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<blockquote data-quote="Dr Mantis Toboggan" data-source="post: 1547531" data-attributes="member: 14493"><p>Yep. Risk/reward tradeoffs are a thing and when you have kids the best risk/reward calculus may not in fact be &quot;have your guns as accessible as possible at all times&quot;. I have an extremely curious 3 year old and live in a safe neighborhood, so I keep my guns locked up (although one is in a small safe that fits into a nightstand drawer) and no round chambered. This means it will take me longer to react if someone breaks in but that's a lot less likely IMO than my kid getting ahold of the gun if it's unsecured so the extra 5 seconds it'll take me to get it out at 3 am are more than worth it. When we lived in a shitty neighborhood and didn't have kids I kept a handgun unsecured in the nightstand drawer and a suppressed AR also unsecured in the bedroom closet (the latter went in the safe when we went out). Everyone has to assess what makes the most sense for their personal situation and there are always going to be pros and cons to any decision.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Dr Mantis Toboggan, post: 1547531, member: 14493"] Yep. Risk/reward tradeoffs are a thing and when you have kids the best risk/reward calculus may not in fact be "have your guns as accessible as possible at all times". I have an extremely curious 3 year old and live in a safe neighborhood, so I keep my guns locked up (although one is in a small safe that fits into a nightstand drawer) and no round chambered. This means it will take me longer to react if someone breaks in but that's a lot less likely IMO than my kid getting ahold of the gun if it's unsecured so the extra 5 seconds it'll take me to get it out at 3 am are more than worth it. When we lived in a shitty neighborhood and didn't have kids I kept a handgun unsecured in the nightstand drawer and a suppressed AR also unsecured in the bedroom closet (the latter went in the safe when we went out). Everyone has to assess what makes the most sense for their personal situation and there are always going to be pros and cons to any decision. [/QUOTE]

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