Gun placement while sleeping

Interesting thoughts regarding Dogs, I suppose very valid points as well.

I guess my thought process is to have many levels of security in your home. Not just a gun, not just well lit, not just clearing vegatation away from your home, not just closing and locking doors, not just relying on dogs, or security systems, etc.

I think we have to have as many layers as possible, and yet still be able to live fairly peaceable. On guard, but able to relax somewhat.

Hope this makes a little more sense, not trying to get off topic, just adding a bit to it. I think it unwise to place all hope in one thing alone, if you do and lose it, your options disappear. Many options are always better.
 
I keep mine chambered and de-cocked. It's a DA/SA with no safety so all I need to do is grab and squeeze. I keep it on my nightstand within arm's reach.
 
Dgos, like humans w/firearms require training. They aslo require consistency and continuation in their training, again like people. They are only one layer of protection though. Many options are best, one or two are not as favorable. But a wise man once said, even a small gun is better than no gun in a fight.

Jason
 
Dgos, like humans w/firearms require training.
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Some dogs do not require training to be good watch dogs. There are many breeds which make excellent watch dogs. Some are born and bred to be always "alert" even to the point of remaining semi-conscious at night time when most people are asleep. Many watch dogs will only sleep deeply when the rest of the pack (their human/s) are awake. Many people confuse watch dogs with guard dogs. Guard dogs require training.
 
Sleeping with a loaded side arm

No I do not live in the former Soviet Union, however if I did and had the Russian Mob gunning for me I sure as hell would be sleeping with a loaded side arm and probably a select fire weapon as well. Having said that there are many white folks still living in South Africa. They live in armed, guarded, walled compounds. The folks there keep and live with side arms and select fire weapons as a matter of course, like Rosie O'Donal uses spoons. When they go to bed at night they keep their powder dry and everybody in the household has a loaded weapon within easy fast reach. In a situation like that I want a loaded side arm in a shoulder holster on my little pink body when I go beddy by.
 
I am too paranoid of arming an attruder should he be silent enough to get inside of my bedroom before I wake up to deal with him.

So,not on the nightstand for me.

My gun is at my side,on the floor,next to the bed,covered up with a hand towel.

We also have no kids in the house.
 
What about a holster that is designed for the bed? I think I did see one out there where it fits in between the box spring and the mattress. The pistol is then within an arms reach, but you have to stoop over and get it in a deliberate action. Under the pillow, well, sometimes I reach under the pillow while sleeping.

I guess the pistol going off while sleeping is a remote possibility, but I do strive for 100% safety so as to prevent low-probability/high-risk situations.

If you feel that it is neccasary to sleep with a pistol in your room and afraid of someone sneaking in, then the door to the room should be as secure as the door to the outside of the house. A deadbolt at the minimum. I hired a locksmith who reinforced the door frame and placed a nice deadbolt on my bedroom door. The actual door is more like the outside door to the house then the standard doors that are found inside homes. I also utilize a door knob alarm and door security bar that can be found cheaply on the web or at home depot.

A few other measures I use are motion detectors right outside the door and in hallways which set of alarms and lights. These are also fairly cheap at home depot or on the web.


If someone manages to get through the motion detectors, then they have to get through the bedroom door. They could get through it, but I think it would take a few good kicks which will give me enough time. No one is going to sneak through though...
 
Here is my side of the bed...
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The pistol is only a .22 but the ruger hard case would wear out if I use it much so I committed my Homer slipper to holster duty. It is not my main HD gun but I will use it if I must...
It is also fully loaded with one in the pipe as is the 20 gauge mossberg.
Brent
 
I'm worried that a burglar will steal the pistol when I'm not there, so I rely upon an 870 under the bed. Sure, he could steal that too, but it's harder to conceal than a pistol. Plus 870's are easier to replace.

This reminds me - I need to buy a used book and hollow it out; I think that's a good place. I need to find one that will accommodate a 1911, though.
 
Glock 22 or 27, with one always in the chamber, on the nightstand next to bed. I don't understand the shoulder holster while sleeping in my own bed and not deployed somewhere, but to each his own. Although with some of the girls I have dated in the past, might have been a good option.:D
 
Under my bed, in a biometric safe which is cabled to the wood & metal bed frame, sits a 1911 in condition 3.

I would rather extend the time it takes me to get my weapon ready for self defense, if that reduces the likelihood of the weapon being stolen or used by anybody other than me.

My carry gun is upstairs with the range toys, inside a quality safe, to which only I have the combo. When my son in law visits overnight, his gun goes in the safe, except when we are on the way to the range. House rules.

There are two dogs in the house, but they wouldn't do much more than bark. My wife turns on the security system at night if I'm not home.

This works for us. In twenty six years of marriage, we've only taken to locking all the doors at night when I'm home for the past 3 or 4 years. So far, so good.
 
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
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Basic training, November 1991. Final FTX (Field Training Exercise):
Grenade Simulator in tree above sleeping squad. 1 severely twisted ankle, several bruises, one serious laceration (NEVER SLEEP NEXT TO CONCERTINA WIRE:eek:) several drill sergeants laughing their butts off.
NO NEGLIGENT DISCHARGES (just blanks)!

Fort Irwin, January 1992. Artillery Simulator (Loads of fun:D) in midst of sleeping platoon. No Negligent Discharges (blanks again.)

Lesson learned: Train, Train, Train. Whatever you do, get some snap caps and practice getting it from sleep. Field strip it with your eyes closed. Bring it to firing condition in the dark. If you have it and are going to trust your life to it, get some snap caps and make it part of you. Take it to the range. Know it as well as you know your wife. :eek:
 
I find that clenching my gun tightly between my buttocks just before going to bed offers me the greatest combination of security and accessability.
 
well when I go to sleep I put my shoes side by side next
To the bed incase emergency I have to get up for something
So, my shotgun is right below the bed and the revolver stays
In one of my shoes. I sometimes put it under the pillow.
 
"I find that clenching my gun tightly between my buttocks just before going to bed offers me the greatest combination of security and accessability."

That brought a welcome laugh to start off my day, Thanks. By the way I need your address so I can bill you for my now milk soaked keyboard.:)
 
I took a long hiatus from owning any guns. Now that I have them again, my pistol is always nearby, but certainly not in arms' reach. I have no fear of someone bustin down my door. If there's a commotion, I want to wake up and assess the whole thing before I go grabbing a gun. If I do need it, it's only 2 steps away, with one in the pipe...
 
If I'm traveling (thus sleeping alone), I'll keep my .45 in bed with me, under the covers. Should someone break in and accost me, I'll be able to reach it easily without making an apparent move for a weapon (as would happen should I keep the pistol under the pillow).
 
My 5-shot snubbie is loaded up, in its IWB holster, under my pillow while I sleep.

Twice since I've moved into my house nearly a year ago have I been woken up in the middle of the night due to noises. Both times I snapped awake, knowing that something wasn't right and being almost fully alert and aware of a lot of things at once, from the position I was lying in (I hadn't moved when waking up), to the dryness in my mouth, to the sounds that woke me in the first place. Neither time did I make a grab for my gun before assessing the situation.

Both times, the noises were caused by the weather: the first time, it was so cold outside that one of the windows in my room was slowly (and loudly) cracking (when I figured it out and got up to investigate/confirm, the gun came with me); the second time it was very windy outside, which was causing the soft, flexible pine tree planted right next to my house to slap up against the vinyl siding (when I figured that one out, I didn't get up--I could hear the tree hitting the siding as the wind picked up).
 
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