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Where have you stashed a handgun in your home or car that you feel is an especially clever stashing place?
Here is a list from a very popular internet thread where all these ideas are collecting.
Hiding Places
- Empty cereal box in pantry, back when I lived in the ‘hood’. Was hoping thieves wouldn’t be hungry! Kaboom cereal in Kill Bill
- Hanging upside down from a hook under the bathroom cabinet, just above the door. Inside a closet (not a walk-in) up over the door. Most closets are “shallow” and while a Burglar might go thru your clothes and items on shelving, he probably won’t look straight-up over his head.
- Behind a decorative blanket hung like a cheap tapestry
- Non-locking hideaway picture frame.
- False bottom in bedside drawer.
- Fake electrical outlets.
- Some folks split the upholstery seam on the rear of the passenger’s seat toward the driver—insert a small holster and appropriate handgun, sew Velcro on the seams to reseal.
- Along with my storm door, my main entry door is steel with only a small window at the top. I have a nylon holster with my Colt Detective Special velcroed to the inside of the door, just above the doorknob, canted toward me about 45 degrees, when I open it. I can open the door to someone, & they never know my hand is just inches from a weapon. Should I invite them in, I simply close the storm door and leave the main door open, which puts the gun back against a wall and is never seen by a guest.
- At my desk is a scanner. It has no guts. Lift up the top, and remove handgun.
- A good method in general when you’re away from your home is to take whatever you want to hide, stash it in a garbage bag, and put it amongst dirty clothes. NO ONE looks through dirty clothes…unless they’re a perv…then they’re not usually looking to rob you in that case.
- On the road, usually hide them in with my dirty underwear…… Go ahead, grab yourself a big handful of that!
- One day when I was replacing the sagging cloth under the couch (you know, the flimsy cloth that covers the couch’s framework?), and realized it would be a great hiding spot. I was surprised by how much room there is under there. I got the dremel and hack saw out and after a little work; I made a horizontal system of hooks with belt fasteners (actually milsurp canvas belts) that can hold four rifles lengthwise. I also made a small wooden cubby-hole and screwed it to the framework near the arm rest. That’s where my barbeque revolvers go. Now it’s not a practical place to store your “go-to” weapons, but it is very discreet place to store your valuable rifles. I attached Velcro along the cloth and underside of the couch so all you have to do is flip the couch back, undo the Velcro and you have full access to your hidden rifles. It’s funny to have guests sitting on your couch, clueless to the fact that they’ve got four rifles and two S&W’s 9″ from their butts.
- The Sportsman guide has a wall clock that opens up to store a med. to small handgun in. Runs about $55 after shipping. And the clock works!
- Back when I lived in Chicago I used to keep a fairly short, folding-stock 12ga situated diagonally in a clean extra-extra large pizza box lodged between my trashcan and my kitchen cabinets. It looked like it was just trash waiting for trash-day…
- In the closet, on a CHEAP plastic hanger (easily broken), (through the trigger guard, no round in chamber), covered with a button up shirt.
- Under the towels in the master bath.
- I met a woman today who’s designing a holster for a derringer that will go between her uh………….mammary glands……
- In an inside jacket pocket on a jacket on a hook in the closet.
- Under the skirt of a spare toilet paper girl in master bath where no guests go.
- My brother in law hid his revolver in the brown paper grocery bags that he had folded next to his refrigerator – you know how they get stuck in that space between the cabinet and fridge. He put it in a bag and folded it up.
- Between the window curtains and the wall above the windows. Can’t be seen from the outside and if your curtains are heavy, can’t be seen from the inside. Yet the gun can remain on a hook just waiting to be used.
- I used to have a 12 gauge in a soft gun case hanging from a hook, centered on the back of my bedroom door. I would then throw/tuck/hang a flannel robe over it. I kept the door open, so no one ever noticed the added “heft” of the door.
- Inside a trophy. If you lift up the brass plate it’s hollow inside. If it’s big enough, anyway. This one was one of my parent’s bowling trophies.
