I took,"under the pillow", to mean in the bed with, YMMV
I usually just sleep with my Glock in a Fobus holster(15+1), and and my 10 1/2" AR-15pistol(PDW 28+1soft points), both along the side of me in bed, pointing away from me, and towards the door...I toss and turn, but have yet to wake up with either weapon on the floor
...Hanging on the wall, positioned on a tactical nail, is my M4 with tactical light and red-dot(28+1 of fmj), against the back wall in a corner is the WASR 10(2-30 rounders close), as my fall back weapon...
I went to walk outside at night to take a smoke break, and I saw a shadow(either large dog, medium javelina/boar, or a puma!!), and it stopped looked at me for a second, then growled and ran off into the woods...I ran inside and got my M4(since pigs is nuisances I coulda shot it), but it was gone. The next day my M4 and AR pistol got a Scorpion LED light for just such occurences..
I posted the story of the idiot teens that tried following me home just because I wouldn't buy them cigarettes
. I got flipped off and cussed at, but had my Glock 23 in .40 and was aware not to escelate the situation, if I had not been armed I might have kicked that guys ass though... After the occurence of being followed home, I made soft point ammo the choice pick for my PDW..
Before I was old enough to carry, me and some friends got,'Jumped", at the annual Fair , for wearing the rong colors
, in the wrong part of town...I got my car's window broken with a beer bottle and some of my friends got beat up, if I had had a firearm at the time their would have been a lot of deceased or bleeding scum bags that night...30-4, odds is a fight you never forget, and will alway be prepared for in the future....TMC