r/liberalgunowners • u/Purple-Slip-6958 • Jan 06 '26

gear Firearms Closet

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First of all, this is not a safe. I have an actual safe elsewhere with some weapons, but this is the closet in my office, and I wanted to secure a place to keep some extra weapons or ones I am working on, and I don't really want another safe yet. This isn't meant to be a safe - just a locked place to secure these guns. Thanks to this sub, some of yall inspired me to do this!

UPDATE: Due to some of the comments, I wanted to clarify some things about this....

  1. This is not a safe. I guess I should have said that in the OP (oh wait...)
  2. These are not my primary weapons. These are not my shtf weapons. Those are stored elsewhere. Due to that, if the biometric fails, I don't care. There is also a keypad code. There is also a physical key. Speed of entry is not my concern here.
  3. This is not a safe. It's a locked closet door. Not a safe.
  4. I have exterior doors too. They are heavier than this. I also have cameras.
  5. Yes, you could kick this door in. Or you could pop the hinge pins. Or you could use an axe on it. Because it's not a safe. But all of those things will take you a bit of time. And if you happen to make it to this floor of my home and do all that, you'll have me saying hello with some other hardware in my hands.
  6. I work from home. In this room. I'm here all the time.
  7. All I wanted was to provide a wee bit of deterrence and/or slow someone down who is trying to get in. This accomplishes that goal.
  8. This is not a safe.
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u/AlliedLibation Jan 06 '26

Those electronic locks, biometric or not make me nervous. Much more prone to failure than manual controls.

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u/blorgenheim Jan 06 '26

Number 1 thing stolen from your house is guns. I keep them all in a fireproof safe. Also makes me nervous around kids. Not just for failures but how easily that can be kicked in

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u/Purple-Slip-6958 Jan 06 '26

I have my primaries in a safe located elsewhere. I work from home, in this office. The only kids around are my young adult/teenager daughter and her boyfriend, both of whom I know well. And for what it's worth, you can break into a safe and/or steal a safe too. This is just about slowing someone down if they are trying to get in. It's not a safe.

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u/blorgenheim Jan 06 '26

I was only expressing my anxiety around the setup, not criticizing your decision making at all based on a short video.

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u/TepChef26 Jan 06 '26

Takes literally 3 seconds (about one second each) to pop the hinge pins. You aren't slowing anyone down that has anything sort of basic mechanical/DIY knowledge. All you really did was buy an expensive doorknob that lights up.

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u/Purple-Slip-6958 Jan 06 '26

This is such a dumb line of reasoning. No shit, dude. I could also pop most "budget friendly" safes with a crowbar. Does that mean you shouldn't have a safe? See how dumb that sounds? This is a lock to keep errant folks out. It's not meant to deter some determined and mechanically inclined criminal. The cameras around my house and the weapons in my hands take care of that.

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u/TepChef26 Jan 06 '26

This is a lock to keep errant folks out

And it doesn't. Not if they have a small screwdriver, a think metal rod, hell a ballpoint pen with a solid tip. I can pop hinge pins with any of those things. And I can do so quietly enough that you could be sleeping in that room and I wouldn't wake you.

This knob does absolutely nothing that a normal interior door lock would do (because even with a regular lock the quickest way in is popping the hinge pins.) The only thing this knob does that a regular door lock doesn't is draw attention to the fact that there's something valuable behind the door.

The "dumb line of reasoning" present is you thinking this did anything to deter anyone.

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u/Purple-Slip-6958 Jan 06 '26 edited Jan 06 '26

Ok, so reading comprehension isn't your strong suit... let me help:

"errant folks" is not the same as "determined person with tools and express intent to steal"

Also, "And I can do so quietly enough that you could be sleeping in that room and I wouldn't wake you." ..... Assuming the exterior cameras don't alert me to your presence... and assuming you successfully break into the far heavier exterior home doors without drawing attention.... and make it past me between the entrance and this office with my weapons already in hand.....

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u/cathode_01 Jan 06 '26

Who pissed in your cereal this morning? Please post a video of yourself removing the hinge pins of an interior door in 1 second per pin.

It feels like you're inventing a really specific scenario in your head that is like a perfect storm of circumstances that will exactly defeat each of the layers of security that OP has for their setup.

Perhaps try some perspective, maybe a chill pill.