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Preparedness planning for a home invasion
Posted on 1/14/13 at 9:32 am
Posted on 1/14/13 at 9:32 am
I'm new to having a weapon for home defense and have a few questions.
Do you keep your home defense weapon or weapons fully loaded with a chambered round and safety off, or do you keep the magazine separate from the gun and have to get them together quickly or something entirely different? Do you lock your guns up when you are not at home? How about a revolver?
I'm trying to think about the balance between safety all around and the need to be ready quickly in case of emergency, and wanted the OB opinion.
Do you keep your home defense weapon or weapons fully loaded with a chambered round and safety off, or do you keep the magazine separate from the gun and have to get them together quickly or something entirely different? Do you lock your guns up when you are not at home? How about a revolver?
I'm trying to think about the balance between safety all around and the need to be ready quickly in case of emergency, and wanted the OB opinion.
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Posted on 1/14/13 at 9:40 am to kywildcatfanone
No kids at home.
.45 in nightstand, fully loaded, chambered round, safety on. All other weapons locked in safe.
.45 in nightstand, fully loaded, chambered round, safety on. All other weapons locked in safe.
Posted on 1/14/13 at 9:44 am to kywildcatfanone
I keep all pistols loaded with safety off and shotgun behind the bed loaded with safety off as well. AR's, etc arent loaded but mags are. No kids in the house.
Posted on 1/14/13 at 9:44 am to kywildcatfanone
if you have a pump Shotgun, leave it unchambered so you can scare the intruder when you pump it
Posted on 1/14/13 at 9:44 am to kywildcatfanone
I don't see any advantage of having the safety off of your home defense weapon.
I keep mine holstered by the bed in condition 1. Shotguns in the closet with a trigger lock, loaded tube.
I keep mine holstered by the bed in condition 1. Shotguns in the closet with a trigger lock, loaded tube.
Posted on 1/14/13 at 9:49 am to kywildcatfanone
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do you keep the magazine separate from the gun and have to get them together quickly
Bad idea.
I have kids at home, so I don't leave things loaded (a round in the chamber) unless they are in a safe.
Every "home defense" gun has a loaded magazine, tube, etc, so that they could be ready to go quickly. Don't know what I will do when my children become old enough to rack a slide.
quote:
I'm trying to think about the balance between safety all around and the need to be ready quickly in case of emergency, and wanted the OB opinion.
If your weapon is a pistol, I would keep the chamber loaded, safety on (if applicable), in a quick-access pistol safe (like GunVault).
I can see the arguments for wanting it to be more accessible than that.
Posted on 1/14/13 at 9:50 am to kywildcatfanone
Loaded to the max with safetys on. No kids in house but when we have company the are put in safe 
Posted on 1/14/13 at 9:52 am to kywildcatfanone
I have a shotgun in the bedroom behind the headboard in a scabbard.
I have several pistols around the house in high places and out of site...I figure if someone wants to try and kick my door in at 7:00 at night I have a better chance of getting to one of pistols than to my shotgun in the bedroom.
All weapons are stored ready to go
I have several pistols around the house in high places and out of site...I figure if someone wants to try and kick my door in at 7:00 at night I have a better chance of getting to one of pistols than to my shotgun in the bedroom.
All weapons are stored ready to go
Posted on 1/14/13 at 10:01 am to kywildcatfanone
weapons loaded with safety on
Posted on 1/14/13 at 10:01 am to kywildcatfanone
This probably goes without saying, but you should also do everything in your power to prevent someone from getting into your home at all. I've used the door security bars for years. I'd much rather seem paranoid than have someone kick in my door easily.
Posted on 1/14/13 at 10:14 am to kywildcatfanone
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safety off
My safety -
Posted on 1/14/13 at 10:19 am to kywildcatfanone
I'll be honest, I have an empty revolver sitting on my desk, all the ammo is in a dry box on yr floor, and a shotgun and rifle unloaded in their cases with ammo in a dry box or blind bag. Not prepared at all.
Posted on 1/14/13 at 10:19 am to kywildcatfanone
Keep a 12-gauge loaded with Home Defense rounds under the edge of my bed I can put my hand on without getting up and a dog that will rip an uninvited guest's arm off if i send her. AINT SKURRED
Posted on 1/14/13 at 10:30 am to kywildcatfanone
357 loaded in nightstand. Train your kids not to touch guns unless given permission. When other kids come over is when I have a problem. It gets unloaded and put up safe when that happens. Other than at night when I'm in bed, it goes back to nightstand.
Posted on 1/14/13 at 10:47 am to kywildcatfanone
I live in a crappy one room apartment, and my bed is about 6 steps from the door, so all my guns are sitting on "G" waiting on "O". I have no time for loading, finding mags, trying to find a gun etc etc. I have a gun on all 4 sides of my bed so no matter where I reach I've got my hands on something that goes bang.
Posted on 1/14/13 at 11:33 am to kywildcatfanone
Loaded XD45 on the dresser. No kids.
Posted on 1/14/13 at 11:44 am to kywildcatfanone
38 snubby stays loaded in the truck or with my truck keys on the bar.
357 loaded hidden in the den.
19" BPS (usually buck or turkey shot) under my side of the bed.
SO has a 22 she can make noise with.
Kids are grown, so no worries.
357 loaded hidden in the den.
19" BPS (usually buck or turkey shot) under my side of the bed.
SO has a 22 she can make noise with.
Kids are grown, so no worries.
Posted on 1/14/13 at 12:41 pm to kywildcatfanone
Why would anyone keep a weapon with the safety off? If you aren't coordinated enough to operate the gun as it was designed or unwilling to practice with it, maybe you don't need it?
Posted on 1/14/13 at 2:43 pm to kywildcatfanone
My guns/ammo are not even on the same floor as where we live.
Posted on 1/14/13 at 3:12 pm to kywildcatfanone
quote:
Do you keep your home defense weapon or weapons fully loaded with a chambered round and safety off, or do you keep the magazine separate from the gun and have to get them together quickly or something entirely different?
I load the first round with a blank just in case.
Something different? How about 70 lbs of pure muscle? My dog still barks at my kids when they come home.
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