Staging a weapon in the bathroom

This is very good food for thought. It does happen:

Female attacked in shower by burglar:
http://www.khou.com/news/crime/Frie...r-in-shower-fights-off-burglar-193446281.html

Woman attacked in shower:
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/woman-attacked-in-shower-i-cant-go-back-home/nJTfP/


Consider what you would do if, literally, you were in the buff and with the water running down and someone attacked you in the shower. Would you have time or ability to retrieve your sidearm from a box, or the master bedroom?

Perhaps something more immediately available? Maybe a KBar knife in a kydex sheath in the shower, hanging under the showerhead. It's a $50 tool, nearly impervious to rust if you keep it oiled every few months. These things survived the jungles of 'Nam, I'm sure they can handle your shower.

I also like the ziplock bag with silica packets. Right there in the shower. Take the gun out every 6 months to inspect, clean, oil, etc. Swap out the ammo.

In the big picture - early warning so you don't get caught in the buff in the shower is probably the best approach.

If you have time to walk to the medicine cabinet or access the drawers under the sink, then why not just put your carry gun on the sink counter? Or walk into your bedroom and draw your nightstand gun? The reason is because you might literally need access to a weapon, like RIGHT NOW. Not in 1 second. RIGHT NOW. Travis Alexander was attacked in the shower, and murdered, by a trusted member of the household. He learned the hard way.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Travis_Alexander

In my situation I have lots of early warning, and have guns either on my person or within a room distance at all times. But without a weapon, it would admittedly be hard to defend against a person within the household, or someone who has gained access without detection.

Say, for instance, that someone sneaks in while you're not home, and lays in wait until you get in the shower? Like a maintenance man, if you live in an apartment. Or an Ex- significant other or roommate who still has a key. Or heck, maybe the old realtor gave out or lost the key to your house. There are lots of possibilities. And lots of people killed by nefarious folks hiding in the closet or spare room until the home owner gets in the shower or goes to sleep.
 
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A relative of mine actually saved his neck by keeping a gun in the bathroom.
I have ever since kept one (7-8 years). I have rotated them, but they have all been blue ones. With proper maintenance, rust has never been a problem.
 
I always have my gun on me. Except when I'm showering and sleeping. It's 1-2ft away from me. Nightstand and toilet. I don't keep one in there because they're way too many guests(family) that come through.
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I carry 100% of the time. When I shower, I bring my carry gun into the bathroom with me. So, for me, I don't see too much purpose in have a gun dedicated to being stored in the bathroom.

I think it's cheaper, easier, and safer to simply bring the gun in the bathroom with you when you go in and take it out when you leave.
 
I also like the ziplock bag with silica packets. Right there in the shower. Take the gun out every 6 months to inspect, clean, oil, etc. Swap out the ammo.
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I'll take my chances. I don't live in such constant fear that I need a gun within arms reach at every moment. My carry gun sitting on the hamper a few feet away will do me just fine. I am not against the idea to leave a designated gun in the bathroom, but in the actual shower is just too much IMO.
 
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I don't live in such constant fear that I need a gun within arms reach at every moment.
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Lol, no need to associate it with "fear" of anything. Actually, if it's that close you shouldn't be fearing anything at all anyways.

Once you go to one of the highest levels you can on a certain topic of "preparedness", you feel like when you don't do it like usual you have a guard down feeling.
 
Our master bath has a small room with a door and a storage cabinet. It's where the toilet hides. I have kept a revolver in the cabinet for years; first a j-frame and then, when that was sold, a Ruger LCR in .22WMR ... I never saw any evidence of moisture damage to the j-frame and so far nothing visible on the Ruger. I shoot it often and keep it clean, oiled and in a leather holster. My only fear is being caught, so to speak, with my pants down and no protection. There's no downside, IMHO ...
 
In my bathroom I have a small table I keep reading materials on. It also has a DAO S&W Model 64-4 on it. It's been there for 3 years. No rust, no corrosion, no spots or stains. There's a reason I chose a Model 64-4 though, I can point shoot with a 4" K frame better than I can with literally any other handgun I own. If I'm sitting on the throne and I have to suddenly use the pistol I feel certain that "aiming" isn't going to be an option. The K frame lends itself very well to instinctive point shooting. At least for me. YMMV.
 
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I live in a state that is O.K.with open carry, and just signed into law recently the ccw . Our area of town has recently gotten increased burglery and breakins , My suggestion is to carry at home everywhere,even as you relax and watch TV in the evening,... being prepared is EVERYTHING.
 
Or in other words if I lived in a place where I had to give this kind of thought to arming myself to go take a poop or a shower I would surely move.
 
Right, because home invasions never occur in the country..... moving away from trouble doesn't work. Being prepared for it does.
 
Or in other words if I lived in a place where I had to give this kind of thought to arming myself to go take a poop or a shower I would surely move.
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People get killed in Hollywood, Beverly Hills, and other 'nice' places just as they do in common-ville.

Being prepared makes you less likely to be a victim if/when lighting strikes.
 
33 posts ahead of mine and I've still not seen -one- mention of the item that is for me... key, and always will be.

Unsecured firearms in my home. Not my cup of tea. Sure, I don't wish to have one stolen in my absence, but the REAL problem I have with it is the small chance that an unsecured firearm in my home might be used against me.

I quit worry about this when I gained the license to carry. Now, there's always one unsecured firearm in my home, and it's on me. (unless friends are over, then we've got a number of them)

It's bad enough the chance exists that someone will enter your home with bad intentions. I don't want them to, I hope they arrive without a weapon of their own, but either way... I will not be furnishing them with one.

There's always one loaded handgun in any bathroom I'm in. ;) It leaves with me.
 
At home, the shotgun is next to the bed and an AR15 in the closet inside the bathroom.

Check it every few months, clean/lube it, and rotate the ammo when you can. A sealed container as others have mentioned should work well also.
 
I doubt moisture will cause much of a problem since the air will dry out in just a little while after you shower. It's not a constant humid environment.

Personally, I don't like to keep any of my HD guns unsecured so something like this is what my preference would be.

While this is in a cabinet under a kitchen sink, you could do something similar in the bathroom if you have a cabinet under your vanity/sink.

I would take it a step further cut a hole in the cabinet floor so the safe would sit on the concrete floor underneath. Use concrete anchors to secure it and caulk and/or trim around the safe and opening for a professional looking install with the safe recessed in the cabinet floor. It would make it very hard to steal if you always will have the gun stored there.

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Has it really gotten to the point that we need a different gun for every room in the house? Just use some old beater because you'll probably never need to use it anyway.
 
Someone has probably mentioned this already, but you could put the gun in a gun case with one of those moister absorbing packs if you're really worried about moister being a problem.

Realistically though, when I was in the military we carried our weapons in all sorts of humid/rainy environments, but rust was never an issue as long as we cleaned and lubed them every once in a while.

I'm having trouble getting my head around why someone would want to make their final stand in a bathroom though, unless your bathroom is bullet proof or you have a large enough window to make an escape through, a "final stand" is what it will be.
 
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I have a three pistols all within easy reach when I am at my desk, don't ask why, there is no more special reason then I like all of them and like to see them so that is where they sit. When I get up to go to the john, one comes with me and is my best friend while I read the newspaper or check stocks on my phone, or whatever else I am doing in the throne room. But I don't leave one in there.

My guns get used, cleaned, ammo shot and replaced, nothing stays unused so long that I have to worry about it rusting or failing to function.
 
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