You live alone ? Do you keep a gun in your residence ?

Out in the country there are no police. We have 2 sheriffs & and one will be home sleeping while the other is on duty. Both cell & radio coverage is poor so the likely hood of a quick response is not so good depending where the sheriff is. Most people here keep a gun handy.
Same here at the house we had in the Ozarks. No cell service, and the sheriff was at least 20-30 minutes away... if he's not out on another call.
Yup
Up at our off grid cabin in the mountains, the only deterrent to violence was being armed
The sheriff did come up once, but only waaaaay after the event
He advised a couple tree hugging folks to get themselves a weapon
or move to town
It's the way of life up there
The way of keeping alive
 
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With upwards at times of 30 minutes response times living rural the sheriff can only take reports of a crime and after myself and best friend both have BEEN VICTIMS of crimes HAVING PERSONAL protection is a MUST have for us and we do not live in a bad area at all, every neighbor we know has firearms every one of them.
 

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https://people.com/crime/7-year-old...llegedly-drunkenly-fires-bullet-through-wall/
https://patch.com/virginia/woodbrid...-shoots-gun-through-wall-hits-neighbor-police
https://komonews.com/news/local/man-hurt-when-bullet-punches-through-apartment-wall-in-newcastle
https://www.krem.com/article/news/c...wall/293-ef1e012a-baae-4a24-a7ac-a2bdf6f206b3
https://todaytimeslive.com/world/122183.html
https://www.activeresponsetraining.net/handgun-bullet-penetration-through-interior-walls
https://myfox8.com/news/crime/greensboro-couple-hit-floor-when-bullet-came-through-wall/
https://nypost.com/2021/10/03/georgia-actress-killed-when-neighbor-accidentally-fires-gun/
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.co...leeping-poway-neighbor-through-apartment-wall
https://www.salisburypost.com/2022/...hot-sends-bullet-through-neighbors-headboard/
https://people.com/crime/carlether-foley-neighbor-allegedly-shoots-gun-accident/
https://www.koin.com/news/crime/neighbor-shot-through-wall-after-man-fires-gun-in-eugene-apartment/
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/01...m-neighboring-apartments-one-while-showering/
https://www.deseret.com/utah/2021/7...gh-wall-murdering-7-year-old-girl-charges-say
https://www.9news.com/article/news/...jured/73-8739cb38-11cf-44d2-87ef-63c9e43c271e
https://law.stackexchange.com/quest...-gun-and-a-bullet-goes-through-my-wall-and-al
https://patch.com/florida/largo/bullet-rips-through-wall-hits-woman-back
https://www.boston.com/news/local-n...accidentally-hits-neighbors-house-police-say/
https://kdvr.com/news/local/mans-gu...ghboring-apartment-critically-wounding-woman/

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Didn't read all your links, but these are mostly cases of a hand gun being discharged and the bullet going thru an interior wall. (Frame construction exterior walls aren't much better..) That can happen with a good compound bow and arrow. To avoid this, you would have to eliminate ALL firearms. Is that what you are proposing?
 
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We don't have a gun.
I really don't understand the concept of having a gun in the home for protection.
Both of my kids have a gun which is unloaded, and in a safe in some obscure area of the house.
So when the burglar comes into your home do you kindly ask him to wait while you go to the safe, fiddle with the combination ,load the gun and then find the guy and shoot him?
I'm pretty sure I would have better results with a baseball bat or frying pan.
When a burglar comes, you tell him the money is in the safe, along with your gun. He will tell you to unlock the safe, and if he has half a brain, he will tell you stand back, while he opens the safe. This is where you grab the baseball bat hidden behind the window curtain and bash him a good one. The actual gun is optional.
 
Problem just waiting to happen there. I feel you have not ever been attacked and needed to act to prevent harm to self or family/friends, my best friend I have ever had just answered the door to her home and met an illegal who crippled her for life among doing other things to her she will never walk again from that day and spent 92 days in the hospital from all the injuries plus months of rehab, when dad was attacked he was stabbed in his eye with a knife, neither was in a bad area nor doing anything wrong. I know well what kept us alive both of us and my father also, would you be willing to bet your life on your plans of defense? I sure would not ...
 
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https://www.koamnewsnow.com/news/cr...cle_790d1a6c-968d-5cf4-8358-205a4c4b4047.html
https://people.com/crime/7-year-old...llegedly-drunkenly-fires-bullet-through-wall/
https://patch.com/virginia/woodbrid...-shoots-gun-through-wall-hits-neighbor-police
https://komonews.com/news/local/man-hurt-when-bullet-punches-through-apartment-wall-in-newcastle
https://www.krem.com/article/news/c...wall/293-ef1e012a-baae-4a24-a7ac-a2bdf6f206b3
https://todaytimeslive.com/world/122183.html
https://www.activeresponsetraining.net/handgun-bullet-penetration-through-interior-walls
https://myfox8.com/news/crime/greensboro-couple-hit-floor-when-bullet-came-through-wall/
https://nypost.com/2021/10/03/georgia-actress-killed-when-neighbor-accidentally-fires-gun/
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.co...leeping-poway-neighbor-through-apartment-wall
https://www.salisburypost.com/2022/...hot-sends-bullet-through-neighbors-headboard/
https://people.com/crime/carlether-foley-neighbor-allegedly-shoots-gun-accident/
https://www.koin.com/news/crime/neighbor-shot-through-wall-after-man-fires-gun-in-eugene-apartment/
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/01...m-neighboring-apartments-one-while-showering/
https://www.deseret.com/utah/2021/7...gh-wall-murdering-7-year-old-girl-charges-say
https://www.9news.com/article/news/...jured/73-8739cb38-11cf-44d2-87ef-63c9e43c271e
https://law.stackexchange.com/quest...-gun-and-a-bullet-goes-through-my-wall-and-al
https://patch.com/florida/largo/bullet-rips-through-wall-hits-woman-back
https://www.boston.com/news/local-n...accidentally-hits-neighbors-house-police-say/
https://kdvr.com/news/local/mans-gu...ghboring-apartment-critically-wounding-woman/

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My policy: The head is much harder & the bullet is less likely to over penetrate. And the results are immediate. :giggle:
 
Didn't read all your links, but these are mostly cases of a hand gun being discharged and the bullet going thru an interior wall. (Frame construction exterior walls aren't much better..) That can happen with a good compound bow and arrow. To avoid this, you would have to eliminate ALL firearms. Is that what you are proposing?
No. I am, and have, suggested a short barrel pump shotgun as a good weapon for home defense. Not near as exciting for some as an AR-15, but a frightening weapon and less likely to kill a neighbor.
 
No. I am, and have, suggested a short barrel pump shotgun as a good weapon for home defense. Not near as exciting for some as an AR-15, but a frightening weapon and less likely to kill a neighbor.
The only disadvantage of a shotgun is limited capacity - to 5 - 7 rounds. And a slow reload. We don't get to guarantee how few rats run in a pack.
 

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