Strategic Placement of Weapons

around the house

keep two me and my wife prefer to have them handy but stashed were we know we they are.
As for kids.they should be taught how they operate and the destructive power contained within.
Knowledge is safety.
 
scottaschultz said:
I know people who have weapons placed about every 5 feet or so throughout their house.
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If you have that much fear and that much money... MOVE!!!

Scott
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Making some assumptions, aren't we? What makes you think it's based on fear?

I don't and probably wouldn't have firearms spaced all over the house like that, but I do see an assumption here on your part.
 
I read an article on the Charter Arms .44 By bart Skelton or Jim Wilson (I think) in which the author said he intended to buy another one to keep in a second location.

I started thinking about that (would have used quick combo safes) and decided that while having two or three guns in different locations would be better than having one upstairs, there was no really good answer other than a pocket holster.

Before coming to that conclusion, I must confess that I saw a post asking about who carried at home. Wow! I thought that was the ultimate in paranoia!

But think about it. It's accessible to me and not to others.

There was an episode of The Best Defense in which there was a dramatization of a woman hearing glass break and racing a home invader toward the bedroom to get to her gun. She made it--but the skit substantiates my thinking, at least to me--and for my particular house layout.
 
I think it all depends on your situation really. I personally keep one in the bedroom of course. But as far as the rest of the house there are three levels. I keep a shotty on every floor loaded ready to go. The rest are locked up in the vault. You can never be to careful. If you have a bunch of kids you have to get creative or just not keep anything out.

Every 5 feet? I dont know where that person lives but that is a lot of guns through out the house to be accessed to. We all hope we dont ever have to use them but it happens every day.
 
Keeping several loaded weapons throughout the house can be complicated by the presence of others. Others being anyone but the owner of the guns. A spouse with the proper mental attitude and training is not a problem. The same for your children of a certain age (depends on the individual) with the proper mental attitude and training. Children certainly complicate matters. If their age is in the single digits they might not be able to be trusted to properly follow the safety rules all of the time.

If they or you have guests over, are you going to do a "gun round-up"? What if you have a service call? What if the neighbors drop over? What if you kids have a friend drop by? Hum, did I get all of them of is there one still stuffed in the couch/lazyboy/bookshelf?

Seems to me the best solution to having a firearm available is to carry it in a holster on your person. When I'm dressed I'm carrying a full sized 1911. That way a handgun is never out of reach.

I'm a "no" on placing several guns around the home.
 
Well No one really answered so I will.

Bedroom 1911 my side of bed, glock for wife on her side, Rossi carbine behind door.

Laundry room gun storage most loaded.

Upstairs office Remington 700 behind door, .25 ACP laying on my desk. There is a second floor deck on this room and I can see well over 1000yds in 3 directions. Including my gate which is 880 feet.

Upstairs bedroom Siamese Mauser 45-70 behind door. An upstairs deck covering the direction I can't see from the office. 1000 yds line of sight.

Overkill maybe. But two drug smugglers hit a cattle guard and turned their truck over less than a mile from my house last week. They walked to the nearest house and waited for the owner to come home, planning who knows what. Fortunately he is a retired state cop and was carrying his 1911. They decided they only wanted to call 911 to get a wrecker. Lots more to story but too long for here.


Sheriff response time to my house is 45 minutes minimum.
 
I keep my Officer's model on me at all times at home. A firearm sitting on the nightstand in the bedroom, or 10 feet away behind a door does no good if you are in the family room and someone busts down the door. With home invasions on the increase, it's not paranoia it's being prepared. I'd rather be considered paranoid and have it on me when I need it, than considered dead and it be 10 feet away from my body.
 
There are four S&W model 10 revolvers hidden strategically in this house. There is my Charter Arms .44 Special on this desk in my office. An AR-15 is located in the master bedroom.
 
Hiding guns throughout your house assumes that your home will be invaded while you're there. Most burglars wait until you leave the house. You might as well gift wrap your guns for them. Oh and your hiding places might fool the 16 year old smash and grabber, but your sneaky stash spots are well known in the criminal world: under the mattress, between couch cushions, under the bottom dresser drawer, in the freezer, in the toilet tank, in the pantry, in air vents, basically if you thought it was slick the bad guys already know about it because you're not the first one to try it. Please, let's not give the bad guys guns.
 
Please, let's not give the bad guys guns.
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Had one burglary in 1986. They stole everything of value except guns, they never touched a gun. Twice in my long lifetime I have defended my family and my home from armed home invaders. Came out on top both times thanks to guns that were easily accessible. I am not changing what works for me, burglars be darned.
 
