keys for gunsafe

lordarpad

Hi guys

i was wandering what ye do with the keys to the gunsafe? keep it in the house in a safe spot? have it on your keychain? What about the spare?

I am expecting my licence and first gun soon and haven't found a decent solution to that yet.

Grizzly 45

Dont bother.Get a keycode safe or one that recognises your prints.:D
Seriously,keep them in a place only known to YOU.Everyone has some little stash point or hidey hole in their house that they only know about.So thats where I would suggest.:)

Cass

I got a small keypad safe that i store the keys in. Around €100 will get ya a good one. Handy for storing bolts, valuables etc, aswell.

Glensman

I just keep them hidden, sure what else can ye do!

clivej

The word from my CPO was:

1. Never keep the keys in the house but on your keychain, that way when your out so are the keys.

2. keep the spare set of keys in someone elses house.

Cass

clivej wrote: »

The word from my CPO was:

1. Never keep the keys in the house but on your keychain, that way when your out so are the keys.

Yes to this, but......

2. keep the spare set of keys in someone elses house.

Hell NO. Potentially giving another person (i don't care if its your mother) access to your firearms. Again hell NO.

Sparks

ezridax wrote: »

Hell NO. Potentially giving another person (i don't care if its your mother) access to your firearms. Again hell NO.

That's actually come up in the UK before - someone was refused a licence because their mother (this was a chap in his 50s and the mother was nearly 80) had access to the key of the gunsafe.

On the other hand, get mugged, lose the gunsafe key if it's on your keychain. Not so great.

No6

I keep mine in a seperate small safe with a 5digit code to open it along wtih my bolt & magazine etc!!!

Odysseus

I have the spares in a place where no one will find them. The set I use I keep in my brief case as I ride a motorbike so I can't have too many keys on the chain. At home I bring the case up to the bedroom with me at night.

johngalway

My advice would be not to involve anyone else by giving them access to your keys, do not carry them on your person, and keep them in a place as physically difficult for a thief to come across or gain access to as possible.

Cass

Sparks wrote: »

........On the other hand, get mugged, lose the gunsafe key if it's on your keychain. Not so great.

There is no perfect solution. Every thing you do carries a degree of risk. As johngalway said all you can do is make it as difficult as humanly possible for any prospective thief to gain access to them and your firearms.

clivej

ezridax wrote: »

Yes to this, but......



Hell NO. Potentially giving another person (i don't care if its your mother) access to your firearms. Again hell NO.

Sparks wrote: »

That's actually come up in the UK before - someone was refused a licence because their mother (this was a chap in his 50s and the mother was nearly 80) had access to the key of the gunsafe.

On the other hand, get mugged, lose the gunsafe key if it's on your keychain. Not so great.

johngalway wrote: »

My advice would be not to involve anyone else by giving them access to your keys, do not carry them on your person, and keep them in a place as physically difficult for a thief to come across or gain access to as possible.

My answer to all these replies is Thats what the Crime Pervention Officer told me to do, He did not like the idea of my keeping the gun cabinet keys in another digital key lock safe where I store my ammo and rifle bolts.

Cass

Not directed at you clivej. I understand it was the advice given to you. I just would not be comfortable with someone else other than me having access to my firearms (however remote the chance, its still a chance).

kowloon

If the safe has two keys, it's always good to keep the keys in separate places.