I've made an offer To purchase a home that is much bigger than my current residence, and in my doing my due diligence have begun to think about protecting my family in said larger home.
I own a wide variety of weapons, as collecting them is a hobby of mine. I even compete with some of the firearms. My plan for HD Firearms is a slight modification of my current strategy:
-NAA .22 mag minirevolver on my person when at home
-Ruger P345 with light and Bersa 380 in a quick access keypad safe mounted to my headboard in the master bedroom. 100 lumen Flashlight next to that safe.
Here is where it changes from my current strategy:
If I get the home I'm trying to purchase, I'll have a man cave where I'll keep my tools, reloading bench, and firearms locker. With the long guns so far from the rest of the home And the home being so much larger than my current residence, I've decided to purchase an additional home defense shotgun, nearly identical to my current HD shotgun (currently a 5-rd Mossberg 500 with 18 inch barrel and light, the new one is a 9-rd Mossberg 590 with a light) both will be wearing 6-rd side saddles very soon.
I want to keep one shotgun in or near the master bedroom and the other in the closet near the front door (closer to the children's bedrooms). Obviously, with children in the home these weapons MUST be secure. They must also be accessible at a moment's notice.
How can I secure them for quick access by myself and my wife, witout the children or an intruder being able to get to them? I've seen wall mount locking brackets for shotguns, but they required keys and wouldn't work with a shotgun wearing a side saddle. It's important to me that the weapon be accessible without keys, as people tend to fumble under stress and I don't want to risk the kids finding the keys. Also it's important that the side saddle remain on the weapons as the layout of the house and the property could require a change in ammunition to deal with specific threats (indoor vs. outdoor, human or animal, near or far).
I'd appreciate your suggestions for how to secure these shotguns.
I own a wide variety of weapons, as collecting them is a hobby of mine. I even compete with some of the firearms. My plan for HD Firearms is a slight modification of my current strategy:
-NAA .22 mag minirevolver on my person when at home
-Ruger P345 with light and Bersa 380 in a quick access keypad safe mounted to my headboard in the master bedroom. 100 lumen Flashlight next to that safe.
Here is where it changes from my current strategy:
If I get the home I'm trying to purchase, I'll have a man cave where I'll keep my tools, reloading bench, and firearms locker. With the long guns so far from the rest of the home And the home being so much larger than my current residence, I've decided to purchase an additional home defense shotgun, nearly identical to my current HD shotgun (currently a 5-rd Mossberg 500 with 18 inch barrel and light, the new one is a 9-rd Mossberg 590 with a light) both will be wearing 6-rd side saddles very soon.
I want to keep one shotgun in or near the master bedroom and the other in the closet near the front door (closer to the children's bedrooms). Obviously, with children in the home these weapons MUST be secure. They must also be accessible at a moment's notice.
How can I secure them for quick access by myself and my wife, witout the children or an intruder being able to get to them? I've seen wall mount locking brackets for shotguns, but they required keys and wouldn't work with a shotgun wearing a side saddle. It's important to me that the weapon be accessible without keys, as people tend to fumble under stress and I don't want to risk the kids finding the keys. Also it's important that the side saddle remain on the weapons as the layout of the house and the property could require a change in ammunition to deal with specific threats (indoor vs. outdoor, human or animal, near or far).
I'd appreciate your suggestions for how to secure these shotguns.
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