Made huge mistake this morning

[SkullDaddy.45]

I once drove to the Harley dealership and bought a bike! I was sound asleep!! Didn't even knew I bought it for a few days!! . . . Ok , not really. Just trying the story out on you guys to see how it sounds before I try it on the wife!

 

[calcot7]

You need to see a doctor. Preferably one who specializes in sleep disorders. This could the beginning of something very serious, but here's some humorous inspiration.

[video=youtube;_2ao5KQrd9M]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2ao5KQrd9M[/video]

Hopefully if he goes to a doctor it won't someday automatically disqualify him from his Second Amendment right to "Keep and Bear."

 

[calcot7]

Ditto

This thread scared the hell out of me. You can never be too careful.

 

[chezuki]

OP, thank you for sharing this. This is truly a terrifying yet very possible scenario that I hadn't given much thought to. I'm not sure I would be able to swallow my pride and share the story if it had happened to me, so kudos to you for using your experience to hopefully prevent others from having a similar one.

 

[Notalentbum]

A good friend of mine has done many strange things while "asleep" on Ambien. He once ate a whole pie in one sitting while talking with his wife. He had gone to bed after taking his Ambien. Came back out of the bedroom and went to eating on the pie. On another occasion he had also attempted to fly an RC helicopter in his hobby room. He would never try this under normal circumstances.
I know another buddy who woke up in bed with his nightstand gun in his hand.
Some people are completely capable of doing anything in their sleep with their eyes wide open.
My nighttime piece is in the nightstand but I can't reach it while in bed. I at least have to sit up on the side of the bed to get to it.

Matt

 

[HoughMade]

Hopefully if he goes to a doctor it won't someday automatically disqualify him from his Second Amendment right to "Keep and Bear."

If he is going to be taking unconscious pot shots, he should disqualify himself.

People are being nicy nice here. I'll say it. If you fired a shot in your house "asleep" and don't know why, either get to a doctor and get this figured out or get rid of your guns. I don't know that the miniscule chance of a doctor trying to do something about your gun ownership is worth continuing to expose your family and others to the risk of you firing a gun without a reason.

For the time being, I shall refrain from letting my cynical lawyer side take the reins, but if you refuse to seek medical treatment, that side will start thinking that some of its suspicions are being confirmed.

 

[Shawn156]

I'm not on any medication.Lack of sleep may have been in play. I haven't been sleeping well.
I am glad I posted this to make others aware that things like this happen. I hope this never happens again and if it does,I won't be owning a firearm again. I will feel I am to much of a threat. Having to push more buttons to get the safe open will help with this if I were to wake up and it happen again.
HoughMade,I have no mental or other physical problems that would warrant me to see a doctor over this.I've never even sleep walked before this,just talk a few times and back to sleep.If I did have a history of sleepwalking,things would be different.I feel I handled it the way anyone else would and bought a new,better safe. I already know firearms are not a toy and what happens can't be undone. I'm not going to go and see a Dr and have my rights taken away over 1 incident.If someone had gotten hurt,the whole situation would be different. I would give up the gun and never touch one again,but that didn't happen,so not going to worry about a what if situation.Chances are it won't happen again.

 

[looney2ns]

I'm not on any medication.Lack of sleep may have been in play. I haven't been sleeping well.
I am glad I posted this to make others aware that things like this happen. I hope this never happens again and if it does,I won't be owning a firearm again. I will feel I am to much of a threat. Having to push more buttons to get the safe open will help with this if I were to wake up and it happen again.
Houghmade,I have no mental or other physical problems that would warrant me to see a doctor over this.

Sure you do, you could very well have sleep apnea. Talk to your Dr or a sleep specialist Dr.

 

[freekforge]

I could of had a similar experience a while back. I was staying at a friends house but didn't trust someone that was living there so i would sleep with my gun on my belt. One night i had a really bad feeling so i took the gun off my belt and hid it (from the guy i dont trust). I woke up that night from a dream and i was pulling at my belt where my gun normally is and was trying to thumb the hammer. Had i left the gun on my belt i would probably never have kids. so now if i feel tired where i might doze off i take my gun off and set it aside for the sake of my future children.

