Remington 870's trigger lock and child safety...

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Mokumbear

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Another post earlier today stated, "if you have children, you need to store your shotgun in a safe".

Now, as other posts have mentioned, gun companies used to focus on hiring gunsmiths, now they hire lawyers 1st and then gunsmiths.

That being said, I read in the 870's manual that there is
a built in trigger lock, that you need their key to unlock.

Now, the lawyers are stating in the manual that the lock is not a substitute for keeping the
shotgun in a safe.

Reality is, you can't protect your family with a shotgun locked in a safe.

Is the Remington 870's trigger lock not easily defeated?

Could I feel reasonably sure that my young child could not easily defeat it, yet still
have the gun ready to unlock and be ready to go?
 
My compromise between child safety and home defense was storing my 870, unloaded,unlocked and ammo separately, but nearby. I also got a dog for early warning.
 
Mokumbear,

I do agree you need something for home defense, but a gun might not be the answer in an immediate situation. Let me explain...

My 2nd cousin and his brother got in a fight (about 10 years ago) and the little brother went upstairs and grabbed dad's shotgun. The fight escalated so much that the older brother ended up taking the gun from the little brother and the little brother went in the bathroom and locked the door. Now, rumor has it that the older brother did not know or check that the gun was loaded and he put the gun up to the bathroom door and pulled the trigger. Unfortunately it was loaded and my 2nd cousin was on the other side of the door leaning up against it. He died instantly. (That is the sad part, here is the sadder part.)

The older brother always felt that their mother favored the youngest and from what I found out he really couldn't stand his mother. So when his mom got home from work and opened the side door, he shot her in the face and killed her. His reason? = he never wanted his mother to see what her youngest son looked like and didn't want her to remember him like that. My 2nd cousin is still in prison and will not likely ever get out any time soon. He was a juvenile when all this happened so he did not get the death penalty.

So my opinion is, the guns go in safe no matter what. Then I have a secondary trigger/action lock on each gun as well. I am all for the home defense scenario, but then I had a little girl.

Now don't get me wrong, if someone comes in the house, the safe is opened and out comes the artillary, I just hope their not in a hurry:o .
 
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