust anyone and you need to be ready to shoot? Egads!!

Unfortunately, Where in todays world, a minor traffic accident, or just a boy stepping out in front of you, can get you beat to death. Or just walking down the street can get you knocked out in the game, or shot by some bored kids. Just this week a bank was robbed in our tiny little town. A person needs to look out for themselves. The Police are ten minutes away in a 2 second situation.

It truly is a sad thing that the US has fallen to such a decrepit society. and folks no longer have moral values. But it has, and it is up to me to protect the family.
Living in a dream, where every one gets along is not an option.

We've camped/RV'd for 50 years and full-timed for 16 years. We travel constantly and boondock in remote areas..we have never felt uneasy about the places we've been. We use common sense and don't look at every person as a threat. We would hate to have to live that way. Paronoria can't be a good feeling. What are all of you teaching your kids? That you shouldn't trust anyone and you need to be ready to shoot? Egads!!

dezolen wrote:
I am planning on anti aircraft gun mounted on roof with remote controland full turret just in case I meet up with someone toting an AK47.
lol

;)

When we travel in Canada no need for protection. It's against the law to shoot crazy drivers that cut us off.
When we travel thru the USA guns seem to be the norm so I am planning on anti aircraft gun mounted on roof with remote controland full turret just in case I meet up with someone toting an AK47.
lol

Goldencrazy wrote:

rfryer wrote:
I have quite a few options but I usually carry a 45 handgun. While a shot gun is the ultimate deterrent, at the range someone would be a threat it would make an awful mess. After a lifetime of camping and working in some relatively rough and wild areas I found you rarely ever are confronted with one perp, typically it’s three. So I consider bats, tazers and such as useless. And a long gun is awkward in tight quarters or sitting around the campfire.

I’ve never had to draw one in 50 years of camping. But on at least three occasions my well developed sense of a threat was deafening and I was glad I had it. On the other hand, at home in the city I’ve had four occasions I recall where someone was trying to break in and once I came home early from work and had a burglar at gunpoint in the bedroom. So I think msmith1199,s post is right on the money.

My youngest son is in his early thirties and likes to shoot occasionally but isn’t into guns like I am. So I was a little surprised years ago when he asked me for a handgun to keep at the house. And not long ago he reminded me of an incident when he was young where someone was working on a kitchen window to break in. He was scared to death and it made a big impression on him that I was calmly sitting in the darkened kitchen with my handgun on the table waiting. And he realized he shouldn’t be scared, the guy outside should be.

So my thought is if someone has the means and temperament to protect themselves they have that right. And if they are willing to trust in faith it won’t happen to them they also have that right.

So don't keep us guessing. Did you should him when he got the window open?

No, he wasn’t able to get the window open. I have no desire to shoot anyone at all, but he’s the aggressor and it’s his choice how the situation ends. Of the break-ins I mentioned only once did one actually get in the house, very late at night. I was waiting for him behind the door at the top of the basement stairs and heard him coming up. Then DW #1 came out and put her hand on my shoulder. Big mistake, I decked her and he heard it and got back out the basement window before I could get down there.

And I neglected to mention the incident where I left the house one night and two drunks tried to beat down the kitchen door. The DW, understandably, isn’t as aggressive as I am but our two kids were in bed and she wasn’t going to let them come in. So she called 911 and stood in the kitchen with my shotgun pointed at the door. Fortunately for them they were apparently so drunk or stupid they didn’t realize it was a solid core door and opened out, not in. But then those sorts of people aren’t too high on the intellectual scale anyway.

They finally exhausted themselves and left before the police officer got there. He told her I couldn’t do it, but as a woman protecting her kids she could have shot them through the door. I told her I didn’t think that was a good idea, Give them an opportunity to weight the risk and reward first and then shoot if they came within about 10’ of her.

Kinda thinking that it is not a good idea to disclose whether or not you carry a gun. It may or may not make you a target. Common sense carries a lot of weight with me and my travels. And. Not knowing what I have behind that door (bear spray, wasp spray, oven spray, pepper spray, baseball bat or gun) means your taking a pretty big chance trying to come thru it uninvited.

Best question is "Why is this in the Class A Forum??":? Or do I have my settings mixed up again:S