Mario Verasso wrote on 07/06/12 at 20:08:46:bill67 wrote on 06/29/12 at 15:21:18:Carrying a gun is a good way to spend the rest of your life in jail.Thats if you don't get killed.
Is everyone that carries a gun a criminal? I carry a small derringer just because it fits in my small pocket nicely. I used to carry a colt 45. I do live in TEXAS. I would say 50% have a bigger gun on them than i could carry. Up where you live there are more animals than people & believe no one should own firearms. But some of the people in a major city are animals as well.<----Where I live.
Bill.........Not carrying is a good way to spend the rest of your time 6' under. Everyone get's to make choices, obviously, you've made yours just as I've made mine. Your only option, when someone is breaking into your house is to call the local police and hope they arrive within 20 minutes.
I prefer to "negotiate" from a position of strength rather than a position of weakness. Telling the "intruder" you've just called the police probably won't illicit the type of response your hoping for. On the other hand, the muzzle flash from a handgun or shotgun just might get their attention.