Hiding handguns around the house ...

I would be worried that under a stressful situation, I would forget all my nifty little stash spots.
Of course thats just me, once I lost a couple of Contenders for about an hour or so, until I found them in a hard case in my den, hiding in plain sight:rolleyes:
 
Bad idea, sooner or later someone will find it. Get a gunvault, or several if you feel the need to have access to multiple guns at once.
 
I have a safe, but I still keep a few things handy.

At our last house, I used to keep one screwed to the back of the front door, under the coat rack and a bunch of coats. Answer the door, hand was right on the gun.

This one is someplace handy and you'd have to be contortionist to ever see it.

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You can often hide things in plain sight, and those places are usually the best places.
 
No one here but me and the cat. I carry at all times and keep a couple strategically placed as well. The rest are in the safe.
 
I'm conflicted about this

On my mission we were sitting on this guys couch and he pulls out these photo albums. I was a little concerned at first because he was really strange, but it turns out they were pictures of his guns. Not quite as concerned but he was still strange. He goes on to tell us that no matter where he is sitting in his house he can reach a gun by only moving his arms. Needless to say I moved very gingerly after that. Moral of the story is that I don't want to be that nutcase.
But, the thought has crossed my mind to strategically place some throughout the house. But I have kids and a wife who loves to have people over. I was thinking about mounting a strong magnet to the inside wall right over the door in the closets and pantry. That way people would not see them and kids could not reach them. Although funds currently prohibit this it is something I would like to do. Currently I have to make do with wearing one.
 
If you have kids - don't underestimate the fact that children will find things that you may think they cannot. Kids are curious, they look, even if you don't think they do....

I do keep one pistol out in my bedroom (I don't have kids), but I don't leave a round in the chamber and it goes into a locked cabinet if I have guests with kids.

I dated a women with two kids for a while in south GA, when I went down to deer hunt, I locked the rifles and ammo in the Jeep and locked the rifle bolts up in a separate location. (Try and fire a Mauser with no bolt...:p)

You really can't underestimate the sneakiness of children... keep'em safe.
 
No kids coming or going
I keep them "slightly hidden" but accessible
When friends come over I hide them better and if a kid happens to come they would go in the safe.
I am simply not going to carry around the house as its not comfortable or readable when wearing boxers around.
I keep a gun with 3 seconds from where I will be at any moment in my house.
All loaded and chambered if designed that way.
 
We've discussed this before. IMO, if they aren't secured, and I mean locked in at the very least a single gun vault, I think it's a horrible, horrible idea.

Really.

I don't mean to sound like I think less of someone who chooses to do it that way... but in the end, I still believe all that you are doing is to scatter loaded firearms around the house that might be used against you.

Or, as was mentioned, might be found by curious children or dishonest guests or (more likely?) someone invited in the house to do some kind of service.

If you have a license to carry in your state, then carry in your home. That's what I do. I don't carry while asleep in bed and I don't carry in the shower.

The rest of the time, I carry. There's one accessible, and nobody can stumble across it whether they are trying or not.
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This is exactly the way I feel. My dad still leaves loaded guns all around his house and he has always done so, but he has few visitors. I always have people in and out of my house even though my kids are grown and gone. Cleaning service, plumbers on occasion, etc. At this moment I have tile guys and wood flooring guys working in my house. My HD handgun is secured but accessible only to me and I don't have to make any adjustments if someone shows up or we entertain at our house.
 
We've discussed this before. IMO, if they aren't secured, and I mean locked in at the very least a single gun vault, I think it's a horrible, horrible idea.

Really.

I don't mean to sound like I think less of someone who chooses to do it that way... but in the end, I still believe all that you are doing is to scatter loaded firearms around the house that might be used against you.

Or, as was mentioned, might be found by curious children or dishonest guests or (more likely?) someone invited in the house to do some kind of service.

If you have a license to carry in your state, then carry in your home. That's what I do. I don't carry while asleep in bed and I don't carry in the shower.

The rest of the time, I carry. There's one accessible, and nobody can stumble across it whether they are trying or not.
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This is exactly the way I feel, too. In my earlier post, I mentioned the small pistol (a .25 ACP or some flavor) that my brother had stolen. Being very honest, and after thinking about it a bit, he's actually lost three. Another was a Ruger Vaquero in 44/40. He had it stashed, and it was stolen by a fella doing some repairs on his house. He did manage to get it back, but it took a bit of doing on his part.

