Until... we had someone messing around in our front yard early one morning " 1:00" .
She called 911 and while talking with them, the 911 operator asked her if we had protection and well she said yes, but it is in my husbands car...
Well after that night all things changed and now I can carry in the house, and I do until I get ready to settle down to bed and then it is only a reach away.
Oh, and the police even asked the same question when they arrived 30 MINUTES LATER!!!
Oh, turns out that our house was just " wrapped " toilet papered, still makes you think, at least that is all it took for my wife to be convinced.