I don't have a conventional nightstand but a set of wire shelving, with one shelf set at about the level you'd have a table. On it I keep glasses, a flashlight, two clocks, a phone, an HK P30 in .40 cal and a carbine in 5.56 NATO set up with a WML and an Aimpoint.
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