Elmgrovegnome
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The worry is usually that more guns means more confusion. So someone who has a firearm but inadequate training (because getting a permit really isn't that hard) to handle an active shooter, they could miss and hit an innocent person instead. Or if there is multiple people with firearms, people are likely to get confused in the chaos and start engaging each other not knowing who the shooter is. They are legitimate concerns to these types of situations, which is why I always implore those who are sincere about getting their permit to take the training seriously, continue with it afterwards, and be really thoughtful about when they pull that weapon. People who have the idea to defend themselves or their family and only use it as a last resort are smart and ready to carry. People who think they're going to be a hero and save the day in some worst case scenario aren't in the right frame of mind and probably shouldn't get a permit.
Many good points here. The gov't really screwed the common man with forcing ammo prices to soar. I used to practice regularly and I don't anymore because the cost of the ammo is outrageous. It is finally coming down a bit but still not what it was. I don't feel as comfortable as I used to. I have a fingerprint coded pistol safe next to my bed and one night the alarm went off and I fumbled opening the safe and then took the gun out and realized that it was not such a familiar feeling, like it used to be brandishing a weapon. I used to do IDPA shoots and set up scenarios on my own range and such. Anyway I didn't like the feeling.
Add to it the chance of gunfire in the home with kids present and it is even worse. I quickly realized that we needed a plan, that we hadn't had. When the alarm goes off the kids need to move out of the line of fire and down into a safe corner of their room or into the room with my wife.
My main hope is that the alarm would be enough to scare off an intruder. I had an intruder a year and a half ago at 2 am and my guns were in the safe in the basement. But the dog scared the guy off. He was after drugs. It took the cops over 45 minutes to get to my house. I don't want to shoot anyone but I will if I have to. But you need a plan for in the house and you need to practice scenarios on a range because when that moment hits you don't have time to think. You need to react, in the safest possible manor. Inexperience is a formula for disaster.
BTW that guy is still roaming around free on bail. The court system sucks. They nabbed him in 4 days because I figured out who it was pretty quickly. They had all the evidence of my stuff in his car and other peoples stuff in the neighborhood. Yet he goes free on bail with a prior history of burglary and 5 years served on the state level. Unbelievable! So continuance after continuance and plea change after plea change and here we are hoping he goes to trial for the next term......just like every other term since the event.