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I used to work a deep night patrol job when I was first married and in college. We were still fairly new in the house and I had the only handgun at the time on. I kept the 30-30 loaded because of that. I get to work and realize I had the night off. I head back home, now about two hours later and fumble with the keys on the way in. She was in bed and heard the noise, with the front door between her and the kids' rooms, she grabs the rifle. I come in and she jumps out in her night shirt with that dude pointed right at my belt line. She proceeds to chew me out, all the while pointing the weapon at me. I, as calmly as I can muster and speaking as soothingly as I could, took the weapon from her. Just as she was saying that there probably wasn't one in the chamber (she had not cycled the lever) I started pumping them out onto the floor. I set the weapon down and settled to the floor...I may have thrown up later, I don't remember but I remember wanting to.

Now if I get off duty early or am otherwise coming home apart from being scheduled, she gets a call with an ETA. It has worked pretty well for the last 20+ years.