45 under your pillow

I never sleep and if I "rest" I always keep one eye open. :cool:

Seriously though. I would not sleep with a gun under the pillow. Not a very safe practice and if your the type that might knock your pillow off the bed then its a bad idea. Even if your not it could happen. Either invest in a holster that clips to the bed rails/frame or put it in a nightstand overnight.
 
Since I usually sleep alone, I keep a Sig P220 .45 acp in DA mode (hammer dropped) under the pillow on the "visitors" side of the bed. When I have visitors it goes into the night stand.
 
For those of you/us who DO sleep with it under the pillow (works fine for me) be sure the OPEN end of the pillow case is furtherest from the gun, otherwise when you reach for it your hand may end up inside the pillow case whilst the gun remains outside.
 
I do not sleep with a gun under my pillow, nor will. Believe me I want quickest access to my peice should it be needed, but I also know I'm sometimes not 100% there when I wake up, expecially if startled. I keep my gun tucked in the corner between the bed and wall on the floor. Keeps it out of the way so I don't step on it and forces me out of bed to grab it. If I'm not coherent enough to stumble to the ground grab the gun and come back up on a knee to sight, then I do not want the gun in my hand. If it's under my pillow I may get spooked in a dream, wake up in that semi-awake state, and pull the gun thinking I've got something to shoot. I've had a lot of instances when I swear there is someone in my room but after a couple of seconds my head clears and the room is empty. Not doggin on people who sleep on their guns, if I felt comfortable doing it myself I would.
 
Once when I was in an apt. in a busy area I was partially awakened by a sound of people talking outside as they passed by, this had me roll out of bed grab the 45 beside the bed, and I had it cocked and locked in a couple seconds and ready to go. This impressed me that I could instinctively handle the pistol on "autopilot" but also alarmed me that I was up and ready for action without even having a clue as to what the hell was going on. I guess I partially woke and thought the voices were inside the apt. or something. But that has not happened again, so maybe I am glad it was hammer down and empty chamber condition, which did give me a time buffer to come fully to my senses.
 
Like Tom2 stated, this is why I have my HD guns with empty chambers and full magazine. I've stated this to other people and they say its no better than a rock then if its not loaded. On a CCW gun sure, HD gun no way. If you don't have time to chamber a round in your own home then they are already in the room with you and its to late anyhow. Loaded or not you still need to grab the gun, it should'nt seem to hard that the only other task is to rack the slide.It helps clear the sleep cobwebs and focus. Some people even have the mags out of the gun as well. Not for me but to each his own. In a CCW situation its different because there are no walls,doors,security system,dogs barking etc to help you out. Its just you in the open so a CCW gun should defintly be loaded.
 
I keep my gun by the nightstand on the floor. So I can reach down and grab it without making a sound. I keep a newspaper or magazine on top of it. In the morning I dust it off and carry it when I leave the house.

The BG expects you to keep a gun in the nightstand.
 
Round in Chamber

I'm new to auto's. Never owned one until now. I'm 65 Always used single
action revolvers. Wife sleeps with her single action 45 next to her. I have
a 1911 next to me. So as not to have to learn anything new, I keep a round
in the chamber with hammer down. If needed, either gun just has to be cocked and fired which either of us can do pertty fast. What's wrong with this?
I'm always willing to learn.
 
A cocked 1911 would be a recipe for disaster---roll around some---the safety gets pushed down---roll around some more---then BYE BYE---Darwin strikes again.
 
Like I said for twenty eight or more years. Your head is not as big as the pillow so you don' t sleep directly on the pistol.

Both the wife and I have the same system. When we first were married we bought a house where we could. Soon that neighborhood had some serious problems and we were stuck.



Re cowboys and guns. Most had a gun. It was a common tool in the short era of the real cowboy and cattle drives. If you read your history the cowboy era was less than thirty years. Most of it took place directly after the Civil War with displaced war vets making up a large percentage of the cowboys.
 
Humm not sure I want to grab a single action pistol while still 3/4 asleep and maybe just coming out of a violent dream....rather have to get up and cross the room first. To many relatives shot for coming home late every year by well meaning but still sleepy by relatives for my taste.
 
On the floor,next to the bed in a unzipped gun bag.

Ready to go.

If I let the bad guy get that close to me that I can't lean over and reach the gun on the floor,I need to check my perimeter defense around my home.

And always,I check the bed next to me to make sure my wife is still in bed before I bring the gun into battery every time.
 
does'nt jack bauer sleep with a pillow under his gun? james bond probably sleeps with a gun under his pillow. me i would not sleep with a gun under my pillow. i used to keep a large sharp knife under mine.

imthduke, i think my dad still does deal with nightmares of that era too. if i have to wake him. i do so very, very calmly and quietly. and from a safe distance.
 
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