gun for the bathroom?

[mole]

I was doing some thinking the other day. I was trying to think like the bg who wants to invade your home and do you harm. I figured that that there were two times when the bg could enter your home more easily undetected: at night when you are asleep and while you are bathing.

At night when you are asleep should be obvious, but think about when you are bathing. Most people follow a fairly strict routine which could be followed or predicted after a few days of observance. Many bathrooms have only one way out so you could be effectively cornered in the bathroom. The sounds of running water could mask the sounds of entry and approach. Being nude could put you at a mental disadvantage in a confrontation as well as being fairly certain you will not have any weapons on your person.

No doubt many here would advise a stainless steel .357 revolver of some type, but what about ss autos as well. Could these guns and ammo stand up to the higher than normal humidity? Where would you keep these guns ---drawer under the sink? taped to the back of the toilet tank? carefully hiden in a pile of towels? on a rack behind the shampoo? Maybe a howling naked guy running at the invader with a club (something better than a toilet plunger) or sword would be more unsettling?

Am I paranoid or just overly prepared?

 

[Father Knows Best]

Am I paranoid or just overly prepared?

Remember -- just 'cause you're paranoid doesn't mean that they're not out to get you....

 

[HighVelocity]

Am I paranoid or just overly prepared?

I believe this has been covered before. Maybe try searching the word "bathroom".

Anyway, I laser trip wires and claymores in the hallway that leads to my bathroom so I'm covered.

 

[Jeff White]

You go to the bathroom by yourself? Who covers you when you're indisposed? Didn't they ever teach you that it was a two man operation? I bet you and your family don't stand watch in the night and do stand to at BMNT and EENT every day either....

Seriously, if your going to stash a loaded weapon in the bathroom, you probably need to take into consideration that it's the one room in your house that you can be sure guests will use alone. Might be tragic if someone found your weapon and had a ND in your bathroom, especially a young child. I'm not a fan of stashing loaded weapons around the house where they are not under your physical control. I think surface rust is one of last things to take into consideration when you think about this problem.

Jeff

 

[tc300mag1]

Something Stainless be it a auto or revolver unless you can get the Hk underwater pistol

 

[torpid]

Having an ND in the bathroom means something different in this house.

 

[Working Man]

Maybe a howling naked guy running at the invader with a club (something better than a toilet plunger) or sword would be more unsettling?

That would scare the hebeeze out of me.

 

[mec]

a local guy had a gun in every room but the bathroom which was where he was when the crazy guy broke in. He had to shoot him with the under-the-car-seat gun (long story). Happy ending. The crazy guy took a 380 supervel through the center of the chest-zero expansion, All vitals were missed and the guy recovered almost immediately.

 

[Rain_Man]

Glad somebody made this thread! Yes, let me tell you a story. Back When I was younger, I used to live in an old apartment and use to gamble a bit around town, sometimes I would owe money. Never had anybody actually break the door down with a baseball bat in hand like in the movies, but I was so paranoid sometimes I would keep a few guns at the ready in some of the rooms, including in my favorite place of the house... the bathroom. I think I only had about 4 guns at that time, 3 cheap handguns and old Mosin Nagant 91/30...

I wrapped a 22 pocket pistol in a small towel and stuck it behind a decorative curtain in a pocket facing the faucet end of the shower, unless I told you where it was you would have never found it and yet it was as easy to get to as the soap or shampoo, best damn hiding place I ever thought of. What gun did I put in there?

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My old Jennings J22, shot great and one good thing about zinc alloy is that it never rusts!

fortunately, never had to use it but I still carry it in my coat pocket every once in a while.

 

[confed sailor]

well atleast if someone busts in, any ND's will be caught by a waiting recepticle.

 

[Pietro Beretta]

Having an ND in the bathroom means something different in this house.

If I were that paranoid..... or prepared....

Just have a piece on you at all times when you are in your casa (house). If you are always carrying, then their would always be a firearm near. If your taking a shower, your piece should be close by..... I know I take my close off when im in my bathroom to take a shower/bath, so leaving the grip exposed near the opening of the door/shower curtain for a quick draw just in case....

