When i'm doing work outside in the yard,I just drop my little Corba .38 derringer in my pocket.I don't want to get my other guns wet from sweating while working outside.
Jiminey Cricket!
If I felt that it was necessary to carry a weapon while doing yard work around my home . . .
. . . I would M-O-V-E to a different neighborhood.
Do you carry when taking out the garbage?
Do you carry EVERY time that you retrieve the mail/newspaper/answer the front door?
Do you carry when going to the bathroom at night?
If your answer is YES; I am SOOOOOooooo glad that I do NOT live in your world . . .
In other words, I KNOW all of my neighbors. I TRUST all of my neighbors. All of my neighbors trust ME. All of my neighbors have Concealed Handgun Licenses. We have an ACTIVE neighborhood watch program. If a BAD ACTOR does manage to slip through and shoot/stab/rob/attack me . . .
. . . no big whoop. C'est la vie.
I enjoy the freedom to NOT carry 24/7/365 to the 1 out of 1,000,000,000 odds that I won't have the time to just step indoors and close the door.
By the way, there are snakes, spiders, frogs, coyotes, bob cats, skunks, opossums, armadillos, pit bulls, hawks, mockingbirds, bees & wasps, mosquitos, etc. in my neck of the woods. I do not bother them. And they do not bother me.
YMMV
I also carry a baby browning, 25 ACP. Just the thing for Walmart food courts.:eyelashes:Damn, I nearly got a little wood just reading that, you are awesome (or just make bad choices about where to live) I carry a Cold Steel Vaquero Grand and an NAA Pug...
(The CS Vaquero is a great chopper for stubborn roots or Bamboo)
Usually a shovel.[/QUOTE
After the vibrant diversity encounter, right?
Jiminey Cricket!
If I felt that it was necessary to carry a weapon while doing yard work around my home . . .
. . . I would M-O-V-E to a different neighborhood.
Do you carry when taking out the garbage? Sometimes
Do you carry EVERY time that you retrieve the mail/newspaper/answer the front door? Mailbox is almost 2 miles from my front door so sometimes yes.
Do you carry when going to the bathroom at night? Nope
If your answer is YES; I am SOOOOOooooo glad that I do NOT live in your world . . .
In other words, I KNOW all of my neighbors. I TRUST all of my neighbors. All of my neighbors trust ME. All of my neighbors have Concealed Handgun Licenses. We have an ACTIVE neighborhood watch program. If a BAD ACTOR does manage to slip through and shoot/stab/rob/attack me . . .
. . . no big whoop. C'est la vie.
I know all of my neighbors also, however, nearest neighbor is over 2 miles away.
I enjoy the freedom to NOT carry 24/7/365 to the 1 out of 1,000,000,000 odds that I won't have the time to just step indoors and close the door.
By the way, there are snakes, spiders, frogs, coyotes, bob cats, skunks, opossums, armadillos, pit bulls, hawks, mockingbirds, bees & wasps, mosquitos, etc. in my neck of the woods. I do not bother them. And they do not bother me. I have about the same mix of critters here. Rabid animals don't tend to shy away from people in my experience. I have had rattlesnakes come at me aggressively while they are blind from shedding their skin. Ever had a ticked off 2000 pound range bull come after you? Yep, YMMV
YMMV
A couple months ago, in the dark this was at the bottom of the back steps. I missed it by inches when I stepped down. I never saw it until the Cat challenged it. I got the cat and dog back and shot the snake.I just let the dogs out with me.
Years back both my dogs were bit in the face by the same Copperhead (I think).I just let the dogs out with me.
Jiminey Cricket!
If I felt that it was necessary to carry a weapon while doing yard work around my home . . .
. . . I would M-O-V-E to a different neighborhood.
Do you carry when taking out the garbage?
Do you carry EVERY time that you retrieve the mail/newspaper/answer the front door?
Do you carry when going to the bathroom at night?
If your answer is YES; I am SOOOOOooooo glad that I do NOT live in your world . . .
In other words, I KNOW all of my neighbors. I TRUST all of my neighbors. All of my neighbors trust ME. All of my neighbors have Concealed Handgun Licenses. We have an ACTIVE neighborhood watch program. If a BAD ACTOR does manage to slip through and shoot/stab/rob/attack me . . .
. . . no big whoop. C'est la vie.
I enjoy the freedom to NOT carry 24/7/365 to the 1 out of 1,000,000,000 odds that I won't have the time to just step indoors and close the door.
By the way, there are snakes, spiders, frogs, coyotes, bob cats, skunks, opossums, armadillos, pit bulls, hawks, mockingbirds, bees & wasps, mosquitos, etc. in my neck of the woods. I do not bother them. And they do not bother me.
YMMV