They work pretty quickly if you just leave the door open.
-Mike
Ya it's funny how the door pops open at night, but just happens to be closed before the wife gets up.
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They work pretty quickly if you just leave the door open.
-Mike
Safes fail, humans fail to open safes quickly when the shtf.
Bedside safe for home defense gun = failure
What do you recommend then?
I have this. I like that there's no batteries to fail and with the raised buttons (and some practice) I can open it in the dark.
http://www.ftknox.com/redesign/pistolboxes/
What do you recommend then?
What do you recommend then?
I use a safe, but my non-expert opinion is that safe storage laws (or interpretations thereof) that require locking a gun up when merely asleep (and not absent) would likely not survive any sort of scrutiny under Helller.
.You'd rather run the risk of serious injury or death of your entire family because the .gov might find out a weapon in your bedroom is unsecured?
I don't think I'd ever advocate breaking an unjust and likely unconstitutional law. I don't know why you're reading sarcasm into my posts.
Ya it's funny how the door pops open at night, but just happens to be closed before the wife gets up.
It's like it reads your mind and just knows when you are ready to open it huh? Fantastic design - kudos to gunvault...
I have a similar solution, not going to share it here though.
I don't see why they couldn't create RFID or remote-control based quick-access safes, that stay open for X time while you're within Y distance of them. The electronics involved wouldn't too complicated to be reliable.
Really, the mind-reading seems unnecessary, as these requirements probably will not be valid law for that long. And people seem happy with gunvaults and sentry keypads in the mean time. Safe-storage violations are still lifetime LTC disqualifies, if I remember correctly, and I think it's not too ridiculous that people want to avoid that.
Retrieving a gun from a locked safe seems like a great start position for an IDPA stage.
IPDA weenie says whatnow?wouldn't reaching into a safe with an extended hand thumb up be considered air gunning?
...Safe-storage violations are still lifetime LTC disqualifies, if I remember correctly, and I think it's not too ridiculous that people want to avoid that.
I have the same one, nice and sturdy. Keep in mind though, that even if you can open it in the dark, it's a different story in the dark with some adrenaline flowing through your hands. I convinced myself I would be able to open that safe if I needed to in the middle of the night. I practiced with my eyes closed dozens if not hundreds of times. Cake. Opened first try in less than 2 seconds every time without fail.
Until one night at 3a.m. the house alarm went off- BAM! Adrenaline dump. I didn't notice that my hand was shaking until I tried to work the buttons. I got it open on the THIRD try, probably 15-20 seconds to do it.
You have to imagine what it's like when an alarm is going off, which wakes up your baby who starts crying, your wife says "WHAT'S GOING ON?" and the alarm company calls you so your phone is ringing on top of all that. Then trying to shepard your other kids into the master bedroom, etc.
I was lucky I had such a "wake up" call, so to speak. That night it was a false alarm, the wind had blown open a not quite closed 3-season room door to set off the alarm. Needless to say, I have found an alternate solution so I will never be separated from my gun like that again.
Do not discount what adrenaline does to fine motor skills.
How come the wind didn't blow it open at 6:30pm or 10:00pm? You sure it was the wind that opened the door and that the alarm didn't scare someone off ?
wouldn't reaching into a safe with an extended hand thumb up be considered air gunning?
I usually keep a gun under my bed, not in a safe. I will then put it to bed in the safe when I get up. So I take it that's illegal in MA?
yes
Storage of Firearms
MGL 140 Section 131L. BLAH BLAH BLAH.
The way I see it, even if you have kids, you can store it...
I did have one of the big biovaults, which were a lot easier to open in total darkness, but it shorted out on me just after the warranty expired.
What do you recommend then?
Keep in mind though, that even if you can open it in the dark, it's a different story in the dark with some adrenaline flowing through your hands.
I use a safe, but my non-expert opinion is that safe storage laws (or interpretations thereof) that require locking a gun up when merely asleep (and not absent) would likely not survive any sort of scrutiny under Heller.
True, and additionally, if it's a "large capacity" firearm, a conviction would render one a federally prohibited person.
I usually keep a gun under my bed, not in a safe. I will then put it to bed in the safe when I get up. So I take it that's illegal in MA?
I use them (around the house) because they make sense for me, and I would do so even in a free state.