david.ross
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/marcweb...-gun-safes-can-be-opened-by-a-three-year-old/
A list of common gun safes are extremely unsafe to use in the home, especially if you have children.
From the article:
"Both small and large gun safes are sold at all major sporting goods stores and on-line retailers, including Walmart, Cabelas (37 stores), Scheels (24 stores), and Dicks Sporting Goods (450 stores). These safes typically cost $75-$200 depending upon manufacturer, retail outlet, container size and alleged “sophistication and method of locking.” There are three leading brands that are sold by these retail outlets: Stack-on, GunVault, and Bulldog."
I recommend evaluation of each individual gun safe you have in your home. Many of these gun safes are can be easily unlocked, if you read the linked article you'll see a story about a child of a law enforcement officer which shot himself after opening the department issued Stack-On safes which were approved by the police department.
Reason behind the flaw: Digital safes using defective designs with solenoids.
Another section from the article:
"In April of this year I initially contacted the Vice President of Marketing for Stack-On, Steve Martin to ask if I could visit their facility near Chicago to do a story on gun safes because they were the leader in the industry. He told me that their company generated $100,000,000 a year and that “they did not talk to the media.” I then told him that we had examined several of their safes and found every one of them to be easily opened, even by kids. He did not ask one question. I offered to send him links to the videos that we produced. He was not interested. I offered to come to Chicago to brief his engineering team on the design problems. Again, he was not interested. There has been absolutely no follow-up by Stack-On. In my world, that means that they either know of the problems and were concerned about their liability, or they do not care. Either way, it places any consumer at potential risk if they purchase these Stack-On containers until the security flaws are remedied."
I'm extremely dissatisfied Stack-On is knowingly selling a product which is defective by design. These safes aren't security, they're snake oil.
What safe should you use?
Mechanical safes
I may update this post in the future with responses from the companies, if they respond.
A list of common gun safes are extremely unsafe to use in the home, especially if you have children.
From the article:
"Both small and large gun safes are sold at all major sporting goods stores and on-line retailers, including Walmart, Cabelas (37 stores), Scheels (24 stores), and Dicks Sporting Goods (450 stores). These safes typically cost $75-$200 depending upon manufacturer, retail outlet, container size and alleged “sophistication and method of locking.” There are three leading brands that are sold by these retail outlets: Stack-on, GunVault, and Bulldog."
I recommend evaluation of each individual gun safe you have in your home. Many of these gun safes are can be easily unlocked, if you read the linked article you'll see a story about a child of a law enforcement officer which shot himself after opening the department issued Stack-On safes which were approved by the police department.
Reason behind the flaw: Digital safes using defective designs with solenoids.
Another section from the article:
"In April of this year I initially contacted the Vice President of Marketing for Stack-On, Steve Martin to ask if I could visit their facility near Chicago to do a story on gun safes because they were the leader in the industry. He told me that their company generated $100,000,000 a year and that “they did not talk to the media.” I then told him that we had examined several of their safes and found every one of them to be easily opened, even by kids. He did not ask one question. I offered to send him links to the videos that we produced. He was not interested. I offered to come to Chicago to brief his engineering team on the design problems. Again, he was not interested. There has been absolutely no follow-up by Stack-On. In my world, that means that they either know of the problems and were concerned about their liability, or they do not care. Either way, it places any consumer at potential risk if they purchase these Stack-On containers until the security flaws are remedied."
I'm extremely dissatisfied Stack-On is knowingly selling a product which is defective by design. These safes aren't security, they're snake oil.
What safe should you use?
Mechanical safes
I may update this post in the future with responses from the companies, if they respond.