Nightstand Gun: holstered?

[FIVETWOSEVEN]

Chambered and unholstered, I don't have a need for my XD to be holstered right now.

XD9 with 32rd mag under the pillow I dont use. No holster, as the gun doesnt fit in there with a flashlight attached.

Get a Galco HALO holster. It's what I use with my XD and it's sitting in that holster right now with a Streamlight TLR-1 attached right now.

 

[holdencm9]

I worry that no holster and a round chambered is a good way to wake up from a bad dream and have a bullet hole in the wall.

I keep my Beretta 92FS unholstered and no round in the chamber. Figure racking the slide doesn't take but half a second but requires just that tiny bit more mental consciousness that I can't do it in my sleep.

 

[Godsgunman]

My guns have mag loaded and unchambered unless its the one I'm carrying at the time. I have a 2 yr old daughter so my guns stay in a bedside safe. Unless a swat team is busting through my windows and doors I have plenty of time to open the safe and chamber a round b4 anyone gets close. Trust me, it took a locksmith 30min to get us into our house one night when my wife locked the keys inside and only the door knob lock was engaged, not even the deadbolt. I have 2 dogs downstairs so no one gets in through there without the dogs going nutso.

 

[Nushif]

No kids as well. Round in the chamber with the safety on if there is one. 8)

 

[Happypuppy]

No holster. In beside drawer no kids, loaded with tactical light/laser


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[Chuck R.]

In the nightstand:

Loaded, kept in a V-Line with spare mag, wearing a Surefire X400 and with Surefire 6P LED. (the Surefire X200B pictured as replaced a while ago).



Under the bed, in another V-Line: Benelli M1690 loaded with an Insight M3X attached.



I’m a big proponent of the V-line safes, push button simplex locks, no batteries. They have room for extras, and even cut down on my HD gun dusting.

Bottom line, if it’s not on my person, it’s locked up.

Chuck

 

[needmorecowbell]

4 small kids so loaded, unholstered, but in a safe on my nightstand.

 

[needmorecowbell]

Big +1 on the V-Line safe too. Real easy to get open quickly and I like the mechanical keys instead of electronic.

 

[Tony617]

I found a Blackhawk holster that fits between the mattress and box spring. I can fit a full sized HK USP 40 in it. I had a TLR-2 but it was too big to fit so I use a TLR-1 instead now.

 

[zxcvbob]

No kids in the house. If a gun is in a holster, it's probably loaded and ready to fire. If it's not in a holster, it's probably not loaded.

(I say "probably" just out of deference to the 4 Rules)

 

[Salmoneye]

Cell phone, cordless phone, and I only have to 'fight' my way to the foot of the bed for more firepower...

Room is 32 feet to the door, and the dog sleeps in front of it...

 

[MedWheeler]

My nightstand gun is also my carry gun. It goes unholstered on the elevated hutch of a bedside computer desk at night, long after my daughter has gone to bed. The surface it sits on is about six feet off the ground, or about twice my daughter's height. There is no chair at that desk. It is also high enough that I would have to get up to grab it; I cannot reach it while still lying or sitting in bed. It goes back on me when I get dressed in the morning. Other guns are kept locked in a cabinet or safe.

 

[JSpear]

Unholstered and chambered, on my night stand sits a sigma 9, but I also have a bersa 380 in a holster also chambered close by, plus the 870'in the corner, I don't have kids and it's just me and my dog, so over all a little of both

 

[9mmfan]

No kids, cats show no interest in the guns. G19 chambered, no holster in the NS drawer. Used to be Colt Government, cocked and locked, no holster. Before that, 92fs, decocked, one in the chamber, again, no holster. In all instances, afore the Glock became my EDC, the carry 637, then 642, slept next to the bigger brother, also unholstered. My wife has the 637 in her nightstand drawer currently, you guessed it, naked as the day it was born. Couple times have had to grab whatever pistol, for bumps in the night here, or alarm at work. Makes me wonder why I bother with the cruiser ready Mossberg behind the bedroom door. Salmoneye, I wish you were my neighbor. Anyone who keeps an Enfield on a hook by the bed has my respect. Can't explain it, but it's a fact.

 

[coalman]

A Beretta 92fs, safety on, is the only gun I keep chambered and unholstered. Others are holstered or clear.

 

[ArchAngelCD]

I'm not sure how to answer this Poll. My Model M&P holds 6 rounds and all cylinder are loaded so would that be chambered or unchambered?

 

[JTQ]

My Model M&P holds 6 rounds and all cylinder are loaded so would that be chambered or unchambered?

But you only have one cylinder and 6 chambers, so it would be chambered.

 

[FAS1]

Chambered, holstersed, and in my handgun safe mounted to the bed frame. When opened it presents my holstered gun to me. Kids are grown and gone, but I still keep my HD gun here and only want it accessible to me or my wife.

Here's a 6 sec. Youtube clip: FAS1 SAFE

 

[Gtimothy]

Chambered in my kydex holster. No kids. Two cats but they show no interest in any of my guns.

 

[manithree]

My nightstand gun, spare mag, flashlight, and when I remember, my cell phone all go into my SmartCarry on top of my nightstand. I've found when the wife hears a bump in the night (I'm a really heavy sleeper) it's much more convenient to shoo the neighbor's cat, close the window, or lead the sleepwalker back to bed with a smart carry around my jammies than with a gun in my hand.

Plus if I actually do need it outside my bedroom, I have the mag, and flashlight handy, too. Without requiring more hands than nature intended. I got the idea from a Clint Smith video.