Loaded in your gun safe?

I don't depend on my handgun for my HD weapon so it's in my safe with no mag inserted, one empty mag, and 2 mags with 7 rounds in them just incase. My bump in the night weapon is my shotgun :P
 
I have one small safe for handguns and one big one for long guns.

The handguns I'm trained with and carry are stored ready to go to eliminate any possible confusion. So my 686 and Mark III are empty, the rest are ready to go.

Long guns are kept with loaded mags at the top of the safe with an open bolt or action. I have a pistol grip pump somewhere convenient with a full tube but empty chamber.
 
Guns in my safe:

I keep all of my pistols loaded, period. Even the ones in my safe, (not hunting rifles). Seems the handguns get most attention and I just want to make sure that any pistol that I ever take out of my safe is loaded. Reason being, is that I will always know they are loaded and will act accordingly, (Which by the way, is the way you should treat any weapon).

Note: My brother a long time ago, pulled the clip out of a .380 I had and pulled the trigger, (he thought it was unloaded since he removed the clip). He promptly almost fainted after he shot a hole in my book shelf and wall. Lucky no one was injured or worse. It's had a profound effect on me since, so I keep everything loaded all the time and have had no problems since and don't plan to either. Also, NO one handles any of my guns anymore unless I personally have unloaded and inpected the weapon before letting others handle the gun.
 
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A loaded gun in a safe won't keep you safe, if you live in a neighborhhood where you feel you may need to go to the safe for a loaded gun after you have exhausted your other guns or options, its time to MOVE! The question needs more detail as to why you would want to keep loaded guns in a safe? Most home invations happen too quick to get to a safe, also with the adrenaline running one may have difficulty remembering a combination or getting the dial right! Fumbling with keys and having them accessable isn't realistic either.

Maybe I'm dense, but I just don't get it? I have my guns ready for action and strategically palced. I would rather have a gun out of a safe with a trigger lock if I needed it secured.
 
All my primary carries remain loaded when they're in the safe, I keep extra mags for most of them loaded....
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What he said. I tend to rotate my carry choice depending upon weather and dress, especially this time of year. We've had 40s and 80s this week (34 as I type this).

I try to minimize any extraneous "administrative handling" (loading, unloading, clearing, cocking, un-cocking, etc.).
Everything that is in my carry rotation sits on one shelf, loaded, with spare mag/speed loader and holster nearby. Makes switching out effortless.
 
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While anybody can do what they think is both safe and right, my opinion is that it does make sense to keep 1 handgun loaded in a safe. That's for the extremely remote possibility that somebody other than law enforcement is forcing you to open the safe. If your safe door opens the way most do and you're not left handed, then you should also practice weak hand draw.
 
I have long guns and my favorite sets at the front of the safe and there is a loaded magazine setting directly above it.
For hand guns I use hand gun racks that hold 5 guns in each with the grip toward the door. Again my favorite is at the front all the way to the right, and there are two magazines loaded directly under it.
But there is a loaded Glock 26 outside the safe at all times.
I agree with others, a loaded gun in the safe is a useless tool.
Think about why you would need a firearm in the house, the possible scenarios and then how long will it take to get the gun in your hand.
My bet is that in 99% of the scenarios, your dead.
If its children you worry about, then get one of the single handgun safes that can be opened in seconds.
 
I too have guns strategically place around my home loaded and ready (no children around), but I have a rather growing collection in my safe. All of which are loaded. I was just soliciting feedback. Thanks.
 
I keep one revolver loaded in my safe, just in case.

Probably stupid, but I read a piece of fiction years ago where a man with a coin collection was selling some coins. Two men came to rob him. While one kept his wife covered downstairs, the other one took him to the coin safe upstairs.

The guy kept a loaded pistol in his coin safe, and was able to shoot both robbers.
 
870, g17 and xd45 stay loaded with empty chambers in the safe. The xd somtimes keeps me company at night, everything else besides those 3 stay completely empty.
 
None here either. No way you're going to have time to open that safe if you need a gun. Things bad happen very fast.
 
None. Why would they be loaded in the safe?
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Not the poster who wrote this specifically (I simply quoted this line as representative of MANY similar comments) but it seems like a LOT of people think they have the definitive answer for everyone, not just themselves.

Which, of course, is ludicrous. I'm pretty sure that each of us has put some thought in to our arrangements and why things are just exactly the way they are.

I keep three in my safe that are loaded. Well, I should say, there are three different that spend most of their time loaded, and those three also spend time in the safe. The main reason that these three stay loaded is pretty simple-- each one finds itself pulling regular defense duty in some form or another.

The home defense gun comes out at bedtime, and goes to bed. In the morning, it finds it's way back to the safe before breakfast. When it goes in, that day's carry gun comes out. The carry gun is then either worn on me, or placed in a handy spot on the ground floor where I'm spending my time in the house. When I leave, it goes with me. There are no loose guns in my house, loaded, unloaded or otherwise. If I'm home, there's one loaded and accessible. If I'm not there, there's none to be taken.

They stay loaded because they are semi-automatic pistols. There's no good reason to be shucking loaded rounds in and out of pistols on a once or twice daily basis. It's no good for the ammo and you open yourself up to bullet setback by constantly shucking the same round in and out of the chamber. Some folks combat this by shooting their carry ammo, but I simply keep my carry ammo for a year or two then replace it.

I also don't see the need to be handling the loaded handguns outside of a holster when it's not necessary. Less chance for an NG.

No, I don't want to be spinning the safe dial when my front door is being kicked in. That's not why there's a loaded handgun in there. (in fact, when I'm home, the safe is pretty much unlocked, but either my carry gun or HD gun isn't in there... it's on me.

Consider your options... make your choices, and roll with it. But if you think the next guy (who does it differently) is nuts for doing it his way, maybe you just haven't looked at every angle, or looked at the situation in the manner that he has.
 
None.

Anything I'm planning on using for self defense isn't in the safe.

The last thing I want is an AD taking something out of the safe (I'm imagining the safety button on the M1A gets hooked on the AK bolt lever, then hits the bipod on the Remington, and a 308 goes launching through my roof.
 
Every firearm in my lock box is treated as if it was loaded, but none of them actually are.

My HD weapon is a Remington 870 and it's not locked away.
 
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