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dihappy wrote:Right, i may forego the shotty for another handgun and a small safe/lockbox instead. If she gets her CHL, we wont have to worry too much about the safe in the home as she could keep her gun in her car in a lockbox like i have my my car.

She can do that without a CHL.

Also, if you choose a handgun, it's a lot easier to hide in the house if you want to do that. You can put it inside a stuffed animal or something.

Personally, I would not forgo the devastating power of the shotgun.

- Jim

Dihappy, exactly what is your concern about a safe? Preventing theft when you are not home?

Most apartments won't easily accommodate a gun safe, and it costs a lot to get them moved if you don't have some husky friends who will work for beer and pizza.

You can get a Stack-on safe or even a locker that will slow down a snatch-and-run burglar. Those things do have "steal me" written on them, and they won't stop a determined thief who has time to crack them.

Many homes also offer places of concealment, though experienced burglars are pretty good at finding them.

- Jim

USA1 wrote:he came face to face with some (guest in our country) as he described them.

He can determine immigration status on sight? ICE would probably give him a job.

- Jim

dihappy wrote:Thank you for the response.

You're welcome.

Im in Austin, ...

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I think she just needs to get her CHL.

It's just an expensive piece of plastic.

- Jim

Push-in home invasions and trying doors are pretty common in apartment buildings. When we lived in an apartment in Chicago in the early 1980s, I found people trying doors a couple of times. They realized they had an urgent need to be somewhere else when I questioned them.

... each time she looked there was no one there.

Please tell me she didn't open the door.

You don't have as much control of your environment in an apartment as a house that you own, but do you have or can you install a peephole?

And i need to get her a gun even though she doesnt have her CHL yet.

Everyone needs a shotgun. But as someone on this forum wrote, having a weapon does not make you armed any more than having a guitar makes you a musician.

If a person does not have the fighting spirit, no amount of hardware will make up for the lack.

IIRC, you live in Dallas. Can you turn your girlfriend over to Crossfire for a day or two?

- Jim