cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
exactly. I have a bedside gun, and none when I’m anywhere else. There is just no way I could stay sufficiently on top of the tactical situation.@cannabineer ... Here's a perfect example to your response. I have guns just about anywhere within reach. I train when the weather is nice, and I have plenty of that caliber of ammo. But one day, me and the Mrs. were coming back from out of town, and she needed to stop at the Dollar Store for something. I waited in the car for her. This truck pulls up beside me (pass side) gets out like he's going in the store and suddenly, he's in my front pass seat.... I wasn't ready. I had a gun in the console, but it happened so fast. ... Im ashamed to say I locked up. He looked at me and said "sorry, I thought this was my brothers car"... I just said "That's a good way to get shot". You almost have to have your head on a swivel ... which is no way to live.
When I walk the pup (he’s blind), the threat is the local pair of coyotes. I take a fixed-blade knife (of legal size) for a security blanket. So far they’ve kept their distance.