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How or where do you keep your "bedside" gun?
August 21, 2020, 08:21 AM
SCfromNYHow or where do you keep your "bedside" gun?
Retired with no kids so a CZ Phantom 18+1 with a laser on the nightstand. There is also a Mossberg 12 gauge 10 feet away in a closet.
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August 21, 2020, 08:44 AM
oddballI have a Gen 5 G17 with a TLR-7 in the top drawer of my nightstand. Five feet away is a Sig 556xi pistol with a brace. My CCW when not on my person is in my home office. No young children visiting the house.
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August 21, 2020, 01:44 PM
LoswsmithGlock 34 w/Surefire x300 in a Gun Vault under bed in built-in drawer.
Lately added my Beretta 1301 on closet shelf after recent personal experience leading me to believe second gun upstairs is necessary.
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August 23, 2020, 12:31 AM
ARH19456Glock G30 in hand-safe @ nightstand, Mossberg 500 Combat hung on nail behind HeadBoard.
August 23, 2020, 01:28 AM
Todd HuffmanAR15 pistol hanging on a peg behind the door. Gets put in the safe if the grand kids are coming over.
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August 23, 2020, 12:32 PM
cslingerYa see the main problem with the FAS1 above is I would want my wife to have the combination, which in itself isn’t a problem. The problem arises when she sees that I have drilled into the furniture to mount it like that..... Then her having access to arms becomes a problem. I like my knees, we have a long history together. I am not ready to part ways with them.

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August 23, 2020, 01:09 PM
Redhookbklyn
Display case next to the bed contains a 12 gauge, suppressed .300BO rifle and a Glock 21.
Additional magazines and 00 shot shells.
When my wife and I leave the house or the grandchildren come over, the weapons are moved to the safe.
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August 23, 2020, 03:12 PM
CLEANDEANquote:
Originally posted by OLD_COP:
I go to the mattress like my Italian forbearers, i.e. between the mattress and box spring with the butt exposed.
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August 23, 2020, 05:29 PM
FAS1quote:
Originally posted by cslinger:
Ya see the main problem with the FAS1 above is I would want my wife to have the combination, which in itself isn’t a problem. The problem arises when she sees that I have drilled into the furniture to mount it like that..... Then her having access to arms becomes a problem. I like my knees, we have a long history together. I am not ready to part ways with them.

There are options you know. Gotta keep the wife happy!

August 23, 2020, 06:49 PM
smpsmpSuppressed g17 on the bedside table, and suppressed/sbr 300 blackout next to the end table. When I leave for the day they just go in the safe. If I'm coming and going all day, then just my carry gun is out. No kids, so the safe is open when I'm home. The dogs are more interested in raiding the fridge than the gun safe (yes they have actually opened my fridge and freezer).
August 24, 2020, 10:35 AM
gpbst3Gun magnet screwed to the back of the night stand.
August 24, 2020, 05:15 PM
StorminNorminShotgun under bed on my side and a pistol and flashlight on my nightstand next to me. My wife has her pistol under the bed on her side. We do not have kids so I have no worries about having them locked up.
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bobtheelfIn a holster on my nightstand.
August 26, 2020, 08:53 AM
Expert3081911 .45 with a light on it, kept in a key/combination lockbox mounted on the bed frame. When I go to be it comes out of the box and onto the headboard in easy reach. When I feel moved to get a shotgun out of the safe (18" Rem 870) it leans in the corner next to the bed.
August 26, 2020, 12:12 PM
monoblokquote:
Originally posted by OLD_COP:
I go to the mattress like my Italian forbearers, i.e. between the mattress and box spring with the butt exposed.
That's how my dad used to do it. And he wasn't even Italian.

With no kids around to worry about I just leave my EDC and a Surefire flashlight on the bed-height shelf above adjacent side drawers (serves like a nightstand even though it isn't) of our platform bed, one of those 80s vintage Scandinavian designs with the mongo vertical headboard/cabinets/drawer wall unit that the bed tucks into. Even has a pair of under-the-platform drawers, convenient for keeping a Shockwave, AR pistol or MPX loitering about. Those are secured in a nearby safe when the house is left unattended, which isn't often these days.
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August 29, 2020, 08:59 AM
houndawgNightstand drawer.
August 30, 2020, 03:07 AM
chongosuerte870 next to the bed. A Glock to back it up in a lock box.
When the kids are around the 870 has a chamber lock in it until I go to bed.
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August 30, 2020, 04:41 AM
mbinkyIn the passenger seat (or on the nightstand when the passenger seat is occupied

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