Since I am older than dirt, I have no children in the house. Grandchildren have their own firearm collections, and Great Grandchildren visit but don't stay overnight now. Keep my 45 ACP in my headboard with empty chamber, (children cannot rack slide). Also have handguns in drawer of End table next to my recliner. I also keep one in my workshop loaded with empty chamber. Wife sleeps very light, doubt a door could open without her waking, and we keep all doors locked at night.
Youngest son, over 21 at time was staying with us a few years ago. He tried to sneak in late one evening to avoid waking us. When he heard me rack the 45, he was immediately, quite loudly letting me know who it was, said it was not a good sound!
I know a lot of you are all and won't share, but those that are willing to help I appreciate it. My 10 month old is starting to get into everything, and we need a solution for our bedside guns. We both have a pistol on our end table next to the bed, but up until now there is no form of security. I have seen those biometric safes and have considered them, but would really like something that I could get to even quicker. We have a small house, and it wouldn't take long to get to our bedroom from any of the entry doors.
So do any of you have a more creative way of storing your bedside guns? Or am I just over-thinking this, and I need to get a little biometric safe and be done with it?
My underwear holster. I just hope when the time comes I don't pull out the wrong gun!
Tried the biometric (fingerprint) lock boxes and was not impressed. My son walked up and opened the box. Apparently our fingerprints are 'close enough'...
With one in the chamber.