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Do you use Gun Safes

ccasey612ccasey612 Member Posts: 901 ✭✭✭✭
edited June 2002 in General Discussion
Recently a young child in Philadelphia got his hands on a 40 cal semi auto at his moms boyfriend house. He shot himself in the head. Now he is dead at 5 years old. Rather you have kids or not do you lock up you guns? With what kind of safe (electrick, key, combination, etc..)?

If you will blame gun makers for every shooting then blame car maker for every car accident.
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  • AlpineAlpine Member Posts: 15,092 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Absolutely. I would recommend a fire safe, and bolt it to the floor.
    Much safer than gun cabinet, and hiding them in the closet. Also protects them from fire for a short amount of time. The number pad types are easy to change combination.
    Best way to go.
    Also when you fill one up, you get a free toaster, and a coupon on discounts for the next one!
    Well that last part is just wishful thinking.

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  • RickstirRickstir Member Posts: 574 ✭
    edited November -1
    I use a key locked gun safe. When we have company, like we did this last weekend, it and almost all of the weapons are locked up. I usually keep a shotgun out (we live on a farm and raise chickens...possums and * you know). We do keep three pistols around the house, but again when kids are up, the mags are hidden and the guns are up high. I timed myself, if I am in the front of the house and need a gun when we are in safe condition, it will take me 12-15 seconds to get a mag in the Beretta. When we are in normaly condition, there already is one in and it is never too far away as I carry when at home.

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  • JBBooksJBBooks Member Posts: 103 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    All responses that say no, please include address.



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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    It's the responsibity of every gun owner to insure firearms are out of the reach of minors. If you're not home and the kids get into them to impress friends...who knows what could happen. One also opens up a legal can of worms if anyone is killed or injured...kiss your home, business and assets goodby if your firearm causes anothers death because they weren't locked up.

    Ours is a National Security 40"W x 30"D x 6'H...1" thick door, fireproofing and dial type lock (1500lbs)...Mrs Rembrandt and I were the only ones with the combination when the kids were minors, all guns went into the safe. Setting an example to our boys will hopefully be followed down to our grandkids.

    The only thing I would change is the lock...I'd like to go with a programable digital lock.

    Edited by - Rembrandt on 06/04/2002 09:41:30
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  • concealedG36concealedG36 Member Posts: 3,566 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Safe, no. Locked gun cabinet bolted to wall, yes. All guns except the one I carry and my wife keeps are locked up.

    Gun Control Disarms Victims, NOT Criminals
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  • Big Sky RedneckBig Sky Redneck Member Posts: 19,752 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I do not have a safe but I do have my little "office" that has two locking knobs and a deadbolt. Now for the scary part, both of my kids have 3 guns in their rooms, 1 .22,1 .410 and 1 single shot deer rifle. the kids are soon to be 12 and 13. I check the guns every now and again and they have 2" of dust on them, that tells me they don't take them off the rack. Do I care about PC? Nope. I trust my kids more than I trust most adults when it comes to guns. They also do not have friends in thier rooms unless I put the guns in my "office". Now if my kids ever give me reason to put them away I will but I feel trust is a major concern (one exception, see thread about HHHEELLP!)
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  • will270winwill270win Member Posts: 4,845
    edited November -1
    7MM,

    I was brought up having guns in my room since I was 12. I figure if they was taught right, and I'm sure they are, you won't have any worries. I always had to ask before I took a gun out of the rack to go hunting. I figure that taught me some kind of responsibility because I always got quizzed on gun safety before I was told yes. Now, I use a safe as a criminal deterent 'cause we ain't got any kids.


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  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    Two safes and a locked cabinet. Keep a handgun ready for whatever in my bedroom, secured but easily accessable. In this day and age if you don't have your collection secured in a quality safe you are a victim waiting to happen. The days when I grew up where you could leave the house and not even lock your doors are long gone.

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  • kimberkidkimberkid Member Posts: 8,858 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yep! I have a small room in the corner in the basement which I have my reloading bench, cleaning and work bench and safe, it's always locked; then I have a American Security 24"X36"X60" that most everything in it except some 22 single shots and a few Mausers. I'm debating wether to buy a second safe or a doube wide. I highly reccomend that anyone that ownes firearms have one. Even though we live in a nice neighbohood, lots of retired people; guys that have nothing better to do than cut their grass 3 times a week and several granny types that bake cookies and stuff for the little neighborhood kids, so I don't feel I have a lot to worry about, but ... what if?

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  • rg666rg666 Member Posts: 395 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yes. 2 safes. One the cheapy kind from Walmart & one Remington fire proof safe. Night stand gun has a 3 digit combination trigger lock. RG
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  • n4thethrilln4thethrill Member Posts: 366 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    i have a browning 36 gun safe and a browning 24 gun case i keep all of my guns locked up except the two that i carry

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  • magnumcreekranchmagnumcreekranch Member Posts: 35 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I like my Heritage gun safe. Now I need another one.

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    "They that would give up essential liberty for a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
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  • Rafter-SRafter-S Member Posts: 2,173 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have safes now, but didn't when my kids were little. Both my kids had fired every gun I had by the time they were 6--shooting was a requirement of mine. Every week or so I took them with me shooting, and had them shoot whatever guns I had with us. That took the "mystery" out of guns for them...plus they were aware of the power. As a result, they never messed with any of my guns, and they didn't let their friends either.

    The only gun I kept handy for defence was a 1911, and it was kept in the nightstand with a loaded mag and empty chamber. Today, with no kids around, the 1911 is still kept in the nightstand, but fully loaded with the hammer down.
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  • BlokeyBlokey Member Posts: 284 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I keep my all handgun arsenal in a Browning Platinum 60x30x27 safe. The combo lock is a little slower to open compared to an electronic lock but I don't keep anything loaded in the safe anyway. I'd use one of the quick access boxes for a "let's roll" loaded handgun.
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  • chilipchilip Member Posts: 54 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Anyone who owns more than a few guns and/or has children, would serve himself well to get a safe.....if you value your possesions (not just for guns).

    I talked my mom into buying me one as a graduation present. Best DAMN PRESENT I have ever received.

    Check out Cannon Safes. They are solid fire-rated safes sold at Academy in my area. You should pay around 750.00 for a 24 gun model (5'T, 30"W, 22"D) 1200 degees for 30 minutes.
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  • Wild BillWild Bill Member Posts: 155 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yep. Most of my guns are in a large combination-lock gun safe, except for one which I keep more readily available in a Mossberg Instant Access Safe with an electronic keypad.

    "Gun control is not about guns; it's about control." "If guns cause crime, then matches cause arson."
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  • gunpaqgunpaq Member Posts: 4,607 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    To me, firearms are a thing of beauty and should be seen and heard. In today's society we are forced to hide, conceal and lock up our prized possesions that once we would proudly display for all to see that visited our home. I grew up in a home and neighborhood (rural PA)where guns and children cohabitated in harmony and woe to the child's rear end who misused or played with a gun. Today, my beautiful walnut gun cabinet contains no guns as it has been converted to a china cabinet. Now when I would like to show a visitor my greatgrandfather's old Colt pistol or Winchester I must take my guest to an obscure area of the house, access a steel vault, remove the firearms from a protective sleeve and remove trigger locks prior to these family treasures being displayed for a few moments.

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