Tips on Gun Safes

Tips on Gun Safes

When I was young my father kept his guns in the closet, not just stuffed in the

corner but above the door hanging on hooks, a good place to keep from prying eyes, of course back then you could leave your doors unlocked while making a quick run to the store. In this day and age it's not recommended to keep anything unlocked your house, your car, or the back yard shed.

If you own any guns or are looking to buy your first gun I recommend having

a secure place to put them. Here are a few things to consider before you buy one.

How much can you spend? Or I should say, you just spent well over $600.00 for

that shinny new handgun, then you bought the cheapest box of ammo in the store

and maybe next month you will pick up a cleaning kit. Well please rethink, if this is your first gun, make sure a safe is a part of your gun purchase. In Washington state there is no sales tax on gun safes that saves you about 10% right there and a good quality safe starts around $120.00 and up.

Where in the house to keep it? More often than not they're kept in the bedroom closet, this I think is a very good idea. Just remember your clothes go in there too.

If you have a sliding door closet don't just put it in the middle, secure it to one side

and turn it side ways, by turning it you make it harder for someone to use a

crowbar or to gain leverage. This works well with a cabinet or light duty type of

safe. If the garage is where your safe is, make sure to use a safe heater or moisture preventative to keep your investment from rusting up.

Fire rating of a safe is important, it also can get expensive. If you find that a fire rated safe is out of your budget yet you have the perfect closet under the stairs to put a safe, I recommend an extra layer of sheet-rock or wounder-board in the closet, or on your safe to provide a better fire proofing.

If you intend to use your gun for home protection, yet trying to open a safe quickly and under duress can seem daunting, there are options. For hand guns there are quick accesses programmable touch-pad type or bio-metric finger print types and for shotguns or long guns several manufactures offer quick access key pad units.

There is nothing made to stop a well motivated person from getting a gun.

Do all you can to keep them from getting yours.

Quote of the day

A customer asked why are guns so heavy?

“It's the weight of responsibility”