Weapons at the Ready

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Bulldozer

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OK folks, need to get a little help to resolve a "domestic" issue. My fiancee thinks I have gone off the deep end with regards to the number of weapons I keep at the ready in my home. I wanted to hear from others as to what they keep available to repel any potential invaders.

My contingent is as follows:
Taurus 617 (2") 357/7
--21 rounds of 125 JHP in HKS speedloaders

Glock Model 30 45/10
-- 2 10 rd mags of 165 Hydra-Shok JHP

S & W M-3000 Shotgun 12/6
-- loaded with #4 buck, 6 rds of OO buck on carrier

M-1 carbine 30/15
--3 15 rd mags of 110 FMJ

Thanks for the input guys.
 
You sleep one third of your life and "ready" means someone else can get them also and you aren't home 100% of the time. Use just ONE handgun and secure the rest.

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Specialists in the use and training of lethal force.
 
I agree with Plusp. Keep one handgun near you at all times, and secure the rest. You wouldn't want to come home and face one of your own weapons would you.
 
OK, let me be a bit more clear.

The Taurus revolver is the preferred weapon. It is loaded and in a drawer nearby the bed under some reading material. It would be the first thing to be reached for.

The Glock is in a small lockbox with a mag in it, chamber empty, with spare also in lock box. The lockbox is hidden but close at hand.

Both the shotgun and carbine (loaded) are in a locker screwed into my closet and secured by a Master key lock. By ready, I meant to say that I could be into them and have them available for use quite quickly. The remainder of the weapons are stored in locked cases with no loaded mags, etc.

Hope this clarifies.

Plan would be to use revolver to search premises and have others available as a backup in the "strong room" if needed.
 
When I read your first post you had me a little worried. Theres probably no need for that much firepower just sitting around the house all the time.
With the clarification you seem quite reasonable to me. I also keep a loaded rifle and shotgun in my safe. I keep my Glock with me all the time though, and a few magazines loaded in my range bag in the living room. I think your neighborhood and circumstances should dictate your preparedness.
 
I don't understand. I have never felt the need for a lot of guns around. With the five rows of concertina wire, the AP and AT mines, eight machinegun bunkers, five 155 howitzers, seven M1A1 tanks, 20 81mm mortars, 15 4.2" rocket launchers, and my own personal battalion of highly trained mercenaries, I feel perfectly safe with only 25 M16s, 8 .50 MGs, 200 Glocks, and 500 grenades inside the house.

But I don't know how people who have less can possibly feel safe.

Jim
 
Greeting's Folks; Here's my list of "home
defense" firepower; always at the ready.

1) H&K USP full size .45 ACP
2) Glock Model 27 .40 S&W
3) S&W Model 60 .38 Special
4) Remington 870 12 gague Marine Magnum

I have a bunch more; if the need arises; but
these would be called into action first.

Regards,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member
 
I keep a loaded auto shotgun (Federal 000 buck) hidden in the bedroom and my Sig P239, loaded with 124 gr. Hydrashoks (one extra mag) close at hand. My first series of reactions to someone in the house would be to get the cell phone, get the handgun, make sure the wife has her G26 (loaded w/115 gr Gold Dots), which is within her reach, lock the bedroom door, call 911 and either wait for them or get the dogs and ourselves out the window. I'm not confronting anybody in my house unless I have to. I can replace material possessions. That's what insurance is for.

I'll *never* try to clear my home unless I have to. The boys in blue get paid to do that kind of thing.

That said, if I were threatened physically in my home I would shoot with my P239 or shotgun to stop their menacing advances. How ever many rounds it takes before I am not feeling threatened any more.
 
Buldozer,

It seems that in a lethal encounter (hot home invasion) in the middle of the night, you would have to rely on the Taurus. Getting the keys to the lock boxes, putting them in the lock(s), and making them ready will take an awfully long time.

I have a Combat Commander in the ready-safe position and a sure-fire 6R in a quick release lock box bolted to the floor under the bed. There is also a well trained doberman on duty when we are asleep.
 
Like Mendocino I have a 120lb. doberman as my first line of defense. I may have one handgun loaded and accessable. Keep the Taurus at hand and secure the rest. Accidents and stolen firearms are a much more real danger than home invasion in most neighborhoods.

As an aside, if your fiance has a really big problem with your guns I'd suggest finding another one (fiance that is). :)
 
The Fiancee has her own gun, a Taurus PT-911 with 147 grain JHPs in it.

