For good reason I keep a 16" AR with a white light and flip up open sights and a smooth bore 20" 870 12 ga. with a 7 round mag and white by my bed side with enough ammo to wreck my house. I do not keep a round chambered in the 870 nor do I keep a magazine in the AR but I keep the action open ready to slam one in and close it. I don't sleep walk but I I've heard horror stories about what people will do in their sleep with guns close and loaded not to mention I have small children in the house.