I also wear Gen 3 night vision goggles when in the shower. That way I can keep the lights off and any BG that enters the bathroom will be at a disadvantage since I can see, but he can’t…of course that’s assuming he can get past the 4 Rottweiler’s that are sitting outside the bathroom door and the automatic tear gas dispenser attached to the door as a bobby trap. You can never be too prepared…
When I go to bed at night, I don’t keep a pistol on the stand beside the bed…that would be way to slow to bring into play, and if the BG got past the dogs, the motion sensor, and the trip wired flares he could pick up the weapon and use it on me.
Instead, I have sown Velcro to a glove and glued the mating portion to a 1911 with an extended mag (may need the extra rounds you know!). That way I always have a weapon in my hands…how’s that for minimizing response time!
I’m sure the more tactical minded on the forum are thinking “TX Rancher, you seem to be a level headed tactical minded individual…why would you settle for a low capacity weapon????�. Well, primarily the decision was driven by safety concerns. You see the 1911 has a manual safety, so I don’t shoot myself by accident.
I know the deeper thinkers in the group are wondering “But what about if you are attacked at night by a group of Ninjas…10 rounds seems a little lite, even if they are 45acp�. Good question since that’s a real possibility in today’s world.
I feel ok since the 1911 will only be used to fight my way to the belt fed M-60 which I keep in a biometric access safe in the corner of the bedroom. Ah, I can hear the questions “But won’t it take time to open the safe? Won’t the Ninjas get you in that time?�. Probably not, after all, that’s what the smoke grenades and flash-bangs are for.
Now I’m sure some of you are saying “But Rancher, sure your covered in the shower and when you go to bed, but this thread is about protecting yourself when you go to your car…what about then?�
Another good question…and a lot tougher tactical situation. In the house, I can use all manner of bobby traps to catch the BG’s, but outside those nasty liberals hold sway and actually think their children and pets have a right to live, so anything containing HE connected to a trip wire is out
(well actually, not completely, but I would never admit to that on an open forum 
).You also have the problem that snipers could be lurking anywhere up to 2,000 meters away. Sure, I could probably spot up to two of them, but what about the 3rd, 4th, and 5th one? It’s just way to risky without Tac-Air backup.
So my solution is similar to the throw down wallet…I have a car that’s parked in my driveway, but I never use it. My real transportation (yes of course it’s a fully armored Hummer) is parked in a different location each day and never closer than 2 miles to my house. I also have multiple sets of tags for it and change them around regularly. What about the paint job you ask…it gets the latest camo style every 2 months.
In the house I have dug a tunnel that runs to an alleyway 300 meters away and exits through a dummy trash bin that I had put there. Of course there are several other tunnels and exit points, but I won’t disclose them here…after all, this is an open forum and I have to be concerned about OPSEC (I can’t be sure who, but I know they’re out to get me).
Remember, you can never be too prepared…