# Okay to ask guest to leave their guns at home?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-to-ask-guest-to-leave-their-guns-at-home/518226>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 20, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-to-ask-guest-to-leave-their-guns-at-home/518226 "2009-11-20T00:08:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![JXJohns](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jxjohns/32/469_2.png) [@JXJohns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JXJohns)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-to-ask-guest-to-leave-their-guns-at-home/518226/621 "2009-12-14T22:16:05Z")

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> [@Zeriel](#):
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> …When you take that shot and turn around and see your partner has made it 20-25 feet in the time it took you to go from “definitely shoot” to executing the shot, you get a much clearer appreciation for the limitations of the firearm as a defensive tool.

Another key point that most non gun owners don’t get, but I would dare say many/most concealed carry types do.

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