Strategic Placement of Weapons

I know ill get feedback on this one... but I have knives, short and long swords, along with wooden "tools"... around the house... some are more hidden depending on whats needed... but the guns are with me... so if im not near the guns they are inaccessible to an invader but I have something anywhere.... I live in a small house anyways so its easy to get the guns on my end....
 
....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.
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Pat? Pat???

Oh, sorry......I thought you were my mother-in-law.

See, guys, these are the types of people that we fight against: people who claim that no matter what we do to protect ourselves; whether it's a woman carrying a gun in her purse to a person keeping a gun at home "in the toilet tank" - we are always the paranoid extremists who will, despite of and because of our best efforts, will only contribute to increased and self-inflicted crime in and out of our homes.

I spit on this ideology and everyone who espouses and subscribes to it. Disgusting.
 
See, guys, these are the types of people that we fight against: people who claim that no matter what we do to protect ourselves; whether it's a woman carrying a gun in her purse to a person keeping a gun at home "in the toilet tank" - we are always the paranoid extremists who will, despite of and because of our best efforts, will only contribute to increased and self-inflicted crime in and out of our homes.

I spit on this ideology and everyone who espouses and subscribes to it. Disgusting.
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If I thought owning guns or using them to protect our families was extremest, I would not be on this forum. I own firearms and I think it's a citizen's duty to protect himself and his way of life, but I also apply some common sense and responsibility in my life and my firearms employment. Most robberies do not happen when the victim is home and therefore leaving them unsecured when you leave the house is negligent in my opinion. It doesn't matter how many guns you have, if you're not there to pull the trigger it won't make a difference. That's why I'm a believer in keeping your carry gun on you AT ALL TIMES, so you don't have to hide it in your pantry.

Our real enemies want us to turn against each other like British gun owners did before they lost all their rights. Don't presume to think I'm an Uncle Tom just because I don't leave my guns lying around when I leave my house. Don't point your finger at me or put words in my mouth - you know nothing about me. I am an NRA member, a US Serviceman, and a RESPONSIBLE gun owner - I am not the enemy.
 
I also apply some common sense and responsibility in my life and my firearms employment
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Meh, this sentence sounds oddly familiar. Can't think of where I heard it last: CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, PBS, MSNBC. Forgive me for the confusion, but it was somewhere in there. ;)

Listen, man, I do believe you when you say that you're on the RKBA side of the issue - your posts speak for themselves and I appreciate the effort and the candor - but, like you said: when cornered, we gun-owners tend to circle the wagons and fire our guns inward.

Going by your blame-ourselves post in this thread, I think you fired the first shot. :cool:
 
That seems like an awful lot of guns(for me) to fumble. The regular holster/handgun, anything else is stowed.
 
Meh, this sentence sounds oddly familiar. Can't think of where I heard it last: CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, PBS, MSNBC. Forgive me for the confusion, but it was somewhere in there.
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Common sense and responsibility are the foundation of our republic and I make no apologies for advocating them. These leftist organizations you are so desperately trying to tie me to twist "common sense" to effect restrictions and skew "responsibility" to effect blame, this does not mean we should throw out either common sense or personal responsibility. I'm not talking about legislation, this thread is about a personal responsibility issue.

And I am not self-blaming. If your gun is stolen the thief is the criminal, not you. But does this mean you shouldn't try to do prevent your gun from being stolen? I don't understand why you are so hostile about the idea of a gun owner locking up his guns. No one here is saying that you should be legally required to lock up your guns. This thread is about whether or not it's a good idea to tactically stash them around the house, and you're going to call me the "people we fight against" and "spit" on me just because I don't think it's a good idea?
 
I think that a lot of this confusion could have been prevented if everyone would have read the OP.

NightSight said:
How do you secure these satellite weapons??
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No one is advocating irresponsible gun ownership.

Also, maybe I should clear up some confusion. When I said every five feet, I meant that you would always be within five feet of a weapon. Some people seem to think that means 1 gun for every 5 square feet. That's not the case. You could put 1 gun in the middle of a 10x10 room and be pretty close to being no farther than 5 feet away anywhere in the room.

This means that the particular person I am speaking about probably has about 15 guns stashed, not 100+.
 
I've been thinking about this issue recently. We have a 7,000 sqft home spread across 2 levels. Currently we have 1 gun in a lock box in the bedroom. If I were downstairs in the office when an intruder came in, I would have to walk right in front of him to the stairs to get to the gun. Not good! I also have 2 little ones (3 and 5 yrs old), so I would have to hide AND secure any supplemental firearms. My wife would think I was a kook if I carried around the house, as logical as it may be. So I am wrestling with where and how to secure additional "help".
 
Currently we have 1 gun in a lock box in the bedroom. If I were downstairs in the office when an intruder came in, I would have to walk right in front of him to the stairs to get to the gun. Not good!
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I suspect that many people have the same issue.

I anyone were to break in through the front door while I were anywhere downstairs, he would have my way to the bedroom blocked.

Anyone breaking in from the screen porch in the back while I were in the kitchen would have me blocked.

And so on. Best case, I would be racing someone up the stairs. But where would that leave my wife?

But where to stash? My answer -- front right pocket , in a holster. Safe, effective, less exposure to theft.
 
My .02

Nightstand gun (Kimber Custom TLE/II w/two mags) w/trigger lock. Go to bed: unlock. Get up: lock. Only I know where the keys are.

TV gun: in the drawer next to the "daddy chair" in the family room (XD45 w/two mags). Has punch-pin type trigger lock. I practice unlocking by feel regularly--in the dark--yes, it's unloaded then ;).

Carry gun away from home: Kahr CW 9 w/two mags (hmmmm...I see a pattern here.....).

Depending on dress, Kahr goes along for the ride (Wilderness "Safepacker") and Kel-tec .32 goes in the pocket (one back up mag).

When at home, between work and bedtime, carry gun is locked away, replaced by Kel-tec .32 in a KD pocket holster as the "always gun," until bed time (see first paragraph).

We have a long, ranch-style home, with master BR and Family Room at totally opposite ends of the house. So, I have one gun at each end of the house, and the house mouse (.32) in me pocket.

FBT
 
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Generally have my Glock 19 in my belt, except when my son is with me (my daughter is no issue but my son has responsibility issues we are working through).
Beside the bed is a quick release handgun safe that i practice opening in dark in nights i cant sleep LOL
Heaven forbid i get to the gun safe about 20 feet away, at that point i have all manner of goodies and calibers to choose from, wouldnt know which one to grab :)
Have had somebody try and get into the house when i was home alone before, never again.
 
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