Great Article on Where to put your Gun at Night

With the Night Guardian system your mattress and body weight are stabilizing the platform from which you pull the weapon.
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Wouldn't the guy in the pic be better off just putting his pistol in the night stand?

No chance of it getting hidden under the covers and you have to rip sheets and blankets off the bed hoping you find it in time.

Also seems to me that it would kind of suck to have to be laying on the bed to be able to draw your weapon without some contraption coming out from under the mattress attached to it.

I believe that I prefer to climb out of bed before grabbing my weapon, I'm willing to take my chances that I won't need it while lying in bed.
 
These days I sleep so heavy you could probably come in and clip my toenails, castrate me and cut my throat and I would not wake up.

My night gun, a smith & wesson 431pd 32mag is safely stored in my nightstand drawer.
 
the mattress holster is the best option in my opinion, for my sleeping arrangement anyhow. I am okay with the nightstand, but I have to reach my arm behind, it's a pain even getting my glass of water off the nightstand when I am comfortable. I hink the mattress allows for the fastest, and most discreet if needed, access. I always envision an intruder getting in with me un-alerted and getting me at gunpoint, probably because that's what happened to my brother, and I need a moment of opportunity to change the scales. hopefully I have my house set-up so that doesn't happen, but if it does, reaching into the nightstand drawer would be quite obvious to a gunman.

I have the versa-carry, it's very affordable and available locally.
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I'm still figuring out how to cram my 12 gauge into that little bitty thing. :D Besides, we have a Jack Russell in the house. Good luck trying to sneak by her. When she sounds off she can wake the dead. :eek:
 
If you have kids in the house, or who visit (like I do with many of my young grandchildren) I would not have an unsecured firearm in my home. Little kids have been known to come into Grandma and Grandpa's room late at night because they had a bad dream, and if they have trouble waking me or if they decide to look around before waking me, the last thing I want them to find is a loaded gun.

I use a GunVault secured into my dresser. Yes, it takes me a few seconds to get out of bed, open the door, enter the touch pad combination and draw my loaded gun, but I think this is a worthwhile compromise between immediate access with no safety for children and difficult access with maximum safety (keeping all guns in a real gun safe).

I guess that the odds are a lot higher for me to have a grandchild curiously looking around my bedroom than for me to have a home invasion while I am sleeping. Maybe I'm wrong, but I will not put my grandchildren at risk of finding a loaded gun.
 
^^^ Me too.
I keep mine a little more secured as well since my HD gun is always there. Holstered as well so the trigger is covered and no chance to pull it by accident in the middle of the night. Want even quicker access? Pre-punch all or part of the code (mechanical lock), or just leave open at night.

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Head of security, Dog One, screens all who approach. Assistant Head of Security, Smelly Dog, has a redundant role....

I can leisurely select the pistol of my choice (will get put away unused)
 
My head of security, Cat One, hears all, sees all, then buries itself under the covers, waking the Large Primate she has retained as her caretaking staff to investigate the issue.
 
All or part of the code, never thought of that. Makes good sense
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Especially useful until you are confident with the lock and being able to manipulate it in the dark. In the morning, just a 1/4 turn counterclockwise of the knob resets the lock for the day.
 
Handgun either in top drawer of nightstand or on top of the nightstand - no need for that; besides if you use a sleep number or water/air mattress, it won't work
 
I really like that gun vault with the mechanical lock. I have an electronic one that I stopped using years ago because it went through batteries like I go through a bag of popcorn! Basically, it's completely useless.
 
I use the GunVault and open and close it several times every day (I often put it in the GunVault when I come in from away from the house, then take it out again when leaving the house, etc.) and have only had to replace the batteries after two or three YEARS at a time. I don't fool myself into thinking that a GunVault will be secure against a determined effort to break it open, such as during a home burglary. I use it primarily to secure several loaded handguns from visiting grandchildren or other houseguests (and yes, I said several. I have no problem easily currently keeping four handguns plus some speed strips and extra magazines in my larger GunVault that has the shelf inside to create two compartments).
 
The one I had (still have but don't use) would deplete batteries about ever 3-4 months. And IIRC, it took something like 8 AA batteries. I won't buy anything with an electronic lock. That's why the one in the picture above looked interesting to me.
 
Did you have it hooked up to 110 as well? Mine is plugged in, plus it has the batteries (I assume primarily for back-up if and when the AC power fails) and my batteries last for years.
 
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