How do you store your primary handgun at night? - Page 2

JohnO · August 21, 2002, 09:44 AM

If I told ya, I'd have to kill ya.

No, really...I would have to change where I kept it, though. I'll just say, it's within reach.

yzguy · August 21, 2002, 09:45 AM

carry guns loaded in a small safe, 1911 home defense gun in lock box (simplex lock, easy open in the dark) on the head board locked and loaded. Used to be in a drawer, but kids around now...

MichaelJay · August 21, 2002, 09:55 AM

I specifically keep all guns in the safe, unloaded, in their containers. Ammo is kept in a separate safe. We have small children that visit our home often and are quite inquisitive. In order for an incident to take place someone would have to defeat two safes, match up ammo to magazine and then match magazine to handgun.

Our neighborhood is quite safe and quiet. If I had need of a loaded gun, we would be moving to another place - pronto. Two weeks ago we had some junior high school age skate-boarders come thorough looking for good places to skate. While I was talking to them, three squad cars pulled up, packed them in and took off. Haven't seen them since.

One of the neighbors was "fearful" that it was a "street gang" so she called the cops. Protect and serve at its finest.

Michael.

asp · August 21, 2002, 10:08 AM

Within reach. Others at various locations.

MLH · August 21, 2002, 10:26 AM

In my nightstand with drawer open.

Ky Rifle: Tam can't roll over with a 96 in bed with her!

AndABeer · August 21, 2002, 10:59 AM

Gun Vault bolted to the back of the nightstand, chambered round.

1.3 kids in the house so need to be careful.

Guess that would be "other".

Kentucky Rifle · August 21, 2002, 11:11 AM

Exactly what I was thinking!
A 96 would make a big lump to have to roll over! Maybe she's got twin beds. One for her, and the other for a few well placed firearms. (under a nice home-made quilt, of course.)

KR

sven · August 21, 2002, 11:57 AM

Sorry for the anti-revolver bias - I just recently shot 'Old Sourdough's tuned revolver and MAN that thing was nice.

I live in a very nice neighborhood, and currently do not feel the need to keep the gun loaded or even to keep magazines loaded. My stuff is kept in a lug-bolted safe hidden where I can get to it pretty quickly. If something happened, it would be 5 minutes before I was ready.

The closest thing to gang activity in Palo Alto are the squirrels - this time of year, they are getting CRAZY. My attitude about nighttime storage may change as I get more familiar with my weapons and/or if things ever changed in the neighborhood.

Now, EAST Palo Alto - THAT's a different story. If I lived there, I would keep the holster attached to my body! It's ironic - Palo Alto is one of the 50 wealthiest communities in the US, and directly across highway 101 is one of the highest crime areas in the US, EAST Palo Alto.

I _DO_ keep a 6-D cell Maglite next to my bed. So don't mess with me. I might BLIND you!

RandyC · August 21, 2002, 12:05 PM

There are no kids around so ... two within easy reach and a 12 ga. one step away.

tstr · August 21, 2002, 12:24 PM

Four gunnie personality types answer this question:

I keep my gun below the foot of my bed, and I use a home made trigger switch that is securely attached between the trigger and the bedroom doorknob. If anyone touches that knob, they're dead. (Mall-Ninja)
On the floor, under the dirty clothes I stripped off when I got home from work. (Redneck)
Gun? What gun? I don't own any guns! If I did and I told you about it, I'd have to sell them. (PGP-encodeded)
Unloaded and locked in a safe with a trigger lock applied. Magazines kept locked in a separate safe (unloaded) and ammunition stored securely locked up down at the local gun store. (Married)

Rickmeister · August 21, 2002, 01:19 PM

On a rope, dangling from a ceiling fan. When BG enters my bedroom, I'll hit the switch and duck my head. The whirling gun will knock him senseless.

Kat · August 21, 2002, 01:37 PM

ROTFLMAO!!!

DMK · August 21, 2002, 02:02 PM

I voted other, since it's not really in a safe.

It's a .40 cal pistol is locked in a pistol box that bolted to the floor next to the bed. Loaded mag, round in chamber, condition 2.

To back it up is a 12 gauge in the safe about 10 feet away, loaded mag, chamber empty, slide and safety locked. There's also a 9mm carbine and a 9mm pistol in there with loaded mags and empty chambers.

No kids so the safe is unlocked unless I'm not home or neices and nephews are about.

70-101 · August 21, 2002, 03:01 PM

I sleep, with a Glock under my pillow......

