Decision To Own A Handgun

I can tell you an interesting story from 20 years ago. It was about 4 am and I woke to what I thought was a sound from downstairs. I reached over and verified my wife was still in bed and grabbed my Taurus PT 99 and moved outside the bedroom to the stairs.

Working my way down, I saw what appeared to be someone moving stealthily around the living room in the dark. I moved to a better position and flipped on the laser sight aimed at their head.

The laser hit the target and suddenly it looked like a laser sight was being pointed at me. I dropped to a one knee position and prepared to fire...but I didn't.

Turns out the intruder was a silver Mylar helium ballon left over from my wife's birthday and had deflated enough that it was now moving around the room about 6' off the ground from the HVAC air blowing. When my laser hit it, it reflected it back at me.

If it wasn't for my training and practice, I might have shot the sh*t out of the balloon and the other side of the room.

Point is that the training kept me under control. Sometimes, not shooting under stress is as equally important as doing it.