If you want to debate gun ownership, just say so!

I feel relatively safe in my house. There have been times in the past when I didn't, but overall, I feel pretty safe. I feel much MORE safe knowing any feral loser who tries to come down the hall towards our bedrooms will have to take a dozen or so rounds of .45 from my dad to get to us.

The only time I really don't feel safe is when running, and that's not cause of people I pass, it's because of the idiots who don't chain their dogs. Nothing says "leash" so much as standing out in the street being circled by a snapping German Shepherd and wondering if I have to, if I can get my hand down to my Spyderco without getting it torn off. I'm planning on picking up a canister of pepper spray or two when I get out to the gunstore next - a much better defense than a knife.

Adrian