Assuming most of us have more than one firearm in the home, what percentage/number of them do you keep loaded?

Only two, now that the riots have moved on...

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Merle, retired
western PA

2, one handgun and one shotgun. I have 4 loaded mags each for two seperate rifles, an AR and a 9mm AR. Those are in the safe.

Two shotguns and ten Handguns.

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NRA LIFE MEMBER

By the time they get through the mines, the wire and the claymores, I should have the Ma Deuce up and running.

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The best I can with what I got

Percentage? That's funny. Not even 8% if my math is right. That's wholly different from a "number". The person with 1 gun could be at 100%. I keep 1 available. Everywhere.

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Come and take it!!

I only keep one loaded.

I wonder if Home Depot sells concertina wire?

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Made it, Ma! Top of the world!

Sometimes only the Two I carry. Sometimes several. If I’m not carrying the loaded guns, they are in a Safe. My shot gun is hanging in a hidden place.

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Two Handguns every day

I'm embarrassed to say NONE....but most of my acquaintances keep several.

J.

Enough to keep me feeling adequately prepared.

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Pack light and cinch tight.

Three. Two semi-automatic pistols and one semi-automatic rifle.

Plus a 2nd unloaded rifle (it's an old bolt action) ready as an emergency backup. I have 4 clips (yes, clips) loaded so this rifle can be loaded fairly quickly.

Where they are in the house and how they are secured depends on the time of day, whether we are home (and what I carried or have with me in the car), and whether we have company.

If it's not in the safe it's loaded.....and a few are not in the safe.

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Stay protected my friends.

Just one, and pepper spray. If SHTF I hope that all I'll ever need is the pepper spray.

Just the ones that are handy

Just one...

Well all defensive firearms in my house are loaded, the ones sleeping in the safe are not. Figure two for me and two for Mrs Lakesider!

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14 S&W Revs none with locks!

66%.

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Mike

The one in my pocket is always loaded and there is always one in my pocket.

All but two, a single shot Thompson Center and the 12.7 x 42 ar (I don't consider defensive until its reliability is proven).

One .45, one 9mm, two. 38s and two K9s.

I don’t really keep track. I assume they’re all loaded if they’re out of the safe or the gun room . . .

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Wisdom comes thru fear . . .

The two handguns in the night stand top drawer, easy to reach from the bed. That drawer has a keyed lock, and is locked as needed, kids visiting, service people in house etc.
I grew up in Aguirre, Puerto Rico 1952-62, a wonderful place!
Steve W

I always have a revolver teed up.

It varies. Presently 4. 3 revolvers, one semi.

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Old Remington Speedmaster .22 LR, a 308 bolt gun and an old single shot Monty Ward 16ga are empty. Otherwise loaded. . There are 3 of us left at home and many rooms!

Enough......

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Super Snooper

I have 9 handguns. I keep all of them loaded.

An empty gun ( to me) is useless.
ALL are loaded and treated so.

The old rule: " treat every gun as loaded" has a hidden meaning.
You have to learn to "read between the lines."

XDM 10mm + spare mag on nightstand, 44mag (10) lever action with red dot in the corner and my 2 carry pistols on bookcase

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Is that a gun No a lifesaver

A 165 # dog, a 9mm and an AR.

Every handgun and shotgun and semi-auto rifle are loaded, but only the one on me and the ones strategically placed throughout the house are one in the chamber. I will say though, that in each room instead of a 1911, I have a S&W 325 thunder ranch in 45acp with viridian laser underneath the bbl.

I ain't sayin'. Just come into my house unwanted and you'll find out!

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ask questions- then shoot!

100 percent of guns not in safe are loaded.

Probably all but 2 or 3 are loaded. I treat them as they are all loaded, but there are a couple of deer rifles not loaded. I'd say 95% are loaded, and probably about 75% of the mags are not loaded.

They're easy to unload if a family member want to see one for themselves. I rotate my carry guns often, and they stay full of defensive grade ammo. The plinkers typically have wadcutters or ball ammo.

And all of my knives are sharp too.

Guns? What guns? What ammo? I sold everything before I moved out of Illinois. And oh so sadly, all the paperwork I had was lost in the move. Oh darn. So come on in through any door in the middle of the night. We'll chat...

I always have a loaded LCP II in my pocket. Sitting on the porch, doing yard work....

I keep a loaded M&P 9mm in my nightstand. (No children or grandchildren)

Since I have a police officer living across the street, I'm confident he'll take care of any miscreants that wander into the dead-end street, when he's home. If away on duty, well, that's the criminals unlucky day. If they're smart, as in wise up looking down the barrel, they'll wind up with three hots and a cot, and a new suit.

Dunno if it's relevant, but we stripped some damaged, 35-year-old hardwood flooring out of our dining room, and there inside a dark, old hole that I had wondered about was a 100 grain 9mm JHP, likely from a 380. It was stuck in the subfloor. We've been here 17 years and it's not ours; I'm curious about 'the story.'

Just one out of the safe, usually a N frame, a 1911, a Vaquero, or a SAA.

Or a R92.

Just one at a time mostly.

Since single and no grandkids under 14, all are loaded. Which famous gun writer said something about unloaded guns?

No kids in the house. I keep one on my person, loaded. The rest are all locked up. However, of the ones in the safe, one or two may be loaded, and marked as such, not so much for readiness as because I don't like loading/unloading in the house. Too hard to find a direction to point that thing where I really wouldn't care if it discharged. I think I need more televisions.

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Formerly Model520Fan

Maybe a 5 gal Home Depot bucket filled with sand and a lid as a bullet trap?

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Vegan by proxy.

I use a stack of books.

Or, you could carry a revolver like I do. Not much loading/unloading danger there.

I have several loaded magazines and speed loaders for most all of firearms.

As most here know, I have three grandkids under roof so the only gun that stays loaded is either the one on me or the one pulling nightstand duty.

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Music/Sports/Beer fan

All my guns are loaded. That’s how I treat them.

That's exactly what I do, and why. The sand bucket is also a good idea.

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Formerly Model520Fan

Why do you mark them?