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Staging self-defense guns for retrieval in an attack...
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Made it into PJs
This is where my gun (and my cat) lives. Just a little more than Arms length away
More importantly this is on my door unless we're actually going through the door.
As Shafter mentioned this will give me time to process and react.
Also, I've done a realistic threat assessment.
I've never worked in the Criminal Justice system in any capacity. They're no one out there who has any reason to seek revenge.
We don't present ourselves as having anything worth the effort to steal.
We have obvious video surveillance on our home.
All of that is far higher priority than having a gun staged anywhere in the house.
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Don't worry - it won't hurt.
No brain; no pain.
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I was recently looking at the Doorjammers to use in hotels.
Do they work well on carpeted floors?
Have any comments on this particular make and model?
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Don't know. My entry is linoleum
The one in the picture? It's the one we use and you are going to have to take the door off the hinges to get past it
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Thanks. I just ordered the big one direct from the manufacturer. Free shipping and $10.00 off with coupon code LDSAMPLE.
PS: Glad you found the Jammies. My eyeballs almost caught fire
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I don't have children in my home any more so I have guns with full mags in strategic locations throughout my house.
If I'm going forward I have a new gun to grab in case of a malfunction or if I'm in retreat I can step back & grab another.
If I'm going forward I have a new gun to grab in case of a malfunction or if I'm in retreat I can step back & grab another.
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When you put it on your door don't crank it down just snug it up enough that the door won't open
Why might you be "going forward"?
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The only place I stage a firearm is in a lockbox in my nightstand. Whenever I leave the house I’ve got one at 4 o’clock.
No need for an explanation, just my personal opinion on the subject of carrying in my own residence. As I said to each his own...
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1) You can get used to wearing clothes around the house if you want to.
2) You can get used to being armed at home if you want to.
4) If you think you can hide guns from burglars you are delusional. Burglars make their living finding things that people have hidden.
2) You can get used to being armed at home if you want to.
4) If you think you can hide guns from burglars you are delusional. Burglars make their living finding things that people have hidden.
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Nah, in my experience, burglars don't make a good living and end up in jail, prison or on probation after very short careers.
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Because weird things happen in the middle of a firefight.
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Friend of mine who was a Seattle cop for 30 years disagrees with you. In all that time, he never saw a burglar find a hidden gun, but there were many instances of them breaking into and stealing guns that were in safes.
Cause you feel the need to protect whatever/whoever is in front of you.
That does not address the question.
The only reason in which a prudent person would want to assume the considerable personal risk and "move forward" would be to get to a child in another room.
Otherwise, let the threat come to you.
Proves nothing.
LEO friends who responded to burglary call describe every drawer having been dumped, every piece of furniture knocked over, every cabinet emptied, mattresses removed, and so on.
Hidden guns, hidden cash, and everything else of any value---gone.
In and out in less then 30 min.
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Have you ever heard the saying "No plan survives first contact with the Enemy"?
You can't possibly know everything that's going to happen in your fight until you're in it.
Moving towards the threat probably isn't a good idea but that doesn't mean that's not exactly what you can end up doing
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Well, if one's idea of "hiding" a gun means putting it under your tighty-whities or tube socks in your top dresser drawer, or under the mattress or in a desk drawer, yeah, the casual burglar will likely find it. But, c'mon man (to paraphrase The Big Guy), that's not really hiding anything...
Strangely, most of the cases I'm familiar with (residential burglaries), in which firearms were stolen, guns typically had (1) been left out in the open, (2) were on a closet shelf, (3) were in a dresser drawer, and (4) OR in a safe or lock box that was either broken into or removed from the home. You'd be surprised how many folks leave handguns out on kitchen counters, coffee tables, credenzas, etc...
In an out in less than 30 minutes? Often depends on whether it was a targeted (criminals obtained knowledge of drugs, guns, cash or other valuable portable items inside the residence) entry or random (crime of opportunity) burglary. If the former, the thieves may have staked out the home, know the victim's patterns and have a plan in case of alarm or canines, in which case they may be willing to spend more time in the house. If the latter, it's in and out in less than five minutes, usually the thieves will first hit up medicine cabinets and nightstands for drugs and maybe a handgun, with quick, cursory looks into the "hiding" places noted above.
I'd like to think that most of us here who admit to staging a firearm or two in the home have taken steps to harden the structure, lessen the chances of a fast break-in through a door or window, and have a routine in which we will have some warning and a bit of time on our side to not get caught in our Lazy Boy recliner wearing only our skivvy shorts and fuzzy slippers before the bad guys confront us.
What I see in threads such as this is that most forum members share the concern to be responsible gunowners and keep their firearms secure, but as always, there are varying schools of thought with regard to our individual comfort level and how we balance our security versus keeping our guns secure.
I don't plan to make contact with the enemy in my PJs and slippers (or bare feet). As my Coast Guard brothers (and sisters) say: Semper paratus.
If you're seated on your couch or laying on your bed there isn't really anywhere to go but forward. We don't advance to initiate a fight that hasn't begun yet but when the fight has begun usually driving the fight is going to win the fight if retreat isn't an option.
Put that way, I agree, but I'm not sure that I would characterize getting out of my couch to defend against an intruder in the room as "going forward". The threat has already come to me.
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People seem really bothered by my clothing choices here.
I'm pretty sure I'm not going to be caught by surprise while I'm at home.
Maybe while transitioning in or out you heard that didn't you but not one kicked back on the couch with my cat
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