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Old 04-09-2009 | 04:12 AM
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Default RE: Clear chamber or locked and loaded.

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I definately do not, (DO NOT) keep one in the chamber.

If I hear a noise in my house, I am getting my semi, and then chambering one. I have a wife who has night terrors on occasion, I have a young son who will be walking soon. I need to make darn sure of my target before firing. Irresponsibility like this is reason us gun owners have to work so hard these days.

I have witnessed 2 accidents with a firearm being fired in a house by keeping one in the chamber. And sadly enough, one time was my fault. Because I always insisted in one in the chamber. I get home from work one night when I was in college, and put my gun down I always carried, and my drunk room mate came in and all heard next was BOOM. Shot a 9mm straight thru the wall into the oven.
Have you considered one of those pistol vaults that use your fingerprints as the means of opening the safe?
Yes sir I am considering it. I think it would be money well spent. Piece of mind. If they work properly

I mean I am really torn on this. On one hand, I grew up in a house that always had a shotgun auto-5 in the corner. There was a pistol in the drawer. I never gave them no mind really. But if I keep the guns from my kids, from even being around them, now they are novelty. I have a gun safe.

I do not have one but they look like a good idea, especially for houses with children. My concern would be what happens if your fingerprint is lost due to the batteries going dead? Of course I'm assuming these safes use batteries!
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