Quick Access Firearms Stashed Inside Your House

[esq_stu]

I think your best bet is to just carry at home and then you are always in control of your weapons.

My home has 2 floors and a basement. The second floor (bedroom level) and basement both have guns (both handguns and long guns) stored there, locked up but loaded. No guns are stored on the 1st floor.

I always carry, so when I'm on the ground floor (living room, kitchen, den, etc.), I'm armed, but don't have access on that floor to a long gun. I've contemplated keeping a handgun there, but then i remind myself that I should be carrying and I move on.

Last night I got out of bed and went down to get something and just put a pistol in the pocket of my gym shorts.

 

[TurboJeff]

I have almost the exact same layout in my townhome. Three bedrooms upstairs, kitchen, den, living room downstairs. My wife and I don't have any children, so it's just us at home. My wife is very gun savvy. She has her HCP, and often goes to the range with me.

So, we feel comfortable with a 4" .357 K frame under the couch along with a flashlight. Very quick access if you're downstairs. The upstairs area is "very well equipped".

 

[RecycledTape]

I would keep one on a bookshelf. Depending if your house is cluttered or clean, if cluttered not alot of people will stumble upon it in the open like guests or whatnot, above the fridge is a great location and guests shouldnt snoop around up there. Perhaps you could also store it on an entertainment console, or the high cabinet above the stove, any less frequent common location I suppose.

 

[IllHunter]

If you are handy,

you could make a small pocket between two studs and wallpaper or wallboard over it, totally concealing it, but taking it out of circulation also. I think this would be best served by a small revolver. Less to go wrong. Stainless would be perfect. Pick a place you might retreat to, bathroon on the ground floor? If you put it behind the towel rack, the hanging towel will cover the front, (if your seams are imperfect). I believe this might be useful also in a hostage/barricade situation. If given the chance to use the toilet, help is behind the towel. Be sure and wash your hands!

 

[xds&gsps]

I have seen some good looking clocks w/ a compartment for a gun it has been a few years, but a friend found them online you might do some searching around for something like this

 

[Griff]

No offense to anyone intended, but I'd feel kinda silly strapping a .357 on over my jammies first thing out of bed just to go make coffee, you know? Gotta wait until the cobwebs clear a bit if at all possible.

So, how about trying some small-ish hidden in plain sight safes bolted down in key areas where you'll be spending time and distracted, like the kitchen island thing, or the office, or the bathroom; which would probably be the first place you go to when you do your wake up and wander thing, anyway.

We found a bunch of the small safes at Big Lots, set all the key-pad combinations the same, and also have a funky coffee table whose top pops up on springs. Might be worth a look.

 

[Desert 45 Rat]

Try this:
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=261437

 

[lions]

If you want something in the kitchen here is something I may or may not have done.
In a lot of kitchens the cabinets are spaced just a little to fit the length of the countertop. This leaves a space in between two cabinets of varying widths, I ended up with one about 2.75 inches wide (convenient, i know). To fill the space there is a board screwed in from either side. If this is losing you go look in your kitchen, hopefully you will see what I mean, if not I'm sorry I just don't know a lot of cabinetry terms. Open the doors on both sides and take out the screws so you can pull that board out. If you can find those little magnetic latches they use to hold some cabinet doors closed they can be used to hold that piece of wood in place. To access your little hiding space just grab the lip on the bottom of the board and give it a little tug, it will just fall out of the way. I guarantee nobody will ever look there and with a little practice you can get in there in a hurry.
You do have to be a little handy to make it work but I think it was worth my time.

 

[themic]

Don't see the reason when there's a holster on you at all waking hours....

 

[Funderb]

in the freezer. just remember to let it thaw out.

 

[packnrat]

only one

i must have three or four guns around here, one on the hip.


the sheriff,
not to bash them but even if needed they are some time out at best.
pending were they are at at "that" time, up to a hour away.

but your first line should be good solid doors and locks. double up for the windows, glass breaks easly with out a back up sheet of anti shatter.
(better name some were, but works).


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[P97]

There's Grandkids or other children around our house a lot of the time. When I first started carrying, I decided to carry all the time. When I dress in the Morning my gun goes from my headboard, where it spent the night into the holster, and stays there until I undress at night. I don't have to worry about children getting it, or having it when I need it.

 

[poker88]

If you do decide to stash the gun downstairs then definitely consider the safe / lockbox option. Watching "It Takes a Thief" a couple times has convinced me that most of the "tricky" hiding places will probably be found.

I also wouldn't be so quick to dismiss taking a gun with you. I bought a SafePacker just to put my bedside gun in since the pocket of my PJ's wouldn't work with my gun. If I hear something in the night then I can just slip the strap over my head and I'm good to go with both the gun and a spare magazine. And my hands are free.

Plus the SafePacker is cheaper than buying another gun.... <g> although not quite as much fun. LOL.

