[Swift1]

Had one when there were kids in the house - don't see the model anymore, though one of them still uses it. Get one which has a key as well as a battery. Here are some reviews 5 Best Bedside Handgun Safes for Quick Access [Hands-On]

 

[Swift1]

IMHO, except when very small, it was not my kids who were the issue, it was their friends. There was always an adult in the house, but it is easy to get distracted. When they were old enough to come home from school alone and let themselves in, the bedside gun was either with me, or in the gun safe.

 

[Swift1]

A good friend and mentor, a prison warden, now deceased told me this story. One of the guys who worked for him was on the institution's pistol team and lived in a big city apartment. He always kept his revolver on the night table. In those days there were non violent (usually) cat burglars who specialized in occupied residences. He woke up one morning, his wallet, his wife's purse and her jewelry box were gone along with a few other valuables. They were hit and hadn't heard a thing. Took him a bit to see the scrap of paper in the trigger guard of his nightstand gun. "Bang, You're dead." One of the reasons there are always big dogs loose in my house.