Safely Storing Firearms: Opinions & Suggestions

This video chronicles some suggestions I have for safe gun storage. It also deals with storing guns with children in the house and storing guns in your vehicle. I tried to use as many photo examples as possible of the methods I use.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• safe
• handgun
• gun
• gunsafe
• storage
• rifle
• gun cabinet
• gun safety
• concealed carry
• trigger lock
• gun vault
• microvault
• Sport DAK

[usmccampbell23]

To also learn not to touch or play with them... Do you think I need to lock up my power saws just because one of my kids might plug it in and cut off their arm or leg? No, I as a parent should teach them not to mess with it.

[TheYankeeMarshal]

@usmccampbell23 You absolutely shouldn't leave power tools where small children can play with them. No more than you should leave dangerous chemicals on the kitchen counter.

[usmccampbell23]

So I believe that you can train your kids because my brother, sister, and I are proof of it. To the point where when I was 11, sis was 12, and my brother was 7 we were left home alone all day everyday with a loaded handgun and the only time it was ever touched was when we thought someone was breaking in the house, which only happened once. I don't want you to think i'm disagreeing, I just know that if you raise your kids like dad raised us you can trust kids with guns.

[TheYankeeMarshal]

@usmccampbell23 I once walked across a highway without looking and lived. That means it is safe to walk across busy streets without looking. That is the same logic you just utilized in your statement.

To leave a firearm around a child you have to ignore the fact that children have and do get killed by such actions (which is just a fact) or you have to admit that you feel the odds are good enough to risk the life of your child. I never consider any odds good enough to do that unless necessary.

[Mrcaffinebean]

@TheYankeeMarshal But look at the situations were children harm themselves or others. Are they generally well trained in firearms use or even well acquainted? No they are almost always ignorant children never taught anything about guns. Told never to touch them or never even knew they were around that house. Am I saying not to lock your guns? No but you talked about "Layered Security" and the first layer is raising a responsible child.

[TheYankeeMarshal]

@Mrcaffinebean Actually, that is not true. I have seen multiple exercises where children, whose parents claimed they were well trained, failed safety tests when they thought they were not being watched. Even Oprah broadcast one of the tests.

[gp4nut]

out of interest, why do you own so many guns? i mean, do you have major fear? i'm not judging you, just trying to understand. does this mean if you travel somewhere where you cannot bring your guns that you feel more fear (without your protection).

[gp4nut]

I wish we could bear arms in the UK. You can't even own a tazer or pepper spray here. Best we have is a knife (which you can't carry) or a baseball bat.

[drewmvrr]

Thanks for this video! As a new gun owner I have enjoyed all of your videos, and as a parent I found this one especially appealing. I will be taking a CCW course in the near future, but have been trying to figure out what to do with an EDC in the event that I wish to enter a building with posted signage saying it is unauthorized. So now I'll be investing in a safe for my vehicle! Great idea! Thanks so much for all of your videos, and I hope to see more!

[TheSPARTANusm]

How much was the safe that you were showing at the end of the video that had the finger tip buttons?

[andrew12341231]

you have alot of guns. nice looking ones too

[lumpyfishful]

you're a very unlucky man

[Mrcaffinebean]

You want to look into V-line Safes. They are combo button based just liked what you featured but they are entirely mechanical. No Battery needed and still can be opened even in the dark.