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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%
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Old August 20, 2002, 09:57 PM   #1
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How do you store your primary handgun at night?

Hope this isn't too personal of a question. I'm curious how people store their primary defensive handgun at night.

I know some of the poll options are silly, but... I've been surprised before here!
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Old August 20, 2002, 10:24 PM   #2
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I refuse to answer based on your discrimination against revolvers.
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Old August 20, 2002, 10:26 PM   #3
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Under bed. Can easily grab with either hand, depending on sleeping position.
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Old August 20, 2002, 10:30 PM   #4
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It isn't where they're stored, it's how many.
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Old August 20, 2002, 10:54 PM   #5
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Between mattress and box spring.... Fully loaded of coarse

extra magazine on nightstand.....


P99 loaded hidden in closet.... extra mag too

And

Flame suit on

Tec-DC9 stainless Unloaded with loaded 32 round magazine.
in undisclosed location just in case the burglars are carpooling that night.
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Old August 20, 2002, 11:17 PM   #6
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I voted "directly in reach, under my pillow". Sub concious
mind knows that it is present; and too keep hands off,
unless needed!

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Old August 20, 2002, 11:26 PM   #7
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On my nightstand.
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Old August 20, 2002, 11:28 PM   #8
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I voted for "hidden in room". More specifically near my computer.

I don't have my gun ready for defense, but I sure love dry firing while reading TFL !!!
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Old August 20, 2002, 11:36 PM   #9
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I voted directly in reach under the pillow. Actually it is on the gun case i carry it in to the range and that is right next to the bed. Now that i think about it though I may place it on the shelf in my headboard - would be right behind my head. hmmm

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Old August 20, 2002, 11:40 PM   #10
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I voted in the safe, loaded.

I keep a SG under the bed at night. Lock it up in the AM.
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Old August 20, 2002, 11:44 PM   #11
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On nightstand... USP .45 in holster, cocked and locked. In the magazine pouch I keep a surefire E2e. Certainly not the best setup, but better than Ramen for the next six months or so.

(lol @ attached, holster on body. ... please someone vote for that)
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Old August 20, 2002, 11:49 PM   #12
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I keep it in the nightstand.
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Old August 20, 2002, 11:53 PM   #13
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In hand, loaded, chambered, and pointed at the door.

Paranoia is an acquired trait, you know...
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Old August 20, 2002, 11:56 PM   #14
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Well...

...my "primary" CCW handgun (a 296Ti) almost never leaves my purse's carry compartment.

On the other hand, my primary house pistol (a Beretta 96D) almost never leaves my bed.
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Old August 21, 2002, 06:54 AM   #15
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Well, although it's not exactly IN my bed...(Jeez, Tam. Don't you ROLL over??)

..it's always well within reach, eye level. It's always very comforting to look to my left and see the Trijicon's of my Glock 27 looking back at me like two green eyes that never blink. For some reason, alone and at night, dark cockpit--weather deteriorating into a thunderboomer, trying to get to Bowman Field, looking down at those two green "eyes" in an "air-crew" holster has a calming effect on this old pilot. Not really much help in the dark at nine thousand feet---still a calming effect. Who KNOWS why???

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Old August 21, 2002, 07:01 AM   #16
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On my nightstand ... easy to reach ...
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Old August 21, 2002, 07:31 AM   #17
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Under pillow locked and cocked in a pistol rug.
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Old August 21, 2002, 07:42 AM   #18
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I don't HAVE a primary handgun at night...

when I sleep, it is with a shorty 12 Ga. beside the bed...

quick to deploy, and far more useful than a handgun for a home invasion type deal...
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Old August 21, 2002, 08:03 AM   #19
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Here's my method exactly..........

Taurus Mod 605 .357 mag loaded with Georgia Arms .38 spcl 110 gr Gold Dot JHP+P's.......nightstand drawer pulled out and steel lock-box opened up for ready access. During the day, drawer closed, lock-box locked. Works for me.
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Old August 21, 2002, 08:07 AM   #20
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My carry pistols go on the nightstand when I come back from the office. Hope I never have to retrieve them at night. All guns are always loaded, but no kids for me. YMMV.
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Old August 21, 2002, 08:55 AM   #21
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At bedtime, all my guns (shotguns and revolvers) are in a gun safe in the bedroom.

Alarm systems, dog in the house, door locks & bars, and window locks are designed to provide time to wake up before wielding a weapon.

I would not want to have a gun in hand prior to becoming fully awake...
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Old August 21, 2002, 09:13 AM   #22
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No one answered "attached: holster on body"...

I guess that means no mall ninjas on TFL right now.
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Old August 21, 2002, 09:14 AM   #23
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I keep my 1911 locked in a desk drawer next to my bed, hammer down on an empty chamber, with 4 loaded 7 round mags nearby but not inserted. I talk in my sleep and occasionally sleep-walk, so I leave the keys sitting on the desk rather than in the lock. I figure if I am able to unlock the drawer (key is shaped differently than the rest) and load up, I'm not sleep walking.

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Old August 21, 2002, 09:41 AM   #24
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My M66 is fully loaded in my nightstand drawer.

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Old August 21, 2002, 09:41 AM   #25
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Well

My main carry piece would be in reach from my side of the bed, and with others hidden around the house.
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