 

[duallydave]

Rockford used both the freezer and the cookie jar, but he used a revolver, not a pistol. I would think that a pistol could freeze up or have problems due to cookie crumbs in it. Obviously that was TV, not real life. I was watching a rerun the other day, where he was waving a loaded pistol at his dad while talking to him, not a good idea in real life.

 

[Diamondback6]

I've actually been thinking of decorating with an "Old West" motif, just so I could use coachguns as doorhandles... and have some plaque-mounted ostensibly-dummy SAA's.

Hidden in plain sight!

 

[Taurus92 in KyleTX]

+1 on Pax Jordana

Why wouldn't you have time to get upstairs?

If you hear jiggling on a door knob, you've got a head start to your gun and phone, with the advantage of knowing the layout of your house.

Make sure you've got a lock on your bedroom door, and call the cops once barricaded in.

W/o kids, it seems like everybody of importance is in the same room with the cellphone and gun. Seems like a good bet to me.

 

[Harvster]

How about on top of the kitchen cabinets? Not too hard to hop up and get it and many have a recessed area on top so it will not be seen. Maybe a piece of paper or something over it to keep the dust off.

Oh...and you weren't chugging that juice right out of the container were you?

 

[kc 516]

My house is not really large, but I keep one hidden in an upper cabinet in my kitchen in addition to the bedroom weapons...just in case.

 

[Ragnar Danneskjold]

I thought about stashing firearms around my house, but I found it's much easier and safer to just carry while at home and have 1 firearm that's always close. The rest are in the safe.

 

[YammyMonkey]

I know, I have a hard time with following directions but here's what I would do based on my experience in a very similar home layout.

If you're alone or not, take the gun with you. If your girlfriend moves in, make sure there's one up stairs for her if she's so inclined. I'm very much not a fan of stashing guns.

If you must stash one somewhere I'd advise a Multi-Vault. Natchez Shooter's Supply has them on sale every few months for about 1/2 the list price. I got one of the 2-level ones, no light for $100 shipped a couple weeks ago. Bolt it down inside a cabinet, between two book shelves or something similar. Keep in mind your likely route of travel- will you be running back upstairs to defend the GF, to the basement to a establish a safe room, out the back door & let the pooch gnaw the intruder's dangly-bits off.

Based on my situation I keep my pants from the day fully loaded up with keys, gun, reload, etc. Likewise, shoes & shirt are right there. That way I can get the pants on fast- if (big if there) I have the time to do so. If I don't I know the gun & reloads are in the same spot every time. If there's some odd noise in the yard I feel the need to check out I can get dressed fast & not have to worry about finding a way to carry the gun in a pair of gym shorts.

I'm also one of those guys that carries the gun on him when at home. I don't want to waste time finding things & it's really not uncomfortable once you get used to it.

 

[Mr. Alloy]

Try hollowing out a book. Takes some effort, but you can then choose to use it to stash a gun, or practically anything else. Just make sure you don't choose anything too interesting that a friend might decide to pick up.

 

[Kharn]

I dont leave the master suite after turn-in, even keeping a travel mug with water on my nightstand, unless I've got a weapon in-hand and I have a specific concern I'm investigating.

Maybe bury a smaller pistol at the bottom of a bowl of potpourri on the kitchen table? Dont use a fancy bowl, just something plain so a burglar wouldnt have any incentive to take it.

Kharn

 

[capnswole]

A thought I had about leaving a gun on the main floor unsecured is what if someone does gain access to your home, and finds the gun before you realize that they are there. If they werent armed before now they are. This is why I do not keep one stashed unsecured on the main level. I sometimes carry one downstairs if need be; however, I dont that often. I live in the same style townhome as you do, so if I do happen to be awake and someone gains entry, I am a quick sprint up the stairs to a firearm. For those of you who have guns stashed around the home unsecured, what are your thoughts on this?

 

[USMCDK]

I didn't read all the post but I got a good IDEA.

NO KIDS no problem...

Item/ingredients: Duct tape, loaded gun (ON SAFE), Kitchen table.

Directions: take duct tape and handgun (ON SAFE), under kitchen table. Place firearm in comfortable and accessable location (under kitchen table). Apply generous but not excessive amount of tape as to hold firearm in place.

INTRUDER INTRUDER INTRUDER, reach under table pull off pistol (ON SAFE FINGER OFF THE TRIGGER) tear away tape a discard on spot. AIM weapon at intruder and the rest is up to you.

 

[USMCDK]

BTW I agree with other posters you should not leave any weapon unsecure around the house, children or not.

Also I would like to say that when you do have an intruder the best thing to do is sprint back to your room that way you have a defensive position and you know that the ones you are trying to save are out of your line of fire and relatively safe. TELL YOU GIRL FRIEND TO GET UNDER THE BED so as to keep here from getting shot by the perp IF he has a gun as well as you.