How many guns do you keep around your bed?

[bu-bye]

So how many do you keep in arms length from your bed and what kind? I always try and keep two in my Gunvault on my night stand. One being my trusted Glock17 with 2 17rd mags and the other was my 1911 before I sold it. My new CZ97b will replace the 1911. I keep two because I want one to be there for my wife should I get hit.

I want to put my 870 in my bedroom but I have yet to find a fast and secure way to store it. I have two small kids so I want to be as safe a I can but I don't want to spent more then 5 seconds unlocking it.

[chau_mein]

I keep my Winchester 1300 under my bed hanging on to hooks bolted to the box spring.

[NRAhighpowershooter]

I keep my 11yr old trusty SA Inc 1911A1 I keep 1 mag in the firearm and 2 spares. All are loaded with PMC Starfires. This 1911A1 has well over 20K rounds through it and has never jammed on me or had any FTF or FTE issues. It use to be my PPC handgun.

[LOW2000]

12ga on one side, pistol on the other.

[JHC]

I keep a 1911 in a gunvault next to the bed and a 870 in the closet.

[DSA_FAL]

seven guns

[colossians323]

6 plus or minus on different occasions, since I juist can't type 6

[kantstudien]

I sleep inside my gun safe.

[capitol]

I sleep inside my gun safe.

LMAO!

......

[wuhungsix]

G21, Mossberg 500A, and Yugo SKS all with in reach.

[EBWhite]

A friend of mine keeps a loaded rifle under his bed with the safety on. He has two small kids. No the gun is not ever locked up but the kids were taught at an early age that they would get beaten bloody if they ever touched the gun unsupervised. And no, they have never touched the gun...

And they were also taught how to safely handle a gun just incase.

If more parents were strict about guns and punished their kids when they do something wrong, we wouldnt have to worry about all this gun lock nonsense.

[Black_Talon]

1911 in a Gunvault under the bed, 870 or M37 or High Standard Riot in the corner next to the bed.

[socal57chevy]

Colt Double Eagle .45 in range bag on top of 3 ammo cans beside my bed and a Walther P99 on top of the fridge. I spend a lot of time in the kitchen and it's hard to call a time-out so I can run to the bedroom for my weapon. I'll probably never have to rely on them, but...

[socal57chevy]

A friend of mine keeps a loaded rifle under his bed with the safety on. He has two small kids. No the gun is not ever locked up but the kids were taught at an early age that they would get beaten bloody if they ever touched the gun unsupervised. And no, they have never touched the gun...

And they were also taught how to safely handle a gun just incase.

If more parents were strict about guns and punished their kids when they do something wrong, we wouldnt have to worry about all this gun lock nonsense.

I'm sure people cringed when you said it wasn't locked, but there was a time not so long ago when guns were never locked up and kids were taught firearm etiquette at an early age.

[mow]

I don't keep any by the bed. :cool:

[wuhungsix]

Just curious if any of you guys ever fear you might sleep walk and reach for your gun? I just saw this thing on TV about sleep eaters.

[MidnightSon117]

I keep a USP 9mm downloaded to 14 rounds, and a surefire x200a attached.

[markymark]

Just curious if any of you guys ever fear you might sleep walk and reach for your gun? I just saw this thing on TV about sleep eaters.
That is what I'm afraid of. :(

[WallySparx]

i keep my mossberg 500 under my bed: full tube (alternating 00 buck and slugs), nothing in the chamber, safety off. it's in an empty compartment in the bed frame, where i have to pull out a drawer to get a hold of it. no children around to worry about.

[grammaton76]

No kids, but if I had any, this wouldn't be changing any. I'm in the Socal57chevy camp - back in Tennessee, you didn't lock up everything, your kids just knew not to touch the guns. Period. California's stupidity re: children and "childsafe homes" and crap, has even infected most gun owners.

CZ-97B and Para P-14 under the two pillows on my bed.

Sig 229 under the couch I sleep on when my gf's over.

CZ-52 on the desk by the bed, in case I haven't unpacked the other guns from a range night or something like that. Really bad choice for overpenetration, but that's to motivate me to make sure my CZ and Para are functioning normally and in their 'homes' before I go to bed at night. :)

[rorschach]

#1 Scattergun Tech 870, crammed with 6 rounds of Winchester 00 buck Ranger in the tube,6 more on the sidesaddle carrier, 5 slugs in the stock carrier, safety off, action locked on an empty chamber. Under the bed.

#2 a Kimber TLE/Surefire X200, with Wilson 8 rounders loaded with 7 rounds of Federal 230 grain Hydra-shock, empty chamber, safety off. Between the matress and box spring. 1 extra mag, a Surefire C2, and a cyalume chemical lightstick on the nightstand.


At the shop I have an 870P in the closet, an HK USP.45 with 230 ball in the drawer and Pops has a Robar-ized S&W M66 at the front desk.

[Jedi]

Beretta 96D between the bed and the night stand with 2 magazines of starfire and one magazine of silvertip hollow points.

As to kids and guns... well I have two boys, ages 6 and 8, who have been taught gun safety since they were old enough to walk. I have taken the "mystery" out of my guns by telling them that if they ever want to hold them, they simply need to ask. They also have had it ingrained in them the deadly results of playing with firearms.

[rssslvr]

2 a rem.870 and a glock 22

[HillBilly]

I just keep one gun near me...a GP100 at the moment with .357 hydrashocks, and a speedloader nearby. I will probably add an 870 to the mix at some point, too.

During the day it gets locked in the safe, and back by the bed when i get home for the evening. My biggest fear is coming home and meeting an intruder pointing MY gun at me, so I lock them up for that reason.

