How do you secure your HD gun?

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I keep all of my firearms except my HD gun in my safe, the HD gun (a no frills shotgun) is left out but "hidden". I have a kiddo on the way and so I know that this is no longer an option as I do not want to have any firearm left out in the open but I still want quick access to one in case I need it. I have three potential HD guns, a pistol, shotgun, and AR, all of which I would trust with my life. I don't want to turn this into which of those is better for HD, instead I want to see what kind of options I have for securing them with quick access.

Here are the options I have found so far:

ShotLock Shotgun Solo-Vault

Gunvault SpeedVault SV500 gun safe

I don't trust the biometric options so I would prefer a combination lock. I didn't see anything that I could use with my AR either. Any other ideas? Endorsements for the ones I listed?
 
A small digital combo lock safe in the bedside stand. Pistol within, empty, next to loaded magazine. It is very unlikely I will ever need the gun. It is a near certainty that my daughter or her friends will poke around my bedroom. We all sleep on the second floor and I have 4 very noisy dogs, and I have a young kid in the house, so a little delay in deployment in exchange for the greater protection against accidents is a no-brainer for me.
 
 
Our kids are 38, 36 and 32. Our grand kids are both 14 and are safety trained shooters; we have no friends with small children.

During the day I wear my Glock 23; my wife's HD gun goes in the safe as is her choice. At night my wife's bedside table gun and my G23 are right there on the bedside table.

When we have visitors, we take proper precautions as we believe them to be.
 
Children are renowned for being curious, anything with any part of a visible firearm or that has a shape that can be associated with a gun is going to invite investigation. I'd personally recommend a gun storage cabinet that's completely recessed into the walls.

Homak makes such a cabinet that is secured between two studs. Cover it with a full length dressing mirror and it won't get a second glance. A hundred bucks at Sportsman'sGuide.com.

Some options are discussed on TheFiringLine.com

And a DIY project that could hide a shotgun with a trigger lock.
 
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Small safe in the bedroom. Locked during the day, open at night. Firearms loaded and cocked inside. Grandkids thoroughly trained in firearm safety.
 
The HD shotgun is in a ShotLock Shotgun Solo-Vault. See my post here about one way I modified it. I also had to rivet some steel sheet to the door to close up the 'window' that they cut for the charging handle/bolt handle. All the other HD firearms are in GunVault products or a different brand's wall safe, which isn't a safe of course.

And all non-HD guns are in the big, heavy safe.
 
I don't have roommates, spouse, significant other, or kids. On the rare occasion I have guests, everything is out of sight, but usually the 92FS is chambered and safety off (mirroring the G configuration or the typical Sig).
 
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I don't have roommates, spouse, significant other, or kids. On the rare occasion I have guests, everything is out of sight, but usually the 92FS is chambered and safety off (mirroring the G configuration or the typical Sig).
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Why would that be?
 
I have a FAS1 safe, thick steel and mechanical lock. It's REALLY solid, very nice quality, and it allows very fast access to a loaded pistol without relying on a battery. I'm going to bolt it to my bedside table...i haven't done that yet.

I also opted for their optional key that can allow usual operation, open without needing the combo, or totally locking out the safe.
 
I put a dead bolt lock - the kind that turns - about 10 inches from the top of the closet door. It was a pain to do but works.
Also it is never too early to start younguns on gun safety. My 8 yr old grand daughter is a 4 rule safety nazi and on more than one occaision has been outspoken to an adult.
 
Gun Vault with handgun is easy, unobtrusive, and safe. Good for you for securing it with the kid on the way. I would bet every cent I have in the bank that my 8 or 9 year-old boys would never mess with my guns. Absolutely bet my life on it. But I won't bet their lives.
 
I just put a combination trigger lock on it and lean it up by the nightstand. The purpose of the lock is to keep little fingers off the trigger. I'd be much more concerned with the loss of more expensive items if we were ever burgled.

I do like that Shotlock, but the price is too high compared to the value of the shotgun.
 
A couple of large 'J' hooks screwed into the wall just inside the closet, above the door, hang the 'shottie' there. Relatively easy for YOU to get, not so much the kids especially if they don't even know it's there. Most of the time, they're all in the safe if not out, (if the grand children are coming over), everything is locked up or on my/our person.
 
My HD guns are not secured at all. AR in the bedroom closet, 9mm pistol in the top drawer of my dresser.

My kids (11 & 13) know where they are, and how to use them.

The rest of my guns are locked in the gun locker upstairs.
 
I'm so old the kids are grown, the grandkids are grown, tho non are married or have kids.

My defense weapons are 1 beside me on the end table, loaded with safety on, one on bookcase, loaded with safety on, bedroom, 2 on my side on bookcase, loaded with safety on, one on wife's side, loaded with safety on. One on belt for tomorrows pants ready to put on, loaded, no safety, DA only.
 
Every time I read these types of questions, I think about what it was like growing up.

There was a rifle rack over Mom and Dad's bed which could hold two long guns. Dad's shotguns were simply standing up in a back corner of their bedroom closet and the ammunition was on the closet shelf. That's it.

No trigger locks, no RSC's, no safes...

When I bought my own rifle, it was typically laying on my closet shelf.


Nowadays, not having a gun safe of any kind yet, the bolts for the rifles are in a locked box, the stored handguns are in locked boxes, and my carry piece goes into its zipper bag (holster and all) when I take it off, which is readily available to me in our bedroom. All the long guns are in the closet.
 
I'm with USAF Vet

I do keep the majority of my guns in the safe but a S&W 28 and a Remington Wingmaster live by my bed. My kids grew up around guns and were taught at the earliest times rules of safety ... and they have always followed them. If we get company with young ones (rare) then my Model 28 goes up out of reach and the 870 is hidden away in a safe place. My safe has a mechanical lock and I keep it at 1/4 turn for quick entry when I'm at home.


Where I live there is no quick access to law enforcement so I must be in a somewhat prepared state here at home.
 
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