gun at the ready while home

I thought everyone showered with there guns lol. At least one is very close most times.

You need to look into a shower gun!

Thought that was one of the benefits to stainless steel guns.....hang them around your neck like soap on a rope.

NO... you're not the only one. I have a firearm within arm's reach 24/7.

I don't take my carry into the bathroom to shower (no quiero agua), but it's never more than ... 15-20 feet away anywhere, anytime not prohibited. So, no, you're not the only *prudent* one. Funny, I don't ever recall hearing about an assault in the shower other than the Bates Motel

-jb, after Mexican food dinner

My in-the-house gun is a broken-in LCP2 carried in an OWB holster and draped under a shirt. My two favorite service mottos are the Marines and the Coast Guard. Semper Fi and Semper Paramus. I am always prepared and always faithful to the concept of do-or-die.

On the bedstand always. On the stand by the TV always. Always when outdoors or traveling.

My feet hit the ground in the morning and I arm up. Last thing I do before bed is disarm. All night it is within hands reach as well. Hope it is all effort for no reason however.

I rarely don't have a gun in arms reach. I even wear concealed at church. I have one by my chair right now.

357smallbore said:

Am I the only one?
I dont want to fall victim if (big if) someone kicks in my door and looks to do me or mine harm. I live in a great neighborhood. But ya just never know these days.

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You are 100% right. People think it won't happen, but it certainly could.

About a month ago one of our city policemen stopped a pickup truck around 5 AM. The bad guys exited the truck, shot up the cop and ran off on foot. This was about three blocks from my house. The bad guys went south on foot instead of north toward my house. Long story short, they broke into a woman's house, killed her as she was drinking her coffee and stole her car.

Don't think it can't happen because it can!

Captcurt said:

I rarely don't have a gun in arms reach. I even wear concealed at church. I have one by my chair right now.

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Same here and same as the OP with the shower, that's the only only time I don't have immediate access to a firearm, although I've considered changing that. There are times I've been in the shower when at home alone and wasn't expecting the wife home, and heard the front door close or hear walking outside in the hallway, it always turns out to be my wife and was never in any danger by any stretch but it's at those times especially where I had the realization that I didn't have ready access to my gun and am not really a fan.

I have a gun 23.85/7. There is no reason not to have a gun with you in the bathroom if you carry 99% percent of the time, might as well go full 24/7 right?

It would be my luck that I would carry everywhere else and have a lax attitude about bathroom carry then have to be the guy to go all "eastern promises" with some intruder while scrubbing up....

Nobody wants to be this guy.

Pretty much everywhere I go, my lcp goes also. even in the pocket of my robe while I'm in the hot tub.

The Good Lord made me a guard dog. That IS an answer.

My 120 lbs Rottweiler is all I need for that. I do not carry a gun at home, but do keep a police model 870 in the closet loaded with #8 shot as I have neighbors nearby.

I've said it before, 100% of home invasions happen at home.

The wife and I each have one ( 45ACP and a 9mm) within reach as I type this, while watching college baseball and softball regionals. Two more pocket guns and a Chief Special within 3 steps, and if I have to go upstairs things are gonna get real....real quick!

Not paranoid...just very prepared! memtb

No ... I think more and more people are starting to think strategically in terms of forced entries, midnight break-ins, etc.

How fast might you be able to-get-to your home defense or personal defense firearm(s) is a major consideration. Some of us have them stashed in every room - including bathrooms and closets.

Peace of mind means layered defenses but, keep in mind that these days you're often not safe simply getting out of your car in your driveway or garage, or cutting your grass in your own yard. Active Self Protection illustrates that fact all the time ... and it's getting worse.

You couldn't pay me to live in a city these days.

Buddy of mine in Atlanta, Peachtree City, just spent $20k having his windows glazed on his bottom three floors so that his windows cannot be simply kicked-out or shattered ... so many daylight forced-entry break-ins happening in Atlanta in the past year and a half.

So yeah, I think a lot of people are doing it these days - always keeping a piece within reach.

I carry from very early to very late and I don’t sleep much. Better for your gun to be on you than in the other room or hidden somewhere kinda close.

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Pretty much everywhere I go, my lcp goes also. even in the pocket of my robe while I'm in the hot tub.
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Those are funny looking sugar cubes lol.

When at home have atleast 3 firearms within reach and when out have at least one firearm on me at all times where the law let's me.

No gun within reach .

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If I owned a jewelry store (public knowledge), or were a Defense or Prosecuting Attorney or Judge in criminal courts, then I would keep a gun handy at home.

My hypothesis is that too many people stare at YouTube videos submitted from home security cameras.

I have two in small safes in the bedroom. If I'm in the garage I MIGHT have one out and on me, or if there's weird activity around on the road outside, but more likely than not I wont.
While I'm never far from a loaded firearm, I don't generally have one on me.

We live back off the road about 20yds, and the yard is fenced with a loose dog. Its very unlikely for someone to make it from the road to our house without alerting anyone, every other avenue of approach also has multiple fences and dogs to contend with.

The notable exception is if the kids are playing outside.

I wa thinking the other day how the best 700 dollars I spent was on a good exercise bike. 20 pounds gone since October. But more on topic, some of you are making me feel inadequately protected what with only 5 dogs and a 10 round 9mm by my bed at night.