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Originally Posted by nostatic
I'm up to 3 guns, but still do not feel the need to have a loaded weapon in my house. Period. I find the "home invader" scenario to be incredibly low odds, and in fact you're more likely to have something bad happen. ymmv. I do however believe in being prepared for "urban unrest" or equivalent, likely during a large scale event like earthquake, riots, etc. In that case I'll have time to load my weapon. I do have a magazine loaded but it is separate from the guns and the guns are locked in a safe with trigger locks. Then again, I have an 11 year old around the house, but he now is shooting at the range with me and understands how serious gun safety is.
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How likely are you to have a fire in your house? Do you keep your fire extinguisher loaded or empty? Do you have to rack the slide before using? Pulling the pin would be more like taking off the safety, so that doesn't count.
I Carry outside the house. I was uncomfortable with my pistol loaded at first. Then it was "explained" to me that it needed to be loaded to be useful. All the drama in the TV shows of racking the slide is drama. Police carry in Condition 1. You should too. Loaded, round in the chamber, Safety on.