How many of you are armed or are considering it?

[SeaPA]

Don't sleep on a "Beware of Dog" sign in your yard.

I have one.

I don't have a Beware of the Dog sign, but I do have an actual dog...an adult Australian Cattle Dog that weighs 60ish pounds that barks and growls at anything that moves. She's saved us from numerous plastic bags and paper cups blowing around the park across the street.

 

[Kelsers]

I don't have a Beware of the Dog sign, but I do have an actual dog...an adult Australian Cattle Dog that weighs 60ish pounds that barks and growls at anything that moves. She's saved us from numerous plastic bags and paper cups blowing around the park across the street.

I have a Husky like that too. She'll notice anything outside that's changed.😅

 

[runkpanole]

 

[stickman80]

I consider "being armed" as a weapon(s) on your person or immediate surrounding and not typically referring to loaded gun in your home.

Nothing really had changed for me. I feel no need for a loaded gun in my house.

Carrying a gun on me or my vehicle? Sometimes but I'd rather avoid the places and situations which make me feel a need to "pack". Last 2 weeks would be typical for me and I carried a gun on me or in my vehicle a total of 5 times and that number would be a decrease from times in my past.

 

[lonestar50]

I'm a liberal so I obviously want gun bans and don't own guns. Only masculine, alpha conservatives own guns 🙄

 

[billanole]

Not yet, but when people start getting killed protesting I might.

Truth.

 

[billanole]

I’ve got a small .22 pistol that my dad gave me a long time ago. Never taken it out, probably should just get rid of it.

It can be fun to plink cans with a .22. We used to spend hours at it, but mostly with a rifle.

 

[ISUBryce]

It can be fun to plink cans with a .22. We used to spend hours at it, but mostly with a rifle.

I’ve done it a lot and enjoyed it but where would I go and when would I find the time? It’s just like #345 of things I would like to take the time to do.

 

[BonzoFury]

Thinking about it. Had a scare about a month ago with two masked guys looking in our windows. Luckily, wife (no pic) and kids were gone so it was just me. By the time the cops got here, they were gone.

Where do you live?

 

[HawkinK.C.1]

I've been armed since the age of 12.

 

[jasonrann]

Where do you live?

Prairie Village, KS. Not exactly the hood.

 

[HawkeyeShawn]

I own zero firearms, but have access to a mini arsenal 10 miles away at my Dad’s. The current political climate has not changed my desire to keep my house firearm free.

 

[Jimmy McGill]

Last time I checked, I have two arms.

 

[Jerome Silberman]

A couple shotguns, but have been considering getting a handgun lately. Mrs Silberman is pretty anti-gun and even she is coming around to the idea.

 

[Igor Stravinsky10]

Prairie Village, KS. Not exactly the hood.

Was it ever determined whether or not there is a dead Asian buried in your across the street neighbor's backyard?

 

[hawksurprize]

A couple shotguns, but having been considering getting a handgun lately. Mrs Silberman is pretty anti-gun and even she is coming around to the idea.

Couple semi auto shot guns. Deer slugs. It'll work cause I'm an ambush defender. You see the guard dog is fast asleep at it already.

 

[bcherod]

I’m a ninja.

 

[Jimmy McGill]

Was it ever determined whether or not there is a dead Asian buried in your across the street neighbor's backyard?

Yes. Long time without any updates

 

[littlez]

Just an honest question given the wild shifting going on in our government structure.

Let me ask a serious question. You going to arm yourself for what? You think you can do what? Hold people off from your house? It’s ridiculous talk. If it all goes to shit you’re F’d anyway.

 

[littlez]

Just more outside lighting, nothing security system wise. Talked to all of the neighbors to make sure they are doing the same.

No offense man but don’t you live in Prairie Village?

 

[littlez]

A couple shotguns, but having been considering getting a handgun lately. Mrs Silberman is pretty anti-gun and even she is coming around to the idea.

Why?

 

[RicoSuave102954]

Getting closer to it and my wife is thinking about doing it which is quite the statement of the goings on.

Please don't people like you need to not ever be armed.

 

[RicoSuave102954]

Not yet, but when people start getting killed protesting I might.

Nobody will be killed protesting IF they stay on sidewalk and don't attempt to riot, loot and destroy. If you do break the law, you might get the dead.

 

[Jerome Silberman]

Why?

Honestly, a sober admission that high levels of civil unrest are on the horizon.

 

[Hammerhead02]

I gots nunchucks, Chinese stars, and some sweet moves memorized from the Last Dragon and Golden Child. Come at me, and I'll introduce you to my fists.

 

[RicoSuave102954]

I'm a fan of Rock Island Armory. Thinking I'll add a VRBP-100 to the collection. A 12 gauge bullpup semiauto shotgun with a couple 19 round magazines will get me through some bad shit.

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I have a Turkish made AR-12 with an 8 round magazine and it is heavy to tote around with 8 rounds I can only imagine what 19 rounds would be like.

I'll pass on that.

 

[jasonrann]

No offense man but don’t you live in Prairie Village?

Yessir.

You would be surprised what happens around here.

 

[HawkinK.C.1]

 

[BonzoFury]

2020 was the year to get armed. Sh*t was getting weird. That said, 2025 will likely top it.

 

[jellyfish10]

Never.

 

[Doodads and Hoohah]

Not even a consideration. Don't understand the thought process there.

 

[BonzoFury]

Not even a consideration. Don't understand the thought process there.

Too many people have this TV/movie idea about firearms. There's no "warning shot". You don't brandish a gun to scare someone and you sure as hell can't try to just wing them. If you draw a gun on someone it's with the intent to shoot and likely kill them.

Pepper spray or other personal defense items may be more practical and non-lethal. They'll disable somebody long enough for you to escape.

 

[soybean]

I have an old Redhead over/under 12 gauge sitting in the kitchen closet loaded and ready to go. I bought it off a guy many years ago and IIRC gave him $40 for it and a box of shells. Good enough for me.

 

[billanole]

I have an old Redhead over/under 12 gauge sitting in the kitchen closet loaded and ready to go. I bought it off a guy many years ago and IIRC gave him $40 for it and a box of shells. Good enough for me.

I’ve got my old man’s single shot .410 and the Walther that FIL brought back from DubDub2. As you say, good enough for me.

 

[Doodads and Hoohah]

Too many people have this TV/movie idea about firearms. There's no "warning shot". You don't brandish a gun to scare someone and you sure as hell can't try to just wing them. If you draw a gun on someone it's with the intent to shoot and likely kill them.

Pepper spray or other personal defense items may be more practical and non-lethal. They'll disable somebody long enough for you to escape.

Yep, so many people have no idea how they would react in any "fight or flight" situation. To introduce an lethal element like that just doesn't make sense to me.

 

[Jimmy McGill]

Big guns, small dicks.

 

[BonzoFury]

Big guns, small dicks.

That's kind of a tired cliche, like big trucks. Some of the toughest people I know are gun enthusiasts. It's not my thing, but I know a badass when I see one.

 

[billanole]

That's kind of a tired cliche, like big trucks. Some of the toughest people I know are gun enthusiasts. It's not my thing, but I know a badass when I see one.

Some of the toughest people I know have never touched a firearm. Badassery has nothing to do with a gun.

 

[Here_4_a_Day]

Some of the toughest people I know have never touched a firearm. Badassery has nothing to do with a gun.

Some of the deadest too!! 🤣

 

[littlez]

Yessir.

You would be surprised what happens around here.

It’s not named perfect Village for nothing. Stop it! lol.