Except for those few statements, I really liked the guy. I had an issue with the sleep with the gun under the pillow statement. I mean - I get it - by the time you wake up to an intruder in your bedroom, you are probably already dead. So I doubt I'm going to have enough time to wake up - realize the situation - unholster, load, and shoot. And since the rule of thumb is that gun and ammo should always be separate, the circumstance became even more of aAwake wrote:I think that you have a crazy person as an instructor. I had one of those once... in his teachings, you had to carry a primary weapon in 9mm minimum with a high capacity mag (16 round minimum), 2 backup magazines on your belt, and a backup gun in a pocket holster. Safety off on both of them, one in the chamber. He is an idiot.christianne wrote:
Here in Ct their idea of safe storage is to not have it. I guess the instructor made me kind of paranoid. The law in CT is if there is a child under the age of 17 in the house, the gun has to be on you. No ifs - ands - buts about it. My exact question was does that mean while I am sitting on the sofa in the evening, watching Criminal Minds, and my 15 yr old son is in the house. His statement: then your gun is unloaded - and sitting on the table next to you. Ummm...okay...what about sleeping? Under your pillow.
Gun safes of any kind should be bolted to the floor -- bolted to the wall -- and if you should have occasion to leave the gun behind, it should be hidden in the kitchen because burglars never go in the kitchen. Don't leave it in the gun safe. I specifically asked - what about a range that offers lockers? Nope - because that's where guns get stolen. Range employees are the biggest gun thieves.
See what I mean about being confused? Until I heard those statements, I always thought that a gun safe was the safest thing - but apparently without major renovation to my house. I am not keen on bolting something into the floors of my home. It doesn't make for a good resell point unless I agree to leave the safe bolted to the floor.
I have no interest in purchasing rifles or long guns, so a full-size gun safe seems a bit like overkill.
Also, anybody that sleeps with a gun under his pillow is a moron.
Just because he is an instructor it doesn't mean he is a good instructor.
I don't necessarily subscribe to the way my brother has his set up either. His Sig is on his nightstand - loaded and one in the chamber at night. It is only him and his daughter - and she actually has her gun on her nightstand in the same position. He didn't always do that - especially when she was little. And I don't make judgments about my brother. He can do whatever he wants to do in his home.
So...I guess I will do what I right for me. And I'll figure that out when the time comes. But all you all have given me great advice - a lot to think about - and common sense answers. Once again, I thank you.