I am in the need of some new bedside tables and I would like to find something with a drawer I can stash my HK in without my 2 year old finding or anyone else. I dont want to use just a lock and key cause my kid loves keys and I am sure I would lose the key. anyone have any suggestions? where do you keep yours while you are sleeping?
I had a gunvault till the motor went out on it. Getting another one when I get my tax returns.
For now it just sits on the night stand at night, but I leave the chamber empty (also an HK), then it goes in the safe during the day while the Glock is on my hip. I have been teaching my almost 4 year old for a couple of years not to touch any guns unless I tell him to, but even if he did, there’s no chance of him loading it. Plus there is a gate on his room so he doesn’t wander around at night anyway…lol.
Mine is the same way with keys…if he finds one, he WILL find the lock that it fits…
And you think he’s not smart enough to figure out how to load your pistol???
I grew up around guns too, in fact I have had them around my entire life, but when I was four there was not a single person I knew anywhere in my families friend group that thought it was a good idea to leave a pistol on a bed side table while me and my friends were that young. And there were guns everywhere, and we all knew what not to do and to do, but none of the adults were willing to take such a risky gamble as that.
I have a Safariland ALS holster mounted out of sight and reach from my two boys using the QLS system. I have the mounts in all of our vehicles as well so that I can transfer my firearm. Works like a charm.
I have a small pistol safe. Security through obscurity is not a viable long-term solution.
I think it’s a matter of ability. A four year old may not possess the strength needed to chamber a round. That is the reason my neighbor gives for not locking his pistol around his two children.
Not that this would be a good reason to leave a gun out with children present, no matter what they have been told. Kids break rules, and kids generally get bigger and stronger.
I would look into a gunvault Bio. Uses a fingerprint scanner and is wickedly fast to open and it has a backup key in case the batteries die.
But… then you run into the key issue again. But I think it would be pretty simple to hide a key out of reach of a four year old.
“May not” doesn’t really cut it when it comes to kids shooting themselves in the face.
I use a Gunvault deluxe - with the AC adapter. I had a battery powered model years back, but it ate AAs at a rate of about 8 every two months. Other than that, I never had an issue with the Gunvault, and my new deluxe model has been flawless through the last three years of daily use…
Regards,
Kevin
Would the top shelf in the closet work?
Keep pistol nearby but control magazine, maybe?
For this problem when traveling I used a BHP with magazine safety and carried a loaded mag on my belt.
I highly recommend the GunVault Deluxe. The Deluxe model has all sorts of bells and whistles including an AC jack. Replace the batteries every year with high quality batteries even if you have it plugged to an outlet (in case of power failure).
I did start having some problems within the last twelve months where it wouldn’t open after I entered the code, the second time I entered the code it opened. I traced the problem to it’s batteries which I didn’t replace yearly as the manual states. Being the bum I am I still haven’t replaced the old batteries but now use the AC jack which solved the problem.
It’s been 3 or 4+ years since I bought it with several opens a day and it’s still running like a champ. For under $100 I say it’s a heck of a deal.
The fingerprint model crossed my mind but I just don’t have enough trust in that kind of system.
Your small gun vault with a combo code is probably your best bet. I dont have kids in the house anymore so I dont worry unless I have relatives visiting. I do distinctly remember a mate of mine in Africa in the late 1970s who slept with a Browning Hi Power under his pillow- cocked and locked every night. One night he woke from a rather vivid nightmare with his pistola in his hand, safety off…After that he reverted to storing it with an empty chamber…
He does not have the strength to grip and rack the slide. Simply not possible for him at this time. But like I said, there is a gate on his room so he still does not have access to it anyway. Like I said, a new gunvault will be purchased shortly. At night is the only time there is every a gun “laying” anywhere in my house. At all other times they are either in the safe or on my hip.
Believe me, safety and my son is not something I take lightly.
A four year old may not possess the strength needed to chamber a round. That is the reason my neighbor gives for not locking his pistol around his two children.
With all due respect…your neighbor is a dumbass at best, and his kids deserve better than this…
Thats the point I was hinting towards. I dont have kids, but when/if I do, I won’t be this foolish.
No respect needed. He is a dumbass at times. He is also low low on the common sense thing as you can tell. I can’t controll him. Hopefully his daughters will be smarter than he is
Yes, a young child lacks the strength to rack most slides, however, don’t think for a minute they can’t work the magazine release, work a round loose and ignite the primer.
Some jacko here in my area had some loose shotgun shells in his kitchen droor/cabinet (can’t remember) which his youngster found. Kid managed to ignite the primer and ended up wounded.
I went with a V-line top draw.
http://www.vlineind.com/html/top_draw.html
I had 2 electronic ones before. One went bad & the other had the batteries die too often.
I too have considered a V-Line. How do you like it?
I purchased a gun vault mini vault fingerprint model and it has been holding up nicely. I have seen other similar models that get pretty good reviews as well.
I think you just combined myself and the OP…
back on topic, I was very happy with my gun vault and it lasted for many years, which is why I will be purchasing another.