Tim, Tin...You have every right to Choose to Carry and/or use a gun to defend yourself, your property and loved ones or Not use a gun when you've been attacked or invaded but just remember that guy had No Good Reason to be in Chub's home... he wasn't up to Any Good. I won't go with maybe's or probabilities in those situations. I respect your right to choose though. Just like I respect the others here who choose to use. Thank God he saw them come home and ran... who knows what he would of done to them if surprised.
Had it been me and he was inside when I walked in my home... he would of left with assistance either to the hospital or morgue. I wouldn't of assumed he probably meant no harm nor would I think someone would show up with a gun to save me. I also wouldn't of needed to change my panties. I look at that situation as he made his decision and I made mine.
My home is high fenced, gated and extremely secure in a Very Safe (according to insurance and statistics) neighborhood...but one night about 1:30am while out in the shop, my dog who was laying there under the boat all of a sudden took off barking and growling towards the driveway gates...I looked up at the security cameras monitor and it was some guy trying to climb the gates with just a pair of...all I can describe them as...Daisy Dukes on... nothing else. He had seen me, but not my Rottweiler. I hadn't heard or seen him, but she had.
I got my gun out of the holster and he took off towards my elderly neighbors home. I called 911 and I also flipped on the side flood lights on the shop that partially lit up their place and he was trying to scale their high fence. Anyway LE caught him and he was a home invader/rapist that had broken in and raped several women, teenage girls and beaten men in their homes. He didn't have a gun, but he had a 6" hunting knife. Thank God for my Dog and my Gun... That guy wasn't just dropping by to visit. He was also wasted on something
It doesn't matter where you live or how secure or safe you think you are... it can happen anywhere. I carry when Metal Detecting... even in local parks.
Chub now has to rightly think that it's probably gonna happen again since that POS will tell everyone he can what's in Chub's home. So in my opinion Everyone In His Home needs to know how to use a gun that's best suited for them to protect themselves...that means situational training for all obviously since kids are there... even though it sounds like he lives in a secure area. Again, Just My Opinion and His Decision. My father insisted on it when I was growing up but I realize not everyone believes that way.
I just went through this with my elderly mother... we've always had guns in the home as hunters and for home protection. Now that she's older, she can't handle a larger firearm... so as her physical abilities have changed due to age she now has a snubnose .38 revolver that I hope she never has to use... but even though in a struggle it could be taken from her, she at least has a better chance than with nothing. The home is alarmed and is as secure as possible.
If law abiding citizens give up the right to carry and use firearms... only criminals will have them and use them. Every veteran has fought for that right to choose. In my opinion with all the drugs like meth out there it's worse than ever before.
I sincerely hope nothing ever happens to you or your loved ones that makes you wish you had a gun to protect them or yourself. I really mean that.
Kace