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Do you keep a gun by your bed?

Do you keep a gun by your bed

  • I lean right and keep a gun by my bed

    Votes: 20 33.9%

  • I lean right and keep no gun by my bed

    Votes: 8 13.6%

  • I lean left and keep a gun by my bed

    Votes: 9 15.3%

  • I lean left and keep no gun by my bed

    Votes: 22 37.3%
  • Total voters
    59
PoS said:
Yes, across my night table to the left side of the bed is my backpack containing my sawed off Saiga-12 and the easy chair at the right side of the bed has my holstered 1911-A1. :mrgreen:
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I always did like the snake charmer. Not much knock down power against a human being, but it could get a point across w/o having to kill. I like the idea of not killing another human, if a point can be made that we can if we really needed to.
 
CRUE CAB said:
It always does, till its not.
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So true. I felt safe in my home until about 3 months ago when my house was burgalarized while I was at work. These are hard times we are living in. We must always be on guard.
 
TheDemSocialist said:
I have a 1 in 18,989 chance of being murdered. Ill take those odds. I feel safe.
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You roll the dice with yours and your family's lives. I wont. Funny thing is, is when it does happen to your types. Yall squeal the loudest and want more "laws" to protect you when you should have protected yourself.
 
Glen Contrarian said:
No it's not, and no I don't. And statistically speaking, chances are much greater that a gun inside the house will be used against either people inside the house or their friends or acquaintances than that the gun will be used in self-defense in a robbery, home invasion, or assault.

That, sir, is likely why homicide rates are significantly higher in gun-friendly states than in gun-unfriendly states. For instance, the number of homicides in NYC is roughly equal to the number of homicides in the entire state of Louisiana...but when one adds in the fact that NYC has almost twice the number of people Louisiana does, one realizes that Louisiana's homicide rate is almost twice that of oh-so-scary NYC.
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Considering the number of carry permits in TN runs about 468,000, and the overall gun related homicides in TN, and the number of crimes that involve fire arms runs about 20,000 (including assault) and I'd definitely call Tennessee a gun friendly state, I'd say your example may have been cherry picked.

http://www.tn.gov/safety/stats/DL_Handgun/Handgun/Current_HG_PermitHolders.pdf
http://www.tbi.tn.gov/tn_crime_stats/publications/2013 Crime in Tennessee (SECURE).pdf ref page 17 of the PDF
 
CRUE CAB said:
You roll the dice with yours and your family's lives. I wont. Funny thing is, is when it does happen to your types. Yall squeal the loudest and want more "laws" to protect you when you should have protected yourself.
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I feel perfectly protected. I have a .00005266% of being murdered. I have a better chance of dying from Kindey related diseases, or cancer, drowning, or dying from a car ancident. Ill take those odds.
 
TheDemSocialist said:
No. I just think its hysterical that if i dont sleep with a gun next to my bed "i might die".
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Leaving yourself undefended is surly a way to die. I live in a "safe" neighborhood. But my heat is right there for the moment its not.
 
CRUE CAB said:
Leaving yourself undefended is surly a way to die. I live in a "safe" neighborhood. But my heat is right there for the moment its not.
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Well ill take my chances of someone ever coming trying to kill me while I sleep.
 
Amanda1858 said:
I wouldn't be able to sleep well if I knew someone else (other than a family member) had a key to my home. I'm too scary.
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You have no choice in apartment complexes. If there's a major leak and or problem while I'm gone, they need access to limit the damages. Also routine bug spraying and filter changes are done when you're not home.
 
Glen Contrarian said:
No it's not, and no I don't. And statistically speaking, chances are much greater that a gun inside the house will be used against either people inside the house or their friends or acquaintances than that the gun will be used in self-defense in a robbery, home invasion, or assault.

That, sir, is likely why homicide rates are significantly higher in gun-friendly states than in gun-unfriendly states. For instance, the number of homicides in NYC is roughly equal to the number of homicides in the entire state of Louisiana...but when one adds in the fact that NYC has almost twice the number of people Louisiana does, one realizes that Louisiana's homicide rate is almost twice that of oh-so-scary NYC.
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"Overall crime rating at University of Puget Sound is worse than most

Safe college campuses have less crime. University of Puget Sound earns an overall crime rating of F+ when we compare reported on-campus, city, and regional crime against all other schools nationwide.

