Maybe my search-fu is weak but I couldn’t find a thread on this. I am just curious as to what method of weapon retention y’all use in keeping your nightstand/bedside pistol. what holster or drawer safe is being used my our members to safely retain your pistol while keeping it at the ready?
To me, just keeping it in a holster would require two hands to draw your weapon thus slowing down your presentation when/if the circumstance presents itself.
I look forward to hearing what y’all are using.
ps - as always i want to thank our members who are in the armed services for serving our country proudly and thank the LEO guys as well for all that they do.
I keep my Glock 19 with TLR-1 in my drawer during the night with 2 spare mags and my lx2 on top of the night stand with my cellphone. During the day its usually on my hip. If I am going to somewhere I cant carry such as school either I will lock it up if my girlfriend is not home.
I have been thinking about getting this for my bedside holster. Still looking for different ones to use for having my firearm next to my bed. I dont have a nightstand next to me. Never did like nightstands.
Gravity here as well. If you want the trigger covered but not have to release from a holster, look at those Raven Concealment Vanguards ( and recent thread describing the new ones ). The end can be tied off so the pistol retrieves and the holster remains in place with one hand.
It’s my duty gun, so it is in the drawer on the other side of the room, and then goes with me when I leave the house. I prefer not to have it right next to me as I have done some crazy stuff in my sleep. Plus, the locked bedroom door is there to hold someone off until I can wake up and get a weapon.
+1 on the Gunvaults. I have a couple of them throughout the house and they’re a great way to have my pistols ready but out of kids’ hands. I’ve read reviews where people have problems but I’ve practiced extensively and don’t have any concerns.
Note that I use the 4-button version. I bought a bio version once and returned it… after lots of practice I still couldn’t reliably get it open in less than 4-5 seconds.
The V-Line stuff is a bit more expensive than say a gun vault, but the reason I like it is it uses a mechanical, simplex lock that can be opened in about a second or two (and is easy to open in the dark), uses no batteries or electronics, is made of steel, and uses a clamshell design which at least makes it a bit more difficult to pry open than many other gun “safes”-though none of these products would stop a determined attacker for long at all. Mine is just meant to deter a smash-and-grab thief, my kid, or house guests from messing with my nightstand gun. I have an AMSEC for those things I need to secure against more serious threats.
for now I have a kimber TLE II in the night stand drawer, i have an infant so I don;t have to worry about him getting into it yet. I will need to get something in the near future to secure it better. So I am glad this thread was started. I will subscribe and see what options are out there.
