Your HD Weapon/Plan: What Condition Is It In?

I keep my firearm chambered at within arms reach at all times except when I'm in the shower, when inside my apartment. But definitely when I'm in bed I have it within arms length loaded and cocked and no manual safety. I am a college student, so I don't have dogs, alarms, and all that stuff.

I've got an HK 91 sitting in my room, within reach next to my bed, yet still completely concealed; you'd have to know it's there to actually find it. I always lock all my doors, including bedroom door at night. I have a loaded mag next to it, another loaded mag on the desk, and another loaded mag in the drawer. All my HD mags I have a large piece of green tape wrapped around them, indicating they are for HD, and not chambered in high penetration FMJ or softpoints. I have timed myself on how long it would take me to grab the gun, load and cock it, and it takes me around 15 seconds, so I think it's safe.

I use Hornady 110 gr TAP .308s, as I live in an apartment, and do not want excessive penetration, despite the fact I know the round doesn't meet the FBI's 12" penetration criteria. I assume that if need be, I can just pound more rounds into the BG if they don't penetrate enough the first few rounds, after all, I got 20 of them, and the fragmentation will definitely ruin someone's day. I've never had a feed issue on my HK before, so I suppose I do trust its delayed blowback feed system with my life.

Your Beagle may be useless, but my five rat terriers will wake you if a piece of paper slides off a table three rooms away.

I live rurally. If a motor sounds within a quarter of a mile we got dawgs need calming.

Home invasion?

I got trouble with rattlesnakes everywhere; coyotes eatin' my critters; horses that panic because they had a bad dream; mountain lions that like to prowl under my house and feral dogs that will eat you because you're available.

If you ain't invited to my front door my .45 is out when you're a half-mile of Jeep trail away from my house.

Home invaders? My goats get hinky when they see something move within a mile and a half; my horses get goofy when something moves in their direction within a half mile; at a quarter mile my dawgs go ballistic.

A home invader is a diamondback that makes it into the house through the HVAC system.

#1- in your description

Condition zero...no safety.

can't really vote, my 1911 is within arms reach at all times, round chambered safety on, and my beretta CX 4 is empty chamber, mag loaded safety on, but that has a 120 lume (sp?) surefire on it for when things go bump in the night next to the bed

No alarm system other than a protective and agressive dog.

"GI-45" on bedside table cocked-n-locked, Maverick88 under the bed "Cruiser Ready"

US Rifle Cal .30 M1 in bedroom closet.

My 12ga is loaded in the locked bedroom closet up stairs, that said I have 4 dogs, A German shepherd /Rotty mix 150lbs,2 German Shepherd's 70lbs ea and a Shepherd /Dobie mix. I have a Louisville Slugger near the front door and knives tucked in different areas out of reach of the kids. I live in a good neighborhood but we border Elizabeth, anyone from NJ knows thats not good. I wish I had Loop's problems

My carry weapon stays on me til I go to bed. Full magazine, chambered. No safety or safety on depending on what I'm carrying. When I get home in the afternoon one shotgun comes out of the safe. It is cruiser ready. It stays in whatever room I happen to be in.

At night, shotgun beside the bed with surefire mounted. Handgun on shelf beside bed. Safe unlocked with more of both easily accessible.

several bits of iron (oh, alright, polymer lol) placed around the house, typically unloaded in quick-access (mechanical push-button) mini-safes. my two ccw's near my nightstand are always loaded (wheel gun + pistol on condition 3).

after i've finished accessoring a 9mm AR (light + red dot + appropriate sling) i will have that nearby as well.

1911, chamber empty, loaded mag inserted, mostly within reach. Why chamber empty you ask? "Training" mostly. I shot USPSA every thursday night for several years... we carried them empty until it was our turn on the line. Also, when I carried my 1911 with me in my vehicle, it was between my legs, muzzle to the rear (mine), grip up, and tight to my crotch. So, racking the slide before I fire is automatic to me.

I don't keep a round chambered, but I do have it close.

12ga cruiser safe with a loaded mag and 5more on the sidesaddle

I can't answer. I have multiple guns for HD. The one that is ON ME has one in the pipe. The long guns are in different places cruiser ready.

Alarm, light, phone: check. No dogs.

When I sleep, a larger handgun, ready to fire, is very close

Which gun?

No alarm. Two noisy nosey dogs. Loaded 870HD between bed and night stand; loaded 4506 on night stand; loaded 1991A1, Model 19, 642, & XD9SC in bureau next to night stand; and, I don't sleep very soundly very often.

I always have a (loaded) handgun within reach at home.

gun in reac, full mag in gun, rd in chamber, and there is no manual saftey on my xd's. isn't that the standard, i thought that was the only way to do it!

My G17 on my person at all times till I go to bed. I put the tac light on it and it sits on my bedside table when I go to bed. There are other handguns scattered throughout the place.

All weapons are loaded, all weapons are ready to fire.

Loaded within quick reach, no round chambered.

I've thought about this a good bit, and I'm fairly sure my apartment is set up to where this is appropriate. Getting through 2 locked doors and up the stairs without me waking up seems extremely improbable.

mossberg 12 ga 1 in the chamber, 5 in the mag tube, 5 more on the butt. SKS empty at foot of bed, 6 loaded 30 round mags within arms reach of SKS but well hidden. No dogs or alarms, but my roomate coming in at all hours of the night i know if a bg came in it would wake me up.

Can someone explain to me what "Cruiser Ready" means in regards to a shotgun? I know the Mossberg Tactical Cruiser is a pistol grip only SG...

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Magazine fully loaded with nothing in the chamber and safety off.

Also, would it be hard on the recoil spring to leave a handgun with the slide locked back at night? I assume it would be...

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I don't think so, springs get weak from compression and decompression. Staying in a single state does not hurt a spring. HOWEVER... with the action open, you are more likely to get crud in the working parts of the gun.