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  • Four Helpful Tips to Consider For Your Home Firearm Storage

    I’m in the process of researching various brands and options of gun safes for my home. There is a lot to learn and I hate to admit that I don’t know a lot about the brands and different features etc. That having been said I do want to share some more tactical advise in regards to the way you store your firearms at home. These are some of the tips I share with my students in my Concealed Carry Classes.

    Here are 4 Firearm Storage Tips!

    1. When it comes to locking mechanisms I’m a big fan of digital keypad or biometric (fingerprint) options. I just have this scary image in my head of waking up in the middle of the night and trying to turn the dial on a lock in the dark… or find and insert a key. I love digital keypad safes because of the simplicity of just punching in 4 numbers and having the door spring open. Biometric safes are even better but of course you will pay more for them.
    2. Secure your gun safe to the floor or wall. Don’t put yourself in a situation where someone can pick up and carry off your gun safe. When you buy something it will most likely come with the appropriate hardware and instructions.
    3. If you own several firearms you may want to utilize more than one storage system. I don’t think you can easily justify needing fast access to all your firearms (if you own 3+). You would probably be better off to store the vast majority of your firearms in as secure and out of site an environment as possible. Then, if you feel you need to have fast/emergency access to one or more, store them differently.
    4. Everyone has a unique home situation. The way I store my firearms in my home has changed over the years as I’ve gone from single to married to married with kids. Decide on a system that is appropriate for you and re-evaluate your system periodically as your lifestyle and situation change.

  • Eddie Eagle Prevents Gun Accidents in Cleveland Elementary School

    I was checking my news feeds this morning when I came across a story in the Cleveland Daily Banner.

    Read more: Cleveland Daily Banner – Fifth grader finds loaded gun on playground follows safety procedure

    My first reaction was complete shock. I have never seen a news story in which children did the correct thing when confronted with a firearm. This is no doubt a combination of the tendency for news organizations to report the bad and the fact that most children are not properly educated and accidents are more often the result. This was an exception as a fifth grader followed exact safety procedure when finding the loaded handgun at school on the playground.

    In all of our firearm courses we discuss the NRA suggested rule in regards to children and firearms. Firearm owners need to be positive role models and teach children the difference between real life, video games, toys, and TV. Children need to have their curiosity satisfied at a safe and controllable level. Lastly children need to be educated and taught what to do when they find or are presented with a firearm. Specifically:

    Stop
    Don’t Touch
    Leave the Area
    Tell An Adult

    The NRA has an educational program available that schools and other organizations can utilize to help teach these and other firearm safety tips to children. The Eddie Eagle program in no way is designed to promote firearm ownership or the NRA. It is designed simple to help children learn safety rules and procedures. After all, half of all American households have a firearm and as a fact of life in our society children need to be educated in firearms the same way they are taught to Stop, Drop, and Roll in a fire.

    In this news story, the school had been using the Eddie Eagle program from several years to teach the children and, although we will never know, it might have just saved a life.

    To learn more about the Eddie Eagle program click here.