um... I have a load of books, and right now various things intended to ease tootache. And when Im asleep, my cell phone (which doubles as alarm clock)
However, in the spirit of what I think is the intention of this thread... most of us probably DO have something near the bed that you plan to use if you need to deal with a situation in the middle of the night. I have a length of welded copper piping which is about 2 and 1/2 feet long and is kind of the right weight to swing with one hand.
Im not saying Id necessarily hit someone with it if they broke in (and my house had been burgled twice in the last year)... but having the option cant hurt. Its not likely that anyone that breaks into my flat is gonna have a metal, but if they have a knife or a screwdriver I think this trumps either. Oh, and I also have a cheap claw hammer by the bed.
Two days after I last got burgled I did get really nervous one night, and when a kid kicked my bins down outside I ended up charging out the front door in my boxer shorts waving the hammer about... bit over the top but I reckon the kid got a bit of a fright, he had it on his toes pretty sharp anyway.
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