Geared To Defend: Keep Your Guns Stored Safely at Home

By Robert Sadowski Storing a loaded pistol in the nightstand drawer to keep it nearby in case of a home intrusion isn’t a safe idea. Think of your child or grandchild exploring your bedroom and accidentally gaining access to your fireararm. The conse­quences could be deadly. Beyond that, there are also a number of legal … Read more

4 Best Places to Store Firearms for Safety and Home Defense

By Tom Kubiniec The two basic security concerns when it comes to guns in the home seem to be opposing forces: secure your firearms so others cannot get them and have them available quickly in the event of a crisis. Ironically, both goals can easily be achieved with one effort. That’s because some of the locations with the most … Read more

Having a Gun Safe Isn’t Enough, But It’s A Really Good Start

Every school shooting invites a great deal of discussion. What the problem is, what “the solution” might be and so on. What becomes evident fairly quickly is that there’s no magic bullet, so to speak, that will prevent these atrocities. There are, however, a number of smaller things that can significantly reduce the odds of … Read more

Biometric Technology: The Best Way To Secure Your Firerarm

By Tom Ginerva You’ve no doubt hear of biometric technology or have seen it featured on movies such as The Fifth Element and Gattaca. If you have an iPhone, you’re probably using it every day. It’s possible that you even noticed it being featured as far back as the original Star Trek TV series in … Read more

Question of the Day: Would More Gun Safes Lead to Lower Gun Crime?

Reader Command’oh writes: The Bureau of Justice Statistics found that about 1.4 million guns were stolen from 2005-2010, and other studies give even higher estimates. Most of these guns end up on the black market where dealers (shockingly) don’t run background checks. If we can reduce the number of stolen guns entering the black market, the black market … Read more