Let ' s have a positive post for onceThere are positive posts here all the time <| sep |> Exactly ! Works like a charm usually . <| sep |> I love that it is Svidler making these references , one of the most Classical of modern GMs . <| sep |> Whoa calm down . How is this not nostalgia ? <| sep |> I keep a GunVault minisafe on the shelf of my nightstand . Takes only a couple of seconds for me to reach over , unlock the safe and have a pistol at the ready . experts would agree that it is highly recommended that firearms not be stored loaded and that they be locked up separate from their ammunition . Experts ? What experts ? I ' ve mostly only heard antigun groups and politicians talk like this . I ' ve always been under the belief that if you ' re going to have a firearm you need to be prepared to use it when it ' s necessary to defend yourself and your family . In an intense situation like the ones that you describe , fumbling to load bullets into a magazine and then fumbling to load that magazine into a pistol is valuable time that you ' ll lose when you don ' t have it to lose .