- I used to keep an old Colt Police Positive in a Ziploc bag under some frozen veggies in my freezer. Can still shoot thru the bag…if ya need to…
- I bought a good-sized pistol safe (a foot square, or a little bigger) that uses a credit card swipe to open electronically. I use an outdated credit card for it. I have the card hidden nearby, in a place that I don’t think anyone could accidentally find. Yet, it’s so close, that I’m positive that I can grab the card and swipe it faster than I could punch in a combo, even on a finger touch safe. It was less than $100 as well. You could carry a backup identical card in your wallet. Fingerprint ones now too.
- Old shoebox under the bed at night. Gun safe when I leave the house during the daytime.
- I did this at home and it works great! A typical nightstand or dresser has room between the drawers and the outer paneling. This opening is the thickness of the frame of the cabinet. I removed the bottom drawer, drilled a hole in front of the rear frame and inserted a wooden peg so that the gun is along the side of the cabinet. The peg is on an angle so that when the barrel is fully seated it creates a slight interference with the bottom of the opening. I have a Ruger SP101 .357 that fits perfectly onto the peg and is held tightly. The drawer can be pulled out and dumped, the whole nightstand could be dumped forward and the gun stays tightly in place. I know it is there and because I shoot it almost every weekend and can grab it without looking, however a bad guy would have to get down on all fours and shine a flashlight into the open to see it.
- How about behind a vent or cold air return? Before I got a safe, I would put a cased pistol in the vent work. I placed it out of sight, so if they pulled off the vent cover, they couldn’t see it. The cold air return was next to the bed, so it was easy to get to in the night.
- Dancers carry dance bags for shoes. One side pocket is exclusively reserved for a loaded Glock 29 in 10mm that is put inside a Fobus belt holster. This obviates any danger of putting a finger inside the trigger guard while withdrawing the handgun.
- I use a small CD wallet to keep my trusty little Kel-Tec 380 and a reload in. Makes for a handy place to slip the pistol and holster into when I have to take it out of my pocket for a little while or while I’m driving…stick it right between the seat and console so it’s more accessible than being in my pocket.
- I bought a/c grills at my old house and made boxes 4″ deep to fit in the stud walls, and placed them up towards the ceiling line like the old wall registers. That way they were high enough the boys couldn’t reach them but low enough my wife could. The grill stayed on with a rubber band. Was there 11 years and no one ever knew.
- Ever thought of using an electrical box? I keep a spare set of keys in a dummy electrical disconnect box outside my house.
- A/C vents/ducts/intakes. Usually A/C vents are mounted high and require a stool or ladder to get access. Unscrew panel, tuck in gun, replace panel.
- While most of my firearms are in my safe, I have the usual few scattered out and hidden in strategic locations similar to those already mentioned. To add confusion to the would be thief, I give him what he wants, upfront. To “express myself” I have several desirable nonfunctioning/unloaded firearms in plain sight as an art form. Upon arriving home, it’s easy to see if any of these are moved or missing, which would indicate that someone unwelcome has entered my home. If any of my “indicator guns” where disturbed/missing upon my arrival, I’d back out and call the Sheriff.
- Another one that I have seen but not used is a hollowed out water heater complete with pipes that disappear into the wall. The door is hidden on the back side.
- I keep a 1911 in an old boot that is with a bunch of other shoes on the floor of my closet.
- I collect beer steins, and have a Davis 22mag derringer in my favorite one.
- In a special place buried outside, just in case I come back to the house unarmed and have to defend it.
- When we had tiling installed, I specifically created a false tile. Get on the floor? Sure, can you turn around for a second?
- Pull the carpet back, grab a hammer & chisel and get to work!
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Yet the world calls on us to save them?
There is no option to like, so I’m manually liking your
comment, Ned. Well put.
America doesn’t pick fights. We end them. What country are you from Rob?
Rob is probably from western countries just like most of the site visitors here Eric. But ending a fight makes America a participant of war.
Where Rob is from, his freedom is due to the Wars the US fought and won! Europe, China, and Asia owe us everything! After all Americans are Exceptional!
I kinda have a feeling freeport56 is taking the mickey.
I am perplexed with the ideas. Do zombies care where you hide your guns? they just come after your brains.
I appreciate the ideas, the tactical advantage that is expressed. I think the point is that there are many places to conceal a weapon without compromising accessibility. I personally keep my M4 right next to my bed. When I’m at work, it stands against the wall, just behind my chair. I have my 30rd mag ready to go, in a handy clip that holds the mag right next to the mag well, and keeps dust from entering the mag well at the same time. I also carry my M4 with me when I go to eat, as well as shopping. Pretty much the only time I don’t have it right by my side, is at the gym, and shower.
