Night time: Do you keep one in the pipe?

Night time: Do you keep one in the pipe?

  • Yes I do, and unlocked

    Votes: 76 46.3%
  • Yes I do, but locked or decocked

    Votes: 52 31.7%
  • No I dont.

    Votes: 36 22.0%

  • Total voters
    164
Yep, I usually have more than one loaded and at the ready. I do not normally keep it within reach of the bed, though, so when the dogs start barking I can get up, shake the fuzzies off, and investigate if need be.
 
My defensive guns are always ready to go, round chambered!If children were around it would be different. We don't allow kids in the house.:D
 
Nope...racking the slide gives my hands something to do while my brain wakes up... :D

Milspec
 
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My carry is DAO and is always carried with one chambered....just as my revolvers were carried.

As for bedside...phone is on wifey's side...business communication is on my side. :D

Mark.
 
"My defensive guns are always ready to go, round chambered!If children were around it would be different. We don't allow kids in the house."


......same here!
 
Thank You TFL and Members

Did not have a round in chamber until 3 days ago. After reading TFL threads I decided on "one in chamber, safety on". This morning, 0330, I had my first true OH S! moment as our alarm went off. I am a heavy sleeper , but, 5 seconds from out of bed ready to fire was in hind sight very comforting(especially for my wife who is gun wary). Luckily it was a false alarm, 3 more alarms during the day, and I am sure I have forever traumitized my dd moving through the house in boxers with a gun in hand!

That said, not having to rack slide was a comfort for me

The only other thing learned is my dog talks a big game but...
 
All my defensive guns are fully loaded and chambered. The argument for racking the slide before hand makes far too many assumptions IMO.
 
My guns are always loaded and decocked. I think that on the night stand would be the most important time to have the weapon loaded and easily manipulated. I know when I wake up in the middle of the night only half my brain is working and its dark.
 
Wasn't there a story about keeping a loaded gun near the bed and the phone ringing late at night and the sleepy guy put the gun to his head instead of the phone and....

Yah, famous Darwin Award winner, that one, and IIRC it was NOT an urban legend.

There was also guy who bought a Darwin award by trying to play Russian roulette with a autopistol. He loaded one round in the mag, inserted the mag, racked the slide and...well, I think you can guess what happened next.
 
USPc locked and cocked 24/7/365. I used to un-chamber a round when arriving home, but decided that the unnecessary handling of the firearms could cause more harm than good. Its always ready to go on me or right by the bed. To keep from shooting someone by mistake, my first instinct is to reach for the flashlight.
 
no

,like the xmd40 it really is like the glock , but it has grip safety and trigger safety , but once you hold the gun all you have to do is pull the trigger . so i keep it loaded but not one in the chamber. on the hip i would carry it that way in the holster . but not in my sleep. if it had a manual safety i would carry one in the chamber since you cannot decock the gun with one in the chamber. to scarey . so my question is how do all the xd guys keep the gun safe with one in the chamber?
 
The XD-45 is loaded 24/7 with the exception being when it gets a cleaning. It never sleeps....:eek:

I have a couple of other guns hidden in different areas of the home and they're loaded as well.

All the others are unloaded.
 
What to do?

Evaluate your view of the risks:

1. Chambered - you may ND for various factors.
2. Unchambered - you may not get the gun into action fast enough or screw up the racking.

Which branch is more dangerous to your survival and those you need to protect?

That's the decision for you.
 
Condition Three until I know for sure there's an enemy...

...and its a Pump-12 under the bed. When my dog goes bonkers at 0400 I can be condition 1 covering the hallway in seconds. And in many situations, hearing the homeowner rack a 12 gauge is enough to make a prowler steal someone else's TV. Sleeping with condition one weapons is a no-no in my book.
 
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