Do you guys keep a loaded handgun next to your bed ??

vyper005 · October 29, 2001, 03:03 PM

I may be strange but I've always kept all of my pistols locked in my handgun safe unloaded...If somebody ever broke in I may be in a world of trouble...I guess I havent really thought much about it until recently...How do you guys feel about this ?? Do you always keep something loaded nearby ?? Thanks...

**Mike Irwin** · October 29, 2001, 03:09 PM

Yes.

A handgun in the nightstand, and a shotgun under the bed.

Right now the handgun is a Smith & Wesson Model 19, but depending on what I take to the range, it could be any of a variety of handguns at a given time.

The shotgun is a Smith & Wesson Model 3000 police.

I don't have kids, I don't have friends with kids who visit.

don't shoot it's me · October 29, 2001, 03:12 PM

I used to until I reached for the remote while groggy and tried to turn on the TV with my P7......

Actually, I do keep it close by, but just far enough to need to be fully awake.......

denfoote · October 29, 2001, 03:14 PM

My carry pistol gets parked under my pillow every night. This has been my habit for years. It has gotten me out of a jam more than once!!!

Kermit · October 29, 2001, 03:33 PM

Yup...USP 45 in nightstand vault w/ 10 round mag ready to go.

Marko Kloos · October 29, 2001, 03:44 PM

I usually store my CCW handgun nearby on a bookshelf, or on its shelf spot in the gun closet. For immediate social work, I have a Reloadable Claymore (tm) next to my bed...a Mossberg 500 loaded with double-ought buck.

Shake · October 29, 2001, 04:00 PM

I'm with don't shoot it's me .

In my younger years I was somewhat of a sleepwalker. I did some really strange things while asleep. I woke up one morning in our upstairs living room with my entire mattress complete with sheets, blankets, pillows, etc. Scary thing was it was up a flight of stairs. I worked on an uncles ranch in Idaho several summers. I woke up one morning out on the grass by one of his vehicles ( I had apparently spent the night there, thankfully no rattlers or blow snakes as bed companions that night).

I haven't had anything like that happen for probably 15 or more years, but I don't trust myself with a loaded handgun near my bed. I do keep a USP .40 with a loaded magazine in my bedroom (unchambered) in a locked case. I feel sure enought that I won't be able to get to it, unlock it, chamber a round and do any damage before I'm fully awake.

That being said, I wouldn't feel safe not having anything that I can have quick access to. I've practiced and I can get to my H&K in seconds.

Shake

Ben Shepherd · October 29, 2001, 04:15 PM

Yes. One in a pocket holster between the matress & box spring. One in the nightstand. One shot gun close by. No wife, no kids, light sleeper.
Works for me.

glock glockler · October 29, 2001, 04:18 PM

Yep, My G17 is right in the nightstand about 2 feet away from my pillow with 15 rounds of 124+p Speers in the mag.

Ledbetter · October 29, 2001, 04:53 PM

CZ-75 BD in locked five-button steel box.

vegeta · October 29, 2001, 05:00 PM

Most of the time it's on my nightstand, loaded, pointing away, and with the door locked to the bedroom. BTW, I'm a very light sleeper.

**Mal H** · October 29, 2001, 05:11 PM

Same as don't shoot. My gun is roughly 1.5 seconds away, but I would have to be fully awake to retrieve it.

AndABeer · October 29, 2001, 05:16 PM

in a Gunvault mounted to the back of my nightstand

Monkeyleg · October 29, 2001, 05:18 PM

I've had a handgun either on the lower shelf of the nighstand or under the bed for nearly twenty years. I'm a light sleeper, and come to full alertness quickly

KPS · October 29, 2001, 05:37 PM

Yep.No kids so I keep my 1911 cocked and locked between the mattress and boxspring in its holster.

Harrison · October 29, 2001, 05:48 PM

Yes. G19 in nightstand. SP101 in holster attached to bed.

9mmepiphany · October 29, 2001, 07:16 PM

beretta 96 on the open nightstand, i like the safety to insure i'm awake enough to even be fumbling with the gun

sar-2, 5.45x39mm, in the closet for anything bigger

Shawn Dodson · October 29, 2001, 07:28 PM

G19 in a GunVault on my nightstand.

RKCheung · October 29, 2001, 07:33 PM

YES!

Loaded (Fed 124gr hydra-shoks), unchambered P99 with two extra loaded mags in a Gunvault (mini) on a desk next to my bed. I can get to it and chamber a round in 1.5 seconds, but I feel there are enough steps involved to getting it that I won't be able to do it asleep.

Also, I don't keep anything else in the Gunvault (passports, money, other docs, etc.) because when the SHTF I don't want to be grabbing anything but my P99. I keep all that other stuff in a Sentry Fire-resistant safe.

