You'll shoot your eye out
Master
- Jan 21, 2011
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I have been carrying a Ruger sp101 in a pocket holster. I make my own holsters and this particular one covers the gun completely except for the rubber grip. I will leave the pistol in the holster for a week or more at a time and not even see the gun until I think it's time to blow the lint out or maybe I just feel like coonfingering my own gun.
I keep this gun in my pocket all day, no matter if I am going out or not. There are two times in the day when it's not in my pocket, while I am sleeping and when I am in the shower. At those times I put it on a shelf with the rest of my pocket stuff- wallet, keys, phone, knife. This shelf is four feet from where I sleep and I generally sleep pretty lightly. I would think that I would wake before a family member was able to fool with my stuff. When the dog quietly looks in on me at night I usually am aware of it
As I said I handle the gun often but I may not actually SEE it for a week. Well...... This morning (about 1:30 AM) I feel like Actually LOOKING at my gun, to blow out some dirt and shake out the holster. Hmmmmm, THERE ARE NO SHELLS IN THIS GUN!!!! I am missing five .357 shells. There are six shells in a speed strip in my wallet. There are two loaded speed loaders here on the shelf where they have been for months on end, but my gun is EMPTY and there is no sign of the missing shells.
I have just realized that I have been carrying an empty gun for potentially up to a week and my blood ran COLD. I am not gun dependent. My gun is just one of several things that I keep in my pockets. I don't think about "ooh I am packing heat! everybody watch out!" I don't rely on the fact that I have a gun and behave differently than if I didn't have one. Nevertheless when I realized that 1- I have been packing an empty gun and 2- One of three adults in my household went behind me and did this.... on purpose.... My blood drained and chills ran up and down.
I am sitting here looking at my wife sleeping (it's 2:30 am now) trying to resist the urge to roll her off the bed. I won't do that..... After all it could of been one of my two grown sons that did this. I am presuming it happened while I was in the shower. I don't know why they did this but it could only of been three people.
Now someone could say that I should NEVER leave a loaded gun lying around. True. But damn this is my HOME. Do I have to shower with it? Am I to lock it in the safe at night while I am sleeping? I sure hope I don't need it on short notice in the middle of the night! My wife is fifty, my sons are twenty nine and thirty. Still, guess what? I CAN'T LEAVE A WEAPON UNATTENDED. There are knives in the kitchen, there is electric in the sockets. The keys to the car are right here. With all that danger all around somebody wants me to know that I shouldn't keep a loaded gun IN MY OWN HOME. Wow.
Ok..... I thought that I could Blow off a rant and I would cool down a little. Nope, I am just getting hotter. Wow..... Sorry, thanks for listening...... I don't feel better....... Wow.
I keep this gun in my pocket all day, no matter if I am going out or not. There are two times in the day when it's not in my pocket, while I am sleeping and when I am in the shower. At those times I put it on a shelf with the rest of my pocket stuff- wallet, keys, phone, knife. This shelf is four feet from where I sleep and I generally sleep pretty lightly. I would think that I would wake before a family member was able to fool with my stuff. When the dog quietly looks in on me at night I usually am aware of it
As I said I handle the gun often but I may not actually SEE it for a week. Well...... This morning (about 1:30 AM) I feel like Actually LOOKING at my gun, to blow out some dirt and shake out the holster. Hmmmmm, THERE ARE NO SHELLS IN THIS GUN!!!! I am missing five .357 shells. There are six shells in a speed strip in my wallet. There are two loaded speed loaders here on the shelf where they have been for months on end, but my gun is EMPTY and there is no sign of the missing shells.
I have just realized that I have been carrying an empty gun for potentially up to a week and my blood ran COLD. I am not gun dependent. My gun is just one of several things that I keep in my pockets. I don't think about "ooh I am packing heat! everybody watch out!" I don't rely on the fact that I have a gun and behave differently than if I didn't have one. Nevertheless when I realized that 1- I have been packing an empty gun and 2- One of three adults in my household went behind me and did this.... on purpose.... My blood drained and chills ran up and down.
I am sitting here looking at my wife sleeping (it's 2:30 am now) trying to resist the urge to roll her off the bed. I won't do that..... After all it could of been one of my two grown sons that did this. I am presuming it happened while I was in the shower. I don't know why they did this but it could only of been three people.
Now someone could say that I should NEVER leave a loaded gun lying around. True. But damn this is my HOME. Do I have to shower with it? Am I to lock it in the safe at night while I am sleeping? I sure hope I don't need it on short notice in the middle of the night! My wife is fifty, my sons are twenty nine and thirty. Still, guess what? I CAN'T LEAVE A WEAPON UNATTENDED. There are knives in the kitchen, there is electric in the sockets. The keys to the car are right here. With all that danger all around somebody wants me to know that I shouldn't keep a loaded gun IN MY OWN HOME. Wow.
Ok..... I thought that I could Blow off a rant and I would cool down a little. Nope, I am just getting hotter. Wow..... Sorry, thanks for listening...... I don't feel better....... Wow.
