Loaded on the nightstand?

[dieseldan71]

So there's a psycho patrolling the neighborhoods at night breaking into houses and watching people sleep till they wake up. I loaded the m&p with one in the tube and put it on my nightstand. Does this strike anyone as unsafe? Has anyone else done the same?

 

[Moonman]

ABSOLUTELY UNSAFE.

A loaded firearm, say in the bedroom at night (NO CHILDREN) should be 8-10 feet away from you.

This allows for some time and distance that you have to cross while waking up from a Nitemare!

This helps cut down on ACCIDENTIAL SHOOTING OF LOVED ONES.

 

[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.

 

[Arik]

Unsafe in what way? That it shouldnt have one in the pipe or that you might accidentally shoot a loved one or be killed by this guy?

As far as the gun goes it is SAFE to keep it chambered. As for the other part, thats up to you. There are + and - to that. On the one had you are ready on the other you could shoot someone you love.

Me, personally, im locked and loaded.

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[OFT II]

If this nut comes in and watches people sleeping then he is in close proximity to the nightstand. You may wake up and find that the intruder is armed with your gun.

 

[Moonman]

1 in the pipe is OK.

TOO Close of a proximity too you can lead to ACCIDENTS (Nitemare Dreams).

Chances of Home Invasion very slight UNLESS YOU'RE DRUG TRADE RELATED.

Perps look for UNOCCUPIED places as the sentence if caught would probably be less.

Get a DOG & ALARM if you're really concerned, OR MOVE.

 

[WC145]

My dogs sleep beside the bed, they're my early warning system. When I go to bed my fully loaded duty gun goes on the nightstand with a light attached and a second flashlight beside it. I've done it this way for many years, even when we had kids in the house, never an issue.

 

[Springfeildkid585]

So there's a psycho patrolling the neighborhoods at night breaking into houses and watching people sleep till they wake up. I loaded the m&p with one in the tube and put it on my nightstand. Does this strike anyone as unsafe? Has anyone else done the same?

I have a bed up against a wall, I leave a gap between and hang my shoulder holster on it, that way it's accessible to me and no body else. I'm a light sleeper, I keep a KaBar under my pillow often as well. The way I see it, somebody would have to reach over me and have to struggle with the thumb strap. In that time frame I can wake up and deploy the Kabar. I personally doubt that I'd wake up from a nightmare guns a'blazeing. It's what you're comfortable with, you know how you sleep. I don't recommend leaving the gun in the open, as previously mentioned, you may wake up to find your weapon in the perps hand.

 

[crofoot629]

I do it every night with a Glock 19.
The pistol is on my night stand, with white light attached and in a holster.
I wouldn't do it without the weapon being holstered.

I also leave the safe in my bedroom closet unlocked, and a Noveske AR-15 with Aimpoint T1 on, and white light attached in condition one, muzzle down. I like muzzle down for a number of reasons on the rifle. First of all I'm not potentially leaning over a hot muzzle in the dark while fumbling around. I also live in a single story house. If the chambered round cooks off in a fire it's going into the dirt.

During the rare bump in the nights, I've always had time to grab the AR-15 in favor of the Glock. My wife likes the Glock anyway.

I'm a light sleeper and so is our English Mastiff.

Now people who put a pistol under their pillow I think are just plain nuts!

Emory

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[Maximumbob54]

There are likely several hundreds of thousands of loaded guns in nightstands and I can't remember the last news report of someone waking from a dream and shooting the wife or kids. I know a decade and a half of sleeping with a gun in my nightstand has never had me waking up and blasting anyone and I tend to think it makes me sleep a little better.

 

[seagill]

I spoke with an old timer who said he used to sleep with a J-frame under his pillow until he woke one morning to find it laying on the bed beside him with the hammer cocked!

 

[TexasArmed]

I sleep with three loaded revolvers withing reach but hidden from view. If someone is kicking my door in it is they who will have the nightmare, when the door swings open. But then I do not have other family members who go anywhere in my residence at night till I get up and take them to the bathroom. If I had children in my residence then things might be different. AS for intruders if the door comes crashing in I don't do breathalizer test, nor IQ tests, nor age questionaires, nor drug tests and they will be stopped at the point of breakin.

 

[Tenn2]

Mine is in the night stand and the safety is on. There is also a Surefire right next to it. I have done this for a number of years without it being an issue. A lot depends on your sleep pattern. Mine GSD is my first alert, but we also have an alarm.
Russ

 

[JJEH]

Get a house alarm system and keep your guns in condition three.

 

[walkin jack]

So there's a psycho patrolling the neighborhoods at night breaking into houses and watching people sleep till they wake up. I loaded the m&p with one in the tube and put it on my nightstand. Does this strike anyone as unsafe? Has anyone else done the same?

A couple of things: first of all no one is getting into our bedroom without making plenty of noise to wake us up. we are set up like this intentionally.

2nd, All the kids are long gone so it's just me and the Mrs.

In our case I consider not only safe but advisable to have my Glock-21 (full size .45 auto) fully loaded with a round in the chamber and a tactical light on the rail ready and at hand.

If we are every disturbed by someone breaking in then the plan is that I pick up the Glock and the wife rolls off the far side of the bed and calls 911.

My side of the bed is 7 1/2' from the threshold of the bedroom door. In the event of a break in I am not going to go through the house looking for the intruder. I don't want to shoot anyone over a TV or any "propery". That is what insurance is for.

Our bedroom is dark. There is a night light in the hall bathroom that illuminates the bedroom doorway without illuminating anything in the bedroom. Someone standing there would not be able to see anything in the room but would be in clear view from my position on the bed. If they get into that position then my perception changes to "in fear of the life and safety of me and my wife....they will be shot.

A couple of rounds before turning on the tac lite and then lite 'em up to determine if more is needed.

I know everyones situation is different and we must all determine what is needed for our own set of circumstances and level of preparedness. For us, the above is our plan and we are stick' to it.

 

[S&Wman]

I'd prefer something like a bed and couch holster. That way you have access to the gun but it is not visible to others.
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[Lost Lake]

If this guy is not harming the residents of the homes he breaks into, perhaps you should use a Taser, stun gun, pepper spray or baseball bat for defense, and not the more lethal option of a firearm.

I do not share your charitable opinion for a number of reasons...

If someone is willing to break into an occupied home, you must consider him a threat.

If you think attempting to spray or tase that same person may make them run away crying, you may be surprised, and not in a good way.

If someone breaks into my home while my wife and kids are there, they will get the full brunt of any and all weapons I have at my disposal, including the loaded gun in my nightstand.

 

[bp231986]

loaded and ready to go here. Lol sometimes ive even fallen asleep carring IWB.

 

[C Islander]

I keep a loaded revolver in my night stand. Makes me sleep better. I've also got a Jack Russel alarm system.

 

[keith44spl]

Not everyone has the same concerns and or the same security levels to deal with.

If this cat is watching folks sleep...I doubt I could get up and make the 8 or 10 feet across the room
to procure a firearm without being confronted by the suspect...Especially if he was bent on doing harm.




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