Originally Posted By: Teslinhiker
Originally Posted By: brandtb

The first thing when entering the room is to clear it with gun in hand.

Is the personal security situation in the USA that bad where people have to use a gun to enter a hotel room? If this indeed the case and considered normal behavior then I would be a lot more worried about being shot then the hotel catching on fire.


Unfortunately, the 'personal security situation' in USA hotel rooms is hard to know when one is traveling in 'Terra Incognita.' Although most hotels these days use a computer-enabled card to enter the room, I prefer to see for myself. Colonel Jeff Cooper had rules for safe gun handling. The first was: "ASSUME THAT ALL GUNS ARE ALWAYS LOADED. The only exception to this occurs when one has a weapon in his hands and has personally checked its condition. As soon as he puts it down, Rule 1 applies again."

I apply this rule to my stays in any hotel/motel.

Granted, the chances of being involved in a fire are much more likely than in encountering a miscreant. Nevertheless, I would much rather have a gun and not need it, than . . . (you know the rest).
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