Do you keep a weapon by your bed?

unhappys10

Got a baseball bat in America on a childhood holiday
Keep it in the corner of the room.
God help the cnut that comes into the house, or God help me if they get it off me!

y0ssar1an22

Mr. CooL ICE wrote: »

I carry my two guns with me everywhere I go *kisses arms*

dan and ger

Tell me how

I had a baseball bat at the top of the stairs for years. Had two incidents which might have saw it being considered, 1, a joyrider crashed in to my car outside my house and him and his passenger abandoned the car and ran off and 2, a drunk person banging on the door aggressively looking for a house party after they had been given my address. On both occasions I went and investigated before even thinking about the bat.

minikin

Have reached brown pants status in the ancient art of oonagi... bring it.

My Dad used to keep a shotgun in his room (locked in a gun cabinet and secure if you're a Guard asking) and the house was burgled in the middle of the night, this was back around 2004. It was just himself and Mum in the house, but the burglers must have seen him come out on the landing because one of them hopped out the window in the back of the sitting-room, presuming he was on the ground floor -- the house drops at the back and he fell about 3 meters, breaking a leg. The other guy made his getaway and was caught a week later. Looking back now it's funny, but I worry what would have happened (a) if he didn't have a gun in the house or (b) if they'd had a gun, and stood their ground. It's just not worth it, there was nothing in the house only bills, the wrong kind.

Id never keep a gun in my house, well I live in Dublin, so wouldn't have a valid reason anyway.

Feisar

Still waters wrote: »

My Weiner is my wespon

A weapon of ass destruction?

TheW1zard

Ive a hurl incase anyone ever fancies a puck around

Nekarsulm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Id never keep a gun in my house, well I live in Dublin, so wouldn't have a valid reason anyway.

Your location has nothing to do with having a valid reason, or not.
Clay shooting, target shooting, membership of a club, permission to shoot on specified farmland etc, etc,
All valid reasons to have a firearm, regardless of where you live.

dubbrin

Feisar wrote: »

I collect knives so there happens to be a Cold Steel Gurkha Kukri beside the bed at the moment. It's not a weapon though, it's a curio.

Funny that, I have one in my sock drawer beside the bed too. Baseball bat upstairs, but I leave it in the cupboard. "Don't want to get into a situation where I'm going to be swinging it" is what I've told myself a few times. Oddly never considered the kukri in that way...

Strumms

Leg End Reject wrote: »

I'm pretty sure you're allowed to use reasonable force to defend yourself if an intruder enters your bedroom. It was changed a few years ago.

Anyway, I'd rather do time for manslaughter than just lie there passively while I'm raped and/or murdered.

So they have to get as far as your bedroom before you can lay a glove on them ? I heard that before, always wondered if it was true. You should be cowering under the sheets until you hear the footsteps up the stairs ?

Luckily the house has never been broken into, have one of the best alarm systems you can buy too, but despite never having that bad experience I have a nine iron under my bed, a baseball bat in the press and I’m not a morning person, at all.

That said those sporting goods were legitimately purchased with the intention of using in both aforementioned participation sports of which I have been photographed participating in.

lickalot

Not appropriate, even if lyrics

Leg End Reject

Strumms wrote: »

So they have to get as far as your bedroom before you can lay a glove on them ? I heard that before, always wondered if it was true. You should be cowering under the sheets until you hear the footsteps up the stairs ?

Luckily the house has never been broken into, have one of the best alarm systems you can buy too, but despite never having that bad experience I have a nine iron under my bed, a baseball bat in the press and I’m not a morning person, at all.

That said those sporting goods were legitimately purchased with the intention of using in both aforementioned participation sports of which I have been photographed participating in.

There's a link on a previous page, it's been updated to an intruder anywhere in your home or grounds.

jimgoose

As above, not appropriate

I've often wondered about the efficacy of baseball bats in an intruder situation. How much time would you have to reach for it if surprised, or indeed how much room would you have to swing it if already in hand? Bedrooms/any rooms really in a house aren't exactly wide open spaces.

jimgoose

Deleted User wrote: »

I've often wondered about the efficacy of baseball bats in an intruder situation. How much time would you have to reach for it if surprised, or indeed how much room would you have to swing it if already in hand? Bedrooms/any rooms really in a house aren't exactly wide open spaces.

A pair of tonfa is much better. Word to the wise, is all.

Nekarsulm

Deleted User wrote: »

I've often wondered about the efficacy of baseball bats in an intruder situation. How much time would you have to reach for it if surprised, or indeed how much room would you have to swing it if already in hand? Bedrooms/any rooms really in a house aren't exactly wide open spaces.

Rounders bat.
Lot easier used in a hall, stairs or bedroom.

dubbrin

Deleted User wrote: »

I've often wondered about the efficacy of baseball bats in an intruder situation. How much time would you have to reach for it if surprised, or indeed how much room would you have to swing it if already in hand? Bedrooms/any rooms really in a house aren't exactly wide open spaces.

A swift up down choppy action will see you through a lot of tight spots. The romantic home run swing at high level just as they turn around is probably way off the mark.

