28 May 2010, 9:46 am
When my Dad died, I came into a few hundred thousand dollars. I decided to become a home owner. I bought (free and clear, no mortage) a house. Up Side: No rent, no mortgage. Down side: I bought a 780 square foot (tiny) little ghetto house in a bad part of Los Angeles (Echo Park). Got burglar bars and doors, a fence, motion activated floodlights, an alarm, and a big dog from the pound. Right now, the California Economy is dead, so you can buy guns from people who just lost their jobs for practically nothing. I bought a Spanish Star Model B in .38 Super from a guy, along with several boxes of +P 130 grain Hollow Point bullets. I keep that, and a spare loaded clip, between my mattress and the springs during the day, and under my pillow at night. I keep it without a bullet in the chamber, so I won't have an accident. My best friend slept over (he lives on the other side of the San Gabriel Mountains in Palmdale, and it's a long drive). We went to a movie, and he said he was too tired to drive home. So he sees my home defense set up, and starts to criticize. He says if I start shooting, I am going to be sending bullets right throught the walls of my tiny little house, and will be killing my neighbors. He says I am really irresponsible, and that I should get out my shotgun instead. I inherited a Savage BSE double barrel shotgun in 20 guage. My friend says I should load that with birdshot. He says birdshot will kill anyone inside a house, but it won't penetrate walls. I don't know whether to take him seriously or not. He has his good points, and will give me the shirt off his back, but he also has a need to constantly one up me. I like the big (to me) .38 Super for several reasons. It feels good in my hand. I like that I can instantly reload it. To a small guy like me (five foot four, 119 pounds) it seems pretty powerful. And I can hold my big steel cop flashlight my cop brother bought me for a gift in my other hand. And I can hide it behind my back or down by my side if I am investigating my yard at night. I will look like a horse's patoot running around my tiny yard with a double barreled shotgun. They will call the men in the white coats. Also, my house was wood frame, which some genius added a ton of stucco to. I guess for insulation. I assume a hollow pont bullet would rip itself to pieces going thought the lath and plaster (really old house) wood frame, and then two inches of stucco. Also, I am not very big or strong. If I went after someone in the house with a shotgun, I am afraid they could take it off me. I don't have a lot of upper body strength. I keep this big hunting knife with leather washer grip I inherited in my nightstand. I had it shapened razor sharp at this cutlery place in the mall. If I actually thought someone were in my house, I would put the gun in my right hand, and my knife in the left. I am scared a big or strong man could wrestle the gun out of my hand. That way, if we were wrestling over the gun, I would simply stab the guy with a big razor sharp six inch blade. I can't do that with a big old shotgun with a long, clumsy barrel. I think my home defense set up is pretty good. Actually I DON'T intend on shooting someone. I may be very naive, but I think if I shoot my gun off into the floor, 99% of all intruders will exit stage left, with running feets out the door. I mean a .38 Super with +P is LOUD, at least in the indoor shooting range. So I think the odds of actually having to fire it at hip level are pretty small. Soulflow You have never been a victim of violent crime, I guess. I have. I was gay bashed and put into the hospital, after minding my own business and walking out of a club in West Hollywood. Never again. I will never be a victim. If you want to be a victim, go right ahead. Soulflow You have been a victim of violent crime multiple times, and you don't want to be able to defend yourself? I can only say that is not how my mind works.... Read More »
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