Do you have all your guns in a safe
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DiscoRacing
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Cant stop buying guns long enough to free up money for a safe
What is best really depends on your situation. I have little kids, so the guns are locked up. I have a few GunVaults stashed around the house with handguns in them. I can get into them in a second if I need to; but the kids can't. The rest are locked in larger Stack-On steel storage boxes. Looking forward to getting a real safe. Maybe next year.
Mike Irwin
Staff
I'm still waiting for my new safe to be delivered. I'm not happy. I've been waiting for over a month.
ZEBRARANGER
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All of mine are kept in a safe except for two handguns. One I carry, and one strategically hidden in the home.
Mike Irwin
Staff
I have a Ft. Knox Ranger coming.
IF the guy ever gets it delivered. I will say that the weather has seriously screwed with his delivery schedules. And, the one day he could get it to me last week I had to be somewhere else.
At least I haven't given him any money yet.
IF the guy ever gets it delivered. I will say that the weather has seriously screwed with his delivery schedules. And, the one day he could get it to me last week I had to be somewhere else.
At least I haven't given him any money yet.
Mastifflover
New member
I wish
The handguns that I am not using at the time go in a small floor safe, the kind you can buy at wally world. The long guns go into a beautiful cherry gun cabinet that my stepfather built for me as a graduation gift. Things are looking up though, the girlfriend just said the other day that she would like to get a safe because it would be too easy to smash the glass in the gun cabinet and help yourself.
The handguns that I am not using at the time go in a small floor safe, the kind you can buy at wally world. The long guns go into a beautiful cherry gun cabinet that my stepfather built for me as a graduation gift. Things are looking up though, the girlfriend just said the other day that she would like to get a safe because it would be too easy to smash the glass in the gun cabinet and help yourself.
oldman1946
New member
OK
I have a small professional safe. There are some of my guns inside. Many of my guns are scattered around the house and cars. Some are loaded, some are not.
My belief is simple. An unloaded gun does not shoot and a gun that does not shoot is not worth having. A gun you cannot access immediately will not do a person any good.
Home invasions are on the rise. My home has an alarm system as do my vehicles. If I am home, I can reach a firearm from virtually any room in less than a second should the need arise. My office desk has a gun on the top and a gun in each of three drawers, all ready for action. My youngest daughter is 29 yrs old and well versed in the handling of firearms. She has also been through two firearm training classes and shot competitively for a couple years. Now she is out on her own, she took a couple of her guns with her. It is now just me and my wife. We are comfortable in our level of protection and security.
Having your guns in locations that would delay instant access is like having a spare tire for your vehicle without being mounted on a rim. A person or persons that create a need for you to get a gun will notgive you time to get one.
During Thanksgiving week, my daughter was visiting and it was about 9pm. The alarm went out on the family car. Just a couple seconds later the alarm went off on my daughters car. I grabbed a .40 Glock from my desk and ran out the front door. My daughter ran out the side door. Our motion detector light was on as I ran around the side of the house toward the back storage house. I saw a young male running into the woods behind the house. I did not give chase since it was so dark back there and lots of places for one to hide or suprise someone. It is likely the youth wanted to get something he could sell on the street but had I ran out without a weapon, there is no way of knowing what I would meet. Had I called the police, it may have been daylight before they came out (avg 911 response is 11 minutes). Had time lapsed as I retreived a gun, I would not have seen what it was that set off the alarms nor which direction the person took.
The Mayor of this town lives a few doors away from me. He is not a beliver in firearm ownership and the town has a very low crime rate but he will not answer his door at night. The Police Chief here answers his door with a gun ready. I look to see who is knocking before I open the door during the day and open it armed at night when visibility is not as good. Guns in a safe does not allow for answering doors, chasing perps or preventing home invasions from being successful.
Do I want to confront someone? Simply put, NO. But I want to be ready should the need arise.
I have a small professional safe. There are some of my guns inside. Many of my guns are scattered around the house and cars. Some are loaded, some are not.
My belief is simple. An unloaded gun does not shoot and a gun that does not shoot is not worth having. A gun you cannot access immediately will not do a person any good.
Home invasions are on the rise. My home has an alarm system as do my vehicles. If I am home, I can reach a firearm from virtually any room in less than a second should the need arise. My office desk has a gun on the top and a gun in each of three drawers, all ready for action. My youngest daughter is 29 yrs old and well versed in the handling of firearms. She has also been through two firearm training classes and shot competitively for a couple years. Now she is out on her own, she took a couple of her guns with her. It is now just me and my wife. We are comfortable in our level of protection and security.
Having your guns in locations that would delay instant access is like having a spare tire for your vehicle without being mounted on a rim. A person or persons that create a need for you to get a gun will notgive you time to get one.
During Thanksgiving week, my daughter was visiting and it was about 9pm. The alarm went out on the family car. Just a couple seconds later the alarm went off on my daughters car. I grabbed a .40 Glock from my desk and ran out the front door. My daughter ran out the side door. Our motion detector light was on as I ran around the side of the house toward the back storage house. I saw a young male running into the woods behind the house. I did not give chase since it was so dark back there and lots of places for one to hide or suprise someone. It is likely the youth wanted to get something he could sell on the street but had I ran out without a weapon, there is no way of knowing what I would meet. Had I called the police, it may have been daylight before they came out (avg 911 response is 11 minutes). Had time lapsed as I retreived a gun, I would not have seen what it was that set off the alarms nor which direction the person took.
The Mayor of this town lives a few doors away from me. He is not a beliver in firearm ownership and the town has a very low crime rate but he will not answer his door at night. The Police Chief here answers his door with a gun ready. I look to see who is knocking before I open the door during the day and open it armed at night when visibility is not as good. Guns in a safe does not allow for answering doors, chasing perps or preventing home invasions from being successful.
Do I want to confront someone? Simply put, NO. But I want to be ready should the need arise.
orionengnr
New member
Yes. Except for the one on my hip, which, at day's end, will sleep beside me.
zombieslayer
New member
All are locked except my XDm40, my LCP, and my 12ga pistol grip 500. I have a Rohm RG 22short asa paperweight, lol
my nightstand gun and the two I carry --one or the other -- are not. I don't have a safe, so guns not in use are locked in cases and stored in the crawl space above the garage. Not ideal, but at the moment I don't have the money to purchase a good safe, holding out until tax refund to do that.