My new nighttime strategy.

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I thought of this today. Why not just keep a pair of shorts/pants by the bed, with the basics needed for HD (holstered pistol, spare mag in mag carrier, flashlight) attached to the belt already and the belt threaded through the loops? Phone on the desk next to the bed, if I hear a bump in the night just change out of my PJs into the shorts (a matter of seconds) and then grab the phone and I'm ready.

If I place it on the ground just right, not only will the shorts be fairly out of sight, but they can also hide the gun while appearing to be just a bit of lazy laundry. As a bachelor, that wouldn't be all that surprising for me to have lying around anyway ;)

It doesn't get me the long gun right there, but quickly gets me both presentable and prepared, and then I can go retrieve the long gun from the closet.
 
Get a big dog.

Bump in the night, dog alerts, you stumble out 30 seconds later and the bad guys been gone for 29 seconds. Give the dog a bone and a pat on the head, go back to bed.

My Golden and Lab do their jobs well.
 
I could care less about being presentable...

A naked man with a shotgun? I'm fairly certain they'll run. LOL
 
How VERY American! Guns are A-OK, but nudity is out of the question, LOL :p

Anybody breaks into my house in the wee hours better hope it's just my flashlight blinding them. :D
 
If I place it on the ground just right, not only will the shorts be fairly out of sight, but they can also hide the gun while appearing to be just a bit of lazy laundry.
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I'm picturing Wallace's bed tilting up and he slides into his trousers :evil:

But seriously, Massad Ayoob (in "Gravest Extreme", I think) recommends you put on a pair of pants before you clear your house. Clint Smith recommends a bag on your nightstand with your cell phone, flashlight, and spare mag, IIRC.

I keep a smartcarry on my nightstand with a pistol, spare mag and flashlight. I can just pick it up, or strap it around my waist. My cell phone is right next to the smartcarry on charge every night. I should keep it in the holster, too.

The tactical nightstand. Or maybe the ENC.
 
Cheese Grommit! We'll go somewhere where there's cheese!

Anyway, it's less about being presentable, but more about the fact that the shorts provide a good anchor point for the belt, which is good for the holster. Currently my strategy involves the gun in a holster (I store all my loaded handguns in holsters to prevent NDs when i grab them) that would take a while to actually put on. This would simplify the process.
 
Interesting idea........I just keep mine in a retention holster on the bed next to my pillow (don't have a nightstand). The light switch for the main area of the house is just outside my bedroom door so I don't worry about keeping a torch immediately handy.

The only problem I see with your strategy is that it might be more difficult than it sounds to put on shorts and fasten a belt when your adrenaline is pumping overtime.

I'm also wondering why it's important to have a holster if you're investigating mysterious noises in the night? I've only jumped up like that a few times and the Glock did not stay in the holster for more than three seconds after my half asleep brain processed what might be happening.
 
870 lives on a bedside rail here, complete with Surefire foregrip light, that gets grabbed first, pants can be second. Oh and Mastiff's make great house dogs, the wall shaking rumbling thunder like bark will alert anyone nearby that bad things are likley to happen if they proceed.

Ike

p.s. One of the problems with owning a Mastiff is they tend to scratch on the door jamb, the part of it above the door
 
bigfatdave said:
Yesterday's pants with yesterday's gun is generally on the bedside stand.

Doesn't everyone do this? It just makes sense
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My issue with both plans is you only have to forget to pick them up in the morning one time and you've just left an unsecured weapon in you home
 
For many years now I have kept yesterdays pants fully loaded ready to step into beside the bed. I started this habit while on a week long trip about 25 years ago, I stayed in 4 motels / hotels during the trip and the fire alarm went off during the middle of the night in 3 of them, twice 1 night apart in one of them, and I was always on at least the 3rd floor. After the first time spending 5 minutes finding clothes, shoes, keys, etc. while on the 7th floor of a hotel with fire alarms blairing I decided to keep my keys, wallet, etc. in the pockets while traveling, after the second time I decided to keep them where they were easy to step into next to the bed.

Ike
 
Another option would be to keep a molle vest of some sort ganging with all you need attached. Could even be a plate carrier and give some protection.
I'm not worried about being naked, they brought that on themselves.
 
