Firepower!
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this pillow thing is just being paranoid.
45 under your pillow
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Kreyzhorse
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I could not sleep with a gun under my pillow. Too restless. I do have one under the edge of my bed...... Locked, loaded, ready to rock.
I disagree. I'm not endorsing a pillow under the pillow, necessarily, but if you have a realistic concern that an intruder could break into your home without alerting you, then it's also realistic to believe that same intruder could place himself between you and your pistol, even if it is in a nightstand.
What would really solve this dilemma for those contemplating this sort of SD firearm placement is a pillow with an internal pouch that would allow you to slip a pistol or revolver inside. Frankly, it's surprising this hasn't already been invented and put on the market.
Firepower!
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I also disagree with you.
I keep an M4 next to bed, but I wouldnt want to be uncomfortable with a brick under my pillow.....and accidently discharge it while sleeping....perhaps injuring if not killing myself.
I keep an M4 next to bed, but I wouldnt want to be uncomfortable with a brick under my pillow.....and accidently discharge it while sleeping....perhaps injuring if not killing myself.
RocketRider
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I sleep with a bullet operated toy under my pillow,,,,,,my wife sleeps with a battery operated toy under hers,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,just kidding,,,,,jeez,,,
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I feel that if you live in that type of neighborhood, expect danger, or are a deep sleeper it's probably a good idea as long as a wondering hand isn't going to set it off.
There is a pocket pillow bother way. A guy was trying to market them here a while back. From what I read of the thread it didn't go over too well.
Take care
Me neither, it's just too much for the neck.
I feel that if you live in that type of neighborhood, expect danger, or are a deep sleeper it's probably a good idea as long as a wondering hand isn't going to set it off.
There is a pocket pillow bother way. A guy was trying to market them here a while back. From what I read of the thread it didn't go over too well.
Take care
I have to be measured in my response, as it's my first post to the forum, but I think sleeping with a gun under your pillow is paranoid, and keeping it cocked & locked under your pillow is patently stupid. Just how bad is your neighborhood?
If I hear a bump in the night, I know my shotgun is near enough to be ready, and it takes one second to rack the slide and chamber a round. Why would you need one in the chamber under your pillow? Just too easy to do something dumb in your sleep.
If I hear a bump in the night, I know my shotgun is near enough to be ready, and it takes one second to rack the slide and chamber a round. Why would you need one in the chamber under your pillow? Just too easy to do something dumb in your sleep.
Socrates: Yeah, I've seen those plates and bowls with the teeth, and the wood clubs with the shark's teeth lashed to the edges, but that's not the reason I keep a gun handy. In my 20 years here (as of last Saturday!), I've managed to avoid all situations where a gun might have got me out of a scrape. Well, maybe once, but the cops actually caught the guy before I found him. We do have a burgeoning meth problem here, but it's away on the other edge of the island from me, so that's not the reason. I guess the real reason I sleep with a gun nearby is because, by God, I'm an American citizen, living in (still) America, and it is a constitutionally guaranteed right!! Despite the fact that I can't carry here, open or otherwise, I just think it's a good idea to stay in practice, against the day when some police chief here decides that armed, responsible citizens are not a threat and in fact may be an asset.
Stevie-Ray, I would start a side business, but my junk-pile ran outta plexiglass!
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Not dangerous; just deadly.
Stevie-Ray, I would start a side business, but my junk-pile ran outta plexiglass!
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Not dangerous; just deadly.
My beefs over there were with a couple prison guards, who wanted to see if I could fight. Then, after the fact, the guys asked me to train them. Should have. Political mistake.
Overall HPD was there, and, did their job, and, quickly. The HPD solutions sometimes were real intresting. I called in the attempted assault and battery by one of the guards above.
The guy was the LEO's cousin. He went over, beat the tar out of the guy, said he'd put him in his own prison, and, that he better call and apologize. He did, and, that was a bit of a stunner. If an officer over here gave the victim's number to the attacker, he'd be fired, without any questions. Sometimes the non-legal solutions are the best.
