If the OP needs this info do decide his own strategy, I have two words that will solve your dilemma: " Cane Corso".
Do You Keep a Gun Handy At Night? Where Do You Keep It? Under Your Pillow? In a Drawer?
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This whole thing reminds me of those 'net articles pointing out the "dozen first places in your home where burglars will search".
Yeah . . . but now they know where all of those are, thanks for posting. :rolleyes:
Yeah . . . but now they know where all of those are, thanks for posting. :rolleyes:
This is good advice
I’ve said this before but we have a tall fence, an alarm on doors and windows, (and I pay the $50 fee to the Dallas police) and two dogs.
So multiple layers of defense.
I’m going to take Contender’s viewpoint and not discuss my guns anymore on an open website.
And as XUSNORDIE points out, this topic of how many guns what type where do you keep them has been beat to death.
Next question? What’s your gun safe combination?
Same as my password and ATM pin. 1-2-3-4
Here's an alternative reason for a thread like this.....
Wife: "Why do have to leave so many guns around?!? Why do you need a gun under your pillow?!?"
Husband: "It's not that weird, babe. Lot's of people sleep with guns near by."
Wife: "Oh yeah? Name 5!!"
Wife: "Why do have to leave so many guns around?!? Why do you need a gun under your pillow?!?"
Husband: "It's not that weird, babe. Lot's of people sleep with guns near by."
Wife: "Oh yeah? Name 5!!"
Several places. FAFO
Paul B
Hunter
I'm tryng to figure just how you worked that out literally to the minute.
Dunno what hit me but I usually go to bed around 10:30 or 11 and am up by 6 or 7 the next morning. Was in bed by 10 last night and other that getting up a few times to pee didn't wake up this afternoon until about 12:15. Left me puzzled as sleeping in that long is something I haven't done in more years than I care to count.
Now all I have to do is stay awake past midnight so I can keep track on how many times the neighbor's fireworks trigger off the alarms on my vehicles.
Paul B.
He probably uses an app or smart watch like me.
Last night: 7:18/8:00
Monday: 6:45/7:37
Sunday 6:43/7:57
They also get more detailed: In bed for 8:00, awake for 0:42, light sleep for 4:34, REM for 1:57, deep for 0:47
OP
Hopefully, the safe opens quickly.
OP
Burglars know of more hiding places for valuables in a home than we do. The sharing of ideas on here, is to help others to be ready. Besides, an internet search will list many more hiding places than are listed here, and more quickly. Burglars, also, use the internet search engines. Our discussions in our forums is a camaraderie of fellow gun lovers that gets attention and makes us start thinking about our personal safety.
My Aunt Betty used to keep a Derringer stored in that location until she took her bra off one night to go to bed. She had forgotten to remove the hardware first, the gun hit the floor on the hammer, the gun discharged went through her left boob and into her left bicep. Don't be Aunt Betty.
OP
Do you know how long it takes the police to respond to the dispatcher’s call to send them to your place?
Buffalo Red
Bearcat
3 pistols on dresser, 12g by bathroom door,
one pistol
By my recliner .
2 on coffee table
Ar in center of house
Deer rifle in office
one pistol
By my recliner .
2 on coffee table
Ar in center of house
Deer rifle in office
Bravo-Alpha-Romeo
K •keep I •it S •simple S •stupid
I use to keep my Walther PDP Pro-X on the night stand but unfortunately I lost all my guns in a boating accident..
So you want me to tell you where my gun is and how long the police take to respond?
At this point it’s MYOB
And I will ignore this thread
OP
No need to be nasty. I know that the quickest, in the middle of the night, response time to my home by police, is three minutes, if the patrolman is not napping. A lot can happen during that time, is the point I was making.
Buffalo Red
Bearcat
I called the sheriff once, about 2 hours to come 15 miles out in the country
In the most recent event in my area, a neighbor dialed 911 to report a home invasion "in progress". As she and her two kids hid in the bathroom, with her on the phone with 911 the entire time, the invaders ransacked the home for about twenty minutes then left. LAPS finally showed up about two hours after the invaders left.
When the woman's husband called out LAPD brass on it, they responded they were "busy" with higher priority calls. And what could the family do about the total lack of police protection? Absolutely nothing. Seems the supreme court ruled that police agencies have no responsibility to provide for the protection of individual citizens. Warren v. District of Columbia (1981)
We now have a neighborhood emergency alert system consisting of members who can be called by phone or GMRS radio for emergencies. It also encompasses contacting elderly and infirm neighbors, at least daily, to check on them. We recently put it into action when a neighbor fell ill. If it took over two hours to respond to a home invasion, you can just imagine how long a "low priority" call like a welfare check would take.
When the woman's husband called out LAPD brass on it, they responded they were "busy" with higher priority calls. And what could the family do about the total lack of police protection? Absolutely nothing. Seems the supreme court ruled that police agencies have no responsibility to provide for the protection of individual citizens. Warren v. District of Columbia (1981)
We now have a neighborhood emergency alert system consisting of members who can be called by phone or GMRS radio for emergencies. It also encompasses contacting elderly and infirm neighbors, at least daily, to check on them. We recently put it into action when a neighbor fell ill. If it took over two hours to respond to a home invasion, you can just imagine how long a "low priority" call like a welfare check would take.
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Can you expect anything else from a government that couldn't even make sure there was water in the fire hydrants?
OP
That sounds about right. One must be prepared to defend themself.
dadstillsurfs
Single-Sixer
Where it/they are is not a question that I'll answer, cuz the only time they're useful is when they're in my hand!
Mike drop
Mike drop
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Warren V District of Columbia was the case where SCOTUS made the ruling. Obviously this had nothing to do with California. But go ahead post your off base comments.
Easy there tiger... You were talking about LAPD... am I that far off base, referring specifically to the government of California?
I was talking about police response and SCOTUS decisions. You jumped to hydrants and California government. The decision to not be responsible is a federal one, not a California one.
As for folks finding the hidden guns if I am gone.... I actually have a map stored away in a printed file of what I have and where they all usually are.
Last time I checked the SCOTUS was the Supreme Court of the United States of America and California was part of the United States... don't get me started on the states rights debate... sure seems we should have settled that debate 160 years ago.
While that is true. That same decision affects police here in Utah. We do not have problems with 2+ hour response to a home break-in. The decision to not be responsible is federal, the decision to not fund the police or other emergency responders is not.
