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Thanks for the ideas. I'm going to look into a biometric safe that I can bolt to the wall by the bed. Of course it will have to be done discreetly to gain "wife approval", but I think I can clear that hurdle.
I understand the point about locking the bedroom door, but I feel strange locking our door with our kids in other parts of the house. I guess I could put locks on their doors too, but then I'm locking myself out of their rooms......amd I'll admit that I'm a bit 'old school' and don't like the idea of locks on kids doors. Of course the world has changed since I grew up in the 70's and 80's.

I think it is Texasgal's sig that says something like, "The only bodyguard I can afford is me." I like that.

I saw it on fox last night. The last line of the news story stated that he now sleeps with 2 shotguns and a pistol by his bed. The camera showed a holstered semi-auto on the night stand and a hunting shotgun next to it. I guess the other scatter gun was on his wife's side of the bed. It sounds like he's ready for the next time.

Every time I hear a story like this, I wonder if i can get my firearm into action quickly enough. Once you hear someone coming in the door, there's a lot of thinking that has to take place before you begin busting caps. If the firearm isn't directly beside the bed, I don't know if it's useful. I have teenagers so leaving a loaded firearm beside the bed isn't an option since we always have a house full of kids.....ours and a bunch of others. Some we know very well, some we meet for the first time. I can't carry at work so getting in the habit of unholstering to the nightstand and vice-versa in the morning isn't practical.

I know others on the forum are at the same stage in life and some have gone through it. What do you do/did you do? (I'm new to the forum so my apologies if this topic has been discussed at nauseum).