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asleepatthereel wrote:When I was a kid, all the guns were in an old fashioned unlocked gun cabinet. We knew better.

Same here, my Brother took me out and let me shoot his shotgun once when I was a kid. seeing an antifreeze bottle go from complete to only the handle and lid in a flash will teach you they are not toys. Not to mention if I EVER got caught touching my Dad's rifles or pistols...

We'll just leave it there, I knew better.

I'll probably do the same with my kids, take them out to a range or field and let them pop off a couple in to a watermelon (I hate watermelons) or maybe a side of pork. My CHL instructor said he did that with his kids, because it would actually have the same properties as a person without the jail time; he said it worked.

I am starting to agree with the biometric lock, I also had a laptop in the past with one and sometimes it can take a couple of swipes; not to mention if you are accessing it in the middle of the night when you suspect someone is in the house I doubt one would be able to swipe their finger in a nice controlled motion.

AEA wrote:I just put my J frame under my pillow.

The thought of that has always bothered me, what happens if you have one of those really freaky dreams and you happen to sleep on your stomach with your hands under the pillow and can feel the pistol. Did I just disclose too much info about myself ?

So it would appear that the GunVault is the consensus on the board. I'll go pick one up then, I did see they have a biometric one which is kinda cool; I would hope swiping your finger wouldn't make much noise

Thanks to all. I'll be posting a question later then on how to properly introduce guns to kids since I know the new box by Dad's bed will raise some questions.

I have looked in to the Gun Vault, nice box. I guess I was just over thinking the process, and should be most concerned with keeping 1 of my 4 curious kids out of the safe; they don't know I am armed with more than a knife right now (this leads to another discussion for later).

Thanks for the feedback and suggestions.

I am looking for a good safe for the bedside, a quite one that I can access easily without moving (to give off that I am drawing). I have seen the VersaVault and the ADG Secure Vault, among some others, and they all seem to either make some sort of noise when the buttons are pressed or the door "snaps" open making a racket in the middle of the night.

I have seen the posting with the various links, great post, but not a whole lot of choices for pistols or proper bedside manners.