What the 2nd Ammendment is for

Originally Posted by Danzig

all our guns are put up except a pellet gun (for pesky dogs-stings their butts) and a handgun in the nightstand drawer. one of the guns that we didn't buy, it belonged to tony's granddad. that's the funny part tho about this discussion. most say 'well, if you want to protect yourself'...and all my heavy weaponry is locked up on the other end of the house from my bedroom! now, during hunting season they're propped up all over the place-but my youngest is 17, so it's not a concern. and none with a round in the chamber either. muzzleloaders only have caps on once you're in a stand. caps come off before you get down...

So they go for the handgun
in the drawer cause that is your accessible defense.
It makes sense. Handguns are much more useful
because they are easy to handle. Your rifle for deer...?
Nah...

My wife would kill me (strangulation or food poisoning)
before she ever let a gun in the house. Daughter off
to college, does not matter.

But....

If we lived out aways, without police close... And we got
robbed. I bet she might ask me to go to class and apply
to use one of her dad's old handguns (currently with sis). Its a funny
thing how people are apt to change with experience or
bad experiences.

I consider my body a lethal weapon (especially my intestines
after the right type of dinner), so I have no worries.