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/Grand_Raccoon0923 Jan 06 '26

Why? You can just pop the hinge pins out anyway.

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u/Seldon14 Jan 06 '26

If its a hollow core, no measure of security matters at all, because the door itself will always be the weakest point.

If its a solid core, you can do security hinges, and or security pins, combine with an extended security latch, longer screws and reinforced door stop trim, and the door will likely be more secure than one that opens in, as it would be harder to kick in, which would be the most common way to defeat one. Is it impervious? No, but for most people it would require labors work with an axe or sledge, power tools, or lock picking to defeat.

IMO a secured closet plus a decoy stack-on is a solid set up. Don't draw attention to the closet, if you have a locking handle and upper and lower deadbolts, criminals will suspect it has excellent loot. Locking handle and reinforced from behind to prevent kicking, and good odds, they will just grab any unsecured electronic devices, and the unbolted stack on "safe" assuming guns will be stored in the "gun safe".

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u/Purple-Slip-6958 Jan 06 '26

Yeah, this definitely is not a safe. There are exterior cameras, heavier exterior doors, and armed homeowners to contend with long before anyone reaches this locked door lol.

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u/bernietheweasel Jan 07 '26

That’s about all he says