How far are you from the nearest gun?

[JohnP82]

Close enough my lazy ass doesn't have to get up to get it.
Right now it is sitting next to me.

 

[sepe]

You could be closer to a gun than you think.
I mean people could carry in your class, you're just talking about the guns you know.

There are 2 people around me when I'm in class that MIGHT be carrying. Most seem to get a shocked look when they hear someone talking about guns and some have even seemed offended when they've seen me with a gun magazine (Pocket Pistols was the latest) or when I wear one of my several firearms related hoodies or t-shirts. I've been around a most in my classes for several years now (only a semester or 2 left) and they've only slightly warmed up to the idea that someone near them likes guns.

Yes, there may be some on campus but it is highly unlikely in my classes.

 

[rby1rby]

Sitting here at the desk, 5 feet

 

[Sticky]

The width of the kydex used to construct my IWB holster.

 

[tenring]

6", sits by the 'puter.

 

[HandK]

Ether on me or a hands length away 24/7

 

[DepTaylor]

How thick is the elastic on a pair of Hanes boxer briefs?

Exactly that far away.

 

[mag556]

However far it is to my right hip.

 

[ikky68]

Haha. Nice question.

A t-shirt separates me and my gun. I have a few more about 5ft away.

 

[finnegan]

If I'm walking, 10 feet and around a corner. If I Kool-Aid man through the drywall in either direction from the office, 4 feet.

 

[superjoe76]

If I'm walking, 10 feet and around a corner. If I Kool-Aid man through the drywall in either direction from the office, 4 feet.

Oh Yeah!

 

[jgreiner]

Yes, I know that asking that question in INGO is liable to get snarky answers measuring in millimeters.

But for the general populace, here is a mathematical way to figure out the distance between the average person and the nearest gun. Perhaps someone mathematically inclined can give the figures for Indiana residents.

http://community.compuserve.com/n/p...nav=messages&webtag=ws-sciencemath&redirCnt=1

Right now? I am about 3 miles from my closest gun. I can't take it to work, or even store it in my vehicle, without risking losing my job. I wish that weren't the case.

Now, from the nearest gun? Not really sure. We have a Homeland Security office up one floor, I assume those dudes carry. But maybe not. I am guessing some students do carry, not sure if they are in building at this time.

 

[Cat-Herder]

The gun and I are one.

 

[2cool9031]

Let's see...If I took the guns I own and spread them equally around my property I would say there is one for every 750 square feet. So that would mean that I would never be further than 27 feet from one.

 

[Bane_FTW]

Really close

 

[Effingham]

Ten inches. Maybe a foot, depending on where I put the ashtray.

 

[SouthernIndy]

Not very far.

 

[Faine]

yarp

On the arm of my chair loaded, chambered. 2 in the next room loaded chambered. As some dude on INGO once said "100% of home invasions happen in the home."

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

My IWB is open ended, so I have skin contact with my EDC whenever I'm not at work. That felony thing makes me leave it home then. On the throne, it's down by my left calf, when I shower it's right there on the counter. In bed I have an XDm40 I just have to slap my paw down on. In this chair, where I wind up spending a lot of time, there's an M4 in reach without stretching, and an Enfield right at the moment, but that won't stay.

 

[Jeremy1066]

It is a t-shirt's thickness away from my hip. And yes, it's a Glock.