Never had a problem, much, other then a certain steroid surfer, but, we handled that with words...
Overall HPD was there, and, did their job, and, quickly. The HPD solutions sometimes were real intresting. I called in the attempted assault and battery by one of the guards above.
The guy was the LEO's cousin. He went over, beat the tar out of the guy, said he'd put him in his own prison, and, that he better call and apologize. He did, and, that was a bit of a stunner. If an officer over here gave the victim's number to the attacker, he'd be fired, without any questions. Sometimes the non-legal solutions are the best.
Never had a problem, much, other then a certain steroid surfer, but, we handled that with words...
seeker_two
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Guns under pillows are never a good idea.....you could shoot yourself...you could shoot your wife....your wife could shoot you....not conducive to a long and happy marriage....
James Bond thought a Beretta .25ACP was a good SD gun...
James Bond thought a Beretta .25ACP was a good SD gun...
lagavulin62
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where do you guys live that requires you to think of sleeping with a gun under your pillow? I know, trouble can happen in the craziest of places. I'm still trying to decide how often I should clean my guns. this pillow talk is something else.
I'll let you in on a secret: Bad guys have cars... They drive, and, we have a town close by that I used to work in, with 14's and 13's all over the place. We have a 'Mexican festival' at a near by park, and, I promise you, two to 10 cars will be broken into that day, and stereos, etc. gone. Has happened on a consistent basis. Police are worthless on this one.
By the way, I'm talking about cars in apartment/condo/home complexes, near the parks, not the park itself, which has more police then the Devil, or God, depending upon your opinion and view point...
Also, I've never lived in an apartment with bullet proof glass, really secure doors or windows, and/or an alarm system. EVERY place I've lived would really be childs play to break into, and, the only real security is me, the cat, and, maybe the girlfriend screaming.
A real view of the world is any home, anytime...
By the way, I'm talking about cars in apartment/condo/home complexes, near the parks, not the park itself, which has more police then the Devil, or God, depending upon your opinion and view point...
Also, I've never lived in an apartment with bullet proof glass, really secure doors or windows, and/or an alarm system. EVERY place I've lived would really be childs play to break into, and, the only real security is me, the cat, and, maybe the girlfriend screaming.
A real view of the world is any home, anytime...
If you study your history closely enough you may find out the true reason cowboys stopped sleeping with handguns under their pillows.
Turns out about the time that they actually started using pillows, as opposed to rolled up horse blankets (something about the smell), and parking their trusty guns beneath, Bad Mouth Bob (a disgruntled dental school drop out) a.k.a. the "gun fairy" started taking them. Oftentimes Bob inadvertently awoke his victims, and then would beat them with a sock full of pocket change, which resulted in the occasional spilled coin. This was the origins of the tooth fairy idea, and once again history was made. And then as much history does it succumbed to a little bit of "re-telling".
I personally do value the area above my shoulders, use it on occasion to park a hat, and do not keep a loaded firearm under my pillow. The space between dreamland and awake is not one that I would describe as one of being alert or aware.
Turns out about the time that they actually started using pillows, as opposed to rolled up horse blankets (something about the smell), and parking their trusty guns beneath, Bad Mouth Bob (a disgruntled dental school drop out) a.k.a. the "gun fairy" started taking them. Oftentimes Bob inadvertently awoke his victims, and then would beat them with a sock full of pocket change, which resulted in the occasional spilled coin. This was the origins of the tooth fairy idea, and once again history was made. And then as much history does it succumbed to a little bit of "re-telling".
I personally do value the area above my shoulders, use it on occasion to park a hat, and do not keep a loaded firearm under my pillow. The space between dreamland and awake is not one that I would describe as one of being alert or aware.
Just before I doze off , I pull concertina wire around the bed and then set several claymores...how about on the night stand and locking the door. I would be terrified of pulling out my piece from the "pillow holster" and shooting the wife or the kid while I was half asleep.