Am I really weird?

[USMARINE1884]

My friend came over one day and I showed him all my firearms. I am a practickle person and shoot every gun I own I am not just a for looks kinda guy. I am also a Marine which partial answers and gives me an excuse for anyway my being weird/odd. Now as I pull each and every weapon out of the safe (about 14 of them) from 22 to 45-70 rifle, pistol, shotgun (all except my black powder only firearms) he laughed and said I was nuts because all guns had a round in the chamber and if it had a magazine it was full and ready. He asked why they are all guns loaded and I quickly answered you never know... I was just wondering if I am alone here in doing this. I know that some are a bit more "extreme" I once had a Gunny who had a firearm in every room and some bigger rooms with multiple and had a mariner version of the mosberg 590 in a special plastic bag in the shower. So at least I know I'm not totally out there. I also have a friend who has a large ranch in Tenn. and put little trip wires everywhere with glow sticks attached because he said he sees people in the woods at night...

[Lori Mick]

you're not wierd! Welcome to the forum!

ps.... THANK YOU for your service!

[cycloneman]

I have a brother in law that was awaken in middle of the night. No lights on in the house. The perp had cut the power to the house and cut the phone lines. He heard his mom screaming. She was held at gun point. He had a hell of a time trying to load a 22 lr in the dark. Cahos, but he managed to kill off the perp in the driveway. The perp was shooting at him while he tried to rescue his mom. Baby crying with the gunshots. Total cahos. No police help either. A neighbor called and when they heard shots were fired they took their slow sweet time getting there.


I can't speak for others i can only speak for myself. The ones i have out for my use are loaded and everybody in my family knows it.

I have had the opportunity of actually having bullets fly past my ear. Thats another story. If hell fire comes my way i will bring it back like no tomorrow.

No your not nuts the dead know only one thing, it's better to be alive.

Your buddy may see a new light if whistling bullets fly past his ear. Never wish that on anybody.

[Gabob]

An unloaded gun will not shoot. Since they make a very inefficient club I keep mine loaded

[woolleyworm]

Not all my guns stay loaded, those that are loaded are readily available. Those that are put away are unloaded as I have no use for them as an immediate defensive weapon.


Semper Fi,

Woolley

[Lotsdragon]

Keep all of mine locked and loaded, period. You pick up a piece in my house and its loaded.

[Marlin T]

An 'empty' gun is worthless.

[glocknut]

ALLWAYS have a loaded gun at home......

Gn

[OBrien]

A gun yes all guns no. I don't think I'll be heading to the gun cabinet if SHTF in my house. If my 1911 can't do the trick than there is going to be trouble for me either way because I don't plan on running back for another.

[Eddie N]

I keep one of mine loaded at all times. Semper fi!

[Guns_Up_Jams_On]

If the gun is out it's loaded, but I'm not sure what good it is to keep a loaded gun inside a locked safe.

[GregM]

When anyone asks I always say...
"They don't work very well without bullets"

[pickenup]

Are you in a state that requires firearms to be locked up? Or other conditions, or you just don't feel safe, having firearms lying around loaded?

I keep them loaded, and accessible, around here.

[armedandsafe]

I keep film in my cameras.
I keep gas in my car.
I keep gas in my generators.
I keep ... well you get the idea.

A tool cannot be used if it is not properly assembled.

Now, as to the glow sticks, I never liked them. I prefer motion triggered lights. I do have a few range stakes out there in strategic spots.

Pops

[Vladimir]

I keep my USP nearby at all times, in different locations (I have a good ability to remember where it is at the time ), the rifles stay unloaded. If 23 rounds of 9mm does not get the job done, I really doubt the AR or .30-06 is going to.

[topper]

An unloaded or locked up gun is useless, IMO. All of mine are loaded and ready to shoot.

[GMFWoodchuck]

Mine are all unloaded. Actually I don't have any at home now anyway. They are all at my parents house. My wife has a tendency of not checking the doorlocks.....That pisses me off to no end. I'm not going to have them all stolen because my wife is a frigging idiot. I did tell her that when we have kids that there is going to be a loaded gun by the bed at all times. But for now it doesn't really matter. She wouldn't use a gun if someone was pointing back at her if she was alone, so there the only thing I'd be protecting is property when I was home. They can keep the stuff. I'm not going to kill someone over a stolen laptop. It's one of those things that really pisses me off about my wife. But she seems to think that the police will protect her even though it takes the Binghamton Police Department hours to show up sometimes. It's out of my control so I keep my guns at a safe place, where I know my Mom and Dad are willing to use them and their own...

