looks like there is not much room nor need for anything UNDER my pillow. Close by is a 1911 (cond 1) or a speed six, and a scattergun (You can see it in the pic) I don't feel like I'll need anything else at 3 AM with less than twenty seconds to prepare. Did I mention I have some dogs?
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i can't believe anybody in any frame of mind would be buck-crazy enough to sleep with a BARE KNIFE, let alone a BUTCHER KNIFE, under their pillow. do you guys, like, sleep like dracula, not moving at all with your arms crossed over your chest? how the heck anyone could talk about "proper finger indexing" and then trot off to bed down with naked sharps really boggles the mind. and for the guy who sleeps with something like five knifes and a gf who straps two....
either you are making this s*** up or you are having some really REALLY kinky you know what and I should be getting jealous.
i can't believe anybody in any frame of mind would be buck-crazy enough to sleep with a BARE KNIFE, let alone a BUTCHER KNIFE, under their pillow. do you guys, like, sleep like dracula, not moving at all with your arms crossed over your chest? how the heck anyone could talk about "proper finger indexing" and then trot off to bed down with naked sharps really boggles the mind. and for the guy who sleeps with something like five knifes and a gf who straps two....
either you are making this s*** up or you are having some really REALLY kinky you know what and I should be getting jealous.
silverlance said:
and for the guy who sleeps with something like five knifes and a gf who straps two....
either you are making this s*** up or you are having some really REALLY kinky you know what and I should be getting jealous.
Be jealous, be very jealous
Nothing under the pillow, my 1911 is on the nightstand. I like to sleep on my side with my hand under the pillow, so a gun would be a horrible spot for the way I sleep. It stays on the nightstand.
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i was at a friend's house one night hanging out with some friends, one guy produces a 1911 from somewhere (my favorite pistol) i fell asleep in the recliner, gun in hand, resting on my chest ( unloaded though )
when i was in central and south america i never went to sleep without my pistol in my hand. ever. when i got back i did the same thing for a long time. Mom was threatening to call the cops on me when she came down to wake me up and just kicked the bed and i came up with the 1911 in my hand. took a long time to get her to stop shaking. i have moved the 1911 to the back of the nightstand in a fobus holster. i screwed it into the back of nightstand. When i travel I will usually carry the 5903 and that i do put under pillow but i do not seat the magazine. forget who i was reading who said he did that with a hi power so that four seperate operations had to be completed before the gun would fire, 1 grab gun, 2 use off hand to seat mag,( with mag disconnect, even with one up the pipe it will not go off with trigger pull till you seat the mag) 3 flip decocker/safety. 4 pull trigger. we have dogs for wake up warning and wife often drops her planner/ holster between pillows on bed.
shottie and m4gery sit on pegs over the closet door on inside. invisible an ready. my ready jacket is there too on peg with another GI 1911 in it.
in our old house, we had a really small bedroom and I had taken the dust cover off the bottom of the box spring and had my shottie siting there.
shottie and m4gery sit on pegs over the closet door on inside. invisible an ready. my ready jacket is there too on peg with another GI 1911 in it.
in our old house, we had a really small bedroom and I had taken the dust cover off the bottom of the box spring and had my shottie siting there.
Name a place where any woman can live free from the threat of violent attack & I'll consider moving there.
I admit I'm somewhat insulated at home. We live on the top of a hill surrounded by acres of oaks, pines, sagebrush and poison oak, and behind a locked gate. We sleep upstairs in a two story house with a 100 lb lab on the floor next to the bed. There is a Win Defender 12 ga under the bed, loaded with buckshot in 'cruiser ready' condition. In the closet resides a Marlin 336 with 5 150 gr soft points in the tube and a buttcuff with 10 more, along with a 1911A1 and several loaded mags. There are only two of us in the house.
