Speaking of thicknesses, beware and do not be deceived by thicknesses measured with your naked eye. I am frequently asked by many gun safes’ potential buyers what is the best gauge of steel to consider?Īnd I usually tell them that many in the industry recommend a set of 10-gauge which equals 0.1345 inches as minimum thickness for the body of the safe.ĭoors, on the other hand and for the most part are thicker than the body as they are the most vulnerable part of a safe. Simply put, the thicker the steel the more protection – that simple. Ideally, you should shop for a gun safe to protect against all, fire, theft, and children's access to firearms.Īs a compliment to this topic, below I have compiled a list of what I consider good reasons for purchasing a gun safe as follows: That said, however, I must note that statistics vary around the nation to where there are parts of the country where theft can surpass or supersede fires or vice-versa. The fact that fires are construed to be primary threat for using a gun safe is amply justified as fires, overall, are a greater statistical danger than are thefts. The latter, on the other hand, is treated as a completely different issue altogether, under the Child Access Prevention Laws which I shall subsequently discuss more in detail. While I am in complete agreement with this premise, I would humbly add a third threat which I personally deem to be yet as critical, that being the danger posed by minors accessing guns and/or the imperative need to protect children from accessing firearms in your home or dwelling.įor the most part, gun safe manufacturers and media outlets are inclined to promote fire threats over theft and over children’s reach. There is a consensus by all scholars that there are two primary threats to deal with for having firearms in the home, to wit, fire, and theft. Given the intricacy of all pertinent and relevant gun safe data accessible today, I am compelled to suggest that, in addition to my review, you may want to gather any other additional material you can to help you make the best possible gun safe purchase decision.Īll said, meantime, allow me in this review, to give you some basic introduction on what I deem to be some essential and/or critical data to make your purchasing of a gun safe a pleasurable and useful experience – one you will cherish in years to come. You must also know there is a limitless amount of relevant gun safe information to where it is a virtual impossibility for this review to be all-inclusive. In line with this objective, I shall try my best in this review to try and narrow down the gun safe options to those that best suit your needs. Mind you, a much more difficult mission than first meets the eye.Īt the outset, I must warn all interested in purchasing a gun safe that there is quite a lot to learn and/ or plenty of basic information that you need to become familiarized with to be able to make an intelligent decision on your gun safe purchase. Gun safes, these days, come in all sizes, shapes, protection levels, material construction, gun storage options, lock options, gun access, etc., to mention a few.Īs always, the main purpose or objective of this review has to do with making life easier for those in the market for a gun safe. The complexity of trying to figure out the best gun safe can be overwhelming in terms of the vast number of variables nowadays being marketed. As noted in the heading, today’s review is about quite an interesting product-line as are gun safes, albeit a complex line at that.
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