Sleeping with knives

addylo said:
Wow, some of you folks are awfully generous to provide such an array of weapons for any perps that might happen to get close to you while you are sleeping. You should hang a sign over the weapons saying, "beat me over the head with this one first".
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Riiight, because if an intruder gets right next to your bed while you're still asleep, the only thing to worry about is weapons next to you. :rolleyes:

Somehow, in a thread full of people sleeping with knives and guns, yours is the most nonsensical post. ;)
 
addylo said:
Wow, some of you folks are awfully generous to provide such an array of weapons for any perps that might happen to get close to you while you are sleeping. You should hang a sign over the weapons saying, "beat me over the head with this one first".
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Lite sleeper and besides, my dog would wake me up before anyone came close to getting inside.
 
mjolnir74 said:
OP, do you sleep with your knives for self defense or separation anxiety? It's kind of hard to tell from your post.
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Probably separation anxiety, kind of like a child with a favorite blanket. I have a dog and a H&K USP40 for defense. Sometimes falling asleep with a knife in hand, or even in a pocket can be comforting.
 
BCMfan said:
Hmm... Sleeping with a knife in hand, I think that is just plain dumb. Worse then sleeping with a loaded gun in bed. My question would be what are you soo terrified of? and the second would be why a knife and not a gun? Third question.. Do you even have any training?

In the event of a home invasion I have my HK45 with streamlight TLR-1 attached, and thats the quickest weapon to get to, the second weapon (once I have the pistol in hand) That I go for is the 870 under the bed. Wife is calling 911 at this moment, and im hunting.

A knife is gonna be completely useless in your hand if the intruder has a gun, or if there are more then one. Unless are you a professionally trained operator who has been through training on how to effectively use a knife in combat? Even then, a smart man would ditch the knife and use a gun. I suggest you get some sort of alarm system or dog as early warning. I have a 160lb Newfoundland who barks at anything right outside the door/ window. He sleeps downstairs, he is my alarm. Knife for protection is a very poor choice.
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I'm curious here since you are bringing up training and yet in no training or circumstance you should abandon your safe place to go looking for anyone or go "hunting". You never look for confrontation, if they come to you that is a different story and you can actually say it was in self defense. Going hunting inside your house is a no no
 
Sleeping with a knife is the most neurotic thing I've heard of. It's not going to help you in a home invasion, but you could hurt yourself in your sleep. The subconscious is a very strange thing, and people do strange things in their sleep. As far as a knife for defense, if an 18 inch machete didn't work for Sean Taylor against some half pint low life punks who invaded his home, who are you to thing you can do it? How many of you are as large, fast, and strong as Sean Taylor? And keep in mind he bled to death from the 9mm round through his leg.

Knives are nice, and we love them, otherwise we wouldn't be on this site. But to use one for a home defense weapon in this day and age is plain crazy. You know what they say about bringing a knife to a gun fight. If the bad guys invade your home, odds are they are armed, and if you don't have some sort of firearm in hand, you are not going to make it. Anything else and your just deluding yourself with feel good mojo. Even a cheap break open shotgun will do better than the super blade of the month and the way of the crouching chipmunk.

Knives are for a fun hobby, guns are for serious business.
 
Just don't roll over onto your wife in middle of the night :)
my night table usually has my BM 5000SBK on it.
 
addylo said:
Wow, some of you folks are awfully generous to provide such an array of weapons for any perps that might happen to get close to you while you are sleeping. You should hang a sign over the weapons saying, "beat me over the head with this one first".
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Forgot to add Pitt Bull and 2 Australian Shepherds.
 
Glock 26 and one of many fixed blades. Plus whatever folder I used that day is on the night stand.
 
I don't sleep with a knife close by. God help me if I had to defend myself in my own home with a knife. Ever hear of the Castle doctrine? I will use maximum force (12 ga) in my home.
 
Ahahahahahahahahahaha! No.

Only when I fall asleep in my clothes, which doesn't happen very often anymore.
 
jackknife said:
Sleeping with a knife is the most neurotic thing I've heard of. It's not going to help you in a home invasion, but you could hurt yourself in your sleep. The subconscious is a very strange thing, and people do strange things in their sleep. As far as a knife for defense, if an 18 inch machete didn't work for Sean Taylor against some half pint low life punks who invaded his home, who are you to thing you can do it? How many of you are as large, fast, and strong as Sean Taylor? And keep in mind he bled to death from the 9mm round through his leg.

Knives are nice, and we love them, otherwise we wouldn't be on this site. But to use one for a home defense weapon in this day and age is plain crazy. You know what they say about bringing a knife to a gun fight. If the bad guys invade your home, odds are they are armed, and if you don't have some sort of firearm in hand, you are not going to make it. Anything else and your just deluding yourself with feel good mojo. Even a cheap break open shotgun will do better than the super blade of the month and the way of the crouching chipmunk.

Knives are for a fun hobby, guns are for serious business.
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Very well said.
 
Night stand equipped with a 4 cell Maglite and a Cold Steel Laredo Bowie. A Trail Master and other blades stashed around the house.
 
I also with a necklace that has a Spyderco Titanium Mini Police and an arc aaa led light on it, so yes I sleep with a knife. There's also a pistol in my bag that I keep near the bed and another within arms reach of the bed in my nightstand. Since I'm a knife knut there are knives all over the house and all over my bedroom.
 
addylo said:
Wow, some of you folks are awfully generous to provide such an array of weapons for any perps that might happen to get close to you while you are sleeping. You should hang a sign over the weapons saying, "beat me over the head with this one first".
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Not so much. In my case the "perp" would first have to get past a driveway gate and then get to the house very quietly as I live in a mountain cabin with no one near. Then he would have to get past my dogs, one of which is an extremely well trained Rottie, then he would have to do all that without waking me up. Then he would have to get past the most formidable object of them all - the Wife (just kidding with this one, I think). Only then would me and my H&K come into play.

Not too worried. ;)
 
I don't sleep with knives, I sleep with my wife :D
But this is my night stand:

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I pulled the knife out for the picture, it usually stays between the G22 and the end of the stand...
It is a razor-sharp Taylor/Seto, gift from a Vietnam Vet.

All guns are loaded, G22 with CorBon DPX, sweeper with mil-speck green buckshot X9 of them.
Light on the gun is 200 lmn, the other-one is 550, I usually have one on the shotgun but took it down for my AK project...
We live about 15-20 miles from the closest city, between two roads connecting both costs of Florida, you never know who's going to pass-by,
even the Police truck parked in my neighbor's driveway 2 doors down the street is there every night...
Never being afraid of something, nor I'm paranoiac, just we don't have kids at home and I like my guns and knifes lying around,
especially at night, in my bedroom.
However, the knife would be my last resort, first thing I would reach for would be the light or the sweeper.
My wife can back me up with her .44spl Buldog... :D
 
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SaintlyBrees said:
Not so much. In my case the "perp" would first have to get past a driveway gate and then get to the house very quietly as I live in a mountain cabin with no one near. Then he would have to get past my dogs, one of which is an extremely well trained Rottie, then he would have to do all that without waking me up. Then he would have to get past the most formidable object of them all - the Wife (just kidding with this one, I think). Only then would me and my H&K come into play.

Not too worried. ;)
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This is basically how I'm set up, there are no lights around you'd have to be crazy to walk down my dark driveway and then try to sneak into my house, I sleep so lightly and I've been here so long I know every normal sound in and around the house. Some nights when I can't fall asleep I'll play "name that noise" in my head.

I'm not saying a home invasion couldn't ever happen here but I think there's easier pickings elsewhere.......................
 
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