Re: home alarm systems are for sissys

[invalid@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Beachcomber)]

>While I live in Canada, and have to abide with untold useless firearms
>restrictions, one of the things that Canada does well is mandate safe
>storage and safe training and use. If I were to be at all critical
>about the situation in the USA, it would be the far too casual
>attitude that most gun owners take towards safe handling and storage
>of their guns. Enjoy your guns (as do I) but remember, they are a
>tool. Like a poisonous snake, they require careful handling, but can
>be easily handled safely with proper training. But forget the rules
>for one second, and they can turn and "bite" you just as easily.
>
>I suggest you also give some thought to other far more effective
>things you can do to build up your home defenses.

Good points.

Around here (Oregon & SW Washington), lots of people have guns to
protect their homes.

The problem is, often the wrong people get access to the guns and bad
things happen.  This can be a distraught spouse, a psycho intruder, or
even your own child.

The "bad things happen" incidents easily occur with a much greater
frequency than the "homeower shoots intruder and protects his family"
incidents.  Not that this is any reason to ban guns or impose sever
restrictions, though.   The reality of an armed population is a fact
of life, however.

Suprisingly, this has even happened on more than one occasion to
members of law enforcement agencies (who you think should know better)
in situations where their curious kids found the household gun storage
place and wound up shooting themselves, their little sister, or the
neighbors kid.

Beachcomber