I know tons of guys who just casually leave their weapons around the house while they are gone, but man, I hope no one ever breaks in while they are gone!

I will also add that I grew up around probably 30 firearms, all in a unlockable oak cabinet. We KNEW not to touch them until dad got home, and we never did. Perhaps the problem nowadays is that kids seem to think its cool to "bust out their gats" and play gangbanger, all thanks to parents (or typically just a single mom) who could care less about their childrens friends and behavior. I smell another bumper stick idea...

"guns don't kill people...Bad Parenting does.":D

[JS-M1A]

Glock 20 +4 15rd mags 180gr gold dots next to
Surefire g2 +120 lumen bulb on night stand.
Feg hipower clone 15rds 124gr hydra-shoks under pillow.
Mossberg 500 in safe close to bed.
Mak-90 + 4 40rd mags in safe close to bed.
Wife with taurus 605 on other side of bed.
I only keep Feg with one in the pipe.

[EBWhite]

Guns dont kill people- bad parenting does...

Sweet :D

[m1371]

Beretta 92FS hanging off one side of the bed and an M4 propped up against the wall on the other side. Bodyarmor w/ an extra half-dozen magazines for both at the foot of the bed, bugout bag right next to it.

Condition 1 all the way.....

[donger]

...Sig 229 under the couch I sleep on when my gf's over...


Hey Gram, why do you sleep on the couch when the gf's over? Are you a big time snorer?;)

[mow]

Hey Gram, why do you sleep on the couch when the gf's over? Are you a big time snorer?;)

I was wondering the same thing!:confused:

[Kestryll]

It could be that Gram and his GF are doing things right and waiting on certain things.
In that case a gentleman would offer the lady the bed and sleep on the couch.



or he could snore.

[mow]

It could be that Gram and his GF are doing things right and waiting on certain things.
In that case a gentleman would offer the lady the bed and sleep on the couch.



or he could snore.

hahaha, didnt think of that

[50 Freak]

I kinda try to keep it light. Surefire 9P and Glock 20 under the pillow, Benelli M3 (with buckshot and slugs) in the closet and my FAL at the foot of the bed.

But the safe which is in my bedroom has the Mak90 and AR (each with their respective loaded drums and mags) ready to go.

Do you think I'm weird to also have a load bearing vest with 8 fully loaded mags for the FAL, holster and extra mags for the Glock and Cold Steel Trailmaster at the foot of the bed?:o :o Sometimes I worry myself.

[metalhead357]

Colt 45 (X2)

One I keep loaded....the other keeps ME loaded:p beside both of them I keep a can of hairspray and a lighter:D

In a former life before the wife it was a berretta 92 and a mossberg 500......

[JS-M1A]

Do you think I'm weird to also have a load bearing vest with 8 fully loaded mags for the FAL, holster and extra mags for the Glock and Cold Steel Trailmaster at the foot of the bed?:o :o Sometimes I worry myself.

you would be weird if you slept with a kevlar blankie :D

[Jeff Rambo]

USP .45 Compact on my side of the bed holstered with 9 hydra-shoks ready to go along with a S&W ExtremeOps folder. I currently keep a Mag-Light 2D, but it will be replaced this week with a DigiLight. On Thursday, we will be swearing in an FN TPS for bedroom duty. My fiancee will also soon have two 9mm's to select from. An FN FNP9 (relatively soon) and a CZ-75B (hopefully within the next month). Should the SHTF, these will be what allow us to fight are way to the "good stuff."

Just curious if any of you guys ever fear you might sleep walk and reach for your gun? I just saw this thing on TV about sleep eaters.

Funny you should mention this. I was telling my fiancee the other night that every now and then I have these thoughts every once in a while. Basically the thoughts center around me reacing over to my nightstand for my USP while asleep and shooting myself. Very weird. Anytime I have these thoughts, I simply drop the mag and unchamber the round in the chamber, put it in the drawer and goto bed. It happens a handful of times a year.

Those instances I can tolerate.

But the dreams that annoy the heck out of me is that common dream most gun owners have. It's the one where you are doing whatever it is you normally do on a weekend day and all of a sudden you get into a confrontation of some sort, thus you go for your gun. But as you are attempting to pull the trigger, you either 1) get greeted with the 100lb trigger pull or 2) nothing happens when you manipulate the trigger.

ARGH! AGGRIVATING! But I read in some gun rag that this is a very common dream for most gun owners. It probably happens two or three times a year for me.

[The Soup Nazi]

I don't have my gun, yet. I have Chuck Norris on speed dial thogh.

[creampuff]

ARGH! AGGRIVATING! But I read in some gun rag that this is a very common dream for most gun owners. It probably happens two or three times a year for me.

Ditto for me, except I keep stovepiping the pistol while I try to cycle the first round, and then I can't clear it. Never fails. I think I am 0-100 so far if I were keeping a running score on these bad dreams.

I keep a sig229 w/165 gr silvertips. Use to be a sig220, except lately I have grouping better with the 229.

[D.T. Rouland]

12 guage Berretta by the bed, either G34 with extra mag or S&W 4013 with extra mag in bed with me. I too have crashed out with the CZ52 at bedside but like stated before, it's more of a motivation to get up n get out one of the regulars.

[bu-bye]

My dreams are always about me in a gun fight and my bullets not doing anything when they hit the BG. No matter how much I shot them they don't even flinch. It always results in me having hand to hand combat with the guy/s until I wake up.

[HillBilly]

My dreams are always about me in a gun fight and my bullets not doing anything when they hit the BG. No matter how much I shot them they don't even flinch. It always results in me having hand to hand combat with the guy/s until I wake up.

