[marktwain]

Some claim that letting people know that you own guns can serve to target your house for burglary. It might happen, but as about half the households have guns in the United States, it does not seem like much inducement to me.

In addition, there is the deterrent effect of criminals not wanting to be shot, and the likely possibility that a guns is carried with the homeowner out of the house.

[Veggie Todd]

When seconds count, the police are just hours away.

[yarddog]

I phoned 911 recently to report what turned out to be a minor traffic accident. The call was answered immediately and an ambulance showed up fairly soon, then 4 or 5 Florida Highway Patrol or deputies arrived. It was night and the FHP lights were so bright that it hurt my eyes to look at them. There must have been a little more to it as the cops stayed for nearly two hours.

The only thing that bothered me is the operator asked for my name and phone number. Now I assume that information had to have been shown on his screen the second the call came in. I didn’t really mind giving it to him but it still was just slightly irritating. I felt like I was being investigated.

[bunkerhill7]

Never bring a 911 operator to a gunfight.

[from occupied ga]

Truly effective defense against home invaders is illegal (and in suburban settings probably should be)

[Gaffer]

I think on the whole, if you brag about how many guns you have, how deadly they are, etc. you may run across somebody that’s gonna be looking for you to be gone and relieve you of them. So, talking about a number of guns, kinds, etc. isn’t something I’d do if someone would know who I am and could look up where I live.

I don’t think advertising that you are ‘armed’ by itself is a trigger for robbery per se.

[I want the USA back]

The bastards don’t want normal people to be able to defend themselves.

[so the ‘oppressed’ underclass can just waltz right in and take what is ‘rightfully’ theirs]

[AlaskaErik]

When seconds count, the police are just minutes hours away.

[lormand]

I was born in Louisiana, and every time I go back to visit, I make sure I'm packing. The last time we where there, my 14 year old son and I witnessed two Obama voters, one male, one female fighting next to a gas pump while I was getting ice for my cooler. It was a scene that didn't surprise me having grown up there, but my son was very surprised by it.

It appeared to me that this was normal activity between the two, and knowing that Louisiana conceal carry law was more restrictive than is here in Texas, I declined to do anything about it. As I drove off, "Travon" watched me carefully. As soon as I was pulling away, I saw/heard Travon smash the back window with a tire iron.

Now, that is just the last time I visited. In my 35 years of living there, I have tons more stories just like it.

[Focault's Pendulum]

Some claim that letting people know that you own guns can serve to target your house for burglary.

Hmmmm!

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

“Hello, 911, how may I help you?”

“Someone is trying to break into my home.”

“Do you need the police?”

“Well, eventually, that’d be nice. But you’d best send the Medical Examiner as well.”