London, Feb 4 - Actor Mel Gibson is so terrified of being attacked at his house that he keeps a gun next to him while he sleeps.

'In this day and age, you've got to be tooled up... If they (attackers) walk in, I'm not going to let them whip me. It is a bad way to live, but that's what you've gotta do,' imdb.com quoted Gibson as saying.

IANS