Originally Posted by
Dr. Bullseye
Here I am in the loft next to my wife, asleep. My two dogs wake me up with some sort of disturbance. I am groggy and easily confused. My AR is hanging in the closet so I have to get out of bed, unzip the case, pull out the AR, find a magazine, load it, charge it, and then head downstairs to see what is wrong.
OR, after awakening, I could open a drawer on the nightstand, pull out a handgun, maybe a 38 revolver, pull out a flashlight with my other hand and then head downstairs.
So "accessible" to me is in comparison to a hand gun.