TexasGal wrote:A friend of mine woke up one night to find a man standing over her with HER gun in his hand. He had simply opened her nightstand drawer and picked it up while she slept soundly. Most of us sleep soundly at some point during the night to the point it can take a pretty loud sound to waken us. Luckily, it was dark enough he did not realize she had awakened. She waited and he simply left since guns was what he was looking for to steal. He had searched through her home for a while and gotten others as well. He was later caught. He was a young man who was living on her street and had burglarized several houses without the owners even waking up while he quietly searched their bedrooms and closets.witchdoctor575 wrote:my wife thinks I am nuts to carry at home, but she doesn't give me grief for it. at least when I have to pull an all nighter she puts her 1911 in her nightstand drawer. she knows crazies lurk everywhere.
I do not ever put my gun in the night stand or under my bed. It's like putting the key to the house under the door mat--it's common knowledge to look for it there. My gun is right next to me in a simple clip holster under a long body pillow that I sleep with my arms around under the covers. If someone even thought of looking for it there, they would have to disturb me to do it. I don't want to ever wake up to the situation my friend did.
That's why I sleep with a dog in my room to wak me before anybody gets near my room.