Grumpy · October 29, 2001, 07:34 PM

Yes Sir!!
A USP Tactical and a 10 round mag under the bed.
I MUST get out of bed to retrieve and load it,
takes about 3 seconds. No kids and the wife carries too. Semper Fi...

Arub · October 29, 2001, 07:55 PM

.40 cal next to the bed on an old coffee can (excellent reach), a .357 under the mattress and a loaded dog at the foot of the bed.

Destructo6 · October 29, 2001, 08:21 PM

Just one? What about defense in depth?

Typically, it's a pistol of some sort within easy reach with a long gun a few feet away.

outrigger · October 29, 2001, 08:23 PM

model 66 s&w in the bedside, a 20 gauge, in the corner

sgtmaj13 · October 29, 2001, 09:18 PM

Of course! You mean everyone doesn't?

SgtMaj13

Big B · October 29, 2001, 09:25 PM

Why yes I do. Glock 17 with a 17+2 mag inserted and one in the chamber. Thats 20 rounds of 115gr. +p+ and another 17rd mag waiting to go. Anything less would be uncivilized.

October 29, 2001, 03:03 PM	#1
vyper005 Senior Member Join Date: September 9, 2000 Location: Delaware Posts: 350	Do you guys keep a loaded handgun next to your bed ?? I may be strange but I've always kept all of my pistols locked in my handgun safe unloaded...If somebody ever broke in I may be in a world of trouble...I guess I havent really thought much about it until recently...How do you guys feel about this ?? Do you always keep something loaded nearby ?? Thanks...

October 29, 2001, 03:09 PM	#2
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,380	Yes. A handgun in the nightstand, and a shotgun under the bed. Right now the handgun is a Smith & Wesson Model 19, but depending on what I take to the range, it could be any of a variety of handguns at a given time. The shotgun is a Smith & Wesson Model 3000 police. I don't have kids, I don't have friends with kids who visit. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.

October 29, 2001, 03:14 PM	#4
denfoote Senior Member Join Date: November 12, 1999 Location: Buckeye Arizona Posts: 5,526	My carry pistol gets parked under my pillow every night. This has been my habit for years. It has gotten me out of a jam more than once!!! __________________ Ich bin kein Nationalsozialist!!!!!! Ich bin Republikaner!!!!!!!! Neca eos omnes. Deus suos agnoset. Arizona: Flush the Johns!!!

October 29, 2001, 03:44 PM	#6
Marko Kloos Senior Member Join Date: January 12, 2000 Location: Enfield, NH Posts: 5,521	I usually store my CCW handgun nearby on a bookshelf, or on its shelf spot in the gun closet. For immediate social work, I have a Reloadable Claymore (tm) next to my bed...a Mossberg 500 loaded with double-ought buck. __________________ "The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." --A.E. Van Vogt, The Weapon Shops of Isher the munchkin wrangler.

October 29, 2001, 04:00 PM	#7
Shake Senior Member Join Date: September 5, 1999 Location: Utah Posts: 1,004	I'm with don't shoot it's me . In my younger years I was somewhat of a sleepwalker. I did some really strange things while asleep. I woke up one morning in our upstairs living room with my entire mattress complete with sheets, blankets, pillows, etc. Scary thing was it was up a flight of stairs. I worked on an uncles ranch in Idaho several summers. I woke up one morning out on the grass by one of his vehicles ( I had apparently spent the night there, thankfully no rattlers or blow snakes as bed companions that night). I haven't had anything like that happen for probably 15 or more years, but I don't trust myself with a loaded handgun near my bed. I do keep a USP .40 with a loaded magazine in my bedroom (unchambered) in a locked case. I feel sure enought that I won't be able to get to it, unlock it, chamber a round and do any damage before I'm fully awake. That being said, I wouldn't feel safe not having anything that I can have quick access to. I've practiced and I can get to my H&K in seconds. Shake __________________ “The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make some other bastard die for his.” -George Patton

October 29, 2001, 03:12 PM	#3
don't shoot it's me Senior Member Join Date: March 29, 2001 Location: NY first/LA second Posts: 1,537	I used to until I reached for the remote while groggy and tried to turn on the TV with my P7...... Actually, I do keep it close by, but just far enough to need to be fully awake.......

October 29, 2001, 03:33 PM	#5
Kermit Senior Member Join Date: February 6, 2001 Location: California Posts: 3,020	Yup...USP 45 in nightstand vault w/ 10 round mag ready to go.

October 29, 2001, 04:15 PM	#8
Ben Shepherd Senior Member Join Date: August 11, 2001 Location: Utah Posts: 1,462	Yes. One in a pocket holster between the matress & box spring. One in the nightstand. One shot gun close by. No wife, no kids, light sleeper. Works for me. __________________ From my cold dead hands......... NRA certified rifle, pistol and shotgun instructor. Hunter education instructor

October 29, 2001, 04:18 PM	#9
glock glockler Senior Member Join Date: April 29, 2000 Location: Portsmouth, NH, USA Posts: 905	Yep, My G17 is right in the nightstand about 2 feet away from my pillow with 15 rounds of 124+p Speers in the mag.