Did I mention that I’m stationed in Iraq?… oh yeah, forgot.
I’ll use some of those ideas, for sure. I love number fourteen. My favorite!
LOL! Thanks for the comment Tim :)
Very funny.
God bless you and all the servicemen and women protecting us here at home. I have a brother-in-law there on his fourth tour and we worry about him. We lost the son of a close friend there two years ago. The mission goes on.
Tim, I thank you for your service. Too old to get into it anymore so I depend on you younger warriors to handle things…both abroad and domestically.
#41 my dad has a little Iver Johnson .22 pistol, he made a cardboard template he traced around the gun, took a fairly thick book, and slowly but surely cut out the middle of the pages with an exacto knife and the template, and there you go! no thief will steal books, and its as easy as grabbin it, opening it up and there it is
A book can be placed ANYWHERE in the house…even on the end table next to you as you watch TV! (-;
AND…it can even be used as a CONCEALED CARRY! Walking down the street with a book in your hand is not at all conspicuous.. particularly on a college campus!
There should even be room for an extra magazine. Be sure to glue the pages around the cavity, so it is easy to open, without pages flapping around, and easy to get the pistol out.
Build a shelf inside a wall between studs and then cover it wth 1/4″ drywall. Make sure that the 1/4″ drywall is flush with the standard 1/2″drywall on the rest of the wall.
A homeowner will know the location of the gun inside the wall. One just has to punch through the 1/4″ drywall material to get it.
had a friend whose dad was a retired dope cop who had this next his lazyboy, dinner table chair and toilet. he used paper, not sheet rock.
yeah butcher paper patched over the hole with joint compound and painted to match is way better than drywall.
You can also do this with a picture frame and a cheap ‘print’ picture! Fix the frame over the hole/shelf so that it does not move. When needed, punch thru the picture!
CHEAP, QUICK and easy to ‘repair’ afterwards! $5 – $10 at Wal~Mart for a new print!
That works great also to hid bundles of money. (In the wall.)
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Bird shot is a terrible choice for defense. It will *not* stop a determined attacker.
Load that 870 with buckshot or slugs, or get a semi-automatic rifle and frangible rounds.
Actually, shotgun aside, birdshot IS a good close quarter choice when concerned with over penetration.
The caveat, of course, is an attacker that is not a simple burglar. Rack-ready with the first round or two of birdshot and then backed with slugs or #00 for drugged-out or motivated attackers is the way I’d go if using a shot gun.
BTW, I’m a cop and folks expect to see firearms all over the place. They’re put out of reach when the grands come over, though.
Got into a discussion over home dense with a gunsmith. His take was #9 birdshot with your aim shifted to the upper torso. Object was to have the pattern bleedover to the face, not to kill, but to blind after which you can do whatever needs to be done. Whatever part that misses will be stopped by drywall. And while the perp is rolling around unable to see, he would be at your mercy although I personally would not try to get close enough to render aid but you would have time to retrieve a higher caliber that would be handy if needed and you would have the comfort zone of being able to take the time for precise shot placement.
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Illegal gun? Don’t tell me you live in the People’s Republic of IL, Dave?
I like to keep a glock 9mm in the fridge, everyone needs a frige gun!!
look in the fridge, bagels &guns!!!
or in the can of coffee grinds… guns and coffee!
I would only do this with an EMPTY coffee can!
I would NOT want coffee grounds to be inside my pistol when I chamber a round and pull the trigger!
If you wrap it with Saran wrap or a ‘baggie’ it will take extra seconds to ‘clear it’ for use…
This is my favorite location yet. Just don’t spill the OJ on it, that could take a while to clean.
Buy a model airplane and cut the shrink-wrap at the seams. Take out all the plane parts and replace it with some foam insert cut to fit your favorite pistol and spare mag. If you do it carefully you can melt the shrink-wrap back around the box enough to stay in place. I mean who’s gonna think about your unbuilt model airplanes?
You know those remote holders that hang from the handle of
a seat? How about that? If you live alone, of course…
I hide my .45 cal in a hollowed out book. It really does a great job of hiding and no one suspects a thing.
