Do you carry a handgun in and around the house?

[lee n. field]

Stealing this topic from Glock Talk. Do you carry a handgun in and around the house. I do. I'm semi-retired and it's easier just to put on a holstered handgun 1st thing in the morning and then take it off when I go to bed. I'm in and out of the house all throughout the day. I also have a rifle and shotgun available in the house. The rest of my guns are in a gun safe. Occasionally there is a rifle in one of my vehicles.

Pants on gun on. Part of the process of getting dressed is taking gun+holster off yesterday's pants and putting it on today's pants.

It's just easier that way. And, I would argue, safer. Minimizes administrative handling.

No guns "staged around the house".

Our neighborhood is not a nice safe whitebread suburban neighborhood. Stuff sometimes happens here.*

(*Our house has a couple bullet holes in it. 2 or 3 summers back someone mag dumped in the vacant lot kittycorner behind us, then ran through our back yard on their way elsewhere. A block and a half up the street is the site of an incident that made a national "mass shooting! database". (I remember reading about it. A lot of failure to observe the rule about avoiding stupid people, stupid places, at stupid times.))

 

[NorthBorder]

I live outside a small town 100 miles from any Walmart . The only threat I face is deer and turkey crap getting tracked into the house. I'm kinda surprised I'm the only one who voted keeping it in the night stand. The nudists got more votes. I would like to hear from them.

 

[zeke]

Am also in rural Wi, and meth heads abound. Also the main CTH North runs right in front of house. All day, every day and everywhere where legal. Gun on magnet above pillow at night. This saves having to think about it , as it is automatic.

 

[bigpower491]

I live outside a small town 100 miles from any Walmart . The only threat I face is deer and turkey crap getting tracked into the house. I'm kinda surprised I'm the only one who voted keeping it in the night stand. The nudists got more votes. I would like to hear from them.

Well could only vote once. Got it covered tho.
These are going up on a post at the last turn on the drive towards the house, so at least one gets a warning.....hope they still deliver my UPS and such..

 

[Anchorite]

Stealing this topic from Glock Talk. Do you carry a handgun in and around the house. I do. I'm semi-retired and it's easier just to put on a holstered handgun 1st thing in the morning and then take it off when I go to bed. I'm in and out of the house all throughout the day. I also have a rifle and shotgun available in the house. The rest of my guns are in a gun safe. Occasionally there is a rifle in one of my vehicles.

Yep. Except I’m not semi-retired. Office is less than 2 miles away and I’m back and forth and in and out all throughout the day. Revolver on when pants/shorts go on, and only comes off if I go to court or get in bed or the shower. Theres a Winny 1300 Defender 8-shot in the bedroom. Everything else is in the safe hidden in a closet.

 

[redneck]

I always carry. I don't keep anything loaded that isn't in a holster and going on my belt. Too hard to keep track of who's going to be in the house, how many kids etc. It just seems like keeping it on my person is the most responsible method.

Have horses at home, and manage a larger farm for work. For some reason they tend to draw people. Have had several strangers just wander into the barn. Some want a job, some want to feed them etc. Some say they want a job but sure don't look the part. Never have felt threatened a single time, but it seems the more run ins you have the more likely one it is to have a bad one.

I also have a part time welding/fabricating business. Was in the garage with the door halfway down and when I flipped my hood up a lady had ducked under the door and was standing on the other side of the welding table from me. It was innocent enough, she was a realtor for the house next door and needed help with something, but a stupid move on her part and really drove home the need to keep a gun on your person at all times to me. If she had meant me harm, I was already at a huge disadvantage without having to run to a drawer or cabinet.

 

[armoredman]

I have spent 22 years behind the wire so far, my wife 20 - I carry a gun because I have stared Evil in the face, ad Evil gets out on parole next Tuesday. I have read the classified reports, seen the crime scene photos, heard the bragging - there is no place on God's Green Earth I will go unarmed if I can help it, and that includes inside my hardened home. The neighborhood USED to be perfect, 20 years ago - there was a murder not to long ago around the corner. Doors USED to be left unlocked, in fact, my idiot sis in law still leaves her car not just unlocked, but the door OPEN at night sometimes - I did mention she is an idiot, right? I have been changing awareness and attitudes among the new family, and things are immeasurably improved, but if I am awake and not in the shower, I am armed. Period.

 

[JmacD]

I’m armed most of the time. If not, it’s in reach. Kick in my door or window, and straight ahead you will see a “bad guy” (or gal) target with a 100-150 shot baseball sized hole where some pretty important inner bits are supposed to be. If the doorbell rings or knock etc, the guy who looks like he’s trying to straighten a sore back actually has his gun hand full of 9mm while he opens the door off to the side… and! SECURITY LIGHTS ARE ON whenever it’s dark. Can’t get anywhere dark to break in tbh.
But yes, if it’s not on me, it’s so close it ain’t funny.

 

[halfmoonclip]

A BodyGuard lives in my pants, when I put them on. If it's on my person, no one else can get near it.
During the 'Summer of Love', it was a 365, and a PCC propped in the corner, but that's not the norm.
Too, we have a 3 year old granddaughter, and I won't chance her finding something she shouldn't.
The heavier ordnance is locked up.
Moon

 

[armoredman]

I’m armed most of the time. If not, it’s in reach. Kick in my door or window, and straight ahead you will see a “bad guy” (or gal) target with a 100-150 shot baseball sized hole where some pretty important inner bits are supposed to be. If the doorbell rings or knock etc, the guy who looks like he’s trying to straighten a sore back actually has his gun hand full of 9mm while he opens the door off to the side… and! SECURITY LIGHTS ARE ON whenever it’s dark. Can’t get anywhere dark to break in tbh.
But yes, if it’s not on me, it’s so close it ain’t funny.

