I usually keep a Mossberg 590a1 by the bedside but have had it taken apart for the past week so i've been keeping a Ruger Mark IV .22 (My only handgun at the moment) on the bed next to me, round in the chamber/safety on.
Today at around 2am I woke up to what sounded like a balloon popping in front of my face, I'm laying on my side and I realize my handgun is in my hand pointing straight down on the bed towards the ground, barrel snuggled right up against my gut. I was in disbelief that I just managed to fire my own gun in my sleep, but behold I found the empty casing by my head, 1 round missing from the magazine and the air smelled of gunpowder.
I never would have thought this would happen but it did, and if that barrel was tilted a few degrees towards me there may be a chance I wouldn't be typing this right now. ND/AD can happen to ANYONE
I would like this to be a lesson to all, to all those who sleep with firearms by them, rethink your options, I suggest instead taking extra safety measures for your home that would delay/deter entrance from an intruder while taking extra measures with your firearms, do NOT sleep with your airweight under your pillow.
Note: Only damage was a hole in my mattress, the round did not make it to my tile floor. (I sleep on two mattresses on top of eachother on a wooden frame)
Today at around 2am I woke up to what sounded like a balloon popping in front of my face, I'm laying on my side and I realize my handgun is in my hand pointing straight down on the bed towards the ground, barrel snuggled right up against my gut. I was in disbelief that I just managed to fire my own gun in my sleep, but behold I found the empty casing by my head, 1 round missing from the magazine and the air smelled of gunpowder.
I never would have thought this would happen but it did, and if that barrel was tilted a few degrees towards me there may be a chance I wouldn't be typing this right now. ND/AD can happen to ANYONE
I would like this to be a lesson to all, to all those who sleep with firearms by them, rethink your options, I suggest instead taking extra safety measures for your home that would delay/deter entrance from an intruder while taking extra measures with your firearms, do NOT sleep with your airweight under your pillow.
Note: Only damage was a hole in my mattress, the round did not make it to my tile floor. (I sleep on two mattresses on top of eachother on a wooden frame)