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Originally Posted by disneysteve
That's true depending on the situation. With many home invasions, the person rings the bell and then storms in when you open the door. Unless you take your gun with you everytime you open your door, it wouldn't help you.
OP also mentioned getting a concealed weapon permit. If you are going to carry all the time, if somebody jumps you on the street, you probably will not have time to draw your gun either.
You wouldn't enter a home without permission for fear of being shot, but you are a sane, , sober, rational individual. The people that commit crimes like this are none of those things. Often, they are whacked out on drugs. They don't give any thought to possible consequences of their actions.
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Wow, great responses! I guess one has to personally decide if gun ownership is the right choice. If your mindset is, "a gun is only going to make a situation worse" than you shouldn't get one. On the flip side, I've been told by several LEOs to get one. They told me to take classes so that I would be mentally prepared for every possible situation. They've told me they know of countless incidents where the assailant was thwarted because the potential victim had a gun. However, the key was the victim knew what they were going to do before the event occurred. I'm sure when this happens you get tunnel vision and only have seconds to make a decision. The whole idea is that getting a gun and firing it should just be a programmed response. Pretty scary stuff IMO.