Gun on Mantle - Good Idea? - Page 2

Deaf Smith · July 18, 2008, 07:28 PM

Gaimen,

How about puting a gun IN the Mantle?

Lots of fireplace mantle's slip off their studs. Hollow out a place in it for a loaded 1911!

Or just cut a square piece out of the mantle top, deep enough for your 1911, and then put an edge (or shoulder) on the rim of the square you cut out. Make a like piece of wood to fit over (a top, or lid) and rest on that edge you made. Gun is inside. A vase, with a cloth underneith, is over the 1911s resting place!

What you don't want is a box ON the mantle. That's so obvious any two bit thief will look inside in search of valuables.

Tuckahoe · July 23, 2008, 12:35 PM

Leaving your weapons in plain site in your home will help Joe Crackhead steal your prized pistols rifles and shotguns. A nice gun collection in a gun cabinet is an open invitation to be stolen. Don't blame the crooks when your robbed you could have protected your firearms better.

Playboypenguin · July 23, 2008, 12:40 PM

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Don't blame the crooks when your robbed you could have protected your firearms better.

Ummm...I am sorry. I still blame the crooks. A person should be able to leave their belongs out in their own home.

Tuckahoe · July 23, 2008, 01:25 PM

We should also be able to walk in a public place at night if we wish without fear of being attacked. However most who can CCW do when in this position. Protection is protection.

Playboypenguin · July 23, 2008, 01:47 PM

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We should also be able to walk in a public place at night if we wish without fear of being attacked. However most who can CCW do when in this position. Protection is protection.

And if a person is attacked do we not blame the attacker?

dm1333 · July 23, 2008, 04:21 PM

If you can't get your wife to the range and get her some training, get an alarm and a dog. A large dog.

Playboypenguin, you might be the first person I have ever met that has books stored under his sink! I thought I was a book worm but that really takes the cake! Of course, I'm single, with two bathrooms and plenty of books and magazines on the floor of my "reading room".

July 18, 2008, 07:28 PM	#26
Deaf Smith Senior Member Join Date: October 31, 2000 Location: Texican! Posts: 4,453	Gaimen, How about puting a gun IN the Mantle? Lots of fireplace mantle's slip off their studs. Hollow out a place in it for a loaded 1911! Or just cut a square piece out of the mantle top, deep enough for your 1911, and then put an edge (or shoulder) on the rim of the square you cut out. Make a like piece of wood to fit over (a top, or lid) and rest on that edge you made. Gun is inside. A vase, with a cloth underneith, is over the 1911s resting place! What you don't want is a box ON the mantle. That's so obvious any two bit thief will look inside in search of valuables. __________________ “To you who call yourselves ‘men of peace,’ I say, you are not safe without men of action by your side” Thucydides

July 23, 2008, 12:35 PM	#27
Tuckahoe Senior Member Join Date: March 20, 2008 Location: Central eastern North Carolina Posts: 194	Leaving your weapons in plain site in your home will help Joe Crackhead steal your prized pistols rifles and shotguns. A nice gun collection in a gun cabinet is an open invitation to be stolen. Don't blame the crooks when your robbed you could have protected your firearms better. __________________ You know a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy Charles Manson

July 23, 2008, 01:25 PM	#29
Tuckahoe Senior Member Join Date: March 20, 2008 Location: Central eastern North Carolina Posts: 194	We should also be able to walk in a public place at night if we wish without fear of being attacked. However most who can CCW do when in this position. Protection is protection. __________________ You know a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy Charles Manson

July 23, 2008, 04:21 PM	#31
dm1333 Senior Member Join Date: March 20, 2005 Posts: 401	If you can't get your wife to the range and get her some training, get an alarm and a dog. A large dog. Playboypenguin, you might be the first person I have ever met that has books stored under his sink! I thought I was a book worm but that really takes the cake! Of course, I'm single, with two bathrooms and plenty of books and magazines on the floor of my "reading room".