Another was stolen out of his truck (he apparently doesn't learn too fast?) when it was broken into. That one was a Kimber in .45 ACP, and considering where he lived (about 4 miles north of Mexico), it's probably south of the border now. Intersting note on this one though; he didn't think anyone could get to his vehicles inside of his well fenced and secured yard with his watch dogs there. He was wrong, and they didn't kill the dogs.

I won't guarantee that I'll never have a gun stolen, but I've no doubt they'll have to work a lot harder at it if the guns are locked in my safe.

Daryl
 
I carry pretty much all the time, so no need to leave guns around the house for my boy or intruders to stumble upon.

However, sometimes if I'm going to be at home all day I do hide an unloaded AR in a location that only I can physically reach, and I keep a 20 round mag in my pocket. Nevertheless, I've always got some flavor of handgun on me.

As another poster said, the big advantage of having the handgun on you is that it is always accessible in an emergency. All 7 guns stashed in various places around the house may not be, or worse, may be more accessible to the BG.
 
This thread just made me realize that I unintentionally "hide" 2 pistols in my house, on opposite ends of the house. I leave my nightstand gun on the night stand and my carry gun sits on top of the refrigerator when I get home. I carry almost all of the time outside of the house, but I don't find it comfortable to carry around the house.

I don't find hiding guns from kids is a great idea. My boys are ages 6 and 1. The oldest knows we have guns and knows what they look like as well as where they are. He has handled them all and can see or shoot them anytime he wants as long as we are present and he has asked. We have a safe and use it when the boys are home, but I don't hide my guns from them. I find that kids want to learn and if you teach them they will respect the gun. Being familiar with the guns takes the forbidden fruit factor away from the gun and curiosity is lessened. It helps if the whole family is into firearms and hunting as this makes them "normal" and not as tempting or mysterious.
 
I have guns placed stratigically around the house. Most times I have one on my person also. When the grandkids are coming it is hide/go seek time and collect all of them to put away for safety.

When I was small, my Granddad had guns all around the house and they were all loaded. None of the grandkids ever touched them because #1, we knew they were loaded and #2, we respected our granddad enough to not go near them when he said so.

Today, my stepson's and daughters-in-law's get wild eyed if I even have some of my reloading stuff out when the arrive un-announced much less a gun.
My son is pretty cool about guns. I even gave him one the last time he was up from Florida. My daughter-in-law had a fit though.

Also in todays world, kids and grandkids don't respect their elders like we used to and still do.
 
........Moral of the story is that I don't want to be that nutcase.
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Neither do I.

I don't leave loaded guns laying around the house, hidden or other wise. I think it's a bad idea, with negatives that far out weigh any positives that can come from it.

My carry gun is loaded, and it's well hidden .......... right inside my waist band.
 
My carry gun is loaded, and it's well hidden .......... right inside my waist band.
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So is mine, but Im not always home. Whats my wife supposed to do, she doesnt wear one, has troubles getting the safe open (when shes calm, forget about stress), but she knows where things are around the house.

This is one of those, you have to figure it out for yourself things. It either works for you or it doesnt. Nothing wrong either way, as long as you find something that does work.
 
I'm retired and am home a lot; we have nobody around but my wife and I. So yes, I have guns in various places around the house. If I'm in our home office, there's a gun nearby. The living room gun is well hidden at night, but during the day follows me around like a puppy. I think hiding guns is a great idea if there's nobody regularly in the house who might gain access to the weapons; if there are kids or ne'er-do-well brothers-in-law in residence, keep 'em locked up and carry all day if you need a gun nearby ...
 
I only have one hidden, my S&W Model 19 loaded with Cor-Bon DPX 1's and 14 left in the box right next to it. Of course I can't tell you guys where it is... :)
 
To Yung.gunr. How about mounting some of those inexpensive nylon holsters instead of a magnet. seem like it would work as well and be easier to retreive gun.
just a thought.
Art S.
 
For you guy's that carry all the time, I have a problem keeping my pj's from sliding down due to the weight of my 1911 in a IWB, have any suggestions.
I tried my Miami Classic but my wife complained about my gun poken her in the backside all the time:D

Now back to the regularly scheduled program:p
 
What are PJ's? :)

As for the suggestion, Smart Carry. You can wear them with anything.

Oh, and it will help with the poking the old lady problem. :D
 
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