Comments on: What a difference a gun makes

By: Don

Don — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 02:44:13 +0000

Lowes has a very well reviewed safe for $397.

I just got it a few weeks ago after going to long worrying about someone breaking in and stealing my guns. Been very happy with it so far.

Nice to not have to unload and hide the guns away when company with kids is over. Pop then in the safe and spin the dial.
New routine, guns in the safe on the way out the door then back out to the night table in the evenings when I get home.

If you are interested look for the Centurion Liberty Safe 12 Cu. Ft. Black Gun Safe at Lowes.com. The price is for store pickup. It does weigh 250lbs. so make sure you can get it home and set up safely. They will deliver and set it up for an extra fee in need be.

By: Dandapani

Dandapani — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 01:23:38 +0000

“God made man, but Samuel Colt made them equal”

By: Meryl Yourish

Meryl Yourish — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 00:04:34 +0000

I didn’t know there’s a shotgun LifeJacket. But I still want a gun safe.

My friend Sarah, who is also around my age, went shooting with me a few months back. We were declared ready for the Zombie Apocalypse. (Nice grouping, etc.)

Time to go again.

By: Sigivald

Sigivald — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 21:18:44 +0000

Shotgun LifeJacket? It appears a LifeJacket works fine on a shotgun - if you get the shotgun one. (No affiliation with "copsplus" and you can probably get it elsewhere - just the first search hit that looked relevant, and was.) Also, things like these or this do the job, AND deter or prevent theft.)

By: Meryl Yourish

Meryl Yourish — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:34:33 +0000

@BtheBeast: I’m a recovering Second Amendmentist. :-) I used to think handguns were evil. I came to realize that they’re a wonderful defensive tool.

I’m going to get a shotgun eventually, but I also need a gun safe when I buy that. I have kids over all the time. A LifeJacket works for a handgun, but not so much a shotgun.

By: Jay Tea

Jay Tea — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:48:35 +0000

Sheesh, not even a warning shot?

How’s that mug supposed to learn to NOT jump off shelves and disturb you?

You’re getting mellow and wimpy, Meryl…

By: boneman1

boneman1 — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 04:31:15 +0000

there is definitely peace of mind when you know you can defend yourself
it is the ultimate human right
hope we keep it

By: fiftyville

fiftyville — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 03:19:36 +0000

The sound of a pump-action shotgun soothes and calms. Doesn’t do much for the other fella, though, but it does prove the adage that the best way to lower your blood pressure is to raise it in somebody else.

By: BtheBeast

BtheBeast — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 03:13:33 +0000

Bravo to you, ma’am. A firearm it a wonderful form of self-defense. I carry my .45 and 2 spare mags everywhere. Many people say I’m paranoid, but I saw on the news today that just last night, a man was shot 4 times at the food mart literally next door to the dojo where I practice karate and jujitsu. Now I’m just waiting for TX to finish passing the college campus carry laws so my wife doesn’t have to be defenseless when she goes to teach.

You’re bio says that you identify yourself as left/center, so I must applaud you even more for understanding that a firearm in trained hands is an excellent self-defense tool and not something of which to be afraid.

By: COMETSTEEL

COMETSTEEL — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 02:43:03 +0000

8 rounds of 12GA double ought buckshot makes me sleep like a baby.