Gun placement while sleeping

[nalioth]

This would be an interesting training scenario that would probably be best fit for say contractors going off to Iraq. Get everyone sleeping armed with paint guns, start sounding airhorns and setting off firecrackers at 3am and see how everyone gets into a defensive position. I bet you would be seeing paint all over the ceiling, floors and all over everyone

Have you ever been in the service?

It is quite common during training to be issued your M16 at the beginning and have to keep up with it until training ceases. This means you have to 'sleep with your weapon' or the sneaky sergeant takes it away in the middle of your sleep and only returns it after you've performed extra memory-enhancing duties.

I have also been in combat ( where live rounds were actually issued ) and in either case, I don't ever remember hearing any triggers being pulled by waking troops (not even when "stimulated").

 

[RedneckFur]

Ruger sp101 DAO, loaded and on the nightstand next to the bed. Its next to my glasses, cell phone, and my fire dispatch pager.

 

[JohnH1963]

I've been in the service and I've slept with weapons, i.e. in a sleeping bag. The M16 had a reliable safety and there were other ways to keep it safe such as not racking back the slide when it was loaded or by placing a piece of masking tape around the trigger assembly.

When you sleep with a group of people in the same room you do hear people moving around and making noises all the time. Its definately not the most wonderful experience in the military, but it does make you wonder if someone might accidentally grab the trigger or it may snag on something while under their blanket or in a sleeping bag.

No one ever gave me instruction on sleeping with the weapon, but Im assuming not everyone is as cautious (or paranoid) as I am. I do know that I move around in my sleep at times and I have no idea what I am doing during that period.

Now having a pistol in your household by your bedside is a little different. No one requires me to have it under my blanket. I feel more safe if its in a closed container or drawer where I have to reach. Under the pillow is too close for me.

 

[troy_mclure]

my xd is within arms reach of my bed, and my cx4 storm is hanging off the back of my bedroom door.

i was in iraq, sleeping outside perimeters frequently, this means locked and loaded.
of the many months of this ive never even heard of somebody discharging their weapon in sleep, or even if it was accidentaly snagged or tripped on.
and we had been waken up by mortars and direct fire atacks many times.

 

[jughead2]

gun placement

always within arms reach

 

[stephen426]

No kids yet so mine is right between the bed frame and the night stand and bed frame in a holster with one in the pipe. I also have my shotgun on the bed frame (along side the mattress), but chamber empty. The wife has the GP 100 between the mattress and frame on her side. When we have kids, I will probably get one of those electronic safes with the buttons that are configured like a hand print. I will most likely mount it to the back of the night

Many years ago, my cousin was burglerized at night. He was still pretty young and he heard and saw the guy. He pretended to sleep through it since he was afraid the guy might have a weapon. If you have to get up to gets weapon and this situation happened, you would be helpless. I hope all of us on the forum have a few safe guards to alert us before someone could make it all the way into our bedrooms. For me, that mean making it past the alram and the dog. We don't lock the bedroom door and wouldn't lock it if we had kids anyways. Some people do though as an extra barrier.

Finally, in the many years I have slept with a gun net to me, I have never woken up with it in my hands nor had it go off unintentionally. I do wake up pretty darn quick and I get my bearings almost immediately. I guess for those prone to sleep walking or those with post traumatic stress disorder, they should consider an extra level of security to prevent mishaps. A quick access gun safe and/or keeping the gun chamber empty might make sense.

 

[CarNPlaneNut]

I have two kids and an alarm clock safe. I have a P99 w/one in the chamber as well as three mags. Of course, the hoodlum will have to get by my German Shepard and German Shorthair Pointer. Then they have to get upstairs. Should be plenty of time to retreive my firearm and be ready, even if they incapacitate the dogs.

Oh ya, we have a Basset Hound too. Harmless, but loud. He can wake the dead with his howling bark.

This is a cropped picture when my two dogs were playing....

 

[leadcounsel]

$20 Sentry fireproof small lockbox/safe bolted to the floor next to the bed with loaded handgun. Unlock it at night, lock it in the morning.

Also have used the nightstand drawer or nightstand table top with loaded handgun.

Longgun in the closet with full magazine.

 

[Creature]

No children (yet); Condition 1 in the nightstand drawer...right next to the old cellphone (that still can get through to 911) that is kept fully charged in case someone thinks to cut my phone lines.

Basset Hound too. Harmless, but loud. He can wake the dead with his howling bark.

I have seen some totally vicious bassets hound puppies annihalate a pair of non-compliant bedroom slippers. Pretty shook up after seeing that...

 

[fisherman66]

Who sold you the GSP and told you it was a Bassett?

 

[Creature]

Read his post. He has three dogs...

 

[El Paso Joe]

It has been a M39/M59/M639 loaded, locked, and hammer down with safety off for over thirty years. Even when the kids were at home - spent a lot of time teaching the kids gun safety.

If something happens at night that isn't supposed to, I can be awake pretty quickly. Really awake. And yes, the VA has been treating me for that for quite a few years...

 

[Sixer]

^ LMAO..... That is a vicious lookin animal, especially for a Basset Hound!

I keep mine in arms reach just underneath my actual bed. No round in the chamber. I also think I'm borderline nocturnal... If it's 3am and I hear strange noises I will most likely be wide awake, gun(s) in hand.

If I happen to be taking a snooze... you could practically steal the bed Im sleeping on. Im not what you would call a "light sleeper".

 

[FLA2760]

I use the "Wilderness Safepacker" between the mattress and boxspring. No small children here. If you have little ones a good option is the lock boxes with a mechanical lock that do not need batteries or a key


http://store.thewilderness.com/index.php?cPath=51


http://www.gunsafestore.com/pistol.htm

This is the one I used whem kids were young.

http://www.gunsafestore.com/279-S.htm

 

[Stevie-Ray]

Sitting on top of my stereo receiver, which is right next to my head.

 

[jcjr3020]

We got the blackhawk 45 in the OEM box in the top drawer (under the socks) with all 6 ready to go.

 

[eaglesnester]

Sleeping with a firearm

Condition 1 in a shoulder holster strapped to your body. Learn to get over the discomfort if you feel the need to sleep with a locked and loaded weapon. After wearing it long enough when you go beddyby you will know its exact location like you know the position of your hand or any other part of your body. A big plus reaching for it out of a sound sleep. By the time you have it in your mit you should also be locked and loaded.

 

[exprt9]

One under the pillow, another one inside my night stand drawer and another one in the night stand drawer on my wifes side of the bed.

 

[dabigguns357]

i have this rig next to my bed at all times.Shotgun stays leaned up against dresser and snubbie stays in holster on my shotgun belt rig and both stay loaded.Yes i have kids and a safe but i have taken care of that too,i just lock my bedroom door and no one gets in.No children in my bedroom no exceptions,if my kids want something then they knock and we get up and go to them.

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it's better to have a gun stuck to your hip than one stuck to your head

 

[TPAW]

I leave it on the nightstand

For us heavy sleepers, a bad guy could slip into your room and take it. Just a thought. I sleep alone, and lock the bedroom door.For a bad guy to get in, hopefully the noise would wake me up! I have a holster screwed to the back of my headboard. Easy access, just reach around.