[Dennis C]

I keep my Glock 19 loaded at all times. I have other guns, but they aren't loaded. I have kids in the house so I need to make sure little fingers don't get into big trouble.

[LDBennett]

I have many guns in gun safes. Those guns in the safe are too hard to access to be used defensively so they are not loaded. I also think it unsafe to keep loaded guns in safes. It is too easy to pull the gun out not remember it is loaded and set it off accidentally (that's a senior moment I would not like to have!).

I have one gun out and loaded but its not really "out". It is in an easy access five button lock safe on the dresser top. I keep my wallet in there so I have to open that safe every day. I can open it in my sleep, darn near. For safety the magazine is loaded but the chamber empty. To make it ready I only have to rack the slide. I don't want the above senior moment with my defense gun and for that reason it has nothing in the chamber. Keeping the wallet in the safe not only forces me to be totally familiar with the safe lock but if I get surprised by an intruder to give him money I'd have to open the safe for him and low and behold there's my gun (I'd use my body to block his view as I pulled the gun out and racked the slide).

I want defense but safety too. I think my setup gives me both. Having a bunch of loaded guns laying around with four grand children that visit often is not what I call safe at all. There are no guns that they can access and that's the safest thing for them. By the way California mandates this behavior today but I have done it this way for over 20 years, starting when my then young son moved in with me full time in the 1980's.

LDBennett

[carver]

Originally Posted by USMARINE1884

My friend came over one day and I showed him all my firearms. I am a practickle person and shoot every gun I own I am not just a for looks kinda guy. I am also a Marine which partial answers and gives me an excuse for anyway my being weird/odd. Now as I pull each and every weapon out of the safe (about 14 of them) from 22 to 45-70 rifle, pistol, shotgun (all except my black powder only firearms) he laughed and said I was nuts because all guns had a round in the chamber and if it had a magazine it was full and ready. He asked why they are all guns loaded and I quickly answered you never know... I was just wondering if I am alone here in doing this. I know that some are a bit more "extreme" I once had a Gunny who had a firearm in every room and some bigger rooms with multiple and had a mariner version of the mosberg 590 in a special plastic bag in the shower. So at least I know I'm not totally out there. I also have a friend who has a large ranch in Tenn. and put little trip wires everywhere with glow sticks attached because he said he sees people in the woods at night...

First, thank you for your service to our country! Like you I keep all my guns loaded at all times. I know my guns are loaded. If I need one, I know I can count on it being fully ready, it does not matter if the gun is in a gun safe or not, if I pick it up, it will shoot. Unloaded guns kill people. When you know that all of your guns are loaded, there is no question about it. I do not keep a gun in my bathroom, but there are several just outside the bathroom door that are loaded and ready to go. I live in the country, and have alarms on all the doors and windows, including alarms on the driveway.

[45nut]

Thanks for your service Jarhead! My Dad is a 1rst Division Marine Korean vet.

What do you call an unloaded pistol? A rock...... an unloaded rifle? a stick.

I have guns placed around the house in closets, drawers etc, no kids, and every gun out is loaded. Even some in my gun closet are loaded. The rule at my house is: Guns are locked and loaded.

Although, I don't have a SS shotgun in the shower. That Gunny is nuts!

Welcome to TFF and enjoy this fine group of gun nuts.

[rentalguy1]

You're not weird at all. I don't keep all of mine loaded, but I keep enough of them loaded. They are also dispersed throughout the house, "just in case." After re-watching The Bourne Supremacy, I almost even hid one in the fridge, LOL!

[Alpo]

I think the "keep 'em all loaded" thing changes with volume. I used to keep all mine loaded, because, after all, an empty gun is useless. But about the time I went past 50, I stopped keeping 'em ALL loaded. There's a loaded gun (or two or three) in every room in the house. Don't have a shotgun in the shower, but there's a stainless 357 next to the toilet. But ALL the guns? When I had four or five guns, I usually took all of 'em with me when I went to shoot. They'd be loaded, I'd take 'em out, shoot 'em, load 'em, take 'em back home, put 'em back up. But now there are guns that might go a year or more without being shot. My first gun - a Remington 22 pump - I don't think I've shot in ten years or more. I don't like leaving tubular magazines loaded for long times.

[Terry_P]

I have a personal rule any gun that goes into the safe is unloaded. The ones I keep outside the safe for personal protection are fully loaded with rounds chambered in the S/A's and extra loaded mags handy. The revolvers are kept loaded with full speed loader nearby. If they are in the safe they are useless to me so may as well be unloaded.

[Crpdeth]

Unloaded guns kill people...

Welcome to TFF and thank you for your service, Sir.


Crpdeth