Depending on what one means by "ready to use", this could be a recipe for disaster as well. The cop on the beat doesn't keep his duty weapon unloaded, neither should a citizen keep his "ready" weapon unloaded. As I type I have one .45 ACP beside me and another in a bedside drawer, both loaded. (they are child safe though, first their are no children in my house, and second they have loaded magazines, but the chambers are empty (but the hammers are cocked to make cycling the slide easier) I think I like Col. Coopers methods better than the NRA's. Not that there is any real difference other than the "keep your guns unloaded". Even that is fine as long as the proper definition of "ready to use" is applied.
Do the NRA rules and Colonel Cooper's rules address the same situation? Seems to me the NRA rules apply to hunting, while the colonel's rules apply to self-defense? So to say one set is superior to the other may be misleading?