My wife found some great “decorating” books that are actually boxes, but look like books upon casual glance. They have classic titles on them like “Moby Dick”. We have these laying around as decorations and these would make great hiding places. Also, it looks natural to have them on book shelves up high (out of reach of children) but still easy to access. Just put cut out foam in them to hold everything.
Build a box you can sit on a bookshelf, with a front door that swings sideways or is hinged from the top. Then get enough books, that will easily ‘blend’ with other books on the shelf, to “cover” the front ‘door’ of the box! {Cut the book away about an inch or so from the binder, and glue/fasten these ‘books’ to the door!} If you set the door to swing open sideways, let the first or second book from the opening end stick out far enough past the books next to it so that it can be used as a “handle/knob” to open the door. If door swings up, place the ‘handle’ near the center of the door…
Set the box slightly above eye level, so that you see only the book backs, and not the shortened pages. That also keeps it away from small children.
You sir, have a shitload of guns
I see absolutely nothing with this..
I keep a few cased pistols in the bottom of my upright piano and my boxed rifles on top of the kitchen cabinets (hidden by the egg crate used to shade the recessed lights)
As for protection… My smith and wesson 45 hangs from hooks above the top drawer of my dresser (there’s quite a gap between top of drawer and top of dresser) and a colt 45 A-1 hangs in the clock work of my grand father clock in the living room. Both are so easy to get to.
The area under my sink was a prime location for me whenever I left my apartment for any lengthy period of time. It was a corner sink/cabinet, so two side panels were perfect places to lean a pair of carbines completely out of sight, and my Sig 229 fit perfectly in a box of trash bags underneath the rest of the bags. That was underneath other random “under the sink” cleaning supplies, etc. You couldn’t open that cabinet door and see anything without sticking your head in with a light and taking a look around.
1911 went with me on the road! The only good place to hide a 1911 and 16 extra friends is on your person!
Now I know more places to look in the crooks houses… Thanks.
Seriously, with small kids in my home I had to go away from the gun in the side table on the inside of the drawer. I know they don’t know its there but have you seen what kids can get into. Their safety is more important than the gun there.
I really like the hole in the wall idea but my carpenter skills are lacking.
I really like to hear where people are carrying their concealed weapons. I have an H&K USP 9mm that I carry on and off duty. Also have a .SW 38 revolver that I carry once in a while but can’t find a paddle, belt, hidden holster I like. Sure I should lose the love handles but until then, any ideas?
Check out http://www.crossbreedholsters.com My wife and I both carry concealed and this is where we got our holsters from. Inside the waistband holsters. Wife carries a Kel-Tec 380 and I carry my Ruger 45. My Ruger is a full size and with the holster, it fits comfortably whereever I put it, middle of my back, on my side, up front…. fits great and is also adjustable with the angles. undo the hooks, adjust and your good to go.
tennis raquet bags work great to carry and deploy a short m4 carbine. I hide a little 380 ruger lcr in a fake plant basket beside back door on self. love the couch idea from the movie the book of eli
I would like to point out 3 places not to hide something. In the fridge and in the pantry or liquor cabinet. These are the 3 places that a teenager will get to if they get in your house.
God, that’s such an important point. I can’t thumbs up this comment enough.
Not sure why nobody else seems to do this. i hide a pistol on my right side under my waste band of my pants and belt. It works great.
i left a local fast food resturaunt with one of their plastic serving trays by mistake. oops. cut the edge on one side legnth wise and screwed it undernieth an end table in the living room. reach under grab pistol. had another in the bedroom. have actually had folks try to find a weapon and never saw it. get a brown tray.
my grandfather recently picked up a few fake books at a gun show for him, myself, my dad, and my cousin to stash a handgun in they’re made of wood and look completely real but are empty. they have them here for fairly reasonable prices if anyone is interested. http://www.nextag.com/book-safe/compare-html
http://www.luckygunner.com/how-to-turn-an-old-pair-of-jeans-into-the-perfect-home-concealed-handgun-location
Very cool idea!
I’m gonna use that!!
Knew someone who would tie rifles to paracord and hang them inside interior walls parallel with the studs, which he could access from the the top in his attic. I imagine the same function could be made possible from the bottom under your house in a crawlspace, in which case you’d need a hole to gain access to the hollow space in your wall.
seems far fetched. In modern homes interior walls have a double 2×4 plate at top of wall which would be a major hassle to get through.
