My Glock will not be my bedstand gun.

Its not a question of "knowing what you mean" and you ought to know that. I know what you said.

All I did was address a problem that I was having. Many have provided what they felt were good solutions. All you have provided is criticism of my abilities and sleep paterns.
 
All I did was address a problem that I was having. Many have provided what they felt were good solutions. All you have provided is criticism of my abilities and sleep paterns.
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Steve. I don't know your situation all together but if you realy do have a problem waking up and grabbing the gun and starting to engage the trigger without thinking about it then maybe you should not have a gun available to you when you sleep. Thats not a personal insult but a reality. I know of one friends daughter who had a bad sleep walking problem. She ended up across town in her night clothes one time. If you have this problem or a problem like you describe lock the gun up at night or put your wife in charge of the night time defense mission.
PAT
 
Come on guys...

I don't think that there is any need for some people's comments about Steve not having access to a gun, or getting a different means of defense, or being paranoid.

My father in law was in Vietnam and still jumps whenever he hears a noise that is loud or unexpected. Does that make him paranoid and unable to defend himself? I would think not. It just means that he has residual effects from Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome and jumps when he hears noises. We know nothing about Steve's personal life or experiences that he may have had that would cause him to be a light sleeper, or startled by noises.

As far as the gun on the nightstand is concerned, I liked the comments that were actually productive (:rolleyes: ), especially suggestions about putting the gun in a holster or getting a keypad operated safe. I think with just one extra step it would give Steve the time that he needs to wake up and be coherent.

Best of luck in finding the solution that works for you, Steve. :)
 
tetchaje

Its not a matter of defending ones self its matter of not shooting what does not need to be shot like your kid, dog or wife because you were sleep shooting.
PAT
 
Steve said:
LET ME MAKE THIS CLEAR RIGHT NOW. Not once have I placed my finger on the trigger. The few times that I've went so far as to grab the gun, I had a good firing grip with finger alongside slide and thumb on the safety.
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I will take you at your word. Since you don't put your finger on the trigger, the additional mechanical safety levers/grips on other makes of handguns, are irrelevant. An untouched Glock trigger has 3 safeties engaged. 3 should suffice.
 
JMBG29, what you're saying is what I was talking about early in this thread. I have tried to stress these points but many haven't caught them. My safety habits do not "turn off" when I'm in this state...once the gun is in my hands, everything works just like when I'm at the range or doing dry fires at home...my concern is the actual grabbing of (at) the gun just after being startled awake. I'm afraid that I might grab "at" the gun and if itwere a Glock, I may inadvertantly stick my finger in the trigger guard before I actually have it in my grasp.
 
Steve, switch to dacaf, man. Joking, joking.
Really, I have much the same delimma. When I'm stressed, I sometimes have nightmares, and have sleep walked before. I finally decided to start storing my G30 on away from the bed, where I have to get up to access it. i also keep the chamber clear, so I have to rack the slide before firing. We do have an alarm system, and I depend on it for time to perform these actions. Not a perfect answer for the "BG in the room" scenerio, but better than waking up to discover that I just capped my wife. If you would, lemme know what you decide to do.

See ya at the range.
Tom
 
One way to partially train or check yourself about staying away from the trigger is to put bright red lipstick on the trigger face and practice your nightime emergency plan - or any other procedure - with the unloaded gun. adk
 
I Like keeping my USP in condition 1 in my bedstand. But she rests in my IWB Vega holster, so I need to pull her out if needed. Is something that I can easily do single handed, but I need to think about it. The holster covers either the trigger and the safe, so I have to pull her out to use.

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