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In reply to the discussion: Why I keep guns in my home. [View all]Cosmocat
(14,559 posts)even an ankle biter.
WTF wants to do any kind of criminal activity with a dog barking like nuts?
Unless you have a sign saying you have firearms on the premises, it is not even a deterrent.
What good does a firearm do you if you happen to be in the shower, bathroom or another part of the house if someone breaks in while you are there? Unless you have heat packed in every room.
Certainly, if I was someone intent on doing personal harm to a women, I would wait until she was in the shower. A man, when he was leaving at an odd hour for work or something. Door closed and locked, and that would be game, set, match.
We have a wonderful 60+ pound doodle, very loving and affectionate dog, and overall very well behaved and quiet. We did not get her for this reason, and I don't live in fear. But, she is a wonderful protector. Just the right amount of attention and protectiveness. Also, has a really long coat, so she looks a good 30 pounds heavier.
She sleeps in our bedroom and will even grow and bark if we startle her. I suspect anyone who was obvious enough not to scope us out and walked in at night on us, would make a pretty hasty exit once she got on the job.
Makes me feel better for the wife and girls when I am not around.
I am in no hurry to have a fire arm. There is a part of me that I would like to have one in the house just in case, and I have fired guns and I do enjoy it. Life just seems a lot simpler without them. My wife and I both are tough enough, unless someone had the drop on use anyways, they would have their hands full.