October 29, 2001, 04:53 PM	#10
Ledbetter Senior Member Join Date: February 23, 2000 Location: California USA Posts: 4,533	40 rounds of 9mm in four mags CZ-75 BD in locked five-button steel box.

October 29, 2001, 05:00 PM	#11
vegeta Junior Member Join Date: October 28, 2001 Location: Cali Posts: 13	Most of the time it's on my nightstand, loaded, pointing away, and with the door locked to the bedroom. BTW, I'm a very light sleeper. __________________ Glock 23 Ruger 10/22 Browning Auto-5

October 29, 2001, 05:11 PM	#12
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern Virginia Posts: 16,947	Same as don't shoot. My gun is roughly 1.5 seconds away, but I would have to be fully awake to retrieve it.

October 29, 2001, 05:16 PM	#13
AndABeer Senior Member Join Date: April 9, 2000 Location: Lakeland, TN Posts: 1,622	in a Gunvault mounted to the back of my nightstand __________________ "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

October 29, 2001, 05:18 PM	#14
Monkeyleg Senior Member Join Date: January 25, 2000 Posts: 4,625	I've had a handgun either on the lower shelf of the nighstand or under the bed for nearly twenty years. I'm a light sleeper, and come to full alertness quickly __________________ ACOG Scopes, EOTech Sights, Crimson Trace, LensAndLasers

October 29, 2001, 05:37 PM	#15
KPS Senior Member Join Date: June 17, 2001 Location: MA Posts: 780	Yep.No kids so I keep my 1911 cocked and locked between the mattress and boxspring in its holster.

October 29, 2001, 05:48 PM	#16
Harrison Member Join Date: October 7, 2001 Location: Texas Posts: 20	Yes. G19 in nightstand. SP101 in holster attached to bed.

October 29, 2001, 07:16 PM	#17
9mmepiphany Senior Member Join Date: November 30, 2000 Location: northern california Posts: 1,092	beretta 96 on the open nightstand, i like the safety to insure i'm awake enough to even be fumbling with the gun sar-2, 5.45x39mm, in the closet for anything bigger __________________ the map is not the territory

October 29, 2001, 07:28 PM	#18
Shawn Dodson Junior member Join Date: December 16, 1998 Location: Titusville, FL, USA Posts: 1,030	G19 in a GunVault on my nightstand.

October 29, 2001, 07:33 PM	#19
RKCheung Senior Member Join Date: August 9, 2001 Location: Fairfax, VA Posts: 170	YES! Loaded (Fed 124gr hydra-shoks), unchambered P99 with two extra loaded mags in a Gunvault (mini) on a desk next to my bed. I can get to it and chamber a round in 1.5 seconds, but I feel there are enough steps involved to getting it that I won't be able to do it asleep. Also, I don't keep anything else in the Gunvault (passports, money, other docs, etc.) because when the SHTF I don't want to be grabbing anything but my P99. I keep all that other stuff in a Sentry Fire-resistant safe.

October 29, 2001, 07:34 PM	#20
Grumpy Junior Member Join Date: November 5, 2000 Posts: 13	Yes Sir!! A USP Tactical and a 10 round mag under the bed. I MUST get out of bed to retrieve and load it, takes about 3 seconds. No kids and the wife carries too. Semper Fi... __________________ Sursum Corda

October 29, 2001, 07:55 PM	#21
Arub Senior Member Join Date: January 20, 2001 Location: UCLA (upper corner of lower Alabama) Posts: 533	.40 cal next to the bed on an old coffee can (excellent reach), a .357 under the mattress and a loaded dog at the foot of the bed.

October 29, 2001, 08:21 PM	#22
Destructo6 Senior Member Join Date: March 18, 1999 Location: Nogales, AZ USA Posts: 4,000	Just one? What about defense in depth? Typically, it's a pistol of some sort within easy reach with a long gun a few feet away.

October 29, 2001, 08:23 PM	#23
outrigger Member Join Date: June 14, 2001 Location: vermont Posts: 62	model 66 s&w in the bedside, a 20 gauge, in the corner

October 29, 2001, 09:18 PM	#24
sgtmaj13 Member Join Date: June 11, 2000 Location: Metro Philadelphia Posts: 61	Of course! You mean everyone doesn't? SgtMaj13

October 29, 2001, 09:25 PM	#25
Big B Member Join Date: August 12, 2001 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 30	Why yes I do. Glock 17 with a 17+2 mag inserted and one in the chamber. Thats 20 rounds of 115gr. +p+ and another 17rd mag waiting to go. Anything less would be uncivilized.

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