Rickstir · August 21, 2002, 03:48 PM

I voted under pillow but our headboard has a drop down door on each side. My side, Beretta 9sFS, condition 2. Her side, Colt 22, condition 3.
When the grandkids visit, both go up on entertainment center on the wall oposite the foot of the bed.
We have a, please don't flame me for this

, "tactial .410 shotgun in the MB closet. It has a mini mag lite attached to the barrel. Single shot, it is stored unloaded, with 4 rounds near by.
There is another 92fs hidden in the kitchen, condition 2.

Top of the wish list is a Mossberg Predator 8-shot 12-gauge as home defense weapon.

MarineTech · August 21, 2002, 06:04 PM

I keep my Walther P99 .40 cal with attached TacLite locked and loaded along with 2 full magazines in my quick open safe inside my nightstand.

I've checked, and out of a sound sleep I can have it in hand in about 10 seconds.

donglock26 · August 21, 2002, 06:51 PM

My pistol is always in my hands when I sleep. If I'm sleeping on my back then I sleep in the modern isosceles, on my side I use modified weaver, and on my stomach simple prone position.

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I really use a gunvault.

rick_reno · August 21, 2002, 07:14 PM

I give mine the keys to the car so it can run around doing drive-bys.

Gewehr98 · August 21, 2002, 07:34 PM

Caspian Officer's ACP - top drawer, nightstand.

Remington 870 Police - between nightstand and headboard.

Bulgarian SLR-95 AK - between bookcase and dresser near foot of bed.

That about covers it.

(Had a couple attempted home invasions in Citrus Heights, CA a few years ago. Never relaxed from that readiness posture.

)

caz223 · August 21, 2002, 07:42 PM

I sleep with a gun under my pillow.
It's usually my SA vaquero .45 colt, so I'm still fairly safe.
However, it's on the way to Gary Reeder, so last night I tried my SIG 2340.
The mag catch came undone, so it's no longer a pillow gun.
My CZ is at another gunshop, so I'll have to use my usp compact .45, or my bisley-vaquero in .44

tone · August 21, 2002, 08:44 PM

#1 Rossi .38 special revolver loaded hidden in closet and #2 S&W 9mm loaded mag in night stand.

jack_the_sailor · August 22, 2002, 03:37 AM

Glock 17 in night stand drawr. Bed room door close & locked. If I leave the bed room, pistol in hand.

Hal · August 22, 2002, 03:50 AM

Other-

Usually somewhere within a few steps of the bed.

TonyB · August 22, 2002, 06:12 AM

I have my Gp100 in it's box w/ a lock(combination),my s/w 38 in a drawer(trigger lock)and my Taurus 605 next to it(trigger lock)yes I have a teenager.She knows all about safty,but hr friends may be curious and/or stupid.I have a couple speed loaders fr all the guns,but I'm ready for the "NY reload"...also I trained my wife to reload for me if need be...although her response was.."who will reload for me?"...all these are locked in a safe during the day....oh yeah and my 870 in the closet......and 2 attack cats!!

denfoote · August 22, 2002, 06:59 AM

I have kept my gun under my pillow for at least 10 years!!

View Poll Results: How do you store your primary handgun at night?
Attached (Holster on body)	0	0%
Directly in reach (Under pillow, etc.)	53	27.46%
Quick to Grab (Nightstand drawer)	68	35.23%
Hidden in Room, Unlocked	21	10.88%
Locked in Safe, Mag Loaded and Inserted	27	13.99%
Locked in Safe, Mag Separate but Loaded	4	2.07%
Locked in Safe, Mag Separate and Unloaded	6	3.11%
Offsite	0	0%
Other	14	7.25%
Voters: 193. You may not vote on this poll

August 21, 2002, 09:55 AM	#28
MichaelJay Member Join Date: June 21, 2001 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 49	I specifically keep all guns in the safe, unloaded, in their containers. Ammo is kept in a separate safe. We have small children that visit our home often and are quite inquisitive. In order for an incident to take place someone would have to defeat two safes, match up ammo to magazine and then match magazine to handgun. Our neighborhood is quite safe and quiet. If I had need of a loaded gun, we would be moving to another place - pronto. Two weeks ago we had some junior high school age skate-boarders come thorough looking for good places to skate. While I was talking to them, three squad cars pulled up, packed them in and took off. Haven't seen them since. One of the neighbors was "fearful" that it was a "street gang" so she called the cops. Protect and serve at its finest. Michael. __________________ "We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm." - George Orwell

August 21, 2002, 10:26 AM	#30
MLH Senior Member Join Date: April 6, 2002 Location: Louisville, Ky. Posts: 165	In my nightstand with drawer open. Ky Rifle: Tam can't roll over with a 96 in bed with her! __________________ Don't ever doubt that I will shoot. Trial by 12 before carry by 6. "There is no distinctly native American criminal class, save congress." Mark Twain

