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Originally Posted by Steve in Vermont
Assuming you don't have an alarm system, waking up to find someone standing in the bedroom watching you would be stressful enough. It might be more so if you reached for your gun and found he got to it first. If you're going to keep a gun in the bedroom it should not be visible but easily accessible and loaded. With the problem you described (psycho breaking into homes) you need a guard dog or an alarm system as well as a gun.
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We've got very good locking hardware on the doors and two dogs -- one of which will bark her head off if I so much as fart in the hallway. Unlikely that a burglar will get in undetected. In any case, once they made it to your bedroom, it's probably too late to reach fer your shootin iron. I keep mine in a sock drawer about 5 feet away from the bed. Alarm systems are cheap these days. Would be a good investment of $$. Just something that makes a racket if motion is detected within your residence -- or can warn you discretely.