I agree that theft is a real possibility and that is why all weapons but the Tauruses are secured and locked. The keys to the safes are all on one ring in a very accessible spot if need be.

I think her objection is that the home is starting to resemble an arsenal in that I keep bringing home new weapons.

Thanks all for the input.
 
I really don't get it. I mean, I consider myself a newbie firearms enthusiast. I have a CCW for my home state of PA and I just applied to NH so I have 100% federal legal coverage under 18 USC SS 926A to transport through NY, CT and MA when visiting in NH. I am a firm believer that guns don't kill people, yadda yadda yadda.

But I don't understand the need for a small arsenal in the home. Maybe I'm just not addicted yet. ;) I do own a 1911 and I store a few firearms for a friend, however I don't feel the need to have a cocked and locked pistol hidden in every corner of the house. Easily accessible means that someone else can access it.

I've started carrying my cocked and locked but unchambered 1911 in the house to get a feel for it. I might start carrying chambered, and I stress might. But I don't do it because I fear for my life. I do it because if people didn't carry, there would be no need for a CCW. The only reason I got the CCW is because my father in law said that it would make life easier to transport.

So am I making any sense? I doubt it. I believe in RKBA, however I don't believe that a house needs an arsenal. Every gun has a purpose, be it hunting, target, etc. People should have the right to own as many different guns as they want.

But I also know that each gun functions differently. And different means difficulty using under stress. So, either own a single home defense weapon, or more than one of the exact same gun. So am I borderline NRA traitor? Dunno.

Let the flames being. :)

/Sciri/

[This message has been edited by Sciri (edited February 09, 2000).]
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Jim Keenan:
I don't understand. I have never felt the need for a lot of guns around. With the five rows of concertina wire, the AP and AT mines, eight machinegun bunkers, five 155 howitzers, seven M1A1 tanks, 20 81mm mortars, 15 4.2" rocket launchers, and my own personal battalion of highly trained mercenaries, I feel perfectly safe with only 25 M16s, 8 .50 MGs, 200 Glocks, and 500 grenades inside the house.

But I don't know how people who have less can possibly feel safe.

Jim[/quote]

Jim,
You forgot to add the F-16's and Apaches!
Back to the subject,
All my firearms are in the safe. I'm anal about having all my mags loaded so that when I'm ready to go to the range, I just grab them and go.

If an intruder would break in, I wouldn't even consider going to the safe to unlock it and grabbing an arsenal. There's simply no time. I keep a Wilson Close Quarter Battle in the nightstand drawer with an extra mag. Like many others, my first line of defense is my dog, an American Staffordshire Terrier.

From my time in the service, I do have a nice set of Mil. Spec. Generation III night vision goggles. I may have left the military, but the military will never leave me.

If I was extremely paranoid, I could always have my M16A2 with a night vision scope ready but, I think my dog and Wilson is good enough :p Plus my house and neighbors wouldn't appreciate the 16 too much. :D




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NRA, GOA, VFW
Son's Place

Rangers Lead the Way
 
Hi, Sciri,

Please note that the federal law allows you to transport guns through intermediate states between residences, to shooting matches, etc. It does not allow you to CARRY a gun on your person in those states, regardless of what CCW licenses you may have at either end.

When transporting guns under that law, the guns must be unloaded and locked in a way that they are inaccessible to occupants of the vehicle.

Jim
 
What in the world are you people preparing for? If gangs, I think they would turn tail and run after a couple well-placed shots (most are cowards anyway). If the BATF/FBI, or other govt.-type group that mistakenly raids your house, they would probably use some kind of tear gas after you got off one shot. I can't imagine too many other groups that four or five weapons would be appropriate for, except maybe the red Chinese, and they are half way around the globe.
 
How are your Claymores placed? I've found that it's more convenient to just command detonate them all with my front door light switch than to bother with the maintenance of individual trip wires or infrared detonators. Anyone else have this problem?
 
I must be the only one on the board that dosent walk around the house "strapped"....ive a alarm system,pretty standard infrared/moition type and two bull dogs....I also have a couple of loaded revolvers, one in the safe and a little J-frame although i hardly if ever carry it...I have been thinking of getting the bulldogs fitted for a dual flank holster for the other stuff but it might not be a good idea as so far they have been unable to pass there ccw......did I mention I live in the country. believe it or not we have gangs of the motorcycle persuasion in the area.......so far no problems.....fubsy.
 
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