I agree that a bedside/home protection gun should be more accessible than in a safe. My comment on keeping them in the safe was because I have 4 different handguns that I commonly carry. The one I carried that day is chambered and holstered on the nightstand (I have no kids and my GF and I both carry). The other three are chambered and holstered in the safe. I don't even bother unchambering those because I very well might carry one of them within the next couple days.