Poll Do You Sleep With A Gun Under Your Pillow?

[NavRat]

Do you sleep with a gun under your pillow?

 

[jmez017]

I don't sleep with a gun... but I do sleep with a knife by my bed

 

[anthony]

I used to have a machete by my bedside when my PTSD was uncontrolled... though I haven't done that in three plus years now.

 

[Irton Pike]

i am so glad guns are pretty much illegal in the UK. They are so unecessary

 

[UmightKnowMe]

No way! We wont even have one in the house. My husband has always been very firm on this rule. Especially with our boys in the house. We wont have any gun 'accidents' here. As it was when our son was in the worst of his Oppositional Defiant Disorder he felt the need to have knives nearby him. But we didnt trust him so we had all locked up, all sharps actually. And our wallets, and our keys, and all the meds!

 

[midi]

Used to sleep with a baseball bat, filleting knife, and the cordless phone beside me in the futon.

 

[Mina]

Not under my pillow, but it's within arm's reach. Has nothing to do with the PTSD, though; just something I've done for years. I'm married to a cop...guns are just normal in our house, as well as on our person (he's almost always carrying, even off-duty).

I do carry a knife almost all the time, though. That's something I started doing shortly before the dog bit me, when I considered the fact that it might happen. DH was furious when he found out why, but turns out I was right.

 

[lrs]

I have a .45 within arm's reach. PTSD or not, I have been seriously beaten multiple times in my life. I understand the savagery and cruelty that possess some people. I will not willingly let it happen again.
In addition, as the man of the house, I feel a moral obligation to be able to protect my family.

 

[Deleted member 541]

My apartment was broken into one time while I was out... I slept with a Butcher Knife under my bed for 3 months, and then said to myself that I would NOT allow fear to hold me prisoner. I put the knife away....

 

[midi]

That's great, She Cat! I can't actually remember when or why I stopped doing it...

 

[sirsir]

I sleep with a long knife beside my bed.

 

[Antahkarana]

No but i am thinking about getting a german shepard for safety.