Do you have all your guns in a safe
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Now i do not have a my eggs in one basket.I'm still waiting for my new safe to be delivered. I'm not happy. I've been waiting for over a month.
I hear ya Mike. My first real safe (RSC....lol) is showing up in a week or two. The waiting sucks.
When I am home, one of my carries is always near me, with the storage locker open. When gone everything is locked up except what's on me.
It's just me, but my neighbor's have a little boy and the lockers were an interim solution to potential curious fingers, not a pry bar. Now I stepped it up to a better solution.
I live in the sticks and a breakin, smash and grab would go unnoticed. That part bothers me.
I hear ya Mike. My first real safe (RSC....lol) is showing up in a week or two. The waiting sucks.
When I am home, one of my carries is always near me, with the storage locker open. When gone everything is locked up except what's on me.
It's just me, but my neighbor's have a little boy and the lockers were an interim solution to potential curious fingers, not a pry bar. Now I stepped it up to a better solution.
I live in the sticks and a breakin, smash and grab would go unnoticed. That part bothers me.
Tommy Vercetti
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2 aren't locked up but the rest are
Nope, but mostly.......
All but my dailly CCW, .357, and my DSW's 9mm are locked up.
We each have an old beater behind the seat in our trucks, me a 12 ga.
She has a 9mm.
I also have a 12 ga. in the BR, and a .22, for shooting coons & possums at my birdfeeders.
Every thing else is safely in the safe.
All but my dailly CCW, .357, and my DSW's 9mm are locked up.
We each have an old beater behind the seat in our trucks, me a 12 ga.
She has a 9mm.
I also have a 12 ga. in the BR, and a .22, for shooting coons & possums at my birdfeeders.
Every thing else is safely in the safe.
Claude Clay
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all the guns in my house are safe--
its those who come by uninvited that aren't
its those who come by uninvited that aren't
As some others have noted, theft is a concern for me (apt dweller, single). I used to use an inexpensive sheet-metal locker. One day I came home and saw where the hinge was popped with a crowbar. All my guns were gone, save my carry piece...
Fortunately (or miraculously, as I prefer), the crooks were caught right away. Only one gun (an SP-101) was not recovered.
After that, I got a Sentry combination safe from Home Depot.
Fortunately (or miraculously, as I prefer), the crooks were caught right away. Only one gun (an SP-101) was not recovered.After that, I got a Sentry combination safe from Home Depot.
No safe? scatter the guns. Use some imagination as th the locations. You homeowners policy covers a max of $1,550-$2,500 if you do not take out a rider for more. I'm getting a safe after owning guns for over 40 years. Price of one gun. And it keeps them out of the hands of the dirtbags!!
imthegrumpyone
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Naa, don't need no stinken safe.
mikejonestkd
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I do find it amazing that a number of my friends have many firearms worth thousands of dollars ( sometimes much more ) and no safe to put them in...Even a $800 liberty bolted to the floor is more than enough to stop a smash and grab thief.
everything I own is in one of two hidden safes, and the ammo is in another safe.
Its the responsible thing to do, especially when kids are around.
everything I own is in one of two hidden safes, and the ammo is in another safe.
Its the responsible thing to do, especially when kids are around.
NightSleeper
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I live in a small house. One story only (the basement is unfurnished). I keep one pistol in an easy to access safe by my bed, the rest locked up in the gun safe in another room. I'm a frequent smoker but only smoke outside or in the garage. I generally slip a loaded pistol in my pocket when I go outside to smoke, especially at night. I live in a safe town but who knows? Rather be safe than sorry.
All of mine stay in the safe cept for my home defense one. At this moment it is my Taurus 357 7 round revolver. I choose this one as it's the one I care least about getting stolen. Lawmakers go after the high capacity semi autos more and I feel the revolver would be easier to replace. I feel very safe with the 357 and keep a speed loader with Gold Dots with it.
SigP6Carry
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I don't even own a safe. I simply keep them either in cases or in "ready to go positions"
m&p45acp10+1
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All of them but 4.
2 are my carry guns. M&P 45 and a P64.
2 left at home. Heratige Rough Rider .22 LR, and a MN91/30. I keep the bolt for the rifle, and the cylinder for the 22 locked in a console vault in my truck. The carry guns go every where with me.
All of the rest are in 3 Wells Fargo Stage Stop safes an hour away at my Dad's house. Those safes would be quite hard to steal. They weigh over a ton each literaly.
2 are my carry guns. M&P 45 and a P64.