All the more reason to be a ninja.:D

[rips31]

fn fiveseven usg w/ss195 between the mattress and headboard on my gf's side of the bed.
sig p229 & hk p2000 w/165 gdhp between mattress/headboard on mine.
remington 870 w/12ga low recoil winchester ranger in the closet (~4ft away).

gf can hit tin cans @ 40yd w/the usg...i feel pretty safe. :D

[m1371]

Do you think I'm weird to also have a load bearing vest with 8 fully loaded mags for the FAL, holster and extra mags for the Glock and Cold Steel Trailmaster at the foot of the bed?:o :o Sometimes I worry myself.

Keep that up and you might turn into a "meanie pants kinda guy" if you're not careful. :D

[wuhungsix]

But the dreams that annoy the heck out of me is that common dream most gun owners have. It's the one where you are doing whatever it is you normally do on a weekend day and all of a sudden you get into a confrontation of some sort, thus you go for your gun. But as you are attempting to pull the trigger, you either 1) get greeted with the 100lb trigger pull or 2) nothing happens when you manipulate the grigger.

ARGH! AGGRIVATING! But I read in some gun rag that this is a very common dream for most gun owners. It probably happens two or three times a year for me.


SOB!!..I have those dreams as well...My girlfriend thinks im crazy. I knew that Glock trigger was bad but why do I have to use all my strength to pull it. :confused: I also have the fending off a seige type dreams. Sometimes Im fighting off bands of marauders(sp?) or could be some weird insect monsters.:eek:

[Richie Rich]

Mossberg 590 12 ga under my side of the bed. Loaded with alternating .00 buck and dove loads. Ammo can with about 150 rounds sitting next to it. Empty chamber, safety on. Bersa .380 in g/fs nightstand drawer, empty chamber, safety on, extra mag next to it.

My offlisters are in a cabinet in my desk, I guess if all else failed I could throw them at the bad guys (still bare lowers at this point)....

[rod]

I keep a Mossy 500 in the closet and a Ruger P-90 next to it. It takes a few extra seconds to get to them but when I do, I'm fully awake and aware of what's going on. I'd hate to be half asleep and shoot someone I didn't want to.

Rod

[grammaton76]

It could be that Gram and his GF are doing things right and waiting on certain things.
In that case a gentleman would offer the lady the bed and sleep on the couch.

or he could snore.

Correct on BOTH counts!

My dad's a preacher - I get enough flak just because she spends the night! :)

[50 Freak]

But as you are attempting to pull the trigger, you either 1) get greeted with the 100lb trigger pull or 2) nothing happens when you manipulate the grigger.


I thought I was the only one. I've had the same dream on a few occasions where I had my Glock in hand but it had the 100lb trigger pull. I kept pulling the trigger but never hear the reasurring "click" then "bang".

[Racefiend]

I thought I was the only one. I've had the same dream on a few occasions where I had my Glock in hand but it had the 100lb trigger pull. I kept pulling the trigger but never hear the reasurring "click" then "bang".

LOL I thought I was the only one also. I get the 100lb trigger or 100lb slide spring. Or if I can shoot, I don't hit a damn thing. Sometimes I can't see anything either. Weird stuff. Have any of you ever succeeded in putting down the BG in any of your dreams. I never have.

Anyways, to stay on topic:

Mossy 500 under bed with a full tube and empty chamber. I want the sound of me racking it to ecko through the hallway. That should end most situations before they start.

TZ-75 and Makarov in a safe next to the bed. If I run out of ammo on the TZ, I can throw the Makarov at him while I reload.

[natrab]

Wow, and they say gun owners are crazy :rolleyes:

On that note, I keep a sig 239 9mm loaded and decocked in my DAC Sportsafe right next to my bed along with 4 more mags of speer gold dot 147gr JHP. I keep either my Surefire E2D or M4 on top of the safe. About 4 feet from my bed is my gun safe which has my Keltec with loaded mag but empty camber and about 6 more 10 round mags.

I like the 239 because it's small enough for me to stuff in the pocket of the basketball shorts I wear to bed. I've had it in my pocket numerous times when I've heard sounds out back and had to go check it out (the M4 light generally scares off any wildlife and/or teenagers).

[saki302]

Glock 17 close by, Winchester model 12 not much further (oldie but goodie!), and an old Ruger mini-14 when all else fails.

I have a few cool registered AW's, but I don't think it would look too great in court if I used one!
The mini does just as well with a 20 rd Ruger mag at <50 yards.

-Dave

[1911_sfca]

Thanks for the detailed treasure maps. Now I just need your addresses..

[odysseus]

First there are threads about what guns I have, and safe you have, then what job you have, then what car you drive. Now what guns I might have when I am asleep. Boy... I am glad I didn't post in those threads. :D :p

...this damn aluminum foil is chaffing at by ears... ugg...;)

[ajwells]

Glock 19 in bedstand with extra magazine and handcuffs next to it.
Benelli 12G shotgun next to bed. No kids, family or anyone living with me so I can keep it all loaded.

[bu-bye]

.......and handcuffs next to it.


Hey, what you do in your bedroom is your business. I just want to know about your guns:D

[Jeff Rambo]

Glock 19 in bedstand with extra magazine and handcuffs next to it.
Benelli 12G shotgun next to bed. No kids, family or anyone living with me so I can keep it all loaded.

Assuming it is not for extra-curricular activities, what do you plan on doing with the handcuffs?

[grammaton76]

Assuming it is not for extra-curricular activities, what do you plan on doing with the handcuffs?

I'd assume it's so that he has a means to detain burglars who actually listen when he yells "freeze" in the middle of the night. I certainly hope he has no desire to chase them around his house and engage in melee combat while holding a loaded weapon, in order to get the cuffs on them.

