if you carry,
Carry. first, last, 24/7, 8 days a week, in your sleep, in your car, there is NO point in buying guns & ammo & investing time in training to be down the hall from your weapon.
unless you are BREAKING THE LAW to have your weapon within reach, do so.
or sell it to someone who will, if you don't really want to carry it.
Armed means 'i can reach it' .. anything else is optimism.
my pistol (when i'm showering) sits on the back of the commode, OUT of the holster, on a folded towel.
and when i'm dressed, and have my holster on, i put the weapon away after a wipe down.
Very few marauding hordes or rabid grizzly bears in my neighborhood.. and i'm not paranoid. but i bought it for defense, and that means ALWAYS within reach. do you take the battery out of your car cause you don't plan to drive today?