The gun

I have a gun in my bedroom.  It is a single shot shotgun.  I think about it at night while I am trying to sleep.  I am starting to worry about it.  I worry about having an intruder break in and it sitting there in a corner collecting dust and I'm fumbling for the key to unlock it and load it.  I feel I want to lock my bedroom door at night too.  I don't know why I am scared.  I unlocked the gun and have it next to my bed now.  There is a shell on the bedside table.  I think if someone broke in they would get me before I got them anyhow.  I am being paranoid, I know.  Also I am not planning on shooting anyone or myself.  Just for clarification purposes.