I've got no LE experience, but I imagine that when confronted with a homeowner with a loaded gun, criminals will probably start running, or they might attack, but they wouldn't be very likely to actually stand still and comply with requests to handcuff themselves, etc.

[CalNRA]

I usually have a Springfield 1911 in a holster nest to my pillow with a 10 round mag next to it, a Beretta 3032 under my pillow, and a Marlin 795 under the bed on a homemade rack. WHy the 22 rifle? I dont want to fire a 270 indoors...

[magmaster]

The HKUSP 45 is loaded with the old Black Talons and a spare mag with Hydra Shock/ball mix. Shotgun in the closet with some #4 shot (not to blow through the walls).

[brando]

My P7 is under my pillow, a shotgun is behind the bed, behind each door is an on-list AR, in each flower pot is a pistol, behind each couch is a sniper rifle and last but not least, my mortar is in my closet.

I'm so prepared, I own all you liberal cheese dicks ;)

[grammaton76]

I'm so prepared, I own all you liberal cheese dicks ;)

Yeah, well, I've got an attack iguana in addition to my guns. You can talk about weapon-based defenses all you want, but they really helped the guys on Jurassic Park, didn't they? :)

[brando]

Dude, do NOT knock the power of a SPAS-12 and SGI computers! I haven't started mentioning all of the sharp edges I've strategically placed around my house so that I can just push an intruder into them.

That and my Highlander sword is vorpal, biatch!

[grammaton76]

Dude, do NOT knock the power of a SPAS-12 and SGI computers! I haven't started mentioning all of the sharp edges I've strategically placed around my house so that I can just push an intruder into them.

I won't knock the SPAS-12, but can your SGI take on my dual-proc Sun 220R?

http://www.cheapspeech.com/Pics/US/SanDiego/House/Cleaning/200502//s_dsc08525.jpg

That and my Highlander sword is vorpal, biatch!

Oh, you have one too huh? I've got the spring-loaded Kurgan sword AND a typical knock-off Duncan katana! Beat THAT!

[brando]

Touche on the sword, but you can't out do my Quad CPU Onyx2 Reality Engine! Even though it cost $250,000 nine years ago, it makes a bad *** obstacle for an intruder - block an entire hallway!

[grammaton76]

Touche on the sword, but you can't out do my Quad CPU Onyx2 Reality Engine! Even though it cost $250,000 nine years ago, it makes a bad *** obstacle for an intruder - block an entire hallway!

Ok, you win on the SGI. But, you wanna duel in obsolete IT barricades? Fear my obsolete, unsupported Wright-Line server racks! There's three of these, but only two of them are in the picture. The third is circling behind, waiting to ambush the unwary.

http://www.cheapspeech.com/Pics/US/SanDiego/House/Cleaning/200507//s_dsc00950.jpg

On another note, I recently bent up some sheet metal stock to construct some latches so the front doors stay closed. I'm kinda debating on whether or not to fabricate some side walls, as I've got three racks and only one rack's worth of sides.

Oh yeah, and that pine looking desk behind the pappasan? Biomorph, straight from a dot-com liquidation auction! And I've got the Aeron to go with it, yeehaw!

[ligamentum flavum]

I haven't started mentioning all of the sharp edges I've strategically placed around my house so that I can just push an intruder into them.

HAHAHAHA! That's one of the funniest things I've ever read.

[rmeyer]

Some of you guys crack me up. Ready for a major firefight from a dead sleep. I keep a g22 next to the bed but just 1 mag. I figure if I need more then that i'm already dead. Baseball bat by the front door.

[blkA4alb]

I won't knock the SPAS-12, but can your SGI take on my dual-proc Sun 220R?

PSHHH, you can't touch this, not much of an obstacle though, I'll have to move them.

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h65/blkA4alb/Untitled.jpg

[MicronuT]

about 87...

[Jeff Rambo]

Short of tossing a BG handcuffs and telling them to secure themselves, you never want to attempt to restrain someone with handcuffs if you have no formal experience or training; especially by yourself and when firearms are involved. It is best to replace the handcuffs with a cell phone. Hold at gun point while on with 911 if the BG "agrees" to remain at your location. As a citizen, you need above average command presence with the full-ability to give clear verbal commands.

Many "veteran" BGs will sense an "easy mark" quickly and simply flee, putting you in a position to 1) do the stupid thing and shoot or 2) do the stupid thing and chase. If you find yourself in this situation, the best thing to do is to get a good physical and clothing description along with the direction of travel and update the dispatcher. No shooting the legs, no chasing the BG, no Hollywood type BS.

I'd assume it's so that he has a means to detain burglars who actually listen when he yells "freeze" in the middle of the night. I certainly hope he has no desire to chase them around his house and engage in melee combat while holding a loaded weapon, in order to get the cuffs on them.

I've got no LE experience, but I imagine that when confronted with a homeowner with a loaded gun, criminals will probably start running, or they might attack, but they wouldn't be very likely to actually stand still and comply with requests to handcuff themselves, etc.

[metalhead357]

Oh, you have one too huh? I've got the spring-loaded Kurgan sword AND a typical knock-off Duncan katana! Beat THAT!

Oh yeah? I got Chuck Norris on speed dial;) and we all know he runs faster than Flash, he can be at my house in .000000003 seconds after the first ring of his phone:p

WHY a knock off? Ahhh heck get a true full tang!!!!!!!!!!!! ONLY way to go IMO

[grammaton76]

Oh yeah? I got Chuck Norris on speed dial;) and we all know he runs faster than Flash, he can be at my house in .000000003 seconds after the first ring of his phone:p

He can, and that's totally true - but he can also be bribed by beef jerky. Or just the address of a cow, because five seconds after he roundhouse kicks a cow, it comes down in the form of beef jerky.

