Same could be said for a home defense gun. You don't want to give away your position by racking the slide on a shotgun, or releasing a charging handle.
That being said, if its only life is going to be a range gun, it really doesn't matter I guess.
And that's why we keep our guns loaded and at the ready here at the house with the safeties on. But, keep in mind we don't have kids either. When we do have kids over, they guns go back in the safe until the kiddos are gone.