Trade Liberty for Security and have neither....

In my family home as I was growing up, we never locked the doors unless going on a vacation away. We also had dog or dogs that would bark, but I don't remember them getting to growling at anyone. Finally after moving into the city again, when a drunken coed came into the house and crashed on the sofa, which alarmed the dog and my father came down to investigate with drawn WWII Japanese saber (nah, he didn't know how to do anything with it, but it looked bad) they decided that the front door had to be locked against drunken and stupid young people.

That whole thing came to my mind as I was jogging proudly today, I was happy, the Sun was shining and except for the whistling wind I could make better progress than the earlier part of the week. Then I returned home and found I had the key to my wife's car in my pocket. The house was securely locked, I know I could bust open the door - having done it once in a panic to get to work - but I had no where to go. So I was stuck (lacking Liberty) for the Security of a home I couldn't even get into.

I did the smart thing, cut the grass, cleaned the roof a bit and the gutters. I could do all of that, because the tool shed wasn't locked. A lot less security but I had the Freedom to access and use my tools. What is that thing about locking up your firearms? Having control of them is going to be better. The picture is of a neighbor's home, flags flying, seems like very nice people.

Yes, my wife knew exactly what I had done when she came home to find me outside the house. Yes, I did get a lot of good work done under duress, now back to Genghis Khan.