Ah yes, lights - I have installed several solar powered security lights with sensitive motion detectors at my place and my sainted mother in laws house. Cheap add on security, and with AZ sun, they stay fully charged all the time. Yet another layer to the onion of security.

 

[357smallbore]

Guns come off when I get home. I have several guns stashed throughout my home. Just me and the little woman in our home. We live in a very upscale neighborhood. Don't mean things can go bad though.
Any room I am in, I can have the gun at the ready within 2 seconds. I think we're fine. Many neighbors work from home in the day. My wife is a housewife, so she's home. Don't think a day time break in in our area is on the top of a robbers list. At night my home is lit up like Leavenworth Penitentiary.

 

[Dave DeLaurant]

Not carry as in CCW or open carry, but I have on a few occasions I've hand carried a loaded firearm around my house, usually setting it down within easy reach on the coffee table when weirdos are cruising the streets and sidewalks outside. I also keep the front door locked while I'm inside.

I live alone now and none of my cats can work a DA revolver trigger, so there's no safety concerns about minors.

 

[jar]

A BodyGuard lives in my pants, when I put them on. If it's on my person, no one else can get near it.
During the 'Summer of Love', it was a 365, and a PCC propped in the corner, but that's not the norm.
Too, we have a 3 year old granddaughter, and I won't chance her finding something she shouldn't.
The heavier ordnance is locked up.
Moon

During the "Summer of Love" I think I was carrying my then fairly new "Highway Patrolman" but it may have been the Colt "Army Special". I also had a little Beretta Model 70 22LR so that would have also been likely. The "Summer of Love" was over a half century ago though and I was in SoCal and there were other things going on at the time.

AbE: I wanted a S&W Bodyguard but after the famous 1968 photograph the model was nearly impossible to find.

 

[JDeere]

You just never know around here...

 

[Haywood]

I always have at least one in my pocket. In bed there is one on the stand next to me. In the shower one is in the clothing I am going to put on or on the counter in the bathroom. The door locks and if I pull out a drawer it also blocks the door. We also have a house alarm.

 

[Mercy Me]

As you get more experienced in the firearms world you'll get more comfortable. I'd recommend carrying in home as your comfortable.

What pistol do you and your carry method? Comfort will always play a factor. I'm curious what your system is.

My daily carry is Walther PPS 9mm (7 or 8 + 1) in a Desantis Softuk at 3:30 or 4 IWB. If I'm at home all day sometimes I'll carry OWB my XD9 or Smith and Wesson model 10.

I think also the size of your house probably plays a part. If you have a small apartment lets say as opposed to an estate house, proximity to your weapon will vary.

All the same, if a break in occurs I want my firearm on me.

 

[Speedo66]

A BodyGuard lives in my pants…
Moon

He must be pretty small.

 

[Bob Willman]

Pants on = armed. Not because of any immanent danger, it's just much more convenient and I don't need to worry where the gun is if someone visits. My carry method is IWB with shirt tucked in. If I need to leave the house, it a matter of just walking out the door without re-arming.

NRA Benefactor

 

[Corpral_Agarn]

On my person or very near by. Usually on me

 

[Howland937]

When my kid first started taking an interest in guns and shooting them, he got in a habit of asking me if I was carrying. I didn't mind when we were in the car and he asked, but one time he asked as we were walking in a store. Told him I'd explain later. So later, I explained to him
"If I have clothes on, there's a 99% likelihood I have a gun on too. If I'm outside of our house, it's 100%. Don't ever ask again"
He hasn't.

 

[sparkyfender]

Most of the time I have a gun on in the house, for the most part to insure I have one on me when I go in and out during the day.

Neighbors are a tad sketchy, and they have a pack of large dogs running loose that are even sketchier. Part of living in a rural area, it seems.

 

[Leon tP]

Pants on, gun on.

The only exception was last summer when I hurt my back lifting boxes in the garage but even then, a gun was always nearby.

I live in what used to be a rural neighborhood but roughly 10 years ago a suburb sprang up about a mile from where I live and since then, homeless people, rowdy high-school kids and young adults that have seen too many Fast and Furious movies have started appearing everywhere. I don't live too far from the main road so I get to witness a lot of dumbassery that takes place on that street.

Anyway, I've had things stolen from outside before. Now I have to keep things locked up and I monitor the strangers that go by. Today, my security layers fall into the, "Really, are you Serious?" level but I don't worry at night and sleep very well.

 

[1nighttrain]

When I’m home I’m relaxing

 

[sgt127]

On me. Always. It started when my kids were small. I didn’t have to worry about where my gun was. If it was secure etc. it’s on me. In a holster.

 

[br549arkie]

If I'm in bed there is one within reach if I'm out of bed there will be one on me. I live in the sticks and don't carry a cell phone and if I did it would take a deputy at least 20 minutes to get here after I called. So best to be prepared.
Don't have one nearby while I'm in the shower but if somebody breaks in while I'm showering I figure my German Shepherd will alert me and keep them busy till I can reach a firearm.