[mm32357]

My Glock sits on my nightstand at night. I wasn’t sure what “condition” I wanted it to be in. By “condition” I mean one in the chamber or not. I was concerned that in reaching for it or something else I could hook the trigger and bang. I know; unlikely. However the idea of racking the slide in a tense situation didn’t sit well and besides it’s very stealth. I’ve settled on having one in the chamber but in a holster that covers the trigger guard. In a tense situation I can grab it and slide it out of the holster quickly, quietly, and without much dexterity needed. Anyway, works for my piece of mind. Hope to never have to deal with that situation. Oh; the idea of a manual safety weapon is fine I’m sure if you have the training and reflexes but not for me. Also, my wife could grab my Glock and pull the holster off and have it go bang without the safety stopping her.

 

[Caver 60]

I’ve settled on having one in the chamber but in a holster that covers the trigger guard. In a tense situation I can grab it and slide it out of the holster quickly, quietly, and without much dexterity needed. Anyway, works for my piece of mind. Hope to never have to deal with that situation. Oh; the idea of a manual safety weapon is fine I’m sure if you have the training and reflexes but not for me. Also, my wife could grab my Glock and pull the holster off and have it go bang without the safety stopping her.

All weapons fully loaded and in a holster. Also hidden, but very handy to grab without any lost motion. I won't say where, because it might not be acceptable to some people. I know my sleep habits and it's safe for me.

No external manual safety on any carry weapon. If a non carry weapon has an external manual safety, it's not engaged, except for the occasional 1911 type weapon that might be laying around.

 

[pgg00]

Handgun is loaded and in a holster. AR is full mag with an empty chamber

 

[Jim]

Racking a round into the chamber while half asleep is an invitation to a misfeed or AD, and the sound may alert an intruder before you want them to know. So I'd keep it with full mag and one in the pipe.

Many years ago I read a bulletin from NYPD to their officers, suggesting that while they are sleeping they keep their gun readily available but not too available. They cited several instances where officers had some kind of nightmare or sleep walking (sleep shooting?) and fired a gun without any idea of why, and more who were fuzzy-brained from being startled awake and fired without knowing what was really happening. There have been tragedies.

I keep my gun in a touch pad lockbox in the bedroom closet. It takes me about 5 seconds to get up and retrieve the gun, and the movement helps get my brain going. Since our kids are grown up and away, I keep the bedroom door locked at night so anyone will make some noise and take a bit of time to get into the bedroom.

In a motel at night, I lay the gun on the floor beside the bed and cover it with a book or something to hide it and hide the night sights. In more risky places, I stay dressed and wear the gun to bed in the normal holster.

 

[Orive 8]

For myself and my wife, our carry gun come off at night and are placed in a dedicated holster that sits on our respective nightstands. Each of us have a handheld light too.

35 years of doing the same thing, no reason to change.

 

[youngde811]

My Glock sits on my nightstand at night. I wasn’t sure what “condition” I wanted it to be in. By “condition” I mean one in the chamber or not. I was concerned that in reaching for it or something else I could hook the trigger and bang. I know; unlikely. However the idea of racking the slide in a tense situation didn’t sit well and besides it’s very stealth. I’ve settled on having one in the chamber but in a holster that covers the trigger guard. In a tense situation I can grab it and slide it out of the holster quickly, quietly, and without much dexterity needed. Anyway, works for my piece of mind. Hope to never have to deal with that situation. Oh; the idea of a manual safety weapon is fine I’m sure if you have the training and reflexes but not for me. Also, my wife could grab my Glock and pull the holster off and have it go bang without the safety stopping her.

My weapon is always hot, whether carried or on the nightstand.

 

[CanyonMan]

Handgun hangs in the holster and cartridge belt around my bedpost, and 12ga pump, leanin againt wall by bedpost...
ALL, Locked and loaded....


CM
🐴

 

[Buckshot Barry]

Suppressed AR is loaded, safety on, round in the chamber

 

[Rotn1]

SA’s in a holster with one in chamber.
DASA de-cocked with one in the chamber, no holster.
AR Style...... Mag inserted, no round in chamber, Safety off.

 

[Ordell Robbie]

G19 with factory night sights with a G17 mag +1 loaded with Federal 9BPLE+P+ and a 33 rd. funstick loaded with the same for a reload in a MIC holster with a Surefire latched on. It's kept in a small safe that I have to get up and take a few steps to get to to shake the cobwebs if need be...

 

[PilatusTurbo]

Same thing, run the AR with mag in, no round chambered, hammer dropped. Safety is always off with an AR in that condition IF you drop the hammer, you can't engage it. That's in the locked cabinet.

My HD Glock 19 with light, OTOH, loaded, in a small safe I have to get into (have practiced in pitch black many times). I have small kids, won't risk them coming in in middle of night, which the youngest does routinely, and somehow getting a hold of it if I kept it out. I accept that for what it is.

 

[Redeemed]

The 1911 I carry is on the nightstand condition 1.

 

[TallGlockDude]

Full mag and one in the chamber...always.

 

[flaman]

My G21- with night sights & Streamlight; filled to the brim with one in the chamber; no holster.

 

[plusPplus]

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[rainman33]

It’s usually at attention, but I don’t know why. Doctor says it’s normal.


Ohhhhh, my firearm. That’s not any of your GD business!

 

[cciman]

How paranoid can you realistically be?

If you are sleeping in a situation where you do not have time to chamber a round in your bedside side arm, then you should not be sleeping.

You really should be reinforcing the environment around you that you can hear things, and have other obstacles to create time for you to wake up and engage.

If you think you can realistically arouse from a deep REM sleep and be able to safely use a condition one weapon (ie make intelligent critical decisions) and not shoot the other members living in the house, then you are seriously overestimating your human abilities.

 

[Papa glock]

G19 full mag, one in the chamber in a holster with the holster clip removed. In a hornady rapid safe. Also have a handheld flashlight.

 

[FullClip]

Claymores are armed on the stairs.....

 

[vindibona1]

How paranoid can you realistically be?

If you are sleeping in a situation where you do not have time to chamber a round in your bedside side arm, then you should not be sleeping.

You really should be reinforcing the environment around you that you can hear things, and have other obstacles to create time for you to wake up and engage.

If you think you can realistically arouse from a deep REM sleep and be able to safely use a condition one weapon (ie make intelligent critical decisions) and not shoot the other members living in the house, then you are seriously overestimating your human abilities.

I am of a mind to agree with you 100%. I've got a special mount within arms reach of the bed in condition 3 at night. I want to be absolute mentally engaged should I ever have to pick it up. If you're sleeping it's going to take a few seconds for the senses to kick in. If I don't have that extra half second to rack the slide then it's probably too late anyway.

Edit: Someone in an earlier reply pushed my button when he said "if anyone else is around"... When I'm leaving home or expecting company, my firearms always go in the safe. But there could be a time that I forget that I hadn't locked up my weapons thinking I had. By the time my grandchildren are old enough to be strong enough to chamber a round they will have long been taught firearm safety just as my kids were taught. But as a tangential side note, I think some of these lawmakers are getting a little crazy and dangerous with their "safe storage" laws that they're cooking up. Perhaps they'll add a codicil to the law that requires the home invader to wait while you unlock your firearm.