There is virtually no way anybody can break in, run up the stairs, and find the occupied bedroom before I wake up, retrieve the shotgun and rack the slide. That's why I don't sleep with a weapon 'under the pillow' as there is no 'imminent threat' at home, at night, while we're sleeping.
Rarely, if ever, do I walk around my town armed either. Here's where I live:
http://www.city-data.com/city/Atascadero-California.html
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to be honest, i don't see much of a danger. they aren't REALLY sharp (i'll be dealing with that soon). i also plan to make a quick paper-and-tape sheath, partly to protect my bed, and also to keep them in place under the pillow.
oh, and what's so bad about a butcher knife? it's just the same as, say, a hunting knife.
~TMM
to be honest, i don't see much of a danger. they aren't REALLY sharp (i'll be dealing with that soon). i also plan to make a quick paper-and-tape sheath, partly to protect my bed, and also to keep them in place under the pillow.
yes, be jealous... very jealous...
oh, and what's so bad about a butcher knife? it's just the same as, say, a hunting knife.
~TMM
I admittedly voted knife before I read the thread. I imagined 'under the pillow' meant on a nightstand beside me. As of now, while under my parent's household, no guns in my room for defense. Just working on my mom right now. She isn't anti, but doesn't see a need for it. We do have a good solid dog though, hopefuly give us enough time to rally the family up.
hey atascadero resudent
doh sp
can i move there? it says that houses only cost 200k. any jobs for teachers? I'll be out of contract in 2.5 more years, just in time for the housing bubble to burst. is it a farming town? i'm absolutely serious, that town sounds like a CCW friendly place to boot.
doh sp
can i move there? it says that houses only cost 200k. any jobs for teachers? I'll be out of contract in 2.5 more years, just in time for the housing bubble to burst. is it a farming town? i'm absolutely serious, that town sounds like a CCW friendly place to boot.
I toss and turn more in my sleep, then anyone else I know. I need my pillows to be soft yet supportive. I could possibly tuck a firearm underneath the pillow, but I know it will wind up on the floor by morning. Most of the stuff on my night stand will wind up on the floor, and its a foot from the bed I have pratically pushed my g/f out of bed, while sleeping and being totaly oblivious to whats going on. Although I have a CZ97b, I keep it on my shelf, approx. 5 feet from the bed. Its out of range to be knocked over, but not as close as I would like. My project is to buy a nice shotgun, and hang it from the wall just high enough for me to not be able to bump it with something in my sleep. Even then I will probably bump it onto the floor somehow.
I have pratically pushed my g/f out of bed, while sleeping and being totaly oblivious to whats going on. Although I have a CZ97b, I keep it on my shelf, approx. 5 feet from the bed. Its out of range to be knocked over, but not as close as I would like. My project is to buy a nice shotgun, and hang it from the wall just high enough for me to not be able to bump it with something in my sleep. Even then I will probably bump it onto the floor somehow.I move around a good bit while asleep. Taking pillows with me. I have pistols lying on both sides of the bed at the head corners of the mattress. Experience has shown that these are areas of the mattress where I don't migrate to.
I live in a low crime town. And a low crime neighborhood within that town. It's been thirty years but I've come home to a burglar.
I live in a low crime town. And a low crime neighborhood within that town. It's been thirty years but I've come home to a burglar.
I move too much to keep a weapon in the bed with me.
I keep my 1911 in a leather-covered shoebox on the nightstand's shelf, I'll put the lid on it if company is coming over. 590A1 and M4 reside in the closet, all cruiser ready.
I figure I'm good for any zombie invasion, might have a little trouble with a moose, grizzly, rhino or elephant showing up. Should I invest in a .600 H&H double for such circumstances? The zoo might have an escape one day.
GregGry:
Kharn
I keep my 1911 in a leather-covered shoebox on the nightstand's shelf, I'll put the lid on it if company is coming over. 590A1 and M4 reside in the closet, all cruiser ready.
