Mr K has had one training session shooting a gun and one cleaning the gun. He is not comfortable with firearms. I’m the one who does all that stuff; I’ve shot every kind of gun there is, just about, even machine guns, etc. I would not say I’m an expert but I have more than average familiarity.
I was the one who advocated him getting a gun; we argued about that as well. Then once he got one he got sore with me because I keep the gun with me all the time and he thought it should be kept in a nightstand because “what if you drop it?” (Like it might go off accidentally.) Stuff like that. If I have to leave the house and can’t take the gun with me, I unload it and hide the padlocked gun in one hard-to-find place and the clip in another.
I guess everyone wants to fight with me now, but: I didn’t say “if you keep a gun next to your bed you’re nuts.” I amended what I said because I know that’s where a housebreaker usually looks for a firearm.
A lot of people I’ve gone shooting with say “Don’t keep a loaded gun in the nightstand drawer next to your bed.” Once I met the guy who had broken into - by his report - more than 50 houses and apartments, I took this to be sound advice.
Clip? Magazine, please.