That is where the anti-gun gets it wrong not surprisingly. Having ready loaded firearms has nothing to do with fear, and everything to do with being prepared. The level of preparedness some reach can be excessive, but most of the time it has nothing to do with fear. I'm not afraid of anything really short of a "Red Dawn" invasion or something of that sort. My level of preparedness has me pretty well prepared for anything short of that. Even then I don't fear such an event, because my logic tells me such an invasion is not very likely to happen. I like yourself am at peace with the fact that I could parish tomorrow. Us gun owners would like to have a fair chance at surviving a home invasion rather than not. Some guys take it to the extreme like on that "Doomsday Preppers" show and prepare to survive an apocalypse. I figure if things get that bad, who whats the point in surviving anyway?

In any event, I love your dog Sam. It must be a golden retriever thing laying against the door like that. My old Bailey used to do the same thing. Speaking of guard dogs. It sounds like the poodle must of spotted a threat. Now you want to talk about delusional. That idiot is certain the squirrels are planning to invade us.