Excessive?

a long time ago my wife mentioned that I was a little paranoid with my knives next to my side of the bed... then I pointed out the baseball bat next to her side and she never brought it up again.

now she just complains that I spend more time admiring my knives than I do talking to her and playing with our son... I'll have to address that when I see her again. :p

hehehe... I'm a really loving guy. No, really.

hahahahahaha You're only paranoid until you're proven right!
 
Wow this is great!!! I always felt like an alien. I sleep with a knife clipped to my britches, a cs kukuri,and a BK7 beside my bed, and two neck knives hanging from my bed post. Aaaaah that felt good... Life is better with knives.

Dean
 
If that works for you, that's fine. I am a knife knut all the way, but when it comes to defending your humble abode, I think that a knife should be the last resort. The only time that a knife is close at hand in bed is when my work requires that I go out of town.

My Winchester 1300 Defender 12 gauge, with 00 buck, is never too far from my bedside.....:D
 
Knives are fine, but I've more faith in my .45, if only to get me to the 'real' guns. As far as safety, a "Handgun Box" with Simplex lock lets me reach in unarmed and reach out unarmed in 2 seconds flat-timed it, yep.

As far as overcoming the danger of shooting a family member in the dark, that's simply a matter of training. FIRST rule of clearing your own house is always a head count. When your kids are old enough, they need to understand that one word (ROOMS!) stated strongly but quietly at night means dad's going to look at something, stay put.

Paranoid? Doesn't anybody read the newspaper? All that crime happens to regular people, like you and me. The english common law tradition (now sadly eroded in it's homeland) was that the gentleman (an ARMED man, of course) owed it to society to remove the miscreants who preyed up everyone. The good people must survive, or the evil people will win by default.

Larry
 
Close to the bed is a custom Al Kaline 32. Nice hickory handle and fits the hand well. Nice ergos ya might say. Also has a tapered tang and leaves a nice depression apon deployment. No particular skills are needed to use in an effective manner. Has a danger zone of about 6 feet. Easy to find in a half awake state of mind.
Greg
 
I thought sleeping with knife was normal behavior. I recently added a SureFire flashlight that sits atop my nightstand.
 
Hmm...I only have a couple of knives by my bed and they are both just little pocket knives. No good for self defence.

However, I do carry a Glock 27 in .40 S&W 24/7. I practice shooting with it often, including targets in the dark without sights. I live alone so no worry about anyone else in the house. I have no questions about my ability to hit with it and I sleep as light as a feather.

Paranoid?? Nope, I don't worry about anything/anytone at all coming in my house.
 
I can't sleep at night without two things, a CS Bush Ranger and a cell phone. Oddly, when my paranoid ass hears a noise I don't like, I reach for the cell phone first.

Zero
 
1) If you change the scene you will have to explain it to the authorities. If you put a weapon in the dead BG's hand you will go to jail. If you were justified, why cook up a story?
2) I don't know anyplace you can (or should) shoot a trespasser JUST for trespassing.
3) Paranoid? Not at all (some of you guys are just a little bit macho though).
4) Most of all of the above sounds OK, but think about penetration for firearms (who is on the other side of that wall that the slug just went through?), and I suppose kids in the house will affect your plans (mine are grown).
5) A knife by my bed? No, the Sebbie is still clipped to my jeans, the Randalls are in the gun safe. The flashlight in the headboard is next to a small pistol, the one I just took off.
 
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