Questions for those with handguns in the nightstand

[awmp]

On your hip or in a small quick to open gun safe anchored to the bed so it is not quick to walk off.

[50calRay]

Glock 27 inside a personal safe that takes less than minute to open. I personlay only keep ammo with my home defense firearms. The rest is stored away from their firearms.

Here is my bed side set up. I'm more worried about kids getting a hold of the firearm than it being stolen. That is why it's not bolted down to anything. It just sits inside my dresser out of sight.

[Boldkharma]

I keep my daily pistol on the nightstand at night. I think the important thing, at least in my family, is proper education of children. All my kids were raised with firearms in the house. All of them were taught from a very young age to respect firearms. This does not mean that I am careless in any way, I always have them out of reach except at night when sleeping. I do feel a little better with a condition 1 1911 then other pistols just due to the manual safety and grip safety. YMMV

[50calRay]

I keep my daily pistol on the nightstand at night. I think the important thing, at least in my family, is proper education of children. All my kids were raised with firearms in the house. All of them were taught from a very young age to respect firearms. This does not mean that I am careless in any way, I always have them out of reach except at night when sleeping. I do feel a little better with a condition 1 1911 then other pistols just due to the manual safety and grip safety. YMMV

Yes sir, I've been working with our son since he was 3 yrs old. We also started him in swim lessons when he was like 1yrs old. The dude is a fish for sure. People ask us all the time why we have a fence around the pool if our son is such a great swimmer...our replys is, that doesn't mean his friends know how to swim.

[Texbow]

I've thought about attaching an old holster behind the night-stand. Out of sight but easy to get to. You could do the same thing behind a headboard.

[Leper]

That is close to what I did.

I bought a single pistol safe from Academy. It opens with a key, or the 4 buttons on it. I mounted it to the back side of the nightstand. I left enough room behind it so it opens easily, but there is no room to go behind it if it is open. I can reach over and hit the buttons, the lid springs open and I can reach for it. The lid will act like a ramp for my hand if I am coming out of deep sleep. You can barely see it if your head is on the pillow. By it being a little farther out from the wall, it is a natural motion for me to roll towards it, if need be.


If you wanted to be really trick, you could shorten the drawers in a nightstand and flush mount the safe into the back. The only thing that you may want to leave sticking out is the buttons. I think that would be the ultimate in stealth.

[rick458]

I have a Gun Vault at my headboard that the SD pistol stays in when it is not on my Hip or in the safe (until sleep time when it comes out and is laying on top of the Gun Vault)

[Saxet]

has no kids and has my pistol ready to shoot at all times.....it is put away where in case anyone who breaks in will not find it without a long search but I can retrieve in alot less time than it takes to open a gun safe.

i also keep a spare mag and small flashlight there with it so I can be prepared. thank goodness for being inventive in hiding spots.

I always knew where my dad kept his pistol....I did not even dare go to that location without telling him first since I knew it was a whoppin if caught. it was respect of him rules and consequences that made not do anything against his will. in his favor thopugh if I ever wanted to look at it he would no mind going and getting so I would not let my youthful inquisitiveness get the best of me.

[Dog]

Is good to see the people on this forum are talking about diligence and the safety of children regarding this issue. Does my heart good.
Not what the news media would have us believe. The Plaxico dumbass Burress incident is NOT helping our cause.