Quick access kid-resistant pistol safe/box

[old lady new shooter]

That video illustrates a design flaw in many handgun "safes" that is easily defeated by a 3 year old whether it is a button lock or biometric. One solution is to secure the thing so it can't be bounced and the lock defeated, but a rubber mallet might achieve the same defeat of the lock. That then means you have to mount the thing where it can't be banged on or dropped.

If you set such a safe the wall or floor (walls are so much easier) you can protect it from being banged or dropped, but you still have the issue about push button pattern defeats. At least you've stopped a toddler from dropping your gun box on the floor and the door opening.

Mind-boggling, very scary.

 

[old lady new shooter]

I have seen videos of other safes getting hit or dropped and opening. Part of what sold me on Gun Box was the creator put up videos of his 8 kids torturing his earlier prototypes. Run over with trucks, motorcycles, hammers, screwdrivers etc. I wish I could find the videos he made. Larry Vickers did take a crack at it though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGail9kn8Iw

On thegunbox.com he still has a video with a couple of his kids trying to destroy it.

At the page with the other video was a link to one showing how it could be defeated,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inNQ0e_tjoM,
but if I correctly understood what I saw, a person would need to have access to the programmed-in fingerprint to do it, so not a very practical method for a would-be thief.

 

[Jim Watson]

There is always the Elmer Keith solution: A holster.

 

[herrwalther]

but if I correctly understood what I saw, a person would need to have access to the programmed-in fingerprint to do it, so not a very practical method for a would-be thief.

I wouldn't really call this a defeat of the Gun Box, as the video is titled. This is an issue with most safes that use optical fingerprint readers. Knowing how they work can cover the pitfalls. Even before I owned the gun box I used other biometric bedside safes with similar optic readers. After each use I wiped off the reader with the fingerprint. Just for that rare instance it can be lifted.

There is also a switch inside the Gun Box where it will require RFID and fingerprint to open. Not very practical for opening quickly but still a way to cover for the video fail. What I liked most about the RFID reader is it is "paired" like Bluetooth. I bought a few different RFID tags like from Hornady's safe to try and hack open my Gun Box, none were able to.

There is always the Elmer Keith solution: A holster.

Which works 99% of the time. There are only 2 times I don't have my firearm: showering and sleeping. That is what I use a bedside safe for.

 

[FAS1]

http://youtu.be/uRgmvwxwZUk

I can't believe I watched the whole thing.

Seriously, both entertaining and informative, thanks for the link.

Same guy and they love to defeat electronics that are suppose to be secure. Be sure and lock up your hex wrenches when the kids get old enough to know how to use them

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg-8jDoUasY

 

[old lady new shooter]

Same guy and they love to defeat electronics that are suppose to be secure. Be sure and lock up your hex wrenches when the kids get old enough to know how to use them

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg-8jDoUasY

Very interesting.

I would never be comfortable putting my life in the hands of electronic controls.

 

[FAS1]

Many people feel the same, me included. Lots of people, many times younger adults feel comfortable with trusting electronics since they don't know a life without electronic gizmos. I love electronics that are for fun or pleasure, but I don't have to trust my life to any of those items. Just like I wouldn't trust my life to a smart gun either.