I bought a safe when my kids were young, son was 3 and daughter was newborn. The purpose of buying a safe was to store guns and ammo, keep them away from the kids, and prevent theft.FloMoAggie wrote:I keep wondering when/if I should purchase a gun safe. I have 3 handguns (2 in my EDC rotation, 1 set up for home defense that rarely sees carry) and one AR. The handguns are all in locked handgun safes (the home defense weapon has its own) near the bed. AR stored in a locked case.
My sons are both teenagers who have both been trained to shoot, but I keep the guns inaccessible to them as law and logic would dictate.
My main considerations for potentially purchasing a safe are theft mitigation as well as the ability to keep the AR more readily available for defensive purposes. As it is now, I'd have to unlock the case, load mags, etc. Basically, the AR is not a defensive option in my current setup.
For those who have purchased safes, why did you purchase when you did?
For those who've consciously decided not to purchase one, how did you arrive at that decision?
Thanks!
FloMoAggie
I bought a 15 gun safe by Stack-On. It is fire-safe, and it has the electronic keypad, so I can open it quickly, however I keep my EDC and my home defense handgun in a biometric gunvault by the bedside. I bought my safe online from Wal-Mart, after price-shopping at other sporting goods outlets. It was a very good value. But like others have said, it's not big enough. I wish that it were twice as large, however, I think I will get another safe (not fireproof) the same size and store my ammo in it and probably keep some handguns, magazines, accessories, etc. in it, which will free up some room in my fireproof safe for more guns.