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How do you sleep??

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#1 ·
If this thread is on here, I could not find it. I mean no offense or anything erotic or pornographic by this question. It is a serious thought that I had.

I have heard of keeping a pair of boots, or shoes by your bed at night for the bumps in the night. I have also heard of keeping a pair of pants in the room close by.(nam vets have turned me onto the idea) And I have heard of some people even keeping a modified gear belt with a holster, flashlight, and ammo at the ready.

So here is my question. What do you wear while sleeping. I know there is the possibility of the pants to throw on but there may not be time. If you gotta get up in the middle of the night and engage what is the proper attire? Its no secret that some people sleep in the buff or just shorts or just a shirt.

What is your theory on this? Male and female please chime in. Keep it clean.Thanks.

Jason

**** AGAIN I INTEND NO EROTICA/PORNOGRAPHY ************
 
#30 ·
Wife beater or t-shirt and boxer briefs. I keep my gear next to the bed - shorts or jeans, shoes w/socks in them and a button down hanging on a knob of my dresser.
 
#39 ·
How do you sleep??
A lot less than I should probably. Wife and I sleep however we'd like to. There's a Glock on either slide of the bed when we do it, and even when we sleep.
 
#44 ·
I don't understand the logic of this question. What does it matter what you were sleeping in, as long as you get to your gun in the event of a break-in??
I doubt very seriously that you'll be worried about being in the "proper attire" to greet the BG. :rolleyes:
 
#74 ·
Actually I think this is a rather valid and important question. I notice a lot of folks here have no problem sleeping in their birthday suit and that's all well and good, but let's throw a little monkey wrench into that engine and see what pops out shall we...

Let's make a HUGE assumption-based scenario here and say that a BG has actually gotten the drop on you before you could get a shot off with your firearm. Now, let's say your encounter turns into a hands on struggle, you both end up on the floor, rolling around punching, kicking, biting, etc... and all the while, your "important" bits are flopping around in the breeze and getting rug burned, stepped on:buttkick:, ground into the floor, and/or SQUEEZED:gah: by the BG(opportunity and unfair fight go hand in hand). Also take into consideration that certain areas like that being damaged ARE going to flip your brains OWWEY switch which takes your mind(albeit briefly) off the BG.

Doesn't sound like much fun does it? If you've got the extra 2 seconds to spare...slip something on that you already have ready...
 
#51 ·
I sleep like I'm dead, so my number one line of defense is my Chow dog.
Waking up in time is the variable that concerns me the most
 
#55 ·
In the old days, any intruder would be met by a 290 pound guy in boxers. However now, I'd just wait in the bed. I only have one leg and it takes longer to strap the fake leg on. So I'm just going to sit in my room, dial 911 and if someone comes in .....

Andy
 
#56 ·
I sleep in lightweight athletic shorts with drawstrings. Drawstring allows me to slip an extra mag in my shorts without them slipping off my rear end. :blink: I have 2 45 caliber kimbers on a chair locked and cocked. I use the larger of the 2 at night because it has night sights.....both always in arms reach.
 
#58 ·
I sleep in shorts and have the S&W on the nightstand. I have a superior alarm system that even if phone defeated will still alarm quite nicely and early. I also keep the Kimber 9 mm in the nightstand.

I also have 2 real mean Siamese cat's that will take out the bad guy.

Two of my neighbors are LEO's so I'm hoping the bad guys steer clear of my block.

Pat
 
#60 ·
I usually have a pair of shorts on, shoes at the foot of the bed, flashlight on my nightstand next to my M&P .40c in the Supertuck. I only keep it in the Supertuck because it's always +1 and has no safety aside from not pulling the trigger.
 
#62 ·
Today I had to get up and go find my dog that got out of the fence. I had a pair of shorts laying on the dresser and a t shirt and shoes right there too, I wasn't flying but I did get things together pretty quick. Lately I have been leaving my boots out and the days pants laying there. I think I may go with today's set up and see how it works.

Handy if I have to run out the door for the dog or get the baby.

Jason
 
#64 ·
I learned a real simple lesson that now prompts me to keep some slip-on shoes beside the bed!

I used to always sleep in boxers and a t-shirt with no shoes by the bed. One night about 5 years ago, I heard a tremendous crash of broken glass. It woke my wife and kids up instantly because it was so loud. I KNEW someone had just busted in my kitchen door. I grabbed my Kimber TLE/RL II .45 with M-3 light mounted and took a point at the bedroom door with the muzzle down the hallway toward the kitchen door and waited for the bad guy(s) to make their way to our rooms. My kids, who were 6 & 4 at the time, were directly across the hallway from me in their bunk bed. I got them safely across the hall and into the master bedroom with my wife.

Like an idiot, I had no cell phone or land-line in the bedroom so I bunkered down and listened. Nothing. Quite as a mouse. I did this for the longest 10 minutes of my life. Not a single follow-up sound. Total silence.

So, I did the only thing I could, I worked my way slowly and deliberately into the kitchen, using angles and taking advantage of shadows. I FULLY EXPECTED TO SEE A SMASHED DOOR. When I didn't, I thought, "***?" I scanned the other doors, windows, and all sources of glass. Nothing. No forced entry at all. Now I'm really perplexed...

I went through every room until I got to the last bathroom. An old SWAT adage applied here: If you search every room except the last one and find nothing, guess where they're at? In the last room.

Again, I fully anticipated the bad guy(s) to be there. Nothing. The house was empty. But it wasn't until I started to leave the darkened bathroom that I noticed the source of the shattered glass sound. A large China cabinet that my wife kept in the bathroom had "given up the ghost" and fallen. The floor was covered with dozens of pieces of broken glass. I had not stepped on a single one when I made entry!!!!! Guess God was looking out for me or I could've turned out like Bruce Willis in the first Die Hard movie.

So, two lessons were reinforced that night. Keep a cell phone in the bedroom (!!!) and always throw on some shoes!!!
 
#65 ·
In the winter, I sleep in sweats but in the summer, I sleep in my wifebeater shirt and underwear. However, I do have my shorts and slip on shoes (for winter only) nearby in case I have to don them. My glasses, fannypack holster, cell phone, guns, sonic earmuffs, knives, first aid kit, and flashlights are also nearby within reach. I live on my own so I have no roommates to worry about.
 
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