Every time there's another mass shooting, the gun control crowd talks about restricting the Second Amendment; enacting what they call "common sense" gun law.

The only thing is, those laws are only common sense to those whose main goal is to take guns out of the hands of law-abiding citizens. As we all know, those laws aren't going to stop criminals and are only going to criminalize honest, hard-working Americans who want to keep their guns.

There are two results of this political posturing. One is an increase in gun sales. People become afraid that they won't be able to buy their favorite gun and so rush out to buy it before it becomes illegal. Does anyone really think that these people are going to peacefully turn over their guns, just because a law is passed, outlawing them?

Former President Obama can justly be called the firearms industry's number one salesman, for the massive number of gun purchases that his anti-gun rhetoric caused. Had Hillary Clinton won the 2017 Presidential Election, we would see that continuing.

But But due to the fact that Donald Trump led a mandate in the White House, gun sales have entered into a slump. Even so, they still spike every time the gun grabbers start pushing new legislation to take away our guns.

The other thing that happens is that the gun owners in the country start looking for ways to hide their guns. After all, if it's going to become illegal to own those guns, there's a chance that the government will start trying to round them up.

If that's the case, then of course none of us want them to find where we keep them.

But, while that's a good reason to want to hide our guns, it's not the only one. There are two other basic reasons to hide guns in and around your home:

To have them available for use, in case of home invasion.

To hide them from thieves, children and others who shouldn't get their hands on them.

So, if we're going to take a look at hiding guns, we really need to look at all three reasons for hiding them, as well as what will work in each case. While there are some ways of hiding them that might work for more than one of these three reasons, there are others which might be perfect for one of them, but not work for another.

Ideally, you're probably going to want to use a combination of methods for hiding your guns, keeping some available (but hidden) for home defense, while others are stashed away where no government agent is going to find them. That means having enough guns to meet both needs, but that's not an issue for most of us, as most gun owners have multiple firearms in their collection.