Campus City Region Overall


F+ F+ D- F+

http://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/university-of-puget-sound/student-life/crime/
 
sawyerloggingon said:
Why beside the back door instead of by your bed, just curious.
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Raccoons. On this island they're the nearest thing to a predator, besides the luftwaffe (eagles, hawks, owls, etc.). Beside the door so I don't have to go through the house in my boots if I need it.
 
Glen Contrarian said:
No it's not, and no I don't. And statistically speaking, chances are much greater that a gun inside the house will be used against either people inside the house or their friends or acquaintances than that the gun will be used in self-defense in a robbery, home invasion, or assault.

That, sir, is likely why homicide rates are significantly higher in gun-friendly states than in gun-unfriendly states. For instance, the number of homicides in NYC is roughly equal to the number of homicides in the entire state of Louisiana...but when one adds in the fact that NYC has almost twice the number of people Louisiana does, one realizes that Louisiana's homicide rate is almost twice that of oh-so-scary NYC.
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I think you're mistaken.

The 5 states with the highest per capita gun homicide rates are DC, LA, MO, MD and SC (in decreasing order). The states rated highest by the Brady Campaign (Ostensibly the most gun un-friendly) are CA, NJ, MA, NY and CT.
Gun violence in the United States by state - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://www.bradycampaign.org/sites/default/files/2011_Brady_Campaign_State_Scorecard_Rankings.pdf

Now, Brady doesn't count DC. I don't know exactly what their reasoning is but DC is about the most gun unfriendly place in the states and it has a gun homicide rate more than DOUBLE that of the next highest state. If I were the Brady campaign I wouldn't list it either. But that's neither here nor there in these discussions. Let's look at the other states we're talking about:

Louisiana is a pretty gun friendly state. In 2012 Baton Rouge had 66 homicides and New Orleans had 193. The rest of the state had 236. The cities of Baton Rouge and New Orleans account for 600k of Louisiana's 4.6M residents or 13% of the total population but more than 50% of the homicides. In other words you're 4x more likely to be a homicide victim in either of the major metropolitan areas than you are elsewhere in the state. That would indicate that it isn't gun laws that are a problem in LA, it's urban blight.
http://lcle.la.gov/programs/uploads/Crime_in_Louisiana_2012.pdf

Missouri is slightly less gun friendly than Louisiana. In 2012 there were 389 murders in MO. 113 of those murders were in St Louis and 105 were in Kansas City leaving 171 for the rest of the state. Those two cities account for 782k of Missouri's 6M population or 13% of the total population with more than 50% of the homicides. Again, this isn't a problem with gun laws, it's an urban blight thing.
Missouri crime rates and statistics - NeighborhoodScout

Maryland is ranked 7th as the most gun unfriendly state and is one of only 11 states receiving 2 or more stars from the Brady Campaign. This state had 372 homicides in 2012. 218 of the homicides occurred in Baltimore. Baltimore has a population of 625k or roughly 11% of the nearly 6M total population of the state. They also have more than 50% of all the homicides. Once more, were looking at gun laws being less of an issue and urban blight being more of an issue.
Maryland crime rates and statistics - NeighborhoodScout

South Carolina is the last state in the top 5 for our purposes. There were 322 murders in SC for 2011 and Brady has them in a tie for 22nd most gun un-friendly. South Carolina doesn't really have much in the way of major urban areas but their homicides spike in 4 particular counties (Charleston, Greenville, Horry and Richland). Those counties account for 32% of the state population and 34% of the homicides. One interesting thing about South Carolina is that firearms seem to be used in only 67% of homicides as opposed to 80% or so in the other states we were looking at.
http://www.sled.sc.gov/documents/CrimeReporting/SCCrimeBooks/2011/2011%20Crime%20in%20South%20Carolina.pdf

Based on this small sample I think you'll get the idea that gun laws ARE NOT a good indicator of how likely a homicide is to take place and that high population densities are a MUCH better indicator.
 
AliHajiSheik said:
No gun by the bed and I sleep on the left side of the bed.
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Why do you sleep on the left side of the bed ?

Do you sleep on your back, side or stomach ?

Right handed or left handed ?

This could answere why you don't sleep with a gun by your bed.
 
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