Thread: What's the goods on gun safes

Originally Posted by Cigar

The police are looking to have firmer regulations around storage requirements (it was in amongst the other possible regulations they asked for submissions/feedback on earlier this year). My bet is the first step will be to make their recommended guidelines into the minimum legal requirement.

Maybe, but I can't personally see that all the tens of thousands of commercial gun cabinets out there (which are a huge step up from previous versions like clothing lockers and flimsy MDF cabinets) will become redundant. They offer a pretty good level of gun security. A determined thief will get into just about anything given time of course but generally time is not on their side.

Originally Posted by 10-Ring

Maybe, but I can't personally see that all the tens of thousands of commercial gun cabinets out there (which are a huge step up from previous versions like clothing lockers and flimsy MDF cabinets) will become redundant. They offer a pretty good level of gun security. A determined thief will get into just about anything given time of course but generally time is not on their side.

Given enough time, motivation, and skill. Anything can be stolen.

Increasing security increases the time and skill required is all.

Originally Posted by 10-Ring

A determined thief will get into just about anything given time of course but generally time is not on their side.

AO told me a story about a handfull of E cat rifles that were stolen a few years back. The bad buggers hotwired a 20T excavator and went in through the side of the house, ripped the E cat safe off it's mounts and dumped into waiting vehicle to be opened at their leisure. I'd find it hard to provide security that would not be compromised by a 20T excavator.... then of course they might use a 40T machine....