I wouldnt trust stainless not to rust, would have to go with a chrome weapon

 

[JamisJockey]

You go to the bathroom by yourself? Who covers you when you're indisposed? Didn't they ever teach you that it was a two man operation? I bet you and your family don't stand watch in the night and do stand to at BMNT and EENT every day either....



Jeff

Two? I always have a fire team accompany me to the john. The SAW gunner sets up in the hallway, and the riflemen watch the windows.

 

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[Hardware]

Uh oh, looks like there's a flag on that play! The refs are conferring. Looks like they are calling unneccesary use of visuals and roughing the reader! Three beer penalty!!!

 

[The_Antibubba]

Maybe a Sig-Sewer?

 

[TallPine]

No big deal for me ... I have to put my carry gun someplace, you know...

so it just goes on the counter by the sink, and goes back in the holster on my belt when I get dressed again.

No, it's not stainless steel - just wipe it off with an oily rag now and then.

 

[Working Man]

...my favorite place of the house... the bathroom

Anyone else find that a little troubling?

 

[silverlance]

hey this is just like my

sword in the bathroom with perimeter alarms over the hallway door and guard dog sleeping outside thread.

quite frankly i feel a heck of a lot safer in the shower (and i like ot take REALLY hot 20 minute showers, i look like a lobster when i come out) admist the steam and noise.

i didn't buy the 80$ radio shack infrared alarm, but i've settled instead for having my dog lie right in front of my bathroom (really, dogs are some of the best perimeter alarms if you treat them properly), the door locked, and a 20" tanto-tip (yes i know i shouldn't use that term) short sword hanging from the wall. i don't mind rust because i can always buy another one for ten bucks - and a short sword is damn effective in a bathroom when the only entrace forces you to walk beneath the guy standing on top of the bowl with a gutting stick.

further improvements to my ability to poop unmolested will be laser sighted IFF equipped sentry cats and piano wire stretched at neck height at every doorway. its good to practice the tactical crouching walk anyway....

 

[losangeles]

I think I'd just rather change neighborhoods if the likelihood of something like that happening where you live is high. Something to consider if you have options.

 

[beaucoup ammo]

Already In Use

First, Always remember Jeff's offering: If you have people other than yourself (spouse) at home, make sure weapons are seperate from ammo and locked away or stashed where no youngster/or idiot could have access. I couldn't live with that kind of guilt. Never hurts to review the most rudimentary fundementals.

Secondly, a friend did the following quite a while back. In the tub or shower stall there's a little shelf for soap with a balance bar (perhaps used for hanging a wash cloth) directly over it. He chisled out the small amount of tile around this little (10"x10") area and uses the "balance bar" to pull out the section. A small pistol or S-A would fit perfectly.

A gun in Every room..just remember to hide them when the kids/idiots come by!

Take Care

 

[The Real Hawkeye]

I've kept a gun in the bathroom while bathing for many years. Used to just leave my everyday carry gun in there, but switched to a blued steel one, and concerned about the moisture, I leave that on the night stand while I bathe. Now I have a dedicated bathroom gun. Actually two. One is a little .32 auto which always lives in my robe's pocket (which robe, when I am not wearing it, always lives in the bathroom), and the other is a little .22 that lives in a plastic ziploc bag in the bathroom pantry behind some stuff. Just have to remember to remove these when I have guests or repair men over.

 

[TallPine]

I think I'd just rather change neighborhoods if the likelihood of something like that happening where you live is high

If keeping a gun at home for defense is something worth doing at all (which most of us consider that it is), then it might as well be available all the time.

Or maybe one should hang a sign up on your front door while you are in the bathroom: "I'm busy and can't get to my gun right now, please leave a message or break in later."

 

[Jeff White]

My solution is to simply carry at home. My BUG (S&W Model 36) is always in my pants pocket. It goes into the bathroom with me even when I go in to get dressed in the morning.

No stashed gun for a nosy relative or neighbor to find....Jeff

 

[Preacherman]

I have to ask: If you use a gun in the bathroom to defend yourself against an attacker, would you be flushed with success?

 

[EddieCoyle]

I don't need to have a gun in the bathroom. Until I light a match or spray the Neutra-Air, anybody walking in will be immediately incapacitated.