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Gosh, it’s just so inconvenient to take 2 minutes to lock up a gun.
If you're claiming you want the firearm for "self defense", then it really is. If someone surprises you at home, you can't just say "wait a sec while I get my gun from its safe". 1poormom kept her .22 wrapped in a gun cloth in her night stand. I knew enough not to mess with it (firearm safety was drilled into my skull from an early age). No safe, no lock. For her purpose -self defense- that was the best place to put it. We were not rich, so our homes were not big. An intruder would need maybe 30 seconds to do a check to see if anyone was home, so mom would have had 30 seconds to get the gun.
That is the argument against locking the defense weapon, and it's valid. If you have to lock the weapon (which you should do with kids around), it severely limits its effectiveness for home defense. You may as well not have it.
Wow! I disagree. Your stats sound right. They have biometric safes now, that open easily on a fingerprint or a 4 to 6 digit number. I know where you are coming from. I tried a biometric gun safe once, and it was 2-3 seconds to open - even in inputting numbers. I didn't buy - no gun. But I do expect to buy one and get my wife trained too, if she's willing.
You know where most stolen guns come from? Cars. People leave them in cars and some gangs specialize in raiding parking lots at times. So I advocate safes in cars -with easy access. Your center console can hold a locked pistol. I think quick and easy access can be accomplished.
My father never owned a gun safe, nor my brother, nor me. I sold my last gun in my 20s. I practiced not living in dangerous areas and not going to dangerous areas at the wrong times. We are such a crazy nation that some expats in the PI carried concealed weapons when they couldn't even own one. Claiming it's your wife's doesn't work with them.
The problem with gun safes is if you have multiple weapons you need an 800 pound guns safe or have it bolted to the floor to be affective.
It isn't a popular idea, but it's worth a shot or two. :)
