Since this is truly just bedside, not overall home defense, my edc Canik tp9sf is in a... Ummm... "Low ready bedside" spot, hidden to someone in the room but right where my right hand hits it given my fav sleeping position. That'd be the obvious choice for the previously mentioned "someone just smashed the window at 1am and is in the room 3 feet away from me."
For the most part though the way my place is aligned I figure 9 of 10 intruders will be coming in from the other end. I'm at the end of a long hallway I keep dead dark. The other end with the all the doors, kitchen windows, garage, etc. I have nightlights everywhere.
No flashlights for me. I know my person visually, and if she's not in the bed then my number one thought during sounds is her. Otherwise, I've taken two home defense classes here in Indiana that talked about the legalities and having a plan. Even if you don't talk to 911 at least have it running to record you to see that you're not chasing a fleeing suspect up the stairs (no stairs here), etc.
Carbines I am an AK guy first and foremost but for the nighttime home defense rifle I've made myself into my AR build guy because the Romeo 5 red-dot down my hallway becomes a poor-man's night vision. It's alot cheaper on the AR since I don't have to buy the AK side mount. Well, I built the AR just because I wanted to and I knew I should have and be capable with the most common gun and ammo in the country.
Down that dark hallway with the JP Enterprises flash hider, no one is seeing me if I have to shoot.
Open to recommendations or criticisms.
For the most part though the way my place is aligned I figure 9 of 10 intruders will be coming in from the other end. I'm at the end of a long hallway I keep dead dark. The other end with the all the doors, kitchen windows, garage, etc. I have nightlights everywhere.
No flashlights for me. I know my person visually, and if she's not in the bed then my number one thought during sounds is her. Otherwise, I've taken two home defense classes here in Indiana that talked about the legalities and having a plan. Even if you don't talk to 911 at least have it running to record you to see that you're not chasing a fleeing suspect up the stairs (no stairs here), etc.
Carbines I am an AK guy first and foremost but for the nighttime home defense rifle I've made myself into my AR build guy because the Romeo 5 red-dot down my hallway becomes a poor-man's night vision. It's alot cheaper on the AR since I don't have to buy the AK side mount. Well, I built the AR just because I wanted to and I knew I should have and be capable with the most common gun and ammo in the country.
Down that dark hallway with the JP Enterprises flash hider, no one is seeing me if I have to shoot.
Open to recommendations or criticisms.