Concealed Carry in home?

[tortoisethunder]

My city and suburban friends, do you carry a concealed handgun around the home? This would be in the home, and backyard? Can you be in your front yard, legally?

If so what do you carry? This would be for non CCW persons?

[USN CHIEF]

Nope. I just have guns laying all over the house when I am home. They are all in Condition 1. The laws? It is my house, my laws.

[s&w5906]

Never carry concelled, always in plain sight on the waist band.. You can be on in your front yard just dont reach for it and you wond be "Brandashing". I carry my Xd40 or S&W 5906, depends what im wearing that day...

[gcvt]

I live in a one bedroom apartment in San Francisco, so my 'property' consists only of everything within the interior walls and my balcony. I do not carry concealed in the apartment but I have three firearms spread throughout my 750 sq. feet space at the ready.

[Seesm]

concealed in your home is bad too? That is stupid.... I carry all the time on my property.... better to ask for forgiveness later than be dead.

[Omega13device]

My city and suburban friends, do you carry a concealed handgun around the home? This would be in the home, and backyard? Can you be in your front yard, legally?

If so what do you carry? This would be for non CCW persons?

See this post: http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/s...60&postcount=6

In short:
Inside your house/apt: Carry concealed or open ok, loaded ok
Front lawn/driveway/any other "public" area: Carry open ok, carry concealed ok, loaded NO

[paintballergb]

I don't really see the point of carry concealed in your home. When your out it the streets it makes sense but if I need it at home then I want to be able to pull it as quick as possible. If I were to actually carry my weapon at home then it would be open on my hip.

[Turbinator]

I don't really see the point of carry concealed in your home. When your out it the streets it makes sense but if I need it at home then I want to be able to pull it as quick as possible. If I were to actually carry my weapon at home then it would be open on my hip.

I carry concealed (as opposed to open carry) at home for a couple reasons. First, it doesn't alarm my non-gun friends when they come over to visit - they don't see it. Second, carrying open isn't always convenient - the gun bumps into furniture, dings my cabinets, and gets in my way when I'm lounging on the couch. CCW IWB works much better.

Turby

[Beelzy]

Carrying concealed in the house is literally a PITA. If not there, the hip.

I have a flair for the dramatic and prefer the reach to the hidden cubby hole,
and make a flashy presentation.

[M1A Rifleman]

You can carry anyway you'd like in your home or on your property - no law againt it as your front yard is not a public right of way, its private property for a single family home. The question is why do you feel you need to carry at all in your home or in your yard????

[Omega13device]

The question is why do you feel you need to carry at all in your home or in your yard????

In the OPs defense I'll throw it back to you: why do you need to own a gun at all?

I don't think any gun owner should have to answer either of those questions.

[M1A Rifleman]

In the OPs defense I'll throw it back to you: why do you need to own a gun at all?

I don't think any gun owner should have to answer either of those questions.

Isn't that the point of this site, to exchange information and ideas? So I'd like to hear the OP's thoughts as to why he wants to carry around his yard - maybe he lives is a questionable place, I don't know, thats why I asked.

Whats it to you anyway, why do you care what questions are asked?

[Omega13device]

Isn't that the point of this site, to exchange information and ideas? So I'd like to hear the OP's thoughts as to why he wants to carry around his yard - maybe he lives is a questionable place, I don't know, thats why I asked.

Whats it to you anyway, why do you care what questions are asked?

The question calls him out to justify himself for doing something that's perfectly legal. I was mainly reacting to the "why do you need" part and if you worded it differently I might have had a different reaction. I only care about that type of "why do you need it" question because it's used by anti-gun people trying to undermine the 2nd Amendment. As if you have to demonstrate some "need" to own a gun any more than you have to demonstrate a need for free speech or a trial by jury. Since anti-gun folks try to press this "need test" on us all the time I think we should be careful about asking each other why we "need" to do something that's perfectly legal and within our rights.

Nothing wrong with having the discussion, but I don't think the OP should have to justify himself in front of anyone if he doesn't want to. Nor should you or I have to justify why we want to own guns. But if he wants to discuss it that's certainly his business.

ETA: Sorry if my tone bothered you. Personally the main reason for me to carry at home is that I'd rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it. I would feel pretty silly to have someone breaking into my home with me there and potentially be cut off from my safe due to the layout of my house. And sometimes I need to go outside briefly, and if you're going in and out it's easier to keep packing rather than taking it off and putting it back on.

[M1A Rifleman]

The question calls him out to justify himself for doing something that's perfectly legal. I was mainly reacting to the "why do you need" part and if you worded it differently I might have had a different reaction. I only care about that type of "why do you need it" question because it's used by anti-gun people trying to undermine the 2nd Amendment. As if you have to demonstrate some "need" to own a gun any more than you have to demonstrate a need for free speech or a trial by jury. Since anti-gun folks try to press this "need test" on us all the time I think we should be careful about asking each other why we "need" to do something that's perfectly legal and within our rights.

Nothing wrong with having the discussion, but I don't think the OP should have to justify himself in front of anyone if he doesn't want to. Nor should you or I have to justify why we want to own guns. But if he wants to discuss it that's certainly his business.

ETA: Sorry if my tone bothered you. Personally the main reason for me to carry at home is that I'd rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it. I would feel pretty silly to have someone breaking into my home with me there and potentially be cut off from my safe due to the layout of my house. And sometimes I need to go outside briefly, and if you're going in and out it's easier to keep packing rather than taking it off and putting it back on.

I think you need to lighten-up.

[eccvets]

just have em locked and cocked and ready to rock!