My shotgun is under my bed in a locked case, unloaded but with 2 rounds of 00 Buck and 2 foster slugs in the side saddle. Keys are on my person at all times. This might take a bit longer to make ready, but the way my one-story home is laid out, a nighttime intruder probably isn't going to enter on my "sleeping quarters" side of the house due to higher elevation from the foundations. Since our dog would be going INSANE if someone even got close to the house, I'd have more than fair warning of a break-in. Assuming they are there to rob us and not specifically harm us, most valuables are located farther away from our living space, so it would mean having to sweep and clear a large, dark house solo...something I do not want to do, but something I have trained for. If they are there to harm us, and they know exactly where our rooms are, the doors are locked, the bed is going over and I'll be waiting for them with fixed bayonet...thankfully that is worst-case-scenario. There's also an outside access door to our master room, so hopefully I could evacuate family members to our vehicles in an emergency.