[joseph20]

"I keep a gun unloaded with a clip next to it in a locked case under my bed. I can have the case unlocked and gun loaded in less that 20 seconds."

It's a magazine, not a clip. If you had any sort of respectable knowledge of firearms, you would know this.

Keeping your home defense weapon UNLOADED is just plain ridiculous. Your 20 seconds number is also ridiculous. I guarantee you that it would take much longer for you to bring your case out from under your bed, fiddle with the keys to get the lock open, and then insert a magazine and rack the slide.

Based on what you've posted so far, I don't think anyone should be listening to what you have to say on this subject.

[mnehring]

Automatics use ‘magazines’, some speed loaders for revolvers are commonly known as ‘moon clips’ (as opposed to stripper clips). The locked case I use doesn’t use keys, it is a quick access that you press a code in similar to this:

http://www.pistolsafestore.com/GV1000DLX.htm

Of course, I am not going to be so arrogant as to say people shouldn’t listen to you simply because you don’t know these common little things.

[mnehring]

...of course, I’m not even sure why I’m justifying myself to someone who didn’t even know the basics of the NRA Safety tips or US Army Field Safety manual and called them ‘silly’..