A gun in every room?

If I needed to keep a gun in every room...I'd move to a better neighborhood.
I have one loaded gun at hand and I can get to it quicker than my door could possibly be kicked in short of a SWAT team coming after me. I don't live on the ground floor so there's only one way in. Everything else is locked in a safe.
I don't want to come home or wake up or come out of the shower and find myself staring down the barrel of one of my own guns that I didn't lock up.
 
I'm not big on a gun in every room, tho I keep a loaded gun in my nightstand and my regular carry gun is loaded and in our walk-in closet. I keep a Taurus 617 7-shot .357 in the living room, on the top of the entertainment center; when I'm home, it's with me wherever I go in the house ...
 
He was saying that he has a pistol/rifle/or shotgun in every room of his house loaded in case he needs it. He keeps a pistol in the kitchen, a pistol in the livingroom, a shotgun in the bathroom, and an AK in his bedroom
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Well I would like to know how long it takes him to secure all the firearms out in all the rooms for protection before he leaves the house?:confused: Does he ever leave the house?:confused:
Does he leave all the firearms out where they sit when he does go out? to make it easier for the BG to steal:confused:
 
Only someone who is a virtual hermit would be a good candidate for the practice of having firearms in all rooms.
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I might actually qualify for that.:D

I keep a loaded gun of some sort in every room (that I use) in the house.

I am relatively isolated, no kids, never have visitors, other than my son, who is a county sheriff, and a few gun-savvy buddies.

The reason I have guns in every room is that I have a tremendous problem with coyotes and the occasional mountain lion. I have lost an animal on the average of one every 4 to 6 months, so when I hear a commotion outside, I have but to grab the nearest gun and go after whatever is prowling.

Also, when I go a bit further afield on my property, I will carry a sidearm because of the proliferation of rattlesnakes.
 
bumnote

"If I needed to keep a gun in every room...I'd move to a better neighborhood."

...Cause robbers never go to the good neighborhoods...
 
Not in every room, but a few on each level. I don't know why some think it's such a poor idea. I find it ideal for my situation. I don't conceal carry (this is sunny California after all) and even if I did, I think I'd rather not when in the comfort of my home. Besides, I think Mrs. Grymster would call me paranoid.... and tell me to take the gun off and put some pants on!
 
So carrying in the house is paranoid...

... but seeding guns around in every room, or at least on every floor is not paranoid?

Is it just me, or...?
 
So carrying in the house is paranoid...
... but seeding guns around in every room, or at least on every floor is not paranoid?
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That's a good point. I dunno...maybe we're all paranoid and it's just a matter of degree. Maybe merely locking the front door is paranoid. Or maybe lying awake all night with a gun in either hand isn't.... I dunno.

Mrs. Grymster probably thinks one gun per level is fine or maybe even one gun for the entire house. So, yeah, she would think me paranoid if I strapped one on. But for me, stashing guns so I'm never more than five seconds or so from one works while living in my house in my neighborhood. I've lived in other places where I carried a gun around the house with me day and night, but don't feel the need here.
 
Hhmmm...I'm thinking that a decision re: a gun in every room is an individual one for the inhabitants of said domicile. However, I don't think that I'd advertise online that this is my household's practice. I know many of us feel very emboldened by the relative anonymity of the internet...hence the rise in #'s of armchair/keyboard commandos...But the anonymity of identity/geography is not even close to being absolute.--Patrice
 
Seems to me that IF you REALLY feel the need for that, you need to move someplace safer......
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It would be pretty tough to find a safer place to live than where I am.... guess you'll just have to call me paranoid. :)
 
I agree with others that a gun in every room is not practical and not easy to accomplish with the utmost safety. In addition to bedside armament, it helps to have one near the front door (to provide a warm welcome to unwanted visitors with evil intent) - I carry a .38 in my briefcase to and from work, and it is parked near the front door when I am home. It also helps to have one on your person, and I have a KT P32 in my RF pants pocket at all times for that reason. Lately, with more news of home invasions, I keep a Glock 23 in the chair next to me while reading or watching TV - it allows quick access while still seated, should someone burst through the door.
 
... but seeding guns around in every room, or at least on every floor is not paranoid?
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That's a good point. I dunno...maybe we're all paranoid and it's just a matter of degree. Maybe merely locking the front door is paranoid. Or maybe lying awake all night with a gun in either hand isn't.... I dunno.
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I think it all boils down to a matter of circumstance.

In my case, when there is an animal commotion outside, I need to react fairly quickly, therefore a gun accesible in every room (that I use) is desireable.

I has nothing to do with fear of intruders. In fact, that's the least of my worries; Anyone who accidentally stumbles out here is lost.
 
Gyvel....

... how does having a gun in every room provide you a capability that a holstered and carried weapon does not?

Unless you are stashing rifles and/or shotguns...
 
Unless you are stashing rifles and/or shotguns...
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That's it.

I keep one in each room (that I use) in the house. I don't keep a handgun on my person unless I go out a little further afield and that's mostly for rattlesnakes. (Or if I drive to town.)

Again, it's for practical reasons, not paranoia. :D
 
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To stray a little from the op, who answers the door with a gun in easy reach? Checking the mail? Taking out the dog? Sitting on the porch? Working on thr yard?
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To answer that in order: I do, I do, no dog, always, always. Right now it's my HKUSP45C, cross-draw, in a Don Hume JIT slide. The habit will no doubt not change when I leave here for greener pastures, either. It's not a problem, so why not be prepared? As far as the OP, I used to have a few guns loaded and in specific rooms, but my safe was small. I got a large safe near the time I started legally carrying. Everything went in the safe but what I carried on a regular basis.
 
Loaded guns in the house

When I was in my teens I lived in a bad neighborhood. I kept a 30-30 loaded (no bullet in the chamber) in my bedroom. One day while on the toilet I heard the distinct sound of someone cycling the the lever and thus chambering a round. Before I could get out of the bathroom BOOM! He was pointing it at someone and thanks to god pointed it up in the air before pulling the trigger. No one got hurt. NEVER have left a weapon in plain site again, and never kept a loaded weapon in my house since. Doesn't take long to put the clip in the weapon to arm it. You decide whats best, but damn think about what might happen if you make the wrong choice.
 
When my parents got robbed my dads shotgun was left laying on the bed, loaded and ready in case they got interrupted. I'd say keep guns in more than one secure location, but not just laying about.
 
I've kept an eye on this thread from day one. And I've come to my own personal conclusion for this issue: I already generally keep a gun on my person at all times while I'm in my apartment, but the bathroom is one room that I don't. So, I think from here on out, I'll be keeping my Iver Johnson .22 revolver (which notoriously shaves lead and key holes) in my bathroom so that if I'm showering or in the bathroom, I'll be able to keep myself protected if I leave my SD handgun in another room.
 
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