How to Mount the Gun Safe

Gun safes should be secured to the home. You want to avoid the possibility that someone could enter the home, pick up the gun safe, and carry it out to be forced open at a later point in time. Most gun safes, $30 and higher come with pre-drilled holes and hardware to bolt the safe to the floor or the wall. If you safe weighs more than 500 pounds that would also generally prevent theft.

Biometric locking systems rely on the scan of one or more fingerprints to unlock the safe. Technology has come a long way in this field and these safes are becoming far more reliable. Under pressure it is still easy enough for most people to push their finger against something or slide it along something.

Digital keypad locking systems tend to work well for home emergency gun safes because they are fast and easy to open. Some of them glow in the dark but for those that don’t you will want some sort of easy to turn on light close to the safe.

Where to Place the Safe
Placement of the gun safe can be challenging depending on each person’s home situation, level of threat, and layout. In choosing the best place you need to balance both stealth and accessibility making sure your firearm will be close at hand when needed but without drawing unwanted attention from occupants or visitors to the home.
In an ideal world you would place multiple safes in your home in different strategic places with guns in each of them. To begin you must determine the time and place of greatest vulnerability or risk. Since the majority of crimes including home invasions occur at night most people choose to place their first home emergency gun safe near or in their bedroom. This allows for the fastest access during the night when these types of crimes may incur. Bedrooms also have the advantage of not getting as much foot traffic from home visitors as common areas of the house.
You will find quickly when you begin shopping that there are endless options for gun safes and therefore also endless options for locations where you may install or mount a gun safe. Manufacturers make gun safes that mount in drawers, under beds, behind night stands, behind framed pictures, in mattresses, and under shelves in your closet. Choose the ideal location balanced with what you can buy based on your budget.