Reply #121: well, considering that several people in this thread... [View All]

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have either had their lives saved because they had a gun or saved their loved ones lives with a gun, I'd say that you're wrong.

The "creepiness" you speak of...what, exactly, is that? Are you saying that guns are creepy? Or that gun owners are all creepy?

If it takes you 5 minutes to find your keys in your purse, I'd suggest that your purse is a VERY bad place for you to carry a gun. They do, however, make purses with specialized "easy access" gun holsters. They look like a normal purse, but "break open" in the middle (it's held shut with hidden velcro) to give a person instant access to the firearm. It's a dedicated compartment, so you don't put your keys or anything else inside it but your gun. Personally, I have a "dedicated" expanded pocket where I just carry my sidearm. No keys, no gum, no spare change. I can draw it if necessary almost instantly, or simply shoot through my pants without having to even draw it (it's called "point shooting", and it takes a fair bit of practice, but I practice a lot).

I've had neighbors like you in the past. They thought I was "creepy" or "weird" because I kept guns in the house. Well, until the 1989 riots came along....at which point they called and asked if they could borrow a gun so their houses didn't get looted and torched. Naturally, I refused to give them a gun, because they didn't know jack about how to use one, but I DID keep an eye on their houses for them, and none of them got ransacked or burned.

The best way a woman that isn't scared by guns can defend herself from a "creepy" ex-boyfriend is to have a gun and know how to use it. A restraining order is just, after all, a piece of paper.

BTW, is passing phobias along to your kids something you really want to do?