When you assume....

By definition, the weapon is not in your control if you don't have the ability to take it into your hands. It may be in a controlled environment....

Would you leave the cash equivalent of your gun lying on the kitchen table when you are not home?

I know I don't.... not expecting to get broken into and burglarized, but it has happened, so I don't make it easy in case it happens again.

Locking up your weapon when you are not home is not protecting the criminal, it's protecting everyone else.

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On some nights I still believe that a car with the fuel gauge on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. - HST

1983 300SD - 305000
1984 Toyota Landcruiser - 190000
1994 GMC Jimmy - 203000

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That's why I like to call it safer storage - safer than leaving them lying around all over the place. Anyone who doesn't see this an acceptable start is deluding themselves. And, the delusional can always find reasons to maintain their status quo.

For example....

When we characterize each other as illogical, insane and unsafe it is easier to ignore each other.

I disagree -- it is in my control as it is in my house and my house is in my control, whether or not I am present. Were that not the case I would not have to carry liability insurance. I could tell the judge, "Hey, I wasn't home when the kid locked himself in the abandoned fridge" and everything would be okay.

I don't leave cash or guns on my kitchen table. "... a place for everything..."

I can see your point, but if you are held liable for the abandoned fridge, do you not imagine that people will want to hold you responsible for crimes committed with your stolen guns?

There are already insurance companies that will either not insure, or raise the premiums to insure homeowners with guns.

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On some nights I still believe that a car with the fuel gauge on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. - HST

1983 300SD - 305000
1984 Toyota Landcruiser - 190000
1994 GMC Jimmy - 203000

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Fridges have low value as a tool of self-defense.