My brother was killed recently and my sister-in-law asked me to hold his weapons until my nephew is old enough to take ownership. I have a drop ceiling in the basement. So I removed some tiles, screwed a 1X2 to the joist and slipped the rifles up in the ceiling. Replaced the tiles and you will never know. I keep all of my items under my bathroom sink in old shoe boxes so I can locate what I want quickly. I removed them and lifted the floor of the cabinet and have plenty of room to hold the 12 pistols, ammo, holsters and my three pistols.
personally I don’t like the idea of all my eggs in one basket so to speak- I prefer to have several locations so that depending where I am or what I am doing, I can get my hands on a weapon- being a woman & sometimes on my own- even tho I have dogs- I think about self defense. Everything in one spot is not a smart thing. Safe rooms seem to be the best thing to set up. And I like what another poster put- they never look UP. Good point.
My parents home, being an old place with many expansions, was always useful in having areas to stash valuables. The hardest to find would be where we kept a little S&W 22 revolver. The bottom of this shelf that was inset into the plaster walls could slide out, though it didn’t appear able to since it was painted the same color as the walls. With books stacked densely into the shelf as well, I really doubted anyone would have dug that one up unless they owned the house and was doing some serious digging.
Some burglars use metal detectors, so even as clever as the hiding places inside couches and walls may be, those guys will find them. Me, I have a safe in a walk-in closet that’s bolted to the wall studs behind it from the inside. The bad guys will know the guns are in there, but there’s nothing they can do about it. My main worry, however, is not burglars but Eric Holder and the UN.
Yes, they are the real gun theives. Only 4 % of US gun owners are NRA members (100 million gun owners and only 4 mill NRA members) Readers, lets see if we can get those membership #s up this year :-)
I am one of those 96 million gun owners who is not a member of the NRA. I used to be but I got sick of their compromises. If the 2nd amendment is a a God given, constitutionally protected right that shall not be infringed why are they compromising. The reason is they are no friend to gun owners, they want to see the police armed and trained like the military and the civilian population limited to hunting and self defense guns. I disagree the civilian population should be armed and trained like the military and the police should be downsized dramatically both in terms of tactic and equpment but also personnel and budget. In my opinion the NRA is nothing more than traitors to the constitutional principles they say they serve an an enemy to gun owners. I was a life member of the NRA until I got sick of their constant fear mongering to extort more money and their willing compromise after they get your money. I told them that they can shove my membership up their ass. I am now a member of GOA (no its not just a city in India, its Gun Owners of America.) Here is their website: http://gunowners.org/ If you are going to join an organization, join one worthy of support. Ditch the NRA join GOA.
NRA keeps sending me emails saying the 2nd Amendment gives me the right to bear arms. I keep telling them my Creator gives me the right, NOT the 2nd Amendment.
To the people giving Josh a thumbs down, read the news: The National Rifle Association today said it is “prepared to offer meaningful contributions to help make sure this never happens again.” So they’re planning to sell us out. Go join “Gun Owners of America” and stop giving the NRA your money. Go on to their website and watch the GOA president giving that stupid British news anchor the third degree. No compromising on our rights from the GOA.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-34222_162-57559887-10391739/nra-promises-meaningful-contributions-to-avert-another-newtown/
i hide my Paltik .38 snubnose inside an old cellphone boxes a nokia 8210 box.
Behind the refrigerator. Put the fridge on sliders so that it is easy to pull out. If you want real secure behind the fridge cut out the Sheetrock between the studs make a hidden door or for more storage make shelves between the studs where you cut the sheet rock out.
For carry . In one section of your day planner, cut out a hole in the pages of a day planner the size of your gun. Glue the pages together. The plastic divider pages will act as a cover should you need to open your planner up in public and keep the gun hidden.
The fridge and kitchen area is the first place someone will search for hidden goods. I really would not use that area if you do not want the goods to be found.
Also paintings and other area’s on your wall, including your bedroom, lavatory and ceilings are the second worst place to hide things.
it’s (cop) search area 101 imho.
While I agree with your assessment of the quality of those hiding places, the average burglar spends far less time looking than a cop and the assumption can be made that their search is somewhat less thorough.