WHY a knock off? Ahhh heck get a true full tang!!!!!!!!!!!! ONLY way to go IMO

It's only a knockoff because I saved my sword money for the hand-forged Viking sword I bought in Germany. :)

[metalhead357]

It's only a knockoff because I saved my sword money for the hand-forged Viking sword I bought in Germany. :)

Ok...first ya' had me laughing....now you got me JEALOUS! I've a few knock off's myself, but not the highlander; had a full tang'r that was at my buddies when it was robbed! He paid me back but I've yet to replace it unfortunately; still have some half & 3/4 tang's.

For years and years I kep a sword near the bed and one near the front door; but the bachlor life is over and the Misses frown upon such things and notions as decapitations at 2 am of would be advancing marauders and hooligans:rolleyes: I can *live* with the pistol alone.....for now;)

[odysseus]

Hey: I got a clone of Steve Segal late 80's edition before he went Eskimo and gained 100 pounds, in a closet encased in glass.

[madjack956]

USP .45 Compact on my side of the bed holstered with 9 hydra-shoks ready to go along with a S&W ExtremeOps folder. I currently keep a Mag-Light 2D, but it will be replaced this week with a DigiLight. On Thursday, we will be swearing in an FN TPS for bedroom duty. My fiancee will also soon have two 9mm's to select from. An FN FNP9 (relatively soon) and a CZ-75B (hopefully within the next month). Should the SHTF, these will be what allow us to fight are way to the "good stuff."



Funny you should mention this. I was telling my fiancee the other night that every now and then I have these thoughts every once in a while. Basically the thoughts center around me reacing over to my nightstand for my USP while asleep and shooting myself. Very weird. Anytime I have these thoughts, I simply drop the mag and unchamber the round in the chamber, put it in the drawer and goto bed. It happens a handful of times a year.

Those instances I can tolerate.

But the dreams that annoy the heck out of me is that common dream most gun owners have. It's the one where you are doing whatever it is you normally do on a weekend day and all of a sudden you get into a confrontation of some sort, thus you go for your gun. But as you are attempting to pull the trigger, you either 1) get greeted with the 100lb trigger pull or 2) nothing happens when you manipulate the trigger.

ARGH! AGGRIVATING! But I read in some gun rag that this is a very common dream for most gun owners. It probably happens two or three times a year for me.

Oh my god..I am so glad I read this thread tonight..For years I have been having these same kinds of dreams only instead of a 100lb. trigger pull, I always have the wrong caliber rounds for the firearm..It never fails. And the frustration is unbearable..I wake up all pissed off..My wife thinks I have a screw loose..I can't wait to tell her I'm not the only one..I'm gonna start lifting weights tonight so I'll be ready just in case I have one of those 100 lb. trigger pull dreams instead..:eek:

[CalNRA]

Some of you guys crack me up. Ready for a major firefight from a dead sleep. I keep a g22 next to the bed but just 1 mag. I figure if I need more then that i'm already dead. Baseball bat by the front door.

My grandpa never slept without a 1911 under his pillow and a shotgun under his bed. Call it genetics...

[Scotto]

I dont keep anything near me because I sleep walk way too much. I am always protecting my GF from the falling ceiling or the fan. I can only imagine how exciting that would get if I had a gun under the pillow.....


when you guys say "under the pillow" do you literally mean right under the pillow on the bed?
and if you do how could that be comfortable?

[Satex]

You guys are GEEKS


Ok, you win on the SGI. But, you wanna duel in obsolete IT barricades? Fear my obsolete, unsupported Wright-Line server racks! There's three of these, but only two of them are in the picture. The third is circling behind, waiting to ambush the unwary.

On another note, I recently bent up some sheet metal stock to construct some latches so the front doors stay closed. I'm kinda debating on whether or not to fabricate some side walls, as I've got three racks and only one rack's worth of sides.

Oh yeah, and that pine looking desk behind the pappasan? Biomorph, straight from a dot-com liquidation auction! And I've got the Aeron to go with it, yeehaw!

[rkt88edmo]

If more parents were strict about guns and punished their kids when they do something wrong, we wouldnt have to worry about all this gun lock nonsense.

Highly doubtful.

[Unknownassailant]

Just curious if any of you guys ever fear you might sleep walk and reach for your gun? I just saw this thing on TV about sleep eaters.



I remember once going to bed and laying down one of my rifles next to me where my girlfriend usually sleeps when she comes over. The next morning I woke up only to find the rifle on the floor and what freaked me out was I couldn't even remember how it got there. I assumed I had to have picked it up and put it down there in the middle of the night, it couldn't have fallen down because my body was in the way. It was loaded but nothing was in the chamber. Still the thought that I did something like that without remembering was a sobering experience. Since than I just leave everything in the safe, first thing I do when I walk into my room is open the big heavy door on my 1500 lb safe and leave it ajar. My Safariland Cover 6 IIIA vest with 10x12 SAPI plates and shoulder inserts sit on chair next to my desk, and on top of that lies my RBR PSAGT w/ballistic face shield. It's a little over kill but it makes a great conversation piece. When I get up to go to work I just close the safe door and turn the wheel.

[brando]

I'll be ready just in case I have one of those 100 lb. trigger pull dreams instead..:eek:

Weird, last night I had a gnarly dream about Iraq where I was up in a tower of some kind as the FOB was getting overrun. Haji was climbing the tower to get me and I should have been shooting fish in a barrel, but that damned 100lb trigger was happening and I couldn't get a single shot off.

