In the middle of the night!

In the middle of the night.

  • Shotgun

    Votes: 191 38.4%

  • Pistol

    Votes: 202 40.6%

  • Revolver

    Votes: 45 9.0%

  • Assault Rifle

    Votes: 50 10.0%

  • I wont bother, and will go back to sleep!

    Votes: 10 2.0%
  • Total voters
    498
  • Poll closed .
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Pistol for those bumps in the night. Those "what was that" sounds.

Immanent break in shotty for sure. Glass breakage, heavy pounding, garage door being lifted, car alarms going off.
 
The AR. Can be carried on a sling... that's at the house. At the apartment, think I'd stick with the revolver, just due to the terrain involved - extremely short distances. Also had more trigger time with the revolver. At one place, the bedroom door opens into a hallway. That hallway, to a stairway. That stairway, another hallway. At the other place, the bedroom door opens up into tight quarters. If you're collecting your family, you're probably leaving your bedroom to do so - providing 'cover fire' as necessary. Those with more long gun experience would probably go with that in both scenarios - but that's not the case with me.
 
What I keep with me is a different issue. I would probably keep a pistol if had to chose one(although I keep bunch of stuff). But when talk about a situation where there might be something wrong then...I would not chose anything but an assualt rifle..preferably AK.
 
All my firearms are secured in the safe, save the bedside .45 (I have children). Bedside .45 leaves the safe when I'm home, goes into the safe when I'm not--will be the same way for the wife (we pick up her .45 today).

I have both a small apartment and two kids' bedrooms to check, so not investigating strange noises is not an option. I'm a very light sleeper. I/We have been woken several times in the night, and usually I quietly wake the wife (if she isn't already awake--those of you that have raised children know how weird sounds NOT made by a child never wake up the wife), and she stands by the phone while I check on the kids. I take the .45 and a flashlight. In the last 6 years, it's never been anything, with the exception of me interrupting my neighbor's 'friends' putting shaving cream and band-aids all over his car (he made a point to come see me the next day, thanking me, and telling me that I scared the bejeezus out of them: I didn't tell him that it had worked both ways).

I don't "secure" the house, but if I hear something, I have to check on the kids. It's just how I'm built. After that, I have to find out what made whatever disturbance that woke me up. The pistol makes me feel safer.
 
Nobody in my home except Me & Mrs. Foggy, unless her Sister is visiting.

First up is the GI-45, then the Maverick 88 pump. If I run those dry, then the Most Serious Artillery...US Rifle Cal .30 M1 popularly known as The Garand
 
It depends on your environment. I live in a SFH which has a lot of corners and turns. As a result, a handgun would be best. Since my wife could be home without me I prefer a revolver as there is less to consider for her (safeties, etc) and my .357 will knock the attitude out of anyone. I used to live in a more rural environment with an open setting in the house and a good bit of room outside. Anyone breaking in there would have known they have some seperation for their actions. In that situation, the AK is a fine equalizer.
 
I chose shotgun for the sole reason of "auditory response" when a person hears it. That sound is guaranted to get someones attention.
When my grandad was a patrolman in Wichita Falls he always carried a pump 12ga into any building he had to go in to. He told my dad that 9 times out of 10 the sound of the action would cause the suspect to surrender.
 
Well CHRLEFXTRT if you go for the sound then nothing better than an AK being cocked!
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I don't see why we both cannot be right.
From my experience: A buddy of mine back in college had the habit of getting drunk and leaving his door unlocked. We were scheduled to go shooting one saturday after I got back from the gun show. Knowing my buddy only had a lever action .22 in the back of his closet I quietly let myself in. After checking again that the new shotgun I had just purchased was unloaded I tiptoed up to the foot of his bed and "racked it back" his respnse was "HUH WHAT SH*T!!! Oh how'd you get in? Jesus! Man you suck"
After I bs'd with him while he got dressed I went and knocked on his roomates door (another friend) to see if he wanted to go shoot with us. After I knocked i heard a whispered "hello?" The funniest part to me was seeing my other buddy peak over his covers like an 8yr old (mind you he is 21) then telling me "thanks for making me wet the bed, I haven't done that in weeks." It truely was a once in a lifetime thing b/c they locked their door after that.:D

Oh I've matured since then also.:neener:
 
I guess CHELEFXTRT the sound of the gun being cocked does have that effect on people.
 
Since my loaded revolver & shotgun aren't in my bedroom, nor my sleeping daughter, I'd grab my bedside pistol & a flashlight, get my daughter and the shotgun, and return to the bedroom. I like the idea of moving better with my pistol, and I like the idea of barricading with my shotgun, also 2 3/4" 00 Buck, so maybe my next step should be to start keeping the shotgun in the BR.
 
My glock23 is light and laser equiped. My revolver rests on my wifes side of the bed so she can secure the bedroom.

The shotgun is loaded but is keep for static defence not clearing.
 
I would grab my pistol and investigate to find out what made the noise....just as I have done hundreds of times.

I'm very surprised that some folks say they would stay in their room and call the cops....just because they heard a strange noise.

I sincerely hope that the ones who suggested calling the cops to investigate the dreaded "bump in the night" were women and not men.

It's like those stupid home security commercials....you know the ones....an intruder smashes a window or door lock, the alarm goes off, the woman of the house grabs the kid and answers the phone....
the security company on the other end assures her that "HELP IS ON THE WAY"....she says "thank you" in a relieved voice....
and all the while the husband (or boyfriend) just stands there like a scared little rabbit, totally devoid of even a single shread of masculinity. :mad:
I suppose those commercials are really aimed at single moms and wussy pansy gun fearing metrosexuals who are only males in the biological sense.
:cuss:

It makes me sick.:barf:
 
I always go for my remington 870 12 gauge express shotgun first and then my taurus revolver.Whenever something unusual happens outside I always grab my shotgun and look outside and investigate what is going on.When I know a threat is out there I load it up with 00 buckshot.
 
I would never use a Long Gun for any clearing of my house. For one you need both hands, second its just not as easy to maneuver around doors etc.

1911 with JHP is all thats really need for a clearing!
 
It Depends...

INSIDE the house, a 357 Revolver because of ease of negotiating around confined spaces (a revolver because I don't need limp wrist or mechanical problems in a possible "up close and personal" confrontation).
No flashlights or laser sights because I'm not about to advertise my location and I know the layout of my house better than an intruder does.
OUTSIDE, a 12ga pump shottie with 00 Buck would be my weapon of choice.
 
what the heck would happen to your hearing if you shot ANY of these firearms indoors?

i know it's either that or demise in a scary situation, but you think you'd lose a lot of your hearing?

how do soldiers cope with it?
 
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