Saying that, this is all assuming you're up and aware that something is happening and have the time to react as you say. The majority of situations probably don't present much opportunity. I've been lucky, don't know or hope not to find out

dennyire

Serious answer
Alarm on in the stay mode so hopefully will go off if someone breaks in.
Pitching wedge golf club beside bedside locker just in case

Uncle Pierre

I've a baseball bat under the bed too - one that I brought home from the States nearly 30 years ago.

Only time I've ever picked it up in "intruder alert" circumstances was a few years ago when my wife woke me in the middle of the night to say she was sure she'd heard noises downstairs. As I got to the top of the stairs, clad only in my boxer shorts, I remembered hearing somewhere that it's a good idea to confront an intruder in the nip, because then you'll introduce a real element of surprise to proceedings. Also, they're less likely to attack you, out of fear they might grab a handful of something.........let's say "undesirable".

So, I whipped off the shorts and proceeded downstairs as nature intended. Didn't find anybody or anything there. Was almost disappointed, as on one level, would have liked to have seen the reaction......

jimgoose

jimgoose wrote: »

A pair of tonfa is much better. Word to the wise, is all.

:pac: Must research

alchemist33

king_of_mayo wrote: »

Home security is a big topic. I wonder how many people have something by their bed in case they hear a noise in the night? If not, what's your plan?

I have a hurl by the bed. But the wife makes me clean it after pucking around, and even then it has to rest on a few sheets of kitchen paper. A friend of mine keeps a screwdriver in his bedside locker. I think my brother has half a snooker que as his. I don't know of any women which have something ready, which is concerning.

A hurley in Mayo? Did you need an import licence?

Turbohymac

Absolutely nothing..lifes too short ..if I had to sleep with a hurley..club or gun by my bed..then I'd simply emigrate.. what's more important ..living in a safe location or sleeping with 1 eye open and waiting to either protect myself or get battered by some scumbag..

I Am Nobody

Uncle Pierre wrote: »

I've a baseball bat under the bed too - one that I brought home from the States nearly 30 years ago.

Only time I've ever picked it up in "intruder alert" circumstances was a few years ago when my wife woke me in the middle of the night to say she was sure she'd heard noises downstairs. As I got to the top of the stairs, clad only in my boxer shorts, I remembered hearing somewhere that it's a good idea to confront an intruder in the nip, because then you'll introduce a real element of surprise to proceedings. Also, they're less likely to attack you, out of fear they might grab a handful of something.........let's say "undesirable".

So, I whipped off the shorts and proceeded downstairs as nature intended. Didn't find anybody or anything there. Was almost disappointed, as on one level, would have liked to have seen the reaction......

No one wants to fight the naked guy.Just makes robbing your house awkward.

kowloon

SuperSean11 wrote: »

Enjoy prison guys Voluntary manslaughter right there.

Well, I don't expect them to agree to it.

jimgoose wrote: »

And dough, I keep it flippin' like acrobats. That's why I pack a MAC, that'll crack 'em back. 'Cause on my waist there's more Heat than the Shaq Attack.

When I put my clip in the AK I slay from far away, everybody hit the D E C K.

Nekarsulm

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Your location has nothing to do with having a valid reason, or not.
Clay shooting, target shooting, membership of a club, permission to shoot on specified farmland etc, etc,
All valid reasons to have a firearm, regardless of where you live.

Yeah, well I reckon if I went into Rathmines Garda Station and said I wanted to keep a shotgun for sporting reasons, I'd be getting a bit more of a grilling than if I went in Nenagh, where it's a normal thing to do.

It's possible, of course, to hold a gun licence in Dublin. But it's just not worth it. If someone ever broke into my house, I'd just show them my bank balance, they would probably feel sorry for me.

KungPao

I’d love to have an Uzi 9mm and go all Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson in Death Wish) if some shît like that went down.

KungPao

Uncle Pierre wrote: »

I've a baseball bat under the bed too - one that I brought home from the States nearly 30 years ago.

Only time I've ever picked it up in "intruder alert" circumstances was a few years ago when my wife woke me in the middle of the night to say she was sure she'd heard noises downstairs. As I got to the top of the stairs, clad only in my boxer shorts, I remembered hearing somewhere that it's a good idea to confront an intruder in the nip, because then you'll introduce a real element of surprise to proceedings. Also, they're less likely to attack you, out of fear they might grab a handful of something.........let's say "undesirable".

So, I whipped off the shorts and proceeded downstairs as nature intended. Didn't find anybody or anything there. Was almost disappointed, as on one level, would have liked to have seen the reaction......

In the nip is the way to go, they’ll think you’re bananas like Patrick Bateman and leg it.

There’s an idea, I might start keeping a chainsaw under the bed.

cj maxx

Yep an over and under double barrel shotgun. Kept loaded in the gun cabinet beside the bed

jimgoose

cj maxx wrote: »

Yep an over and under double barrel shotgun. Kept loaded in the gun cabinet beside the bed

Illegal. Ammunition is supposed to be secured separately. Has that been inpsected?

Paul Kersey was a shrewd mofo too.. Most they ever got on him was circumstantial - at least from what I remember of the first film