Let’s All Take a Deep Breath When It Comes to Risk and Firearms

By Dan Zimmerman

Reader DRF writes:

The topic of what to do with your gun when you’re not shooting it isn’t going away. Here’s a recap of recent doings on TTAG: Robert Farago doesn’t like off body carry. Massad Ayoob had a little video clip describing off-body options and drawbacks, and I got the sense he wasn’t that crazy about off-body carry. Johannes Paulsen doesn’t like off-body carry and recently chided someone for locking his gun up in his motel room from whence an employee stole it. Recently he got after an FBI agent whose sniper rifle was stolen for not taking it into his hotel room. I’m not sure what to make of that. The poor fibbie had the thing locked in a box. Seems like an adequate effort on the face of it. Lots believe a gun is either on your hip or in your safe…that’s it . . .

Let’s stipulate straight away that a gun in your safe is safer from theft than one sitting on your porch, or on the dashboard of your unlocked car. A gun on your hip may be safer than one in your briefcase. And a gun with a spiked barrel, no ammo and a …read more

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