My home was broken into once years ago and apparently my visitors were hungry. They got into our fridge and ate our food so they would have possibly found a handgun. They also knocked all the pictures off our walls, took my husband’s favorite ball cap and the rifle his grandfather had given him that was “hidden” in the closet. No place is sacred in a home invasion but anything that is popular hiding places like freezers, behind pictures, inside books and now soda cans seems to me to be a bit more vulnerable. I love the dirty laundry idea but have kids so can’t do that. My S&W 38 special is inside a wadded up towel on top of a wardrobe behind some books with other messy stuff, pretty easy to see and not “concealed” at all but hiding in plain site sometimes works better, I think. My kids all know gun safety (and my son shoots better than I do!) but still don’t want to do the dirty laundry trick. Too easy for them to grab accidentally.
I learned another trick from a deer hunter and good friend who passed away some years ago.
He hid a gun in his backyard. Now if someone is clever they will use metaldetectors to search the garden if they are after your gear. To thwart metal detectors he buried a rifle in the ground beneath the tile/stone floor. Under the tiles he scattered rusty nails in a random pattern. If someone will use a metal detector he will stumble upon the rusty nails and most likely will abandon the search area, leaving your rifle safe. Remember to dig a large hole deep enough so that the detector signature becomes as big as the nails on the earth level, otherwise they still might dig further. Also, remember to scatter rusty nails all over your garden so that the search area becomes even larger.
Hope it helps someone.
The nails in the garden also help make a better garden. Plants like iron.
1. I place my Mk23 .45 ACP with 2 mags in a ziplock bag in my toilet tank in case if im dropping a deuce and someone wants to rob me. NO ONE would ever look inside there for a gun.
2. I keep a M9 placed inside of my Grainger Books (its a 4200 page product catalog) I keep it above me on the shelve where I sleep.
3. I keep a .357 Desert Eagle hidden behind my computer monitor inside a tool box
4. My AR-15 Is keep also in my bathroom duct taped under the sink with a 30 round mag in the medicine cabinet
5. I place my AR Mags all over. Incase of a heavy gun fight I have 10 30 round mags
2. in the bedroom
2 in the kitchen
2 in a hollow wood post on the stairs
2 behind a fire extinguisher another
2 100 round drums in the closets inside my camelpak
Oh, in the toilet tank, nobody will EVER look there.
Wrong. Hiding drugs in the toilet tank is very old school. Anybody doing a search will likely check there.
One that hasn’t been mentioned for backup storage is IN the bed. Most box spring units are hollow.
ive been wanting to make a replacement box spring for this purpose. it would be the same in form as a regular box spring but would be a locker for shotguns and rifles. when you throw the skirt down over it you wouldnt know it was there. maybe throw a few locks on it for when you are out of town or something. also i think that a big book cut out for my glock 17 and an extra mag would be way cool. i made my wife a big book case so it would be perfect in there.
Box spring’s are a usual check spot for professional thieves and suits.
My favourite – a large vase full of peacock feathers as a wall feature. With a good number of feathers sitting in there you easily hide a shotgun and a katana and no one notices! Everyone who comes into the house looks at and admires the feathers, twelve years later no one has yet spotted the elephant in the room. I love that anyone who visits looks right at my favourite invisible weapons. Needed once in a home invasion, pulled the katana out like a magic trick and the invader turned tail and ran like a jack rabbit.
My Grandad was a carpentor and he made me a table long enough to fit my rifles in. He just attached the table top to a inconspicuous box via hing and walla hidden safe. You could also drill holes in the top securing the top with screws then cover the holes with a table cloth or a map covered by a sheet of glass.
‘Got an older Remington 870 in a cutout I made in the paneling in my basement behind a chair and a S&W .38 detective special on top of my dishwasher. All I have to do is pull it out from under the cabinet and its right there. I took an old holster and velcroed it so it wouldn’t move. You could mount a holster on the back of it but you would have to pull it all the way out to access it. Finally, I’ve got a franken AR built out of spare parts buried in the back yard in a tube I bought from Cheaper Than Dirt with 4 30rd mags. I hope the day never comes, but ya never know these days.
I made a gun safe from a non-functioning upright freezer. Freezers/refrigerators are insulated, so may protect from fire for 1/2 hour so longer too, but just guessing on this. Beats spending $1200+ on a gun safe. Always carry adequate insurance too; still cheaper than a gun safe.
