Loaded mag empty chamber in our house. We have a 4 yr old that we are still teaching. Once we are 100% confident that he completely understands, things will change.
I was doing this for a long time. Kids grown and gone.
Now, we have as many as 4 terrorists running amok at any given time (see avatar +2) so my program has changed from necessity.
There are 2 Magged up AR''s in strategic locations bolts in battery empty chambers. Shot gun same condition.
I have to train the terrorists before I can leave "Loaded' condition 1 firearms out.
I am a fair hand at getting one ready for business.
All mine have one in the pipe but as you know I also have kids. I never leave guns where they can get access to them. I have home defense guns in strategic locked up positions. And I carry on my person 98% of the time so I could fight to a secondary.I was doing this for a long time. Kids grown and gone.
Now, we have as many as 4 terrorists running amok at any given time (see avatar +2) so my program has changed from necessity.
There are 2 Magged up AR''s in strategic locations bolts in battery empty chambers. Shot gun same condition.
I have to train the terrorists before I can leave "Loaded' condition 1 firearms out.
I am a fair hand at getting one ready for business.
The main reason I can come up with for not keeping a round chambered in my home defense AR is that, unlike my EDC handgun, my rifle is not always under my control. With handguns, I either have them on me or they are locked in a safe or lockbox. But, the AR might be in a different room. I don't keep my HD rifle locked up. It sits on a bracket mounted on the wall next to the nightstand usually. That's the only real justification I have for not chambering a round regularly on the rifle. If I carried it around with me, I'd have no reason to not keep a round chambered.
I've never taken that for granted. (Kids not being able to operate the slide. Kids are very smart and WILL find a way if they're interested enough and have the chance.I keep several pistols around the house in different locations, all loaded, but empty chamber, it a habit that I got use to when the kids were in the house as a little extra protection (small kids cant rack the slide on most semi's). I cant imagine not having the couple seconds to rack the slide should I need it in an emergency. I handle and shoot my guns so often that it only takes me a nano sec to rack and be on target in one fluid motion.