Does a Garand on the kitchen table count? :)

There are effective ways to hide and distribute weapons at choke points; I wouldn't divulge where mine are on the internet if I did, though.

I usually have my carry gun next to the coffee while I'm at my desk. I have a rifle within about ten steps if I should need it.

Of course, the only two ways into my house involve climbing a long, creaky wooden staircase, so I'm likely to have some warning.
 
Interesting thread. I had something happen a few weeks back that turned out to be nothing (at least nothing that I can logically explain), but at the time I thought someone was in the house (and very close to me). I won't bore you with the "strange" details, but it really made me aware of the fact that without my gun on me, I wouldn't have had time to get the gun.
 
Where to stash your defensive tools

The deeper your defensive perimeter, the longer it takes for an invader to get into your house, therefore you have more time to retrieve your phone, flashlight baseball bat/gun/taser/whatever.

So, deepen and harden your perimeter defenses.

Most people will be adequately protected with their defense tools in two places, maybe three.

Bedroom, where you are when many burglaries take place.
Close to where you are when opening the door to visitors, delivery persons, etc. where a home invader might be ringing your doorbell.
The room (aside from the bedroom) where you spend most of your time when not sleeping.

I have often thought that this would be a good place to stash a gun:

Cut a hole in a sheetrock wall, put your gun in the space between the studs and then patch the hole with styrofoam, spackle and paint to match the original wall. Done properly, the patch will be invisible, but the styrofoam can be broken out instantly and easily.

If your carpentry skills are not that great, the patchwork can be covered with a clock, picture, painting or decorative sconce. Just make the placement look "natural" so it doesn't scream "Hiding place" to the practised criminal eye.

If you go around to the opposite side of the wall and frame in a small door with a lock, you can retrieve the gun for checking the flashlight for battery changing and other such maintenance tasks.

Lost Sheep.
 
I just KNEW this picture would come in handy! I found this on a thread a few weeks ago. I can never resist cracking a smile when I see it.:D
 

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I keep my Officer's model on me at all times at home. A firearm sitting on the nightstand in the bedroom, or 10 feet away behind a door does no good if you are in the family room and someone busts down the door. With home invasions on the increase, it's not paranoia it's being prepared. I'd rather be considered paranoid and have it on me when I need it, than considered dead and it be 10 feet away from my body.
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My thoughts exactly.
 
Placement of weapons in the home?

:o Well, I must admit I have a few around the homestead myself. Am not trying to be paranoid but rather being prepared in the event of a home invasion. Lots of those going on in the city where I live.

Actually to each his own would be the answer to this post. Whatever makes you feel safer in your home. My kids are up and grown and moved away so no problems with kids in the home. My wife and I both are experienced shooters of all our weapons we own, (revolvers and autos). We both feel a lot better knowing we don't have to run to the safe, unlock it and retrieve a gun for self defense situations. Thus, we have three weapons placed strategically around our home.
1. Bedroom night stand (Glock 21 with tactical light)
2. Living room (S&W Model 64 hidden in side pocket of my Lazy Boy TV chair)
3. Office (model 60 hidden behind computer)
 
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I spend a lot of time at home (retired) so during the day I simply carry my j-frame in a pocket holster ... I agree that leaving guns all over the house is a bad idea ... so ... my nightstand gun is always available. I keep a revolver in the commode area of the bathroom (never get caught with my pants down). My carry weapons -- in summer the 637 or a Kahr PM9 -- are loaded and in the center drawer of the dresser, which is inside a big walkin closet, not in the bedroom. No kids, obviously; if we have some visiting the guns are unloaded and locked away until the house returns to normal. My wife's not a shooter, tho she's had enough training to know how to operate all our guns in case of emergency. I'm encouraging her to get a CHL and she seems to at least be receptive to a discussion ...
 
I live in a fairly good neighborhood in a small city so I don;t feel the need to carry in home.

I do however keep a 9 +1 22. loaded in my coffee table in my living room, where i spend most of my morning/afternoon during daylight hours. Enough to get my upstairs if i have to. (Hopefully land a couple hits while that dirtbag realizes the sliding glass door is double chained :cool:...)

As for night-time I have my 16 +1 9mm on my nightstand with no clip in but two full magazines.

And if It really hits the fan I always have my trusty Remington 870 leaning on my dresser with a box of shells.

For a two bedroom condo i feel thats enough of a spread to help me sleep well enough at night.
 
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