Do people keep a bed side gun?

[Paratus et Vigilans]

Last thing before bed each night the S&W M&P .40 goes on the nightstand, loaded and chambered. Alternating rounds of HP and FMJ, starting with HP in the chamber. In the morning it goes back in the safe, also in the bedroom. At night the safe is closed but not locked, and first long gun in the rack is the FN SLP Mk 1 12 GA with a full mag of high velocity 00 Buck, none chambered. Second one is my Stag M4gery 5.56, full mag, none chambered. Behind that is the SOCOM 16 in 7.62, full mag, none chambered. Extra full mags for the Stag and SOCOM on the shelf, along with extra full mags for the M&P .40 and a full bandoleer of 12 GA buck and slugs for the FN SLP. If I need extra tools in the middle of the night, they are ready and waiting. Nightstand lower shelf has my KaBar and Maglight 3-cell flashlight. Next to the M&P .40 is a remote control to trigger the lights in the rest of the house. Something goes bump in the night, it gets illuminated, then it gets eliminated. During the day, all firearms go in the safe, closed but not locked. If I leave the premises, the safe gets locked, and unlocked again when I get home.

All that being said, it's just precautionary. Nice neighborhood, nice neighbors, not LEO or .mil, just not ever going to be a victim of unpreparedness.

[Sir Shootzalot]

Mines loaded, mag inserted, slide locked back so all I have to do is release it instead of use two hands to rack it. (I excercise the slide every day to take the pressure off).

[odesskiy]

Glock 17 with Surefire X200B and CrimsonTrace laser grip. Loaded with Winchester Ranger 147gr rounds (one in the chamber ready to go), two spare mags. Also a Streamlight H2X flashlight.

I just picked up a Glock 23, so I'm contemplating replacing my nightstand G17 (after proper function testing, of course). I'm still debating on the subject of overpenetration with larger caliber in home environment, although with good self-defense ammo it's not as much of an issue (reliable expansion and fragmentation).

[Kelvrick]

Doesn't take a bad neighborhood for crime to hit.

P226 mag loaded, no chamber bedside. Fellow housemates know not to come into my room unannounced. They also know to yell out if they're going to the door when not expecting anything.

[otteray]

Actually, I have a 4" 44 special revolver, not a semiauto, by my bed; so the poll is kinda limited.

[blisster]

yup, trusty S&W .38spl revolver ready to go by the side of the bed.

[elenius]

Where's the option for loaded revolver?

[aznxtroplx]

Speer Gold dots in full 10 round mag + 1 in chamber, cocked and locked in electronic safe near bed

12 gauge under bed with 00 5 rounds in mag unracked, hammer down

[1lostinspace]

G21 Winchester Ranger T Series +P 230 with night sights laser/flashlight 2 extra mags backed by a Winchester 1300 Home defender 8 000 buck and 6 Slugs on side.

Someone breaking in would get some sugar and then some.

[BaronW]

Nope, not an option for me.

I guess if I had my druthers I'd keep the sixgun in a gunvault bed safe, loaded with speer gold dots.

[rawcut]

cautious

1911 70 series under my pillow, xd40 on the stand next to hers, mossy 500 on the floor, su16 by the window, p94 by the back door, pt92 in the living room. all loaded, none chambered. 2 papered pits and a lab/shepard mix in the yard, all neighborhoods are seedy, willing to shoot to protect the family no questions needed. the closest of friends dont come by unannounced.

[JBone]

[Ironchef]

Beretta 92fs with snap cap in chamber, 10 rd mag full of speer gold dot HPs in a easy access safe near bed. Best i can do with 3 little ones.

Oh, Mosin Nagant 91/30 with fixed bayonet in a gun case underbed..this is for wife to put between her & the kids and any badguys that get past me. No rounds for this one though..wife will just stab the badguy if possible..her choice.

We live in a ****hole neighborhood (beat 3 of Antioch) and have been burglarized once already and had a home invasion attempt below us..and general GTA, robbery, Assaults, etc all around our neighborhood..we also hear alot of crap on our scanner/radio. Not LE. The "DAY" we are relieved of our condo, we will be en route to Montana!

[rawcut]

bikes, classics and firearms. looking at a tracker 627. not le, military wouldnt take me. thinking about corrections. oak park sacramento. copters about every night. waiting for some unlucky trespasser to cross my fenceline in a threatening manner.

[TannerBoyl]

There are no kids in my household. I keep a loaded & chambered DA/SA pistol available. If the pistol has a safety (a la Beretta 92FS or HK USP), the safey is on. If the pistol doesn't, then it's ready to go.

All pistols in my house are loaded and chambered, regardless if they are locked up in the safe or not. Knowing that, safety is always priority #1.