August 21, 2002, 10:59 AM	#31
AndABeer Senior Member Join Date: April 9, 2000 Location: Lakeland, TN Posts: 1,622	Gun Vault bolted to the back of the nightstand, chambered round. 1.3 kids in the house so need to be careful. Guess that would be "other". __________________ "The key is to not pull the trigger but to squeeze it." Evil Emporer Zurg "You are entitled to your own opinion, but you are not entitled to your own facts." Unknown

August 21, 2002, 11:11 AM	#32
Kentucky Rifle Senior Member Join Date: July 5, 1999 Location: Louisville, Kentucky Posts: 2,687	MLH... Exactly what I was thinking! A 96 would make a big lump to have to roll over! Maybe she's got twin beds. One for her, and the other for a few well placed firearms. (under a nice home-made quilt, of course.) KR

August 21, 2002, 09:44 AM	#26
JohnO Senior Member Join Date: October 3, 2000 Posts: 502	If I told ya, I'd have to kill ya. No, really...I would have to change where I kept it, though. I'll just say, it's within reach.

August 21, 2002, 09:45 AM	#27
yzguy Senior Member Join Date: July 11, 2002 Location: FL Posts: 297	carry guns loaded in a small safe, 1911 home defense gun in lock box (simplex lock, easy open in the dark) on the head board locked and loaded. Used to be in a drawer, but kids around now...

August 21, 2002, 10:08 AM	#29
asp Senior Member Join Date: June 1, 2002 Location: KY Posts: 128	Within reach. Others at various locations.

August 21, 2002, 11:57 AM	#33
sven Senior Member Join Date: January 4, 2002 Location: Palo Alto, California Posts: 532	Sorry for the anti-revolver bias - I just recently shot 'Old Sourdough's tuned revolver and MAN that thing was nice. I live in a very nice neighborhood, and currently do not feel the need to keep the gun loaded or even to keep magazines loaded. My stuff is kept in a lug-bolted safe hidden where I can get to it pretty quickly. If something happened, it would be 5 minutes before I was ready. The closest thing to gang activity in Palo Alto are the squirrels - this time of year, they are getting CRAZY. My attitude about nighttime storage may change as I get more familiar with my weapons and/or if things ever changed in the neighborhood. Now, EAST Palo Alto - THAT's a different story. If I lived there, I would keep the holster attached to my body! It's ironic - Palo Alto is one of the 50 wealthiest communities in the US, and directly across highway 101 is one of the highest crime areas in the US, EAST Palo Alto. I _DO_ keep a 6-D cell Maglite next to my bed. So don't mess with me. I might BLIND you!

August 21, 2002, 12:05 PM	#34
RandyC Senior Member Join Date: April 16, 2002 Location: Nashville, Tennessee Posts: 107	There are no kids around so ... two within easy reach and a 12 ga. one step away.

August 21, 2002, 12:24 PM	#35
tstr Senior Member Join Date: April 15, 2000 Location: Oregon Posts: 233	Four gunnie personality types answer this question: I keep my gun below the foot of my bed, and I use a home made trigger switch that is securely attached between the trigger and the bedroom doorknob. If anyone touches that knob, they're dead. (Mall-Ninja) On the floor, under the dirty clothes I stripped off when I got home from work. (Redneck) Gun? What gun? I don't own any guns! If I did and I told you about it, I'd have to sell them. (PGP-encodeded) Unloaded and locked in a safe with a trigger lock applied. Magazines kept locked in a separate safe (unloaded) and ammunition stored securely locked up down at the local gun store. (Married)

August 21, 2002, 01:19 PM	#36
Rickmeister Senior Member Join Date: November 23, 2001 Location: Texas Posts: 797	On a rope, dangling from a ceiling fan. When BG enters my bedroom, I'll hit the switch and duck my head. The whirling gun will knock him senseless. __________________ NRA Lifer

August 21, 2002, 01:37 PM	#37
Kat Member Join Date: July 17, 2002 Location: Idaho, USA Posts: 85	Rickmeister ROTFLMAO!!!

August 21, 2002, 02:02 PM	#38
DMK Senior Member Join Date: November 18, 2001 Location: Over the hills and far, far away Posts: 3,206	I voted other, since it's not really in a safe. It's a .40 cal pistol is locked in a pistol box that bolted to the floor next to the bed. Loaded mag, round in chamber, condition 2. To back it up is a 12 gauge in the safe about 10 feet away, loaded mag, chamber empty, slide and safety locked. There's also a 9mm carbine and a 9mm pistol in there with loaded mags and empty chambers. No kids so the safe is unlocked unless I'm not home or neices and nephews are about. __________________ - Homeland Security begins at home: Support your Second Amendment - www.gunowners.org - www.saf.org - act.nraila.org - www.grnc.org

August 21, 2002, 03:01 PM	#39
70-101 Junior member Join Date: August 2, 2002 Location: virginia Posts: 706	I Like To Live Dangerous. I sleep, with a Glock under my pillow......