Weird.

[Satex]

I had a repeating dream years ago. It goes like this. I am on military patrol on a mountainside. We are about 10 or so men, walking in line on a very narrow path. I am almost last. Above and below us are vertical drops, so the only way off this trail is to keep walking.
All the sudden, sniper fire opens up on us. The first person on the patrol drops dead. Then a second shot, and the second person drops dead. I locate the source of the fire, and I aim my rifle at the sniper. I have the cross hairs on him, and squeeze the trigger. It’s a perfect shot… but I miss! By then the third person is killed. The sniper is going down the line, one by one. I try again, and once again it’s a perfect shot and yet I miss again! The dream gets hectic as “my turn” is slowly but surely coming up, and I keep on firing back perfect shots but they all miss. I always woke up just before getting shot.
What a dream!

[ajwells]

I'd assume it's so that he has a means to detain burglars who actually listen when he yells "freeze" in the middle of the night. I certainly hope he has no desire to chase them around his house and engage in melee combat while holding a loaded weapon, in order to get the cuffs on them.

I've got no LE experience, but I imagine that when confronted with a homeowner with a loaded gun, criminals will probably start running, or they might attack, but they wouldn't be very likely to actually stand still and comply with requests to handcuff themselves, etc.

Yeah basically I am not drooling over the idea of killing someone, I'd do it in a fraction of a second if I had to but it's not like I want to kill or anything, so if someone breaks in and actually cooperates then I'd just handcuff him, if he runs away then he runs, I'm not going to chase him and if he attacks, then that's too bad for him.

[Liberty Rules]

BEWARE. Sometimes it's not children that you have to worry about. Sometimes it's your idiot friends.

Nowadays, I keep an S&W 4006 with a spare mag locked in a small safe attached to the underside of my bed.

Many years ago, though, I kept it under the bed in a plastic case without a lock. I lived alone and didn't have any children nor did I expect any minor visitors. So a coworker/acquaintence was over my place as we were on the way to happy hour at a local pub. He needed to use the phone and the one in the living room was on the blink so I let him use the one in the bedroom. I can hear him yacking on the phone and I walk into the bedroom to get something out of my closet. Imagine my surprise as I walk into the doorway and he has my pistol in hand and HE F'ING POINTS IT AT ME. I quickly yelled that he was an IMBECILE and that it was loaded, and that only an idiot would take a pistol from under someone's bed and then point it at a person. All while he was chatting on the phone. Needless to say, that was an inspiration to get a small pistol safe.

Now you might think I have idiots for friends and I would agree that this qualifies the particular individual as a complete boob. However, he was ivy league educated, graduated from a decent law school, and had been working at a law firm for 7 years by the time he did this. He should have known better. I guess that's the point, though. It's because people do stupid things even when they should know better that you have to take precautions. People have moments where they're inexplicably retarded. You need to prepare for that.

[darmom]

Dream: I've had that one too. been killed a couple times. 100+lb trigger or dead, floppy trigger... the bad guy's gonna get me.

Gun under pillow: I fell asleep with a new glock once (It was my first gun, and I didn't want to let it go... it was very empty). When I woke up the trigger had been pulled and it was on the floor. Screw the "under the pillow carry" method. Danger, danger!!

Armory sleepers: For those that sleep with multiple guns, hand grenades, SAM's, body armor, tracer rounds, and have your house booby trapped like that tunnel in Raiders of the Lost Ark - what the heck are you preparing for? Perhaps I'm naiive, but at the moment, I'm not expecting a Seal team or a drug cartel to raid my house. However, I did LOL as I read some of these posts.

Sleep Safe,
-darmom

[NRAhighpowershooter]

my dreams ALWAYS have the 100+ lb trigger pull...... weird isn't it??:confused:

[DedEye]

Mossberg 590A1 within arm's reach, 00 buck loaded in the tube but none in the chamber, safety on. No kids or roommates to worry about, and I keep it locked during the day.

[hoffmang]

For all of you that don't think it can happen to you, you're probably right.

But.

It has happened to me.

Used to live in a tall apartment building in Redwood City. My now wife and I had just returned from a concert in the city and were hearing strange sounds. Long story short - the cracked up guy next door who was beating his GF had gone to his car for his AK. I was standing out on my 2nd floor balcony and in the dark he mistook me and my apartment for his GF's. He climbed up my balcony while I was on with 911.

I had moved 1 month earlier from the east coast and hadn't yet bought new shells for my Mossberg 500. My now wife and I ran. He came out the door of my apartment and we ran some more. RWC swat showed up 30 seconds later - the apartment was right downtown.

I came with the guys who stormed my apartment. MP5's are cool. We go into mine - nothing. I describe the situation and one of the swat guys notices something wrong next door. The apartment next door was shredded and the door was open so he went in. The swat team went from looking at me like I was a doofus to examining the AK and mentioning I'd held it together well for a guy who'd just been running from one.

Moral to this story: Never, ever have a gun without ammo.

Second personal moral for me. I'll never, ever put myself in that situation again. I have a locked and loaded 9mm SIG 226 and either an SU-16CA or a Monsterman AR waiting for me feet away.

Now, everyone realizes that we're giving CA DOJ nice descriptions of where the guns are to put on the warrants, right :D

-Gene

[JPglee1]

I've got no LE experience, but I imagine that when confronted with a homeowner with a loaded gun, criminals will probably start running, or they might attack, but they wouldn't be very likely to actually stand still and comply with requests to handcuff themselves, etc.

