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What works for me is a shotgun and handgun next to my bed
I've had all day to think about it, and I have two places to relocate said items (that are not safes).Keep one gun easily accessible. Forget safes that have complicated combinations or could fail from a low battery! Low battery? That's not an option. I have two guns at the ready. A handgun in a drawer and a shotgun near the bedpost. But I'm a night owl. I'm already half awake. YMMV
Seriously, some safes and lock boxes are so complicated you might as well not have a gun.
I use a bed holster for my handgun. I don't like the idea of leaving it on the nightstand because in a moment of stress I could end up knocking it off. The bed holster keeps it accessible and in the exact right position for drawing.You can drill, practice and think thru scenarios, but when the alarm sounds, and you aren't coherent, and nothing will open, it creates Panick, and frustration. I may just leave something on the nightstand.
That is exactly what the Left wants. Too much of a pain in the tushie, so why bother?Keep one gun easily accessible. Forget safes that have complicated combinations or could fail from a low battery! Low battery? That's not an option. I have two guns at the ready. A handgun in a drawer and a shotgun near the bedpost. But I'm a night owl. I'm already half awake. YMMV
Seriously, some safes and lock boxes are so complicated you might as well not have a gun.
I still don't want to have to try getting into it it while half asleep and with sirens blaring - but maybe I don't want a gun in my hand in that situation either. At any rate, I no longer worry about batteries, sun spots, and the sheer cussedness that so often infests electronic devices.
Locking up "Go" guns doesn't make sense to me.Well, I had quite the wake-up call this morning (pardon the pun.) My security alarm went off at 5:00 AM. It has NEVER had a false trip. I jumped up and went for the gun-vault under my bed, and could not get it to open (the battery was low). I spent about a minute pushing buttons, and gave up. So, I ran to my backup (the locker) and in the dim light, and half asleep, I could not remember, or work the code. The thought going through my mind was, "I am screwed." It took a good minute to get it open. There is a lesson here, and I am trying to fully understand the best fix for it. Understand that I have been using these vaults for over a decade, so they are not new to me.
What I learned is, that when it's go-time, you need something in your hand RIGHT NOW! Not fumbling with buttons, codes, dials, or the like. I was comforted to know that what I grabbed didn't need to be racked, or unsafetied (two more things to fiddle with under duress).
Anyone have a methodology for being fully ready in the night?
Keep one gun easily accessible. Forget safes that have complicated combinations or could fail from a low battery! Low battery? That's not an option. I have two guns at the ready. A handgun in a drawer and a shotgun near the bedpost. But I'm a night owl. I'm already half awake. YMMV
Seriously, some safes and lock boxes are so complicated you might as well not have a gun.
That is a nice safe! My locker has a similar lock. In my incoherent state with a sudden wake up, I could not remember the code, nor remember to reset it after every bad entry, even though I have opened it for 10 years. I have now rectified the accessibility of my back up.My nightstand box is from Ft Knox and has a mechanical Simplex lock. Sure, they can still fail but I'll never have to worry about batteries, and I get in it 5 times a week so the code is often practiced and hopefully if there is a failure, its just in a ruitine time I'm grabbing my handgun. I actually have 3 of these boxes around the house with handguns in them.
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Preparedness fail. You had a major brain fart.
The proper solution was to just grab your shower gun.
You do have a shower gun, don't you?
Well, special circumstances, senior apartment, no kids around, borderline boonies, so... special. But I leave loaded guns all over the apartment,Well, I had quite the wake-up call this morning (pardon the pun.) My security alarm went off at 5:00 AM. It has NEVER had a false trip. I jumped up and went for the gun-vault under my bed, and could not get it to open (the battery was low). I spent about a minute pushing buttons, and gave up. So, I ran to my backup (the locker) and in the dim light, and half asleep, I could not remember, or work the code. The thought going through my mind was, "I am screwed." It took a good minute to get it open. There is a lesson here, and I am trying to fully understand the best fix for it. Understand that I have been using these vaults for over a decade, so they are not new to me.
What I learned is, that when it's go-time, you need something in your hand RIGHT NOW! Not fumbling with buttons, codes, dials, or the like. I was comforted to know that what I grabbed didn't need to be racked, or unsafetied (two more things to fiddle with under duress).
Anyone have a methodology for being fully ready in the night?
When I was a kid I learned to stand in the dark and throw out into the light when I was fishing at night. Gun mounted lights are great, but if the area outside my room is lit, I don't need one. And there's no light showing where I am.Always have a means to backlight any intentional invaders. When some drunk tried to get into our house one night, I turned on the outside light and turned off all of our indoor lights (yes, I did have my shotgun with me; kept all outside doors locked; had a little discussion with the drunk through the locked door; he got religion and left out'a there).
You have nailed it. I am about to reply to all with my resolution.The obvious solution is take the gun out of the safe and put it somewhere near the bed out of view, then put it back in the safe after you wake up.
After considering all the great replies, I have now rectified this situation. The gun vault under the bed is now defaulted to the "open" position, with the option to close it if I want to secure it. The back up is now out of the locker, and in a well hidden, but unlockable, location. After this very unnerving situation (albeit, a false alarm) I am considering a tertiary item in a similarly available status.Well, I had quite the wake-up call this morning (pardon the pun.) My security alarm went off at 5:00 AM. It has NEVER had a false trip. I jumped up and went for the gun-vault under my bed, and could not get it to open (the battery was low). I spent about a minute pushing buttons, and gave up. So, I ran to my backup (the locker) and in the dim light, and half asleep, I could not remember, or work the code. The thought going through my mind was, "I am screwed." It took a good minute to get it open. There is a lesson here, and I am trying to fully understand the best fix for it. Understand that I have been using these vaults for over a decade, so they are not new to me.
What I learned is, that when it's go-time, you need something in your hand RIGHT NOW! Not fumbling with buttons, codes, dials, or the like. I was comforted to know that what I grabbed didn't need to be racked, or unsafetied (two more things to fiddle with under duress).
Anyone have a methodology for being fully ready in the night?