I’m not an NRA member and won’t join it. Why? Because they helped write Washington D.C.’s gun control laws. They used to have an article crowing about it on the NRA website.
I sent an email to then-president Wayne La Pierre asking why the NRA would ever conspire with the gun banners in any way. The NRA’s response? Removing the incriminating article from the website.
Also, never forget their compromise on our rights with Bill Clinton’s gun ban laws.
If I was going to join such an organization, it would be the JPFO, Jews for Preservation of Firearms Ownership. (You don’t have to be Jewish to join.) The JPFO is for no compromise on our rights. All gun laws have to be eliminated.
Another reason not to join such an organization. I don’t care how good their security is, there’s always the chance a government gone bad could get their hands on the member list.
Gun Owners of America is another good organization. Also with the large number of LE and Military readers I would also suggest Oath Keepers.
#42 for the tech savy, take an old CTR television or computer monitor and remove all the guts. Then put a newer flat screen inside of it. Some creativity will be required on the fitting. All of the space behind the screen can now be used to hide basically anything. File the fastening screws on the case down to smooth sided pins and you have quick access to the storage area.
I’ve got my Kahr P380 on my leg holster whole the time. It’s there when I’m sleeping, jogging… All the time. My house is pretty small and that kind of gun can hurt in close distances. 7 .380 bullets AT LEAST can stun someone till I get to one my 9mm or .45s ( together I have 6 of them around my house… Yeah, I’m single xD). When I’m out I always carry other gun in combination with this little friend of mine :)
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There’s something all you “hipsters” need to realize: If, in a worst-case, SHTF scenario, you expect those of us here to fight for you and risk death, we will extract a terrible price from you if we live. Food in your pantry? Ours; we’ll give a little of it back to you. Medical supplies? I’m the one with the knife wound, not you. Hand it over. Bodies of our enemies that need to be disposed of? Here’s a shovel, get to work. You say you won’t? One way or another, a body’s going in that hole.
To those people new to the realities in America today, who are searching for information and affirmation of what you are thinking and feeling, welcome aboard. Remember – we prepare to fight because we love what’s behind us, not because we hate what’s in front of us. To those who are looking down their noses at us, while you sip your chai-tea soy lattes, I say this:
You had best unf-ck yourself right quick if you want MY help.
My display’s are sitting at a 90% angle. I have a 45 on its sights behind the one closest to the wall (unseen) or on the little pull out drawer under the comp desk. I like the keyboard on top of the desk so this works so well. The AR is hung from a peg on the coat rack in the hall with a windbreaker over it, unless the grands are in , then its all in the safe.
Or just house carry.
Place the gun and magazines in a waterproof case. Immerse the waterproof case in any water storage medium that is easily reached (even the one behind the toilet seat will do).
I wouldn’t give too much information on her about the unique places that you hide your guns. If and when the government gun grabbers come, they will know just where to look. Perhaps you should hide a stash in a place that you haven’t mentioned online just to be safe. Perhaps a place a little harder to reach, yet not impossible to pry, dig, or blast up should you eventually need a gun!
For those of you that haven’t seen it…check out the Ready Gun Box. I put the website in above but it’s http://www.readygunbox.com
I got one of these and installed it easily. VERY GOOD FOR QUICK ACCESS and HOME DEFENSE.
I highly recommend and these guys will build you whatever you want. I just got one of their double pistol boxes to start but I’m getting a custom rifle box next! This has to be the best use of the otherwise wasted space between my wall studs and my guns are concealed perfectly. Even if you get right up on it you can’t tell that the picture frame slides and has my guns behind it. very cool stuff!
