How to hang a rifle at the back door?

[Kleanbore]

Ok so what’s your point. Spell it out for this not as smart as you gun owner.

I'll try.

I can have in hand the firearm I am carrying much more quickly than one that is stashed somewhere.

It is not available for the taking by others.

My access to it cannot be readily blocked by intruders.

 

[Water Garden]

You miss read my post I’m assuming, None of my house guns are in plain view.
I believe in home defense so some weapons in an accessible location are a must. Every thing else is locked away in a safe. Which by the way, while not a silver platter is certainly a give away to any one who now knows you got somethings worth protecting.
There must umpteen millions of firearms in closets and under beds, in night stands, in bureaus, wherever, just what is your definition “ responsible” ownership. Firearms in a locked home should be as secure as necessary.

It is easier to highlight what I deem to be unreasonable.

I feel that an unreasonable condition exists if a criminal can arm himself with a fully functioning and loaded weapon within moments of entering a home. When I say "moments" I am talking about seconds to minutes. I consider the practice to be the same sort of logic utilized on Andy Griffith when they leave the jail cell key hanging on the wall within arms reach of the prisoner. At least on television, its an obvious faux pas.

Sure, an intruder may find my browning hi-power in my nightstand when I am not home. If he does, he will find it without the magazine. The intruder may get away with the weapon but he is not going to use it against me. If he plans to use it against anyone else, he will have to order a magazine for it ( if he even knows what weapon it is). When I am home, the weapon is ready to go. It normally resides in my home office during the day, in the desk drawer of my woodshop or in the nightstand upon getting ready for bed. Other weapons remain secured in a safe until needed. Should an intruder get into my safe.. he will find no ammo, no magazines or bolts.

Its not perfect but my main concern is to refrain from bolstering the immediate capabilities of a criminal during the commission of a serious crime. He may get my gun but he is not going to use it against me or the police or anyone else in the present moment.

I have no storage laws in my neck of the woods but I certainly support a person abiding by whatever storage requirements may exist in their area. If you are not sure, you might want to check.

 

[whughett]

Winter garden. Where are the bolts, magazines and Ammo. Off premises I assume. Other wise what’s the point.

Kleanbore. Where’s the weapon when your in the shower, on the toilet or in bed at night asleep.

My homes are locked, have a monitored alarm system and a panic button and safe word. I’ve done about as much as any for security.

 

[Kleanbore]

Kleanbore. Where’s the weapon when your in the shower, on the toilet or in bed at night asleep.

Within arms reach.

 

[Water Garden]

Winter garden. Where are the bolts, magazines and Ammo. Off premises I assume. Other wise what’s the point.

What little ammo I have on hand is stored in a nearby equipment shed. My magazines and bolts are hidden in 2 locations inside the woodshop where a person with hours to spend would not likely find them. The point? To simply cause delay and hinderance. It is also to mitigate the possibility of coming home or waking up to find some goon armed with my own weapons.

I am not claiming to having the perfect solution to every conceivable problem of this type. I am simply highlighting the fact that leaving a loaded weapon or weapon with mounted side saddle full of ammo hanging over the door is the probably the least strategic thing you can do. As I said previously, if it were the 1700s and I lived in a one room shack a mere 5 paces away from the front door, I would probably feel differently about staging a loaded weapon above a sturdy door. Personally, I am not willing to exchange some level of movie style romanticism at the cost of very basic strategic.

 

[jmorris]

For chicken coop stuff I put one on a tripod so I can crack open an upstairs door. Coyotes don’t seem to be as wary of threats from above.

You’d better have a suppressor or be single though.

 

[Robbins290]

I work in a fab shop. I have made some neat mounts for people. I have made some custom plates to fit a holster under end tables. Made sliders that go between the box spring and matress. (what i use currently) Also made some plates for a holster for a truck mount. I keep handguns in every room hidden. But only one ar15 out of the safe. It goes in my truck when i leave or stays next to bed when i am home.

 

[Rexster]

My short answer, to the question in the OP’s title, is “I have never kept a rifle by the back door, so have no personal knowledge of a best way to hang a rifle by a door.”

Firearms being positioned near a door are something that a burglar expects to find. A burglar, if successful in getting past the outdoor dogs, will not find a rifle hanging by our back door or side doors. A home diagonally adjacent to us was burglarized, not so long ago. Their large dog was subdued with a golf club, by one of the several burglars.

As I type this, there is a shotgun placed across the arms of a reclining chair, near our front door, but I am nearer the front door, and can reach that shotgun without stretching or taking a step. I placed that shotgun, there, upon entering the room. It will leave the room, with me.

If I lived in a more-rural area, I might well have a rifle handy; probably a lever-action. I have nothing against .223/5.56 for home defense, but the AR15 platform is not my first choice for the task.

On a side note: I have noticed that some people who have no firearms, will, instead, keep a baseball bat or golf club in a small closet, near an exterior doorway. (I worked big-city police patrol for 33+ years, so investigated plenty of burglaries.)