Thats when you pop one into the floor and say "Put these on now or the next one is in your crotch"

Of course, it was a warning shot you had no choice but to fire as he was running full speed at you... lol

Makes me think of Southpark
"He's coming right at us"


JP

[JPglee1]

Armory sleepers: For those that sleep with multiple guns, hand grenades, SAM's, body armor, tracer rounds, and have your house booby trapped like that tunnel in Raiders of the Lost Ark - what the heck are you preparing for? Perhaps I'm naiive, but at the moment, I'm not expecting a Seal team or a drug cartel to raid my house. However, I did LOL as I read some of these posts.

Sleep Safe,
-darmom

Even drug cartels and seal teams make mistakes and go to the wrong house... lol :cool:

You never EVER know whats gonna happen, so why not prep for any circumstance and hope for the best.

I once got robbed cuz a guy owed ME money and when I finally got him to come "pay me" he pulled a gun and robbed me and told me never to call him again blah blah...lol so you never know. I had my mossie but NO SHELLS... sucked, cuz I was definitely scared for my life cuz he had a gun and he had my 2 telephones...it was scary. Cops never did anything about it, they didn't believe me that it happened... San Bernardino County yah know.


JP

[DedEye]

Cops never did anything about it, they didn't believe me that it happened...
Maybe they saw your tinfoil hat :D?

[M. Sage]

I can't think of a time that I've needed/wanted a gun and haven't had one handy... luckily.

There was the time, when we lived on the edge of Richmond (El Cerrito border, on the good side of the freeway), someone tried opening the back door of the house we were living in. My wife was home alone at the time. All I had gun-wise at the time was the .22... so I loaded that and hid it really well in the closet. Told my wife that if she needed it, where it was, she had 14 rounds in it, and if she uses it, just let the sucker have it till the gun quits shooting.

That house was a defensive dream, pretty much. Our bedroom was up a small set of stairs, probably 5 feet above the hallway below, a nice, narrow approach.

I've got a baseball bat near the bedroom door, loaded up the POS CZ52 (yeah yeah) and keep it in reach of the bed - one in the chamber, hammer down, safety off. I did something evil: staggered each mag with hollow point and surplus FMJ (steel jacketed). Hey, BGs can get kevlar, too. The gun's loaded with HP in the chamber, then HP/FMJ/HP and so on. Probably not a great stopper, but it was cheap enough I could afford it.

The Mosin is usually nearby, leaning against a wall, with a clip or two ready to go in. :p 150 grains of soft point at about 3k fps would stop someone really well, I think.

The only gun dream that I've had like above, I drew down on someone in my house (was living with my parents at the time, so their house, and for some reason I had to use a freaking S&W 61....), aim, he won't stop, pull the trigger, and the slide/barrel comes off the gun.... at which point, I pick that stuff up, put it back on top and try bluffing anyway.

[proraptor]

I keep all 3 of my guns by my bed...

1 springfield loaded black stainless 1911 .45 with 4 mags of hollows
1 mossberg 835 ultimag
1 OLL ar

[swq]

Sig 220 and Remington 870

[Teletiger7]

A friend of mine keeps a loaded rifle under his bed with the safety on. He has two small kids. No the gun is not ever locked up but the kids were taught at an early age that they would get beaten bloody if they ever touched the gun unsupervised. And no, they have never touched the gun...

And they were also taught how to safely handle a gun just incase.

If more parents were strict about guns and punished their kids when they do something wrong, we wouldnt have to worry about all this gun lock nonsense.

Nothing like a good old fashion beating to make someone learn firearms safety :)!

[daskraut]

savage 12 guage pump, tokarev 9mm, colt peacemaker in 45LC.

[Socal858]

The Mosin is usually nearby, leaning against a wall, with a clip or two ready to go in. :p 150 grains of soft point at about 3k fps would stop someone really well, I think.



jesus lol

set to blow the attacker back into the stone age :)

[Frapster]

I bought it in Mexico - it has pretty decorations all over it.

[Rob454]

Just a old Ruger 9mm handgun loaded magazine. I have some Hollow point 9mm rounds cause I dotn want the rounds to go through you and into my neighbors house
Rob

[Coastey]

I used to keep a .45 ACP Colt 1991A1 cocked and locked and loaded with Federal Hydra Shoks on my nightstand. But recently I've changed to a Walter P99 in 9mm and Gold Dots. The real reason for the switch was that P99 was cheaper and the 1991A1 went back in the safe.

[TannerBoyl]

I keep one pistol: a SIG P226R in .40S&W and a half-dozen mags loaded with Gold Dots or Winchester Black Talons.

I used to keep my SIG P229R in .40S&W and my HK USPc in .40S&W near my bed also, but I just figured it was overkill. :D

[M. Sage]

jesus lol

set to blow the attacker back into the stone age :)

With guns from slightly after the stone age.

[5968]

Over 300 lbs of Rots and two firearms.

[cnyankee]

all of them

safes in the bedroom

[Bishop]

Well geez; now I don't feel so bad!

Benelli Nova loaded with 6 shots of 00 buck (one in the pipe, safety on) leaning against the wall on GF's side of the bed. (I just kind of put it there when I got it, and she never complained about it. Later I asked her about moving it, and she said she wanted it there. I hope she just understood the necessity, and didn't have a scary moment where she thought she needed it!)
My first responder is an XD-9 and glock light (need a surefire) with (omitted) shots of Winchester Ranger on the carpet between the nightstand and bed. (Feel better checking things that go bump in the night with a pistol than with a long gun, as our apartment has an intersection of four rooms in a tiny hallway and would be tough to navigate with a long gun)
My GI 1911 sits locked and loaded by the XD, but not positioned in OMFG-someone's-opening-the-bedroom-door! mode.
M4-style OLL sits just inside the closet. Fixed 10 round mag but with loaded 30 rounders nearby should the situation warrant it.