I kept a Kel-tec p3at .380 in my breaker box at my apartment. It was right next to the front ddor and using a command strip brand adhesive hook I didn’t have to do any mods. Door closed perfectly. Now I have my keltec with me most everywhere and Levis built a great holster in the coin pocket. I play with my dog all the time, go hiking and biking and have never had it fall out. I also keep an mp5 in a false floor of my dogs kennel, a smaller .22 version of an mp-5 (I’m partial to the platform lol) behind the facing of my bathtub, and a shorty shotgun with a retractable stock inside the fire door of my garage. I just rebuilt an old fire rated steel door and it sits inside of a sprayed foam insulation form and the faceplate of the door is held on by strong magnets. The door is held together mostly by the deadbolt and handle for most applications and its held strong for several months now. I’d like to point out, without meaning to give offense to anyone. Thieves look up. It’s an old trick to duct tape your extra money inside the closet above the door. And a book that looks out of place (Hmmm, you have all of F.Paul Wilsons Repairman Jack series -thats a plug, go read those books they are awesome- in paperback, and one hardcover Moby Dick? Hidey hole!) Also avoid your fridge, your pantry, your bed or box spring, or shoe box or under bed storage because those are very common places that everyone thinks are original. Chances are- If you thought of it, so did 2 or 3 people on your block too. They just wont tell you because they thought they were original. Just like you. I had a friend that was a reformed burglar, and after we came to the understanding that I knew places that the animals would eat him before anyone reported him missing, he went through my house with me and found Every. Single. Stash…. in less than five minutes. Wall safes aren’t very great against good prybars either unless you reinforce your mounting points. Add a couple of extra 2×4′s before you put them in there. Just be creative, and then read through forums and things to see if other people have come up with something similar.
There r some great ideas here, but I think that since the Sandy Hook shooting in CT, and subsequent talk of gun confiscation across the entire country there will have to be some very creative ideas out there just in case the LEOs r reading this article and using it as a “how to search manual” going forward.
Hopefully it NEVER comes to confiscation, but fear leads to irrational decisions and ideas.
If it comes to actual confiscation, you had better be prepared to actually fight.
They might kick in the first few doors..but once word gets around, it will be on like donkey kong. Remember, those doing the confiscating have family in or near your community, and they know WE know it.
I have no intention of standing by while my neighbors and fellow Americans are treated like or worse than a common criminal , I certainly would hope they are ready to join in.
Saw a quote the other day, “I am willing to die protecting my 2nd Amendment right; are you willing to die trying to take it from me?”
Otherwise: I would refer you to Kyeh Khatah’s post above.
I would NEVER mention the best hiding places in any post but I will tell you that the best latching mechanisms are steel pin latches operated by magnets, these can be incorporated in thousands of existing locations.
Fine ideas for gun owners who would like to hide their weapons from newspaper outings, government jack boots coming for them, or burglary.
But now that you have exposed all the hiding places listed here, I could not imagine using any sigal one of them, but… they help a person think a bit.
Best defense is to reinforce home, windows, doors. Alarms, lights, loudspeakers.
I like large cans of BEAR SPRAY for non lethal uses and for those afraid of guns.
If it takes you more than a few seconds to get your gun, and you are not a practiced shooter, then you may well find yourself in trouble in the dead of night or perhaps high noon when least expected….
Final thoughts, those that would take your guns will also order those with guns to come get your guns. The question is, will they? Some LEO conversations around the water fountain say they would have no choice, since they would lose their job if they opposed.
I wonder.
I keep a Beretta 9mm behind my headboard of my bed (in a small cradle), at a place that I can easily grab it while in bed. Every morning it goes into a quick-safe strapped to my bed frame. Eventually, I will lift up some carpet and put the safe under some floor boards just under my bed so that no one could easily detect the opening in the carpet. Or maybe put a bed-side throw rug over it.
PS- I love the MV500 GunVault Microvault Portable Pistol Safe. It has thousands of possible combinations based on four finger touch buttons. Not just one button at a time, so it is almost impossible to crack the combination. I use it daily so that the combination in embedded in my brain and I can open it very quickly.
Heaven forbid some of your homes should catch on fire! I wouldn’t want to be a firefighter within 1/2 mile of some of those stashes.
I keep my XDm .40 in a Gunvault mounted to the back of my very large nightstand. It’s mounted vertically, flush with the top, but I have one of those valet/organizer things that has the cell phone charger built into it right in front. So you can’t see the gunvault unless you lean over the nightstand and look down. I really don’t care if anyone sees it, because it only has a gun in it at night when I’m sleeping. Otherwise, I’m carrying it. If I’m flying for work or whatever, the pistol goes in the BIG safe, which is in a hidden room in the basement. Remember, merely being out of sight is the best security. A gun in a place nobody would ever look is far safer than in a big safe everyone can see. So I combined both. :)
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