Great analogy Chuck!
Perfect example: Neighbor wakes up from a helicopter flying low at 1:18am with its spot light search yards, patrol cars flying up and down the street. The neighbor had a break in and didn’t hear the intrusion, but heard his dog barking and growling. So he gets up and heads to the sliding glass door wondering what the **** all that commotion is out there. Looks to his right and there’s the intruder , climbed through his window. So he takes off running toward his bedroom and thinks; Sh*T! I can’t leave him in the house. So he turns around and runs toward the burglar and shoves, launching him back out the window breaking the window. He runs to the garage, runs over to his safe and tries to open his combination safe, calling the police with the other hand. Well, to make a long story short, the burglar got away, the police never caught him and the neighbor will NOT keep a loaded gun next to his bedside, keeps it in the safe.
What’s more humorous is he asked another neighbor about a year ago if he could buy five 357 mag rounds from him. Neighbor asked him “Why don’t you just head down to the store and buy a box”. He said he only needs five to load his gun.
This could have been a tragic story for having an armed safe instead of an armed owner.
Seconds count guys!