I figure I'm good for any zombie invasion, might have a little trouble with a moose, grizzly, rhino or elephant showing up. Should I invest in a .600 H&H double for such circumstances? The zoo might have an escape one day.
GregGry:
Hey, if she's stealing the covers, ejecting her from the bed is fair turn-about.
Kharn
My story
I once picked up a hot(really, she was!) older woman (I was about 27... she was 37??). Anyway, when we had completed our recreation, she was 'sitting' on top of me and as a joke, pulled out a 6" .357 from under the pillow.....I just about had a heart attack.
Now, I would always check the pillows.... but of course, now I'm practically married and there are no surprises.
I once picked up a hot(really, she was!) older woman (I was about 27... she was 37??). Anyway, when we had completed our recreation, she was 'sitting' on top of me and as a joke, pulled out a 6" .357 from under the pillow.....I just about had a heart attack.
Now, I would always check the pillows.... but of course, now I'm practically married and there are no surprises.
Now for a big time reality check. My brother woke up to a very loud BANG! He found his wife ,laying on the floor, short barrel 870 in hand, half her face blown off. To this day he has no idea what happened, whether she was walking in her sleep, or heard something and got up to look, or what. She is still alive, badly scarred, can't remember anything. So think twice, there can be a downside to having a weapon in instant readiness where it may be handled by sleepy ,groggy, frightened people.
The first thing to do if you are intent on deterring a midnight intruder from entering your bedroom is to have a solid core, 1 3/4" door with a top quality deadbolt, and door, jamb and hinge reinforcement. This buys time to wake up, get oriented and confront the threat. Do the same on the other bedrooms.
Dogs would be great, outside the door. Have a hardwired telephone inside the bedroom. Do not let the phone company put the box on the exterior of the house. The line should be buried, come in thru the foundation wall and up into the house. A switch inside the bedroom to light the hall outside it is a good idea, and a remote camera also. Don't stand in front of the door, I know a guy who got a 12ga. blast thru his door. KNOW YOUR FIELD OF FIRE< so you don't put holes in your loved ones or nieghbors.
The first thing to do if you are intent on deterring a midnight intruder from entering your bedroom is to have a solid core, 1 3/4" door with a top quality deadbolt, and door, jamb and hinge reinforcement. This buys time to wake up, get oriented and confront the threat. Do the same on the other bedrooms.
Dogs would be great, outside the door. Have a hardwired telephone inside the bedroom. Do not let the phone company put the box on the exterior of the house. The line should be buried, come in thru the foundation wall and up into the house. A switch inside the bedroom to light the hall outside it is a good idea, and a remote camera also. Don't stand in front of the door, I know a guy who got a 12ga. blast thru his door. KNOW YOUR FIELD OF FIRE< so you don't put holes in your loved ones or nieghbors.
Tak: WOW, scary!
My 100lb tactical black alarm regularly awakes me to go out simply by panting. I've also awaken to her very low growl. However, SWMBO has gotten up and gone to the kitchen without my knowing it. Reassuring to awake, crack an eye open to see those 3 little green dots on the night stand.
Stay safe, even from yourself,
Bob
My 100lb tactical black alarm regularly awakes me to go out simply by panting. I've also awaken to her very low growl. However, SWMBO has gotten up and gone to the kitchen without my knowing it. Reassuring to awake, crack an eye open to see those 3 little green dots on the night stand.
Stay safe, even from yourself,
Bob
Nothing under the pillow. But I keep my Glock 35, a spare mag and a Surefire M3 on the nightstand next to the bed. Next to that, resides my Mossberg 590 w/surefire light leaning up against the corner. No one will enter the house before I awake because Gretchen the blue healer is on guard while we sleep.
Autoloader ... if "under your pillow" includes straight down thru the matress, box spring, frame, and into the fast-open safe. (Per Tok's tragic story, my guns require higher brain functions to access and include enough delay/complexity to induce the "holy $#!^ don't do that!" brain cells to take over if appropriate.)
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