[samstave]

Well, these items are placed in various locations - not on my person, so its not a projection/telegraphing situation like that.

I have kids - so I need to have things protected in multiple ways.

Not like the days of being single and you can just have [dangerous item] in the bedside table.

[rdl]

I use a gunvault by the bed (I don't have kids in the house, but would feel bad about leaving a loaded handgun out anyway, just in case someone broke in when unattended, shot himself by accident, and I got sued, among other risks like a houseguest or maid or repairman) http://www.amazon.com/Gunvault-GV2000S-Multi-Vault-Standard/...

I'm not sure if I'd trust it to resist serious attack, but chording it a few times gives a reasonably large keyspace, opens quickly, and presents the weapon (loaded and chambered, no external manual safety on the glock 19) in a consistent position for drawing, so it's faster than just leaving it loose in a drawer.

In my trailer or tent in Iraq/Afghanistan, I just put a spare holster between the mattress and bedframe and slept with it there, which worked well, but was a higher risk environment and zero legal risk.