2 left at home. Heratige Rough Rider .22 LR, and a MN91/30. I keep the bolt for the rifle, and the cylinder for the 22 locked in a console vault in my truck. The carry guns go every where with me.
All of the rest are in 3 Wells Fargo Stage Stop safes an hour away at my Dad's house. Those safes would be quite hard to steal. They weigh over a ton each literaly.
Get a safe!
My $0.02 is that it may be easier to break into your house than you think. 15 years ago my wife and I were renting a place down in Denver and it was broken into in broad daylight. The thieve(s) simply brute-forced the front door open even though the door chain, knob and dead-bolt were locked (we typically came and went through back door, which was also locked except for the inside chain). Maybe the thieve(s) were pretty fat, pretty strong or pretty whatever, the door was forced open with the jambs, molding and woodwork where the dead-bolt seated were shattered. All done at about 9:00 in the morning on a busy urban street, and nobody saw nuttin'.
My S&W 469 was taken right off of the waterbed's headboard (hey, no laughing or waterbed remarks, it was 15 years ago!) where I kept it so I could get to it quickly. Another pistol that was not so pretty was left on the floor and my shotgun was left by the front door, apparently because it was too hard to hide in a summertime "smash-and-grab" job, or at least that is what the investigating cop said. I feel bad to this day that my 469 ended up in criminal hands to be used in who knows what kind of activity.
Now I have a quick safe in my closet that holds 2 - 3 pistols. Other pistols and long guns are at my dad's in his big safe. When I'm home, my CCW is usually in the truck in a locked garage, but sometimes inside with me. I can get to my safe and open it quickly for other weapons if needed for home protection.
If you are home, the common thief will know this and have little stomach for a confrontation that could become complicated. If you are not home, thieves will be brazen and seem to understand that even if a neighbor sees them forcing a door, the neighbor will take time to process what they see, take some more time to call "911" and even more time will go by before there is a police response. There is plenty of time for them to go through your home looking for valuables. Don't leave guns laying around where these guys will find them while tossing you house. Even some places you feel are well hidden will be discovered when the thief is simply pushing things aside onto the floor, pulling over bookcases, pulling out drawers and emptying them. If they find something lethal, the worst case is they'll use it against you if you happen to come home during their "job". However, if it is the typical smash and grab, they have no time for any kind of safe that cannot be simply carried off. Since the thieves want to get in and out quickly, they will just move on to something they can take away easily.
That's all I have to say about that.
My $0.02 is that it may be easier to break into your house than you think. 15 years ago my wife and I were renting a place down in Denver and it was broken into in broad daylight. The thieve(s) simply brute-forced the front door open even though the door chain, knob and dead-bolt were locked (we typically came and went through back door, which was also locked except for the inside chain). Maybe the thieve(s) were pretty fat, pretty strong or pretty whatever, the door was forced open with the jambs, molding and woodwork where the dead-bolt seated were shattered. All done at about 9:00 in the morning on a busy urban street, and nobody saw nuttin'.
My S&W 469 was taken right off of the waterbed's headboard (hey, no laughing or waterbed remarks, it was 15 years ago!) where I kept it so I could get to it quickly. Another pistol that was not so pretty was left on the floor and my shotgun was left by the front door, apparently because it was too hard to hide in a summertime "smash-and-grab" job, or at least that is what the investigating cop said. I feel bad to this day that my 469 ended up in criminal hands to be used in who knows what kind of activity.
Now I have a quick safe in my closet that holds 2 - 3 pistols. Other pistols and long guns are at my dad's in his big safe. When I'm home, my CCW is usually in the truck in a locked garage, but sometimes inside with me. I can get to my safe and open it quickly for other weapons if needed for home protection.
If you are home, the common thief will know this and have little stomach for a confrontation that could become complicated. If you are not home, thieves will be brazen and seem to understand that even if a neighbor sees them forcing a door, the neighbor will take time to process what they see, take some more time to call "911" and even more time will go by before there is a police response. There is plenty of time for them to go through your home looking for valuables. Don't leave guns laying around where these guys will find them while tossing you house. Even some places you feel are well hidden will be discovered when the thief is simply pushing things aside onto the floor, pulling over bookcases, pulling out drawers and emptying them. If they find something lethal, the worst case is they'll use it against you if you happen to come home during their "job". However, if it is the typical smash and grab, they have no time for any kind of safe that cannot be simply carried off. Since the thieves want to get in and out quickly, they will just move on to something they can take away easily.
That's all I have to say about that.
