Posted: 11/8/2008 5:12:38 AM EDT
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I am not too worried about theft right now, but as my children get older and can reach my guns where they are stored, what will be the best way to secure them.
I currently own a shot gun and I am building an AR so I assume those will go in a standard floor standing safe. My pistol is the one I am in the most question on. Do I want to mount a drawer safe or is it better to have the safe right on top in the open for easy access? I know if there is a burglary they can take the whole damn drawer, I am just more concerned with the children getting at it. TIA Natron |
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I'm in the same boat with the young'ins so I got a Stack-On Drawer Safe. It's big enough for my Sig P228 (my go-to gun) and my Kahr PM9 (my CCW) with an extra mag for each.
The only negative I see is that it has an electronic lock. As Murphy says, batteries tend to die at the worst possible moment. There's a key override, but then you need to keep the key close enough that if you need it, it's there, but far enough away that the little one's can't get to it (my boy is well-versed at unlocking things he isn't supposed to!) Yes, a burglar would probably take it with him, but there's less chance of me surprising him in the act and looking down the barrel of my own gun. |
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I work on a military base so I can't have a weapon with me while at work. When I leave for work in the morning the handgun goes in the safe, when I get home it comes out and goes on my hip. When I go to bed it goes under the mattress on my side, I'm not worried about the boy sneaking in the room to grab it at night and hope my dog will alert me to anyone that doesn't belong before they get to the room.
Basically the handgun is either on me, in arms reach or locked in the gun safe. If I take the dog out in the middle of the night the revolver goes in my robe pocket. ETA when I say safe I mean a full size gun safe not a locked drawer. |
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Large safe. You're gonna need someplace to put those long guns at some point anyway.
The rule at our house is simple: it (any firearm) is either on you, or in the safe. No exceptions. I do carry at home, as everywhere else. I see no reason not to. Now, obviously safes cost money. The simples and most immediate method of rendering a gun totally safe, but necessarily secure, is disassembly. As in a pistol: slide/barrel assembly come off, and is stored separately from the frame. A rifle: bolt carrier group comes out, separate. Depending on what type of shotgun, barrel comes off––same deal. Of course this doesn't really give you immediate access, and even with the easy Glock, slapping the slide/barrel onto the frame and doing a quick function check then loading while someone's kicking in your door, well, that would be difficult and unnerving............... |