How Safe Is Your Gun? A 12 Year Old Can Open
Most Gun Safes.
Sebastian Romero
A safe is essential if you have a gun at home. It is also
essential that your safe is easy for you to use but difficult
to access without your authorization.
Safes are made from tough, heavy gauge steel, typically half an
inch thick. The safe may have two sheets of hard steel, with
ball bearings sandwiched between the two layers. The ball
bearings make drilling through the door or sides very
difficult.
The door and lock are inherently the weakest points of any
safe. Locking the safe door should operate hardened steel or
titanium bolts on all four sides. Hinges are internal so that
they do not present a weakness to an intruder.
Locks may be key, combination or fingerprint operated. The best
safes have combinations of different types of lock and time
delays before a lock will open.
Key locks can be picked, even the most complex key operated
lock can be picked by an expert. An expert can find a
combination code on a rotary combination dials fairly easily. A
keypad combination is the best if you have a combination lock.
There are no moving parts to go wrong, or to give clues to a
safe cracker who is listening to the lock as he or she operates
it.
It is important to keep the keypad clean. Dirty or clean keys
give clues to anyone trying to get into your safe. Make sure
the combination you choose bears no relationship to phone
numbers, birth dates or any other data that can be guessed.
The best option is a fingerprint-operated lock. Then you can
have absolute confidence that while your fingers are attached
to your body that nobody will be able to open your safe without
your knowledge.
A fingerprint operated lock combined with a keypad combination
lock, or a second fingerprint operated lock set up for a second
person provides the best security for guns or valuables
Fire protection is usually built into home safes, with layers
of insulating material and expanding door seals that exclude
oxygen and prevent combustion of the safe contents.
About The Author: Sebastian Romero works in the security
industry and drives 30,000 miles a year. Find more info
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