saw a glass door gun case at kmart yesterday

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I keep the cheeper guns in big heavy cabinet that has locking doors and polameir plastic and not glass...also have a plastic covered chain that acnchors them to that like 500 pounds of wood. It also helps having a really big dog that sleeps under the front deck too...They also shot people that get cought in folks houses here too.
 
I remember the 3 or 4 gun horizontal racks, even before the glass-front cabinets.
 
foghorn,,,

so you're old too?

:)

remember the old westerns where the sherriff would go to the gun case that went the length of the wall?

how many of us would love to get into one of THOSE cases for a day or two??
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Well said Baba Louie. It's interesting how the antiquated glass gun cabinet has come to symbolize sad changes in our society.

I think if you have a "safe room" of some kind a glass gun cabinet would be practical.
 
Well.......back in my day......

My dad had a built in gun cabinet with two glass doors that locked. All the long guns were in there. The key was in the drawer underneath it. Everybody new where it was from an early age. The only pistol (.22) was kept in my dad's bedroom. Everybody new where it was too.

My Grandad had a vertical rack over his woodbox that had all his guns in it, and; :what: it had no doors at all:eek: and no locks...no trigger locks, no cable locks....they were just sitting there where anyone could get ahold of them.

And you know what? Nobody was ever hurt with them. Nobody ever took one and killed anyone with them. He raised 3 kids and had 13 grandkids and not a one of us has ever had the urge to kill somebody. Odd thing is; we all know how to act around guns. Go figger.
 
Good old memories... my old, glass door gun cabinet for all to see... and everything else you guys have brought up is right on cue.

Speaking of K-Mart... I also remember my first few firearms, a couple of which I still have:

From Sears: (late 1960's)
- Ted Williams 12-Ga shotgun (Win 1200)
- Model 54 30-30 Carbine (Win 94)

From K-Mart: (late 1960's and early 70's)
- FN49 30-06 (around $70 and it was like new - still is!)
- Hawes Western Marshall .44 Magnum
- Mauser HSc .380

Oh yes....
 
not to go off on a total tangent but my freinds have a wood furniture store and one of the manufactures they buy from has a coffee table you lif the top up (its hinged) and its a gun storage underneath. very stealth
 
Here's my take on it. When i was a kid, all the guns were kept in said glass front case. My father told me never to touch them without his permission, but if I wanted to shoot one he would take me to the range whenever I wanted. Seeing a rack of guns in the house sort of blended into the background, ther was no mystery, they were guns and I knew what guns did. Never had the urge to play with them, they were just there as if it were another piece of furniture in the house.

Now lock these implements away where the kids cannot see them, they become a mystery, something that needs to be explored. Dad leaves the safe unlocked once and what are the kids going to do? Dive right in with both hands if he is not home.
 
Man this brings back some happy memories. I have bought guns at Pennys, Sears and many other stores that no longer carry guns. I still have a glass front gun case. Sadly all the guns are locked in a 900 pound safe now. I grew up around guns and so did my children. I was taught at an early age how to use a gun and I still have the first gun my Dad bought me. Hi-Standard .22 Double-Nine. I guess I will go and let some light in that safe and admire my Double-Nine.
 
Now lock these implements away where the kids cannot see them, they become a mystery, something that needs to be explored. Dad leaves the safe unlocked once and what are the kids going to do? Dive right in with both hands if he is not home.
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That's exactly the problem, you can educate your own kids but can't always educate someone elses. If they would teach gun safety in schools as readily as sex education there would'nt be as much of a problem with kids getting into troublwe with guns.

Back on track about glass fronted cabinets, when I was looking at buying my safe I saw an ad for a display safe with beautiful cherry wood trim over steel and laminated glass doors 1" thick. It was a five foot wide safe that weighed in about 1100 pounds. The cost was about $7000, this was several years back and I can't remember who made it but it was a beauty.:cool:
 
yup,,,

its the mystery that intrigues them (kids)

my dad never actually took us shooting, maybe once or twice, but he did have a .22 (the sears one) and a 20 ga singleshot that i still have.

he kept them way back in the closet, mom "didn't like guns"

so i can only recall ever live shooting the .22 once and only a couple of rounds at that, never shot the 20 ga when i was a kid

but i did manage to get some training from the boy scouts one summer and after that i used to sneak into the closet, get the .22 out and dry fire it when they went out

rest assured that my two boys have been taken shooting by their dad to the point where they say, "shooting,,,nah,,," :(

my 12 yo daughter has no interest,,, yet ;)

i just handed over the 870 youth express to mr 20 yo,,,i gave it to him for xmas when he was 12 i think

you shoulda heard grandma, (my mom) "A SHOTGUN FOR CHRISTMAS!!??"

we couldn't even get TOY guns for xmas,,,VERBOTEN

i just grinned :D

he's finding he may have outgrown the little 870, much to his dismay

and whatever you do, don't tell mom about me and the .22 !!

:what: :rolleyes: :p
 
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