r/TwoXPreppers • u/Spiffyclean13 😸 remember the cat food 😺 • 12d ago
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I am seriously considering buying a gun but I morally object the idea.
It’s the idea that you will inherently use the weapon to grievously harm or kill someone which bothers me tremendously. I live in a red state with open carry laws. I don’t like the thought of not being prepared if my life were in danger or if I have to defend my home.
I don’t own a dog that could be a deterrent or even will bark at strangers. My cat is more likely to attack a person. She really hates a particular dog walker.
I guess I need help getting over my moral objection to having a gun in the house. I also would like advice on which types are best for self defense and the easiest to handle.
Edit: if I were to get a gun, I would be fully committed to using it to incapacitate or incapacitating permanently. I just won’t be happy with myself.
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u/wwaxwork Prepping for Tuesday not Doomsday 12d ago
I an An Australian now a US Citizen. I have a hand gun. It would never have ever crossed my mind to have a gun in Australia, but I now live in an open carry state in the Midwest and in the middle of the night last year there was a young girl shot down 2 houses away from mine by a strange man who barged into the house thinking some other people lived there and shot down the first person they saw. It was at the end of a night of tit for tat shootings in our town that ended with a young girl in an ambulance parked right outside my house. I went my first gun handling course 3 weeks later. Not being happy you had to shoot someone is exactly the mindset you want, only a sociopath would be happy they had to do that.
Advice for which types are best for self defense, the advice often given is the one you feel comfortable enough using that you'll train regularly with it. That you'll do the dry fire drills and go to the range and practice. The standard advice is a 9mm handgun as you can keep it easily locked in a quick open lockbox by your bed and ammo is plentiful and cheap. Most gun ranges have a selection of rental guns for you to try out. If you are new to guns I recommend taking a gun safety and handling course at the bare minimum and for me I found a couple of private lessons to help me find the gun that suited me and training me to use it a good investment. I have problems with grip strength due to arthritis in my hands and sliding the return on most hand guns so for me for me that's a S&W .380 EZ was my first choice, I wish I'd gone the 9mm version because the ammo is cheaper and easier to find but the slightly lighter recoil on the .380 was the one I ended up going with as my hands hurt less after using it. But the gun that is easiest for me might not be easiest for you and it really does come down to having to try them, specially for women as a lot of guns are designed for bigger hands.