sleeping with a weapon (1 Viewer)

[smudger]

doo any of you sleep with a weapon by the bed when sleeping in your van.

 

[Snowbird]

Yes............Female. The most dangerous thing on the planet when provoked.

 

[chrisgreen]

only at funsters meets

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[magicsurfbus]

I keep a rather exotic looking ebony club handy in the overcab - it's probably an antique so I hope I never have to use it ;-)

I also keep my wheel brace handy in the cab door pocket in case anyone tried anything through the open side window while we were travelling, or if a window needed breaking to escape after an accident.

Overnight I prefer to rely on making the doors more secure with nylon webbing and setting the alarm.

 

[Mel]

Once slept with a Magnum in bed.

But it melted

 

[TheBig1]

3 dogs, a baseball bat (behind drivers seat) and a wheel wrench (in drivers door pocket)

A friend of ours who used to transport VERY valuable antique cars around the world kept a handgun in the cab when not in the uk. He left it with a friend in one of the french garages when he came back home. Aparently he forgot once and was panicing he would get caught by british customs inspectors, but just for once got waved through, so never made the mistake again

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[Snowbird]

Joking apart, I used to know a guy who had fitted an outside alarm made from Halfords reversing sensors. He had an LED light fitted above the bed that would blink if anyone came within a yard of his habitation door. He then lit one of those big banger fireworks and tossed it through the window on the other side of his camper. This worked great until one night whilst parked on a secluded beach in Spain when the police came to check on him. He almost got shot by the old bill when guns were drawn as they thought he was shooting at them.

 

[jonandshell]

Not sure about keeping a weapon in the van, but our chairs are normally quite safe!

 

[Hollyberry]

No. Lock the door and that's it. 2 dogs. If Cass barks could be a fox, hedgehog, whatever, outside. If Holly ever barked it would be worth investigating.
Do have a can of mace spray somewhere in the van and would put this in my pocket if I stopped anywhere really isolated and took the dogs out.

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[Brian and Jo]

weapon

yes i do sleep with a weapon under the sheets but it only comes out on very special occasions
brian

 

[Larrynwin]

yes i do sleep with a weapon under the sheets but it only comes out on very special occasions
brian

Josh would polish em off

 

[Larrynwin]

Never have but always camp on site and when driving all doors locked. Also carry those really loud alarms and if in doubt set alarm system

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[busby]

C S gas purchased in Andorra. BUSBY.

 

[Phill D]

To me prevention is better than cure! :thumb: do everything you can to avoid the need to carry or use a weapon.

After all we get about to enjoy our motorhome and life.

If avoidance is not possible defensive actions will of course be necessary but there is a big difference between a quality alarm and using a " pepper spray " as a incapacitant than actual bodily harm from use of a club, wheel brace .

Not saying i would not if i had too.

I would be motorhoming on my own swmbo would not be happy if i felt the need to sleep with an "alternative " weapon.:Blush:

 

[Hayleylulu]

Yes Iv got a police mans baton and Iv got a lethal weapon so my wife tells me

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[teddybard]

Is a 14" adjustable a weapon ?

 

[joner8888]

A baseball bat without a ball is classed as a weapon
A awning wind out handle nearby is part of the MH kit :thumb:

 

[mick noe]

Yes Iv got a police mans baton and Iv got a lethal weapon so my wife tells me

probably get some cream from doc for that Yosser(ask them to relieve the pain but leave the swelling)

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[Gromett]

No weapon in mine. I have a back scratch which I could poke eyes with at a push.

I usually park places where I know I should be ok.

However one night I heard some people mumbling and my van got nudged a couple of times.

I opened the side window and shouted BUGGER OFF!!!! at the top of my voice. Turns out it was a couple of young 'ladies' who had got caught short on the way back from the pub. I am guessing they have never pulled their knickers up so quick before and had to get changed so fast when they got home

 

[darklord]

I have a five cell maglite torch, i have been advised that the item is the safest thing to clobber someone with and then plead self defense, anything else may be regarded as premeditated, ie "yes i sleep with a weapon so i can clobber a theif", however, the recent attitude change on people defending thei property may help here.

 

[Larrynwin]

I do keep my Fenix Cree torch by the bed, with a range of 700 meters would probably blind someone :Cool:

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[Linda and Steph]

I have a five cell maglite torch, i have been advised that the item is the safest thing to clobber someone with and then plead self defense, anything else may be regarded as premeditated, ie "yes i sleep with a weapon so i can clobber a theif", however, the recent attitude change on people defending thei property may help here.

Me too, the grip is in the perfect place to allow a quick flip-over while keeping it perfectly balanced. That's what they're designed for though isn't it

 

[mondo]

I used to carry a Beretta 92s pistol that fires 6mm plastic BBs..no licence needed you can buy em in any resort in Spain for around 15/20 euros..I say carried I bought mine in 2007 and when we went fulltiming...Dawn..er indoors carefully placed it in the motorhome without me knowing..and when we returned from Spain and debussed from the boat from Calais one time.. she said I'm glad they never searched us as they might have found the gun..I said what gun then she showed me where it was..Oblivious is not the word still no one got into bother..but after that I always kept it close to hand at night!!

 

[JJ]

I say chaps... I love it when you (mostly) boys talk tough.

Have any of you actually had cause to use these vicious sounding weapons? (NO YOSSER, I don't mean that one...)

JJ:Cool:

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[Vlad The Impaler]

There are many things that can be used as a weapon apart from the obvious!
However be very careful anything you can wield could be taken from and used against you.Most thieves are chancers and if disturbed will flee,if you hear someone outside your van and they hear its occupied they will more than likely move on looking for an empty van or easier target.
If they were after your van or valuables and were bold enough to confront you in your own van,I suggest the best thing to do would be to comply with their demands then report to the authorities.Remember insurance is there for a reason,and your a long time dead !
I am lucky enough to have a dog and when travelling he can give good warning to whats going on outside. I am also of the opinion that if a thief thinks there's a dog around he thinks twice as the dog robs him of the element of surprise.
On a lighter note these things happen a lot less than people would have you think so if you think about where you park and how you leave your van the risk can be reduced.


Regards Vlad.

:thumb::thumb::thumb:

 

[smudger]

Yes Iv got a police mans baton and [HI]Iv got a lethal weapon so my wife tells me

[/HI]

is that the one you stick out the window and everyone gets wet

 

[Larrynwin]

I say chaps... I love it when you (mostly) boys talk tough.

Have any of you actually had cause to use these vicious sounding weapons? (NO YOSSER, I don't mean that one...)

JJ:Cool:

Nah I would sqeem aaaaaaarrrrgggggghhhhhh

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[Campercaillie]

Do have a can of mace spray somewhere in the van and would put this in my pocket if I stopped anywhere really isolated and took the dogs out.

Mace spray? Illegal in this country - try oven cleaner!

 

[Ed Excel]

Sly Dog

Put a very large dog bowl outside your hab door and hang a studded dog collar above it. Saves on Chum!

 

[Emmenay]

I never go to bed with a weapon but I always seem to wake up holding a piece of wood

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