My father was a big advocate for sleeping with a loaded gun.
For a time as a young man he lived with his sister.
Her husband was an abusive drunk, and gotten physical with her more than once.
He showed the gun to his brother-in-law and said “This will be with me at all times, and if you ever come after my sister again, you sonofa b****, I’ll kill you.”
He did not hit her again, so long as my dad lived with them.
After that she got smart and divorced him.
My dad was this mild-mannered retired engineer who everyone said reminded them of Fred Rogers. But I absolutely believe that if this bloke would have come after his sister again, he would have shot him.
Ballsey to tell someone in their own home that they are a SOB and lay down the law with a gun.