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[mrfjones]

We do talk about safe handling but how about safe storage, especially with kids around.

Where do you keep your fire arms when not in use? I have a locking case for my shotgun and a gun vault microvault for my pistol.

I know to teach my family gun saftey but when you have a toddler around you do have to think about a little more than teaching.

 

[shooter521]

Quick-access lockbox for the nightstand gun; safes for everything else.

 

[eldirector]

Currently: nightstand and closet
Within the next few months: quick-access nightstand safe, and large gun safe in closet.

It has been just my wife and I for 13 years, so no real need to lock things up. Now that we have a little one, I'll need to so a better job.

 

[bigus_D]

I've always just kept my EDC in my nightstand and the long guns in the closet... With a new baby, I decided to go ahead and add a nightstand safe for my EDC and a safe for my long guns (and ammo). Sure, my baby can't walk yet, but I might as well go ahead and develop good habbits related to ensuring everything is locked and secured when not in service.

 

[Dough Boy 1911]

I went out and got a 24 gun safe after someone tried to kick my door in while we were at work.

 

[bigg cheese]

My kid isn't here yet, but will by August, and it shouldn't be doing anything for another year or so -- I haven't even thought about it much, except that I'd like to get one of those in-wall "picture" hidey safes.

 

[JohnP82]

I used to have several all throughout the house until my son was born, now they are all locked up except for the one that is on me.

 

[2cool9031]

Allmine are in safes...except the one I am carrying at the time, then it goes in the nightstand, my youngest is 20, so no worry there.

 

[gohard43]

Usually just next to my bed, if I am leaving and the gun isn't going with me it gets hidden with a trigger lock on it. It is only my two roommates and I, all of which own guns so its pretty nice not really having to worry about anything.

 

[Greg.B]

No toddlers around for me; they're now in the teenage years, but I'm still careful because of friends coming over. All of my firearms are under lock and key with the ammo locked in a separate cabinet.

Not only is it a good idea for safety, Indiana's child access prevention law requires it to be locked up. Having ammunition unlocked and in close proximity to a firearm that can be loaded is legally considered the same as leaving a loaded firearm within reach of the child if something were to happen.

 

[revance]

All of mine are in a safe except the one being carried.

To the OP... the microvault is great for travel etc. but get yourself a regular gun vault (single or multi) for home. They are MUCH faster. I think you can pick up the single for only like $80. If you do a search, you can probably find a post I wrote with video of the two compared.

 

[mrfjones]

No toddlers around for me; they're now in the teenage years, but I'm still careful because of friends coming over. All of my firearms are under lock and key with the ammo locked in a separate cabinet.

Not only is it a good idea for safety, Indiana's child access prevention law requires it to be locked up. Having ammunition unlocked and in close proximity to a firearm that can be loaded is legally considered the same as leaving a loaded firearm within reach of the child if something were to happen.

I did not know that, all my ammo is in military boxes but it is not locked. I will have to get a bigger safe and lock it up. My daughter is just starting to get around pretty well so I will have to get it put away in the very near future.

 

[Greg.B]

I did not know that, all my ammo is in military boxes but it is not locked. I will have to get a bigger safe and lock it up. My daughter is just starting to get around pretty well so I will have to get it put away in the very near future.

Unfortunately, many people don't. This is one of the extra tidbits I throw out to parents at my Hunter Ed classes, and I'm surprised by the amount of adults with children and firearms that don't know it.

In fact, I just posted this in another thread about youth/firearms, so I might as well throw the reference up here if anyone is interested:
Indiana Code 35-47-10

 

[mrfjones]

All of mine are in a safe except the one being carried.

To the OP... the microvault is great for travel etc. but get yourself a regular gun vault (single or multi) for home. They are MUCH faster. I think you can pick up the single for only like $80. If you do a search, you can probably find a post I wrote with video of the two compared.

I will search for it. Thanks. We (the wife and I) chose the micro vault cause it goes in the nightstand drawer and we would have a hard time getting the single on to work in there. If I kept it on top the double would have been my choice. I want to fill it up too. A friend of mine has the single and it really is a lot faster opening, but I would like to put it on a clock and see how much faster.

 

[derrickgoins]

Even before I had a little one running around the house, I always kept & keep my firearms locked up. Hanguns in a stack-on strongbox and nightstand gun in a stack-on drawer safe. With anyone in your house, let alone children of any age, you can never be too careful.

 

[XtremeVel]

I have always kept everything in a safe with the exception of the one I carry. The thing I have always feared most was having wife or son come home and interupting a home invasion and finding themselves looking down the barrel of one of our own guns.

 

[stacy]

I keep all my firearms locked up. All 6 kids are grown up but now have 5 grandkids to worry about!

 

[Clay]

what bedside safes do u guys recommend?

 

[dr632]

I've had pretty good luck with the GunVault 1000's and 2000's. I use these models, since I have them mounted in my vehicles for temporary storage if I need to enter someplace that is unfriendly to our 2nd amendment rights. They are easily anchored to floor joist in the house or around the chassis in my truck.

 

[Leadeye]

In a safe unless in use.