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Venus Pax,
I agree with you and Nitrogen. Keep em loaded, ready to go and out of the hands of children and idiots.

Revolvers: In the old days they kept the chamber UNDER the hammer empty to prevent an accidental discharge if the gun was dropped.

Now if you kept the chamber UNDER the hammer empty it would go BANG when you pulled the trigger because the cylinder rotates as you pull the trigger.

My S&W rotates the cylinder counterclockwise as you pull the trigger.
My Charter Arms rotates the cylinder clockwise as you pull the trigger.
You would have to leave the empty chamber to the right or left of the hammer depending on which gun it was, to prevent it from going off when the trigger was pulled.

All guns are always loaded and everybody is an idiot!! Works for Me!

OE