 

[HoughMade]

...HoughMade,I have no mental or other physical problems that would warrant me to see a doctor over this.I've never even sleep walked before this,just talk a few times and back to sleep....

No one said "mental" and I'm not saying it. However, this is a physical problem. This one incident. You are on notice now. The first time you have a problem, and this is an unusual one, is a good time to get checked out. If you are bound and determined not to, that is your business, but your body gave you a warning shot...which could have killed someone.

 

[tackshot]

Glad no one was hurt and I hope things improve

 

[chezuki]

I have no mental or other physical problems that would warrant me to see a doctor over this.

If you randomly began to lose control of your bowels/bladder in your sleep, would you see a doctor, or just resign yourself to sleeping in diapers? ****ting the bed isn't going to kill anyone.

 

[88GT]

If he is going to be taking unconscious pot shots, he should disqualify himself.

People are being nicy nice here. I'll say it. If you fired a shot in your house "asleep" and don't know why, either get to a doctor and get this figured out or get rid of your guns. I don't know that the miniscule chance of a doctor trying to do something about your gun ownership is worth continuing to expose your family and others to the risk of you firing a gun without a reason.

For the time being, I shall refrain from letting my cynical lawyer side take the reins, but if you refuse to seek medical treatment, that side will start thinking that some of its suspicions are being confirmed.

It's not really your place to tell him what to do. That "nicey nice" is the rest of us understanding we don't have any say in his decisions.

 

[halfmileharry]

Sure you do, you could very well have sleep apnea. Talk to your Dr or a sleep specialist Dr.

In today's anti-gun atmosphere I sure wouldn't be telling a doctor ANYTHING about guns.
Glad everyone survived the incident. It would scare the hell out of me as well.
I immediately thought about how many times I've slept with a 1911 in my hand or a rifle across my chest. In hindsight it's a miracle there weren't more accidental discharges or even "nervous discharges".
Scary subject and keep an eye on your situation.

 

[1911ly]

Glad you and the family are ok! I think the safe was a great ideal in this situation. I would not be surprised if you found out that this wasn't the first time you handle the weapon in your sleep. But the first time you had a ND. If you are new to shooting it might have been a just a curiosity coming out in your sleep.

I sleep with a revolver on the edge of the bed. I lay on the other side. I have another pistol (1911) on the night stand and a shotgun on the bed rail. I would have reacted the same way you did if I had the same experience. Thanks for sharing and stay safe!

 

[HoughMade]

It's not really your place to tell him what to do. That "nicey nice" is the rest of us understanding we don't have any say in his decisions.

I make a suggestion, he can choose to follow it or not. It's the nature of the world. Post this story on a forum and it is very much my place to give my opinion.

This is not a minor matter.

 

[scrub buck]

If it happened once i'd think it could happen again. Put it in the safe man.

 

[ModernGunner]

that's one hell of an alarm clock.

Me, I just use a little LED digital jobbie with a buzzer.

 

[throttletony]

wow, glad everyone is ok.
I use AND HIGHLY RECOMMEND a Fort Knox Pistol Box (PB-1 and PB-4 are both great)
I got mine through A.G. English website - it's a mom n' pop shop in Oklahoma but they have the best prices for these specific safes.

Get and use a safe, even if it's a cheap biometric one, that's better than nothing, especially for curious little fingers (kids, not naughty wives)
Another option (while in the safe) is to leave the mag loaded but the slide locked back. I know some people who do this and feel like it involves a little more than disabling a safety on the gun, but not as involved as loading the mag into the gun, then racking it.

be safe, maybe we can all learn a bit from your lesson here.
Also, don't feel too bad -- before we had kids, I kept my house gun loaded and just on the night stand also. Now it's in a pistol vault right next to the bed. I keep it loaded so after i'm in the safe, it's good to go

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Wow! Thanks for sharing the story, OP. To my knowledge, I've never walked or anything like this in my sleep. But I don't keep a gun within reach of my side if the bed--just in case. I figure if I have to get up and walk to where it is, my odds of doing something like this is diminished. But this incident goes to show you that just because you've never done something before, there's always the possibility of a "first time".