August 21, 2002, 03:48 PM	#40
Rickstir Senior Member Join Date: May 7, 2002 Location: Close on the Elk Fork of the Salt River Posts: 166	I voted under pillow but our headboard has a drop down door on each side. My side, Beretta 9sFS, condition 2. Her side, Colt 22, condition 3. When the grandkids visit, both go up on entertainment center on the wall oposite the foot of the bed. We have a, please don't flame me for this , "tactial .410 shotgun in the MB closet. It has a mini mag lite attached to the barrel. Single shot, it is stored unloaded, with 4 rounds near by. There is another 92fs hidden in the kitchen, condition 2. Top of the wish list is a Mossberg Predator 8-shot 12-gauge as home defense weapon. __________________ When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so at the end, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.

August 21, 2002, 06:04 PM	#41
MarineTech Senior Member Join Date: April 13, 2002 Location: Southern Maine US Posts: 299	I keep my Walther P99 .40 cal with attached TacLite locked and loaded along with 2 full magazines in my quick open safe inside my nightstand. I've checked, and out of a sound sleep I can have it in hand in about 10 seconds. __________________ Morituri Nolumus Mori - We who are about to die, don't want to. -

August 21, 2002, 06:51 PM	#42
donglock26 Senior Member Join Date: July 4, 2001 Posts: 186	My pistol is always in my hands when I sleep. If I'm sleeping on my back then I sleep in the modern isosceles, on my side I use modified weaver, and on my stomach simple prone position. . I really use a gunvault.

August 21, 2002, 07:14 PM	#43
rick_reno Junior member Join Date: May 28, 2002 Location: Idaho Posts: 917	How do you store your handgun at night? I give mine the keys to the car so it can run around doing drive-bys.

August 21, 2002, 07:34 PM	#44
Gewehr98 Senior Member Join Date: June 30, 2000 Location: Token Creek, WI Posts: 4,067	Primary handgun... Caspian Officer's ACP - top drawer, nightstand. Remington 870 Police - between nightstand and headboard. Bulgarian SLR-95 AK - between bookcase and dresser near foot of bed. That about covers it. (Had a couple attempted home invasions in Citrus Heights, CA a few years ago. Never relaxed from that readiness posture. ) __________________ "Bother", said Pooh, as he chambered another round... Neural Misfires

August 21, 2002, 07:42 PM	#45
caz223 Senior Member Join Date: May 15, 2002 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,429	I sleep with a gun under my pillow. It's usually my SA vaquero .45 colt, so I'm still fairly safe. However, it's on the way to Gary Reeder, so last night I tried my SIG 2340. The mag catch came undone, so it's no longer a pillow gun. My CZ is at another gunshop, so I'll have to use my usp compact .45, or my bisley-vaquero in .44

August 21, 2002, 08:44 PM	#46
tone Member Join Date: June 26, 2002 Location: Louisiana Posts: 24	2 #1 Rossi .38 special revolver loaded hidden in closet and #2 S&W 9mm loaded mag in night stand.

August 22, 2002, 03:37 AM	#47
jack_the_sailor Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2002 Posts: 291	Glock 17 in night stand drawr. Bed room door close & locked. If I leave the bed room, pistol in hand.

August 22, 2002, 03:50 AM	#48
Hal Senior Member Join Date: October 9, 1998 Location: Ohio USA Posts: 8,563	Other- Usually somewhere within a few steps of the bed.

August 22, 2002, 06:12 AM	#49
TonyB Senior Member Join Date: January 5, 2002 Location: E.Greenbush,NY Posts: 146	close at at hand... I have my Gp100 in it's box w/ a lock(combination),my s/w 38 in a drawer(trigger lock)and my Taurus 605 next to it(trigger lock)yes I have a teenager.She knows all about safty,but hr friends may be curious and/or stupid.I have a couple speed loaders fr all the guns,but I'm ready for the "NY reload"...also I trained my wife to reload for me if need be...although her response was.."who will reload for me?"...all these are locked in a safe during the day....oh yeah and my 870 in the closet......and 2 attack cats!! __________________ I only need 2 things..jesus and a 357.....ok AND a pizza

August 22, 2002, 06:59 AM	#50
denfoote Senior Member Join Date: November 12, 1999 Location: Buckeye Arizona Posts: 5,526	I have kept my gun under my pillow for at least 10 years!! __________________ Ich bin kein Nationalsozialist!!!!!! Ich bin Republikaner!!!!!!!! Neca eos omnes. Deus suos agnoset. Arizona: Flush the Johns!!!