by GOANRA » Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:07 pm
For Home Defense, think of leaving your wife, daughters home alone with one weapon available.
Do you want them standing in the doorway with a long gun, having a discussion with some unknown perp? Could they be fooled by a street-savvy, parolee... "who just seemeed so nice"?
I have answered countless 911 calls in the Detroit area like that, but most who even had a firearm, left it on their nightstand, in their safe, sock drawer, etc.
Some were robbed, others were robbed-raped-killed. Plus everything in between.
I had a teenage daughter whom I tactically trained, from 'eye-contact' to sidearm proficiency, but I always knew she would never pull the trigger, period. She's still that way.
Not surprising, I have come across several LEOs who learned they just couldn't 'pull-the-trigger' and, always at the most importune times. (not the ones I'd have guessed, either)