You may be receiving nonexpert critical advice from nonexperts, so I will play devil's advocate simply to encourage you to make your own decision after giving the problem serious consideration. I offer no advice; I simply relate a tale.
Until a couple of years ago my bedside weapon was the pride and joy of my armory -- a Colt m1911, vintage WWI. I sometimes call it "a real 1911."
The m1911 was on my bedside table to my left, my wife in bed to my right. It was my practice, for reasons of common everyday safety, to not keep a round in the chamber. I have fired thousands of rounds with that fine weapon since acquiring it in the early '60s, mainly in military and NRA bullseye marksmanship competition, including training and firing with the Army Marksmanship Unit. I say that just to point out that I was, and am, intimately familiar with that weapon, my motor skills with it are ingrained, and I have the greatest respect for it as a deadly weapon. I am well-aware of the fact that many experts here are prepared to criticize my not keeping a round in the chamber, but I was prepared to sacrifice the second lost to racking the slide to gain increased safety. I try to live in a real world, not a fantasy world.
I frequently have violent nightmares, my wife often waking me, calming me down, and telling me that I was yelling and fighting with pirates or Indians, or such. A couple of years ago when she woke me I was holding the m1911 and, had she not waked me and calmed me down, my next automatic action might well have been unconsciously racking the slide, and then .... Who knows?
I had, and have, no doubt but that the likelihood of a nighttime breaking and entry is much lower than the likelihood of my having a violent nightmare.
Since that incident I have kept the m1911 in a bedside gun safe which requires me to enter a four digit code for opening. Once again -- sacrificing time to gain safety.
Your question is a valid one, and I must caution your taking casual academic advice from those not having experiences like yours. It is solely your decision.
Most respectfully, to both you and all those who have responded to you with their well-intended advice,
Jim