Mhoward wrote:I always carry mine until I sit down to watch TV for the night then I put it next to me since it is easier to grab if something does ever happen. I have a surefire tac light that is sitting in my bedroom, I would like to keep it on at all times but it is hard to find a holster that will accomodate it and my M&P so my maglite in one hand works just as well.
I have never thought of a burglar going to the nightstand and grabbing my pistol (great input though) but about a year ago I took an old pistol holster and flashlite holster and mounted it to the wall behind my bed where I can grab them without moving around to much if someone is in the house. My wife never liked the idea up until a few weeks ago when we heard something that sounded like someone coming through the garage (I knew it was one of our dogs right away cause she wasn't in the bedroom). My wife freaked out and started grabbing me and hiding behind me, I decided to play a game with her and told her that I left my gun in the garage with the key to the gun safe where all of my other guns are. Right away she smacked me and called me stupid. I laughed and grabbed the flashlight and pointed it at the bedroom door where our dog was just sitting there staring at us. At least now I know that if someone does break in I am going have to fight my wife off me before I can get the intruder.
Yeah, I can't recall which forum, but I believe "Shorts" posted about a freind of hers who awoke to a man holding her own nightstand gun on her, he had already gone through the rest of the house collecting guns, and that woke her. She pretended to still be asleep, since there was no way to fight him at that point, and she was ok, but how scarey is that?
I'm sure burglars check nightstands for guns ...
I need to sew a "pillow holster"
I used to have a waterbed with a hidden compartment in the headboard ....
I'm rigging a car horn to the nightstand drawer with magnetic electrical switches .... like Alarm companies use for Windows/doors
SURPRISE Mr. BURGLAR, ... now, go get the wet vaccuum and clean where you were standing. 
I'm not polluting the waters with soap and shampoo chemicals .... I'VE GONE GREEN !!! wait, maybe I better scrape that green spot off, seems to be growing ... 
I no longer have young ones around the house so I have a loaded gun nearby, no matter which room I am in. Yep...even the toilet. I never answer the door without a weapon in my hand or tucked into the back of the blue jeans I throw on to answer the door.