[ApplegateRanch]

They keep their 4" .357 Magnum revolver loaded and stored in a quick-access box. It gets cleaned on a monthly basis and only taken to the range annually because they're still not enthusiasts...but they recognize how that tool could someday save their lives. They learned their lesson the hard way and were very lucky.

I have to politely disagree. They did NOT learn.

If, They never had an opportunity to dial 9-1-1 since it all happened so quickly, then it also happened too fast to retrieve a weapon from a lock-box.

[Blue Jays]

Hi ApplegateRanch-

The goblins were breaching the doorway hoping to steal what they expected to be valuable antiques inside. They got the wrong address and when the ax came through the door, my friends used the best weapons they had available to repel the criminals...in their case a golf club and thrown hardcover books from the shelf.

The lockbox they currently have is the same model I use. It can be opened in under two seconds. I do a pattern of four buttons and it pops right open. Their best tactic (in hindsight) would have been to dial 9-1-1 and drop the phone and start yelling...but sometimes one doesn't think of that when they see an ax blade splintering their door.

~ Blue Jays ~

p.s. What is your standpoint on private firearms ownership?