And for dog/per owners, don't forget the stickers on the front windows/doors that let people/rescuers know there are pets there. Both for the pets sake and for the EMTs. We have a 100 lb Great Pyrenees - not something the EMT wants to walk into unexpectedly.

Good point, I wonder if there is any way to determine what difference in outcomes would have been if guns were not available.

Sadly (IMHO) with 300 million guns in circulation they are not going away, so, as I say, if you want them, go for it. I don't have to like it, but it is the law.

Same. Very helpful...

Ding! Ding! Ding!

Okay, now you're scaring me...:icon_wink::icon_wink::icon_wink:

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Okay, I am NOT belittling your post - honest, but I found it amusing.

First, I didn't see anything in the article that indicated why that mod would be better suited for seniors as opposed to anyone else. It appears to be a marketing piece targeting seniors that are concerned they might not know or be able to handle a handgun.

I expect training would be a good or better expenditure of money.

And second, I actually laughed out loud at the comment it makes the gun so much more comfortable to hold - I KNOW it is important, but I imagined the customer asking at the gun shop, "I need a gun to kill someone before they kill me, and it is very important that it be comfortable, in case I have to kill lots of someones."

I had a similar experience with my Goldie when I stepped out of the bathroom. Made a note to myself, next dog I have will not be the same color as the carpet.

I think they still sell Ritz dye, you could dye your Goldie fluorescent orange? LOL!

I feel for you, we have a Great Pyrenees and a big Labrador... we have considered night lights on the dogs.

I'm from NY. We never leave our front door unlocked. Paramedics can break down the door if necessary but it remains locked all the time except when I'm out front working on the yard.

The screen door can be breached VERY EASILY with a knife. Just one slit in the screen and they are in. We never lock the screen door.

i have more guns

I think the post was referring to The Villages. Absolutely, different places have different circumstances.

I am totally, 99.999%, not worried about my home being broken into. With the tightly pack thousands of homes around me, and living in a dead-end circle it would take the thieves a long time to find their way to my house and decide I looked tastier than the other hundreds of houses they passed on the way to it.

Then there is my 110 lb Great Pyrenees.

I would love to get a picture of the thief's face when they came inside our home and came face to face with him. He was raised as a guard dog and doesn't take kindly to anyone on his property. Known as gentle giants, they are very calm and easy-going - until they aren't.

15 years ago, we bought an attack dachshund, assuming the robber will bend over to make attack easier.

lol!