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Originally Posted by Scanner
I generally agree with DisneySteve. . .in the chance of an armed burglarly. . .reaching the gun may not happen in time and the advantage IMO is only slight (the intruder has the element of surprise and probably initiative on his side), if there is any advantage at all.
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You bring up a very good point!
Just wanted to say that this is precisely why advance preparation and training is so important. Many people out there are under the false impression that if they simply have a gun around in the house, they are ready for anything. In practice, this isn't always true, and it's even more so when you have to worry about corralling the kids (if you have kids).
Not wanting to reveal exactly what it is that I have set up (sorry), but I have to brag that my response time is next to nothing,
while most people typically take much longer. They have to go and unlock their gun from the safe or vault, then load up their magazing or tube (many don't have loaded guns for safety reasons and to avoid weakening the tube or magazine spring), rack, and then they are ready. And that's assuming that they're also close to it at the time to access the firearm. Oh, and don't forget contact 911 while you're doing all this.
I will say that the fastest response time solution for people who are not well-trained (that I currently know of) is a loaded revolver secured in a
quick-access gun vault. Let me clarify that I am not advocating having a loaded firearm in the house, even if it's inside a gun vault. Just saying that that's the fastest response time solution I've seen for average people.
However, I highly recommend the above combination, and you can leave the box of ammo inside such a vault as well. That's what my old setup was like.