Gaahhh! You guys make me reach for the eye bleach! :p

I think it's a good idea and I keep a pair of tennis shoes that I can slip into as well.
 
Along these lines, Mas Ayoob wrote, in either a magazine article or one of his books, about keeping a "duty" belt with all the needfuls available. I'll never forget the picture of him in a bath robe and slippers with a holstered (what appears to be a police) duty belt over it.

I kinda laughed, probably like most, at the photo, but Mas had a very good point. Everything is right where you need it. I still have a belt with needfuls in the bedroom. I've only put it on once or twice in the, maybe, twenty years since I read the article.

The only significant changes in that time are better flashlights, and a cell phone instead of a cordless. Well, that and a bigger belt.;)
 
I've done this, actually. It's a good idea, especially for bachelors and other people who don't have anyone else in the home that should be denied access to the weapon. I used a Velcro police "under-belt", the kind that goes on the uniform pants, and then has the duty (gun) belt fastened to it by way of snap "keepers."
I don't do it anymore, as my daughter, 4 years old, sometimes slips out of her room quietly and enters mine or the master (my wife and I don't sleep together every night of the week due to conflicts in schedules.)
 
The duty belt is what got my brain working on this. What good is the belt if it's just hanging onto me?

As to leaving an unsecured weapon in the house: well, 1) if I'm home, its on me. 2) If I'm not home, my pistol safe can be stolen just as easily. Plus, who's going to look through my laundry for a gun? I have no kids so a kid finding it accidentally is irrelevant.

I learned two benefits. 1) If I use TOMORROWs pants/shorts, then it makes getting ready in the morning a lot faster. 2) I get to practice once a day without even trying!

Tennis shoes is a good idea, Al. And I specifically mentioned PJs so eye bleach wouldn't be needed, blame these other guys for taking up the rating ;)

FYI, being "decent" wasn't for the burglar's sake. It was for the sake of who might come after (i.e. the cops). Presentable homeowner I think would look a lot better than guy in skivvies, and might help my case down the line.
 
Whatever works for you to keep things handy. Whether it's a pair of pants with belt and such, maybe it's a bag, whatever. Just have a way to keep a firearm, reload(s), light and whatever else you think you might need in one place and secured from flopping around.
 
Am I the only one that wears pajama pants to bed?

My CZ sleeps in my desk drawer (next to my bed) wake up, grab it, a torch, and clear.

Pants included.
 
No PJ's here. I sleep in my boxer briefs and would have no trouble clearing the house inside and out with them on.
 
Presentable homeowner I think would look a lot better than guy in skivvies, and might help my case down the line.
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I really doubt it would matter much. I don't think anyone would expect you to look your best if you are woken up by a home intruder.

However, if you want to be uber prepared, leave your holster, knife, wallet, keys, cell phone and whatever else you carry daily in the pockets of your pants, then turn out those pants over a pair of wellington boots like a pair bunker pants. Then position on the floor so that you can sit up, rotate, and drop your feet in your boots. Stand up, pull up, and buckle up and you are good to go.

I would leave the pistol and a flashlight on the nightstand for immediate access. Have you ever tried to pull a pistol out of a holster that's on a pair of empty pants with one hand?

This is what I do minus the holster on the belt to respond to night time fire calls. Fastest way I have found to get out of the house fully equipped for society.

Also awesome for if you wake up 10 min before you have to be at work.
 
I wear shorts or pajama pants to bed so nakedness is not an issue lol. I did the duty belt thing for a while but now I keep a plate carrier with spare mags, light, apartment keys, ITS ETA kit, and spare ID next to my bed. It takes less time to drop a plate carrier over my head than it does to put on a bathrobe or t shirt. Plus it's got the added protection and all of the stuff I might need already in pouches. There's SERPA holster attached to the front of the vest while the M&P sits on my night stand. So if I need the gun immediately I can just grab that, but if I have 15 seconds to spare, I can drop the plate carrier on an use the holster.

As for actually getting dressed in a hurry for a fire and all that, I have been in the habit of laying my clothes and EDC out for the next day in order. A little organization and 2 minutes of planning goes a long way.
 
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