I conceal carry. I have many fire extinguishers too.
Look at places where guns are banned and you have the highest gun murder rates.
The bad guys call “gun free” zones a Target Rich Environment.
Guns are for hunting and sport, they are also to give us some chance when our own government inevitably turns openly hostile toward us.
We are already a police state, but things haven’t got quite bad enough for the gun owners to terminate our totally corrupt and treasonous government.
False Flag attacks are used to initiate fear and enables the gun grabbers to make another play at defanging the honest citizen, don’t fall for it, ever.
When the time comes for the Tree of Liberty to be watered with the blood of patriots and tyrants, let’s give the patriots a fighting chance.

Nobody is getting the drop on an intruder with a fire extinguisher, and as a response to having a gun drawn on you, very likely a deadly mistake. Let Mrs, Guardian know that poisoning is the #1 cause of deaths for 18 to 25 year olds in this country. Just as important to keep those pesticides out of the wrong hands as well.

Not sure that will work on our intruder bears up here in Boise County. Your welcome to give it a try…..

My wife who won’t touch a gun keeps a golf club by the headboard and I have one in my office. A head shot or a shinbone whack would have to suffice. Never trusted my judgement on the road with a firearm but I carry a 12 inch knife in each vehicle under the floor mat–makes me feel better anyway

I always conceal carry my Obama approved Red Pen. If anyone is stupid enough to break into my home I’ll draw a line faster than anyone else. It may not of worked by stopping Russia from taking over Crimea, Lil’ Kim from developing nukes, or Iran Nuclear research but I’m certain we just need to keep drawing lines. Eventually these bad guys will give up.

Try to use right tool for the job. The wrong hammer will be so much more work, bent nails, sore fingers, etc. Also Attempts to avoid and deescalate will be rewarded by the judge.

That said:

Minimum age for a carry permit should be about age 25. A stupid people test should be administered. Those showing signs of incapacity of good judgment should be denied (Hot Heads). Perhaps show them an episode of Jerry Springer, if they seem to be entertained and excited by the show then no permit. Certified alcoholic? No permit. Also Rx and illegal drug use screening because a yuge number of people pop pills and are in a haze 24/7. Controlled substance or black label drug use disqualifies, even if legit.

Carry-a-gun permit needs a lot more training on the law and consequences for errors. A lot more stupid people screening too. As was recently demonstrated by a Boise roadrage shooting and resulting murder trial. Untrained and/or unstable and/or stupid people with a gun and a carry permit think it gives them special powers. They become more brazen. They do not try to avoid or minimize a conflict because they think they are special with their permit and gun. They don’t know the law. They escalate problems. They go to jail. They lose large civil judgments. Here’s your sign!

I am pro gun, NRA, etc. but I try to go to the range when very few of the typical fools with a permit are there because way too many are careless reckless incompetent fools. I absolutely can’t stand reading the NRA magazines because they are so full of huff-n-puff marketing BS directed to these fools.

Careful with the oven cleaner, the nozzle is easy to point at self. Wasp spray is a safer design.

EDITOR NOTE–If memory serves, permits are no longer required in Idaho for concealed carry. The ENHANCED permit will allow concealed carry in places like college campuses.

Editor, please refrain from baiting crazzies! Responses lessen my faith in our educational system.

I might buy stock in aluminum since some of these folks undoubtedly line their interior walls with aluminum foil

I am not a proponent of semi-automatic handguns in the hands of untrained people. That said, I never knew how bad a shot I was until I had to qualify on a Sheriff’s qualification course. I never felt so clumsy and I have been a avid bird hunter for many years. When your adrenalin is pumping your ability to be accurate with a handgun at more than a few feet from the target falls off dramatically. Don’t believe it? Just go back to all the times law enforcement gets into it with a bad guy with handguns. Lot’s of bullets flying that don’t hit the bad guy.
If you feel the need for a handgun and aren’t trained on semi-automatic pistols then go for a revolver. Much safer in the hands of the inexperienced person. Better yet, just keep a shotgun handy with 00 buckshot.

I don’t think a fire extinguisher is going to be all that handy when you have to fiddle around with the pin, the hose and trying to aim for the face of an intruder. Calling 911 is going to summon help that is at best minutes away when you need immediate help.

Inviting an intruder to go face down on the floor at the business end of a shotgun can be a pretty convincing tool for any homeowner.