No children around, so no locks. But I am mindful of idiot friends (of which I have few) excusing themselves to our bedroom to talk on their phones.

Gram, the real question is whether or not you've got boxes of cage nut caltrops around!

Oh yeah; and every new gun I buy rides home with ammo in the car. Everyone remembers the first rule of a gun fight, but forgets the second! (bring ammo!) :)

[permanent_45]

870 marine magnum under the bed. Glock 23 in the stand next to the bed. And a Socom II, Mini 14, Rem700 in 308. In the safe. Wanting to add a few OLLs to the safe.

[david_place_834]

I have a HK USP40 loaded with 155-grain Silvertips with an extra mag. I keep the pistol in DA with safety engaged for extra safety. My UTL broke long ago so I have a 4D LED Maglite at hand. The USP is kept in an open Case Logic CD bag about 2 feet from my head when I sleep. When my paranoia creeps in, I cock the hammer. From time to time, I will use my '89 Sig 226 loaded with 147 grain Hydra Shoks for old times sake.

On the other side of my bed I have a trusty Winchester Defender 1300 with 6 00Buck, chamber empty and crossbar engaged.

Funny thing, even with the shotgun readily available, I reach and use my USP exclusively for home searches.


The rest of my weapons are locked in a safe.

[jojosdad]

Kimber Compact in condition 1 in holster attached to the mattress, Mossy 590 cruiser ready behind door, cell phone and maglight on nightstand.

[Phil Bole]

Baby Glock (G27) under the pillow
Unless the coke gets me paranoid===>
Then I whip out the Beretta 1201FP...........

[SnWnMe]

Well I always have a few pieces out on the night stand for double action practice.

Last night it was my 29 and my 1917. AFA loaded guns, there are three 38 J frames in my bedroom.

[mike100]

Well I always have a few pieces out on the night stand for double action practice.

Last night it was my 29 and my 1917. AFA loaded guns, there are three 38 J frames in my bedroom.


Frank ain't bs'ing. he's got a fast DA trigger pull.


myself, I have a mint unfired 12ga 870 police (1979) model that sometimes comes in the house. I don't plan to ever use it unless I need to or my other 870 breaks down. My 7 shot 686 also seems appropriately safe for groggy sudden awakenings.

right now I got nothing since I'm in the PRC.

[battlehatch]

I keep my Mossy 500 in the corner of my room, next to my bed.

[xxG3xx]

its on a need to know....and you dont need to know :)

[CalNRA]

I replaced all my guns with a picture of Latoya Jackson on the door. it'll scare the BGs a lot more than any guns...

[slick_711]

Some of you guys are more than prepared equipment wise... and I wonder if you're as mentally prepared as you think you are. But I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. I don't see a need for multiple handguns strewn about the room, but my 1911 is on the nightstand conspicuously hidden under a hat. Then the 870 is just inside the closet 3' away with a loaded tube, safety off, and trigger pulled on the empty chamber. And although I don't consider it there for home defense (just nowhere else to put it) should the cartel come I have my AR and multiple 30rd mags sitting inside the closet as well.

I don't have any delusions of waking up and putting on body armor before the criminal leaves or shoots me, so I don't have any of that sitting around. I also don't have any swords sitting around, but hey, to each his own.

On a side-note, I agree with E.B.White 100%, if parents teach their children proper gun etiquette the children are 99% less likely to have an accident than the average child. If you want to lock them up anyway (the guns not the kids) by all means go ahead, but if you take the time to teach your children safe gun-handling from an early age you can trust them to obey you.

[Thrillbilly]

1911 for me P220ST for her plus an AR and a 870 near by as well

[deez]

Just one, a Ruger SP101.

[AJAX22]

I always have at least one nearby, typically a .38 S&W pre model 10 round but 2 inch snubby.

but I have a large number of others stored loaded nearby (I always store my guns loaded, they take up the same amount of space either way)

ithaca 37 with a 19inch barrel and PG in the closet loaded with S&B OO buck.

If I get through all that then I've got real problems.

for the future.

I plan on adding my 9mm oly AR with a loaded sten mag to the closet stash soon.

I plan on screwing a holster to the back of my headboard for my new G17 and will be keeping a surefire light on it and a G18 mag stuffed inside it..

because of sleep walking issues (never done it but I worry about it, I dont keep double action simi autos chambered)

[trojanwar2]

Glock 20 bedside, Remington 870 Express Magnum 12 Gauge (Slugs & Buckshot Alternating) underneath bed, all locked & loaded. :D :D :D

[ocabj]

The Q-Man's got one gun in bed. OH!

http://www.ocabj.net/images/quagmire.gif

[DIG]

none. guns stay in the safe.

I'd rather use a _ _ _ _ _ to dispose of an intruder anyhow ...much more "hands-on" if you ask me... Up close and personal is more satisfying.

[grammaton76]

none. guns stay in the safe.

I'd rather use a chainsaw to dispose of an intruder anyhow ...much more "hands-on" if you ask me... Up close and personal is more satisfying.

Chainsaws disturb the neighbors, and invite the police over before you've finished cleaning up. If I end up disposing of an intruder with a bladed weapon, I believe I'll get the blood off the carpet and walls before it stains, THEN call the police. :) The chainsaw would get them over sooner for a noise complaint, and they probably aren't going to pitch in with cleaning the blood up.

-- Yes, destruction of evidence, etc etc. Just kidding here.

[ARRRR-15]

I sleep inside my gun safe.

Same here.:D

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[E Pluribus Unum]

I keep my 11yr old...

I read that much and was debating calling the police.....




I have my trusty Remington 870 12 gauge.