How do I lock my shotgun while it's on the wall?

[judoguy]

I just read the previous page and man you are pretty arrogant. Parents should have a say in this, its their house and you live in it.

You sound so jumpy already it wouldn't be a surprise if the minute your hear a noise at night your with the shotgun ready. If anything your more of a danger issue .

Keep it safe and locked , play your modern warfare if you need to cool factor but don't use hd as an excuse to endanger your whole family in which you don't seem to even respect

[r870noob]

i agree, dont take chances, especially with kids around. What's your excuse going to be if something unfortunate happens? I'd rather keep it out of sight, than to floss it like a trophy.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

I just read the previous page and man you are pretty arrogant. Parents should have a say in this, its their house and you live in it.

You sound so jumpy already it wouldn't be a surprise if the minute your hear a noise at night your with the shotgun ready. If anything your more of a danger issue .

Keep it safe and locked , play your modern warfare if you need to cool factor but don't use hd as an excuse to endanger your whole family in which you don't seem to even respect

[CaliforniaLiberal]

Do NOT Underestimate the Ability of Children to Get Into Mischief!!!

Any firearm in a household where children are present or sometimes present has got to be locked up tight without exception. Kids are clever, curious, sneaky and figure things out. It's only a matter of time. If you hang your gun beyond reach today, it won't be beyond their reach in a couple of months.

Some have found it useful to spend time teaching the kids about firearms safety and then allow them to handle the unloaded firearm with supervision any time the kid asks.

[R8RRunner]

You're obviously going to do what you want, however it's a bad idea to have any firearm out in the open like that, unless its a collector item that isn't functional, etc.. Even if you have a lock on your door you should be storing this appropriately in a safe. If nothing else, keep it out of sight with a cable lock or something like a breech vault (made by gun vault).

Kids are sneaky and as a gun owner you should be taking ever precaution possible.

Also, you might want to reconsider this type of storage given your responsibilities under the law as a gun owner.


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[stitchnicklas]

my shotgun sits in a full safe,pistol sit in biometeric safe once jr. gets old enough to crawl.

kids get curios so keep out of sight....

[repubconserv]

Someone should warn the neighbors...unless your kids are slow, by that age I was dismantling .22 rifles and tinkering with explosives (mildly)
Be surprised what you get with saltpeter,sulfur and charcoal. Road flares blow when your dad is coming and you try to stuff them into the dirt. Saltpeter,sugar and sulfur make a great stink bomb.
and yes I survived, graduated and was regular Army then married and raised 2 kids. They are 30 now and just coming clean with what they did when we weren't looking. Give them more credit than what they show you on the surface

The sarcasm went right over your head didn't it? If you give kids too much credit... you'll wind up locking them in a padded cell.

All this lock the guns away stuff amazes me. What did children do to survive the past few centuries with firearms in the home. Unlocked with charges available.

Go back 30 years and you had kids with .22s and ammunition riding through town on their bikes without causing a ruckus. Same period of time you could drive up the local high school on a Monday and find every gun rack in the school loaded down with rifles and shotguns and ammunition.. the horror.

Somehow.. all these modern precautions and 18+ only, etc being recent precede generations that just can't be trusted around firearms. There were accidents in the past and there are accidents now. All these rules seem to not be stopping the accidents.

It seems everyone drank the liberal cool-aid regarding firearms. There are 6 year olds of forum members with their own .22 (in parental control of course). I just am missing one piece of the puzzle here...

Thank you, this is one of the only intelligent posts here. most of... everyone here needs some hemorrhoid creme or something.

BTW thanks for diggin this up thomas (sarcasm... if you couldn't tell)

[repubconserv]

Do NOT Underestimate the Ability of Children to Get Into Mischief!!!

Any firearm in a household where children are present or sometimes present has got to be locked up tight without exception. Kids are clever, curious, sneaky and figure things out. It's only a matter of time. If you hang your gun beyond reach today, it won't be beyond their reach in a couple of months.

Read the thread!

Locked room, locked gun, kids are supervised, etc.

[couch]

Have you and your parents taken it out to the range? Are your parents familiar with firearms?

[thomashoward]

All this lock the guns away stuff amazes me. What did children do to survive the past few centuries with firearms in the home. Unlocked with charges available.

Go back 30 years and you had kids with .22s and ammunition riding through town on their bikes without causing a ruckus. Same period of time you could drive up the local high school on a Monday and find every gun rack in the school loaded down with rifles and shotguns and ammunition.. the horror.

Somehow.. all these modern precautions and 18+ only, etc being recent precede generations that just can't be trusted around firearms. There were accidents in the past and there are accidents now. All these rules seem to not be stopping the accidents.

It seems everyone drank the liberal cool-aid regarding firearms. There are 6 year olds of forum members with their own .22 (in parental control of course). I just am missing one piece of the puzzle here...

Yep. the lawyers and state law, we did not have 30 years ago thanks to liberals.
Give it to them for all I care its your kids not mine

[meaty-btz]

Yep. the lawyers and state law, we did not have 30 years ago thanks to liberals.
Give it to them for all I care its your kids not mine

No, there really is a genuine issue with kids and firearms today. Kids in general today CANNOT be trusted with weapons of any kind. I've seen them, I work with them. Out of all the children and teens i have worked with, I can count the number on both hands out of thousands that would be "mildly trustworthy and knowledge about firearms and weapon safety".

[smittty]

I would keep it locked but I have kids.

I also like to store my gun in a way that they won't get scratched. Scratches bug me!

If I was you I would use a CAL approved trigger lock and store the gun in a soft gun case in the closet. When you feel like admiring it take it out of the case and place it on the wall. When your done admiring it lock it up and put it back in the case and in the closet.

[tacticalcity]

At some point consider a safe. You don't haver to go too fancy. Mine was around $200 from Walmart.

I am not sure if they are CA approved but there are shotgun trigger locks. GunVault makes a really nice one.

[MasterChief]

When my son was 18, he thought I was a big ol' dumbass. By the time he turned 21, he was impressed with how much I had learned in only three years.

Fortunately, no one was killed or injured during the interval.

Rule #1: Young men think old men are stupid.

Rule #2: Old men can't change Rule #1.

Please leave this thread link with a resppnsible adult who will have access to a computer and internet, just in case you are unable to let us know how things turn out.

Seriously, I hope you have reconsidered your original plan. Best wishes. Dave

[minu157]

While your firearms may be a source of great pride, enjoyment and protection, they can also be a threat to your family. Accidental shootings have been in the headlines regularly, for decades. It's all too easy for a child to find a gun and pull the trigger, harming themselves or another accidentally. If you choose to keep firearms in your home, a gun safe is a tremendous choice and can help ensure that your family remains safe and sound. What should you look for in a gun safe?

[sd_shooter]

Also discussed here:

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=165360&highlight=shotlock

Within that thread there was a great idea to use a "police" shotgun lock, seems like a great idea (post 13.)

Parts required:

http://www.galls.com/style.html?assort=general_catalog&cat=&style=VP275

http://www